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Algeria frees ex-leader of banned party
Mar 6 2006 7:29PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria on Monday released a leader of a banned Islamic party arrested last year for praising Iraq's insurgency, part of national reconciliation efforts following an uprising in the 1990s that left some 150,000 people dead.
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Two boat accidents kill 45 West Africans
Mar 6 2006 5:12PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Two wooden canoes carrying West Africans seeking a better life in Europe foundered off the coast of Mauritania over three days, leaving at least 45 would-be immigrants dead, a health official said Monday.
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Ex-S. African official denies rape charge
Mar 6 2006 3:30PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A woman who accused South Africa's former deputy president of rape testified Monday that the man she had known since she was 5 forced himself on her when she was a guest in his home.
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China lawmaker wants questioning in video
Mar 6 2006 8:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese lawmaker called Monday for police to tape interrogations in possible death penalty cases following widespread complaints of confessions being forced by torture, state-run media said.
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