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Nigeria front-runner treated for ailment
Mar 7 2007 6:20PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The front-runner in Nigeria's upcoming presidential election underwent medical treatment in Germany on Wednesday, saying he had experienced breathlessness, his spokesman and the British Broadcasting Corp. said.
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Congo official arrested in uranium sale
Mar 7 2007 5:18PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The head of Congo's atomic energy commission has been arrested on suspicion of illegally selling uranium found in the Central African mineral giant, officials said Wednesday.
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Darfur gunmen kill 2 AU peacekeepers
Mar 7 2007 3:40PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - In a blow to the Darfur peace accord, gunmen believed to belong to rebel groups that signed the agreement have killed two African peacekeepers and threatened staff at a peacekeeping office, the African Union said Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe economy may be cause of crash
Mar 7 2007 3:11PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Investigators looking into what led to a bus-train collision in the Zimbabwean capital that killed 35 people suspect excessive speed, an underage driver and the fact that the bus was carrying double its passenger capacity.
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Peacekeepers ambushed in Somali capital
Mar 7 2007 2:24PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Insurgents on Wednesday ambushed a convoy of African Union peacekeepers sent to help stabilize Somalia's violent capital, setting off a gunfight that wounded three civilians, witnesses said.
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U.S. hires contractor to back Somalis
Mar 7 2007 1:41PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The State Department has hired a major military contractor to help equip and provide logistical support to international peacekeepers in Somalia, giving the United States a significant role in the critical mission without assigning combat forces.
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Chad won't allow U.N. advance mission
Mar 7 2007 3:41AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The government of Chad has refused to allow the United Nations to send an advance mission to prepare for the possible deployment of U.N. peacekeepers, a setback to plans to help thousands of civilians caught in the spillover of the Darfur conflict in neighboring Sudan.
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