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Zimbabwean opposition leader beaten
Mar 12 2007 6:48PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's most prominent opposition leader was seriously injured _ with deep gashes on his head and shoulders _ from beatings and torture by police who broke up a public meeting that had been declared illegal, colleagues said Monday.
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U.N. panel calls for action in Darfur
Mar 12 2007 3:06PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. human rights team criticized the international community Monday for failing to halt atrocities in Darfur, saying in a sharply worded report that the United Nations must act now to protect civilians from a violence campaign orchestrated by Sudan's government.
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No demands so far for Ethiopia captives
Mar 12 2007 2:10PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia's prime minister said Monday that officials have a good idea of the whereabouts of five Europeans kidnapped in one of the country's most remote, inhospitable regions.
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Man blows himself up in Moroccan cafe
Mar 12 2007 1:57PM (CT)
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) - A man who was prevented from looking at terror Web sites by the owners of an Internet cafe blew himself up with explosives hidden on his body, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Monday.
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Gunbattle in Somalia kills 2
Mar 12 2007 3:32AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A 13-year-old boy and a woman were killed by stray bullets and five others were injured as Ethiopian troops protecting government installations battled with insurgents, witnesses said Monday.
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Sudan asked to explain challenge to U.N.
Mar 12 2007 2:28AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - China's U.N. ambassador called on Sudan's president to explain his letter challenging a plan to send United Nations peacekeepers to help African Union troops in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region.
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