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Annan says Congo responsible for vote
Mar 21 2006 9:23PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that the international community will work to keep peace during Congo's upcoming elections but that the country itself must arrange the vote and accept the results.
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U.N. envoy says Sudan strategy failing
Mar 21 2006 6:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Two months after warning that the U.N. strategy in Sudan has failed, the top United Nations envoy for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday that fighting has only gotten worse and innocent people are still dying.
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Soldiers, rebels clash in eastern Chad
Mar 21 2006 6:28PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Heavy fighting has erupted in eastern Chad, where rebels have been massing for months in a bid to overthrow President Idriss Deby.
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Nigeria separatists kill two during census
Mar 21 2006 5:32PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Separatists killed two people and a census worker was feared drowned Tuesday as officials attempted the first population count in 15 years in this sprawling nation riven by ethnic, religious and economic tensions.
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Bush calls new Liberia president 'pioneer'
Mar 21 2006 1:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush welcomed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the White House on Tuesday, calling Africa's first democratically elected female head of state "a pioneer."
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U.N. appeals for aid to help Somalia
Mar 21 2006 11:41AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The United Nations appealed Tuesday for nearly $327 million in aid to help starving people in southern Somalia, which is suffering its worst drought in a decade.
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