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U.N. extends peacekeeping mission in Sudan
Mar 24 2006 9:27PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council voted Friday to keep U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan to monitor an accord ending a 21-year civil war and authorized planning for the expected extension of the U.N. force's operations to Darfur.
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Islamic militia shells rivals in Somalia
Mar 24 2006 6:06PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Three days of fighting between Islamic militia fighters and forces opposed to the clerics' growing power have left at least 73 people dead in the Somali capital, including 13 people killed Friday when the militias shelled their opponents.
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Job not easy for Nigerian census takers
Mar 24 2006 4:39PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - It's considered bad luck to ask a Yoruba how many children the family has. Asking a herdsman about his cows or camels likely will get you shown the door. And what is a male census worker to do when Muslim women are home alone?
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South Africa rape trial worries activists
Mar 24 2006 2:16PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The day the trial opened, the woman who accuses a former South African deputy president of rape was hustled in under heavy guard, her face hidden under a cloth. The politician's supporters have burned photographs of her outside the courtroom _ even though her identity was meant to be a secret _ and depicted her as a traitor and a tramp.
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