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Mauritanians choose post-coup president
Mar 25 2007 11:13PM (CT)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - Coup-plagued Mauritania held a second-round vote in its presidential elections Sunday, with two men vying to usher the northwest African country into civilian rule after years of dictatorship.
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Police: 2 hostages freed in Nigeria
Mar 25 2007 11:00PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen released an Indian and a Lebanese kidnapped two days ago in Nigeria's volatile, oil-rich southern region, police officials said Sunday.
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Group: Over 100 dead in Congo clashes
Mar 25 2007 10:06PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - More than 100 people died in two days of fighting in Congo's capital, an aid group working with hospitals and morgues said Sunday.
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Lecturers prey on Nigerian women, girls
Mar 25 2007 1:53PM (CT)
ILE IFE, Nigeria (AP) - When Nigeria's education minister faced an audience of 1,000 schoolchildren, she expected to hear complaints of crowded classrooms and lack of equipment. Instead, girl after girl spoke up about being pressured for sex by teachers in exchange for better grades. One girl was just 11 years old.
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Security talks in Somalia reach impasse
Mar 25 2007 6:41AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Talks between Ethiopian military officials and elders of the dominant clan in the Somali capital have reached an impasse, threatening a two-day truce, one of the elders involved in the negotiations said.
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