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Ivory Coast leaders commended by U.N.
Mar 28 2007 10:17PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council and the U.N. secretary-general commended Ivory Coast's president and rebel leader Wednesday for their efforts to end a 4 1/2-year conflict and offered help to support the implementation of a March 4 peace plan.
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U.N. says 225 Congolese rebels surrender
Mar 28 2007 5:54PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Some 225 additional fighters loyal to a failed presidential candidate handed in their weapons and agreed to join Congo's army, doubling the number of combatants who have surrendered since fighting in the capital two weeks ago, a U.N. official said Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested
Mar 28 2007 3:13PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Police stormed the main opposition party headquarters Wednesday and arrested its leader shortly before President Robert Mugabe left for an emergency meeting of southern African leaders about the crisis in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested
Mar 28 2007 3:13PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Police stormed the main opposition party headquarters Wednesday and arrested its leader shortly before President Robert Mugabe left for an emergency meeting of southern African leaders about the crisis in Zimbabwe.
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Poor Somalis risk death to flee chaos
Mar 28 2007 2:13PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Asha Igal walked into a bus station in Somalia's capital Wednesday and spent a year's savings on a ticket _ the first step in a journey that she knows might kill her.
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Poor Somalis risk death to flee chaos
Mar 28 2007 2:13PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Asha Igal walked into a bus station in Somalia's capital Wednesday and spent a year's savings on a ticket _ the first step in a journey that she knows might kill her.
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Sudan, U.N. reach deal on aid to Darfur
Mar 28 2007 12:56PM (CT)
ABECHE, Chad (AP) - Sudan and the U.N. signed an agreement Wednesday to guarantee humanitarian access to refugees in Darfur, where violence and government restrictions have prevented aid from reaching victims of a bloody conflict.
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70 killed in gas fire in Nigeria
Mar 28 2007 11:11AM (CT)
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - A fire ignited as people were scavenging spilled fuel from an overturned tanker truck in northern Nigeria, killing 70 and wounding 20, an official said Wednesday.
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