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Zimbabwe opposition leaders get out vote
Mar 30 2005 7:55PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe, widely accused of rigging previous elections, predicted a huge victory Wednesday, the eve of parliamentary elections. Opposition leaders urged supporters to go to the polls in defiance of intimidation and fears of violence.
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Ethiopia expels three American groups
Mar 30 2005 4:17PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Ethiopia on Wednesday ordered three private American groups that promote democracy to cease operations and gave their foreign staff 48 hours to leave, officials with two of the groups said.
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Teacher frees leg from shark's jaw
Mar 30 2005 3:36PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A British surfer attacked by a great white shark described Wednesday how he kicked and lashed out wildly to free his leg from the shark's jaws, which sliced his flesh "like a knife through butter."
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Annan's son believes criticism unfair
Mar 30 2005 2:44PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's son believes he has been unfairly criticized in an official report on the awarding of a U.N. oil-for-food contract to a company for which he was worked, his lawyers said in a statement Wednesday.
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Whites keeping low profile in Zimbabwe
Mar 30 2005 1:57AM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - It's an often repeated refrain in President Robert Mugabe's campaign: The opposition is a tool of white imperialists who want to re-colonize Zimbabwe. While they were a visible force in the last two elections, Zimbabwe's increasingly wary white residents have rarely been seen in the run-up to Thursday's parliamentary vote.
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