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Charles Taylor: Innocent of war crimes
Apr 3 2006 9:26PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Charles Taylor beamed and blew kisses after pleading not guilty to war crimes Monday, appearing confident before an international tribunal intent on sending a message to the world's despots that no one is above the law.
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U.N. protests Sudan decision to bar visit
Apr 3 2006 4:58PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The United Nations on Monday protested what it said was a decision by Sudan to bar the U.N.'s top humanitarian official from visiting the capital and the troubled western Darfur region.
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Opposition vows to block Congo vote
Apr 3 2006 3:28PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's leading opposition party threatened to block long-awaited general elections Monday, and the group's leader refused to register for the presidential race to protest the way the vote was organized.
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U.N. exec warns of Horn of Africa drought
Apr 3 2006 2:53PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A lack of rain in the Horn of Africa could further devastate a region where international agencies already are feeding 7 million people, a top U.N. official said Monday.
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S. African denies rape allegation at trial
Apr 3 2006 1:07PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The man once groomed to be South Africa's next president defended himself Monday against charges that he raped an HIV-positive family friend, arguing that they had consensual sex.
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African village revitalized by program
Apr 3 2006 12:39PM (CT)
SAURI, Kenya (AP) - James Alede has never seen anything like it. His small farm has produced a bumper maize crop, and for the first time in recent memory he doesn't have to worry about his family going hungry.
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