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Ugandan court scraps adultery law
Apr 5 2007 11:02PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A Ugandan court scrapped the nation's adultery law Thursday, saying it was unconstitutional and favored men.
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Creeping dunes threaten African nation
Apr 5 2007 7:03PM (CT)
CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) - On nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.
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Creeping dunes threaten African nation
Apr 5 2007 7:03PM (CT)
CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) - On nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.
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Creeping dunes threaten African nation
Apr 5 2007 7:03PM (CT)
CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) - On nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.
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Creeping dunes threaten African nation
Apr 5 2007 7:03PM (CT)
CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) - On nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.
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Eritrea bans female circumcision
Apr 5 2007 6:13PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Eritrea's government said it has abolished the practice of female circumcision, describing it as a threat to the lives of women.
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Ethiopia secret prisons under scrutiny
Apr 5 2007 5:38PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia was under pressure Thursday to release details on detainees from 19 countries held at secret prisons in the country where U.S. agents have carried out interrogations in the hunt for al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa.
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Veteran of WWII's 'Great Escape' dies
Apr 5 2007 4:06PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Ian Tapson, one of the last survivors of a team of World War II soldiers who planned and executed a breakout from a German POW camp later immortalized in the film "The Great Escape," has died. He was 84.
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