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Rwandans mark 12-year genocide anniversary
Apr 7 2006 10:10PM (CT)
NYAMASHEKE, Rwanda (AP) - Rwandans observed a nationwide minute of silence Friday to mark 12 years since the former extremist Hutu government launched its slaughter of more than half a million people, mainly ethnic minority Tutsi.
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Gunmen kill 13 customs agents in Algeria
Apr 7 2006 7:23PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked a convoy of customs agents traveling through the desert in southern Algeria on Friday, killing 13 and wounding eight others, the official APS news agency reported.
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UN appeals for $426M for Africa drought
Apr 7 2006 7:22PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The United Nations appealed for $426 million to help victims of drought in Horn of Africa, where more than 40 percent of people are undernourished and thousands have died because of complications due to hunger.
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Liberians debate need for war crimes court
Apr 7 2006 2:34PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The sight of their former president standing before an international war crimes court in neighboring Sierra Leone has revived a debate among Liberians about how best to confront their own history of atrocities.
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