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Libyan bank takes back some Pan Am money
Apr 9 2005 8:13PM (CT)
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - A Libyan Central Bank official said the government has withdrawn half a billion dollars from an escrow account meant for relatives of people killed in the downing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the official news agency reported.
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South Africa's New Nat'l Party dissolves
Apr 9 2005 2:25PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The party linked to decades of white racist rule in South Africa formally left the political stage Saturday, its leader apologizing for "a system grounded in injustice."
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Arinze strong voice for church in Nigeria
Apr 9 2005 1:17PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The same year Cardinal Francis Arinze was ordained a priest, an older colleague was undergoing psychiatric care, deemed mentally unbalanced by his desire to incorporate African rites into the ritual of the Catholic Church.
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38 dead, 50 hurt in Zambia truck crash
Apr 9 2005 9:57AM (CT)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - A truck packed with high school students skidded off a mountain road in northern Zambia, killing at least 38 and seriously injuring 50, police said Saturday.
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