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Moroccan court upholds defamation fine
Apr 18 2006 8:59PM (CT)
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - An appeals court on Tuesday upheld record damages imposed on a weekly newsmagazine in a defamation suit that some rights groups say the government is using to intimidate independent media.
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Pilot error blamed in fatal Garang crash
Apr 18 2006 8:11PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Pilot error was to blame for the helicopter crash that killed Sudan's vice president and set off protests in the country's capital and southern cities, an investigation concluded Tuesday.
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Mediator says Sudan talks progressing
Apr 18 2006 7:12PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The warring factions in Sudan's Darfur region have their best chance yet to reach a peace deal by an April 30 deadline, though none of the sides have offered major concessions so far, the top African Union mediator said Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe's president threatens critics
Apr 18 2006 3:43PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe threatened in a speech Tuesday to bring down "the full wrath of the law" against anyone who disturbs Zimbabwean peace and stability.
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Floods force 10,000 Kenyans to flee homes
Apr 18 2006 6:34AM (CT)
MALINDI, Kenya (AP) - A river swollen by heavy rains overflowed its banks, forcing at least 10,000 people to flee their homes and destroying thatched mud huts and crops in impoverished villages, a senior official said Tuesday.
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