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15 die in Rwandan rebel attacks in Congo
May 2 2006 10:17PM (CT)
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rwandan Hutu rebels attacked a village and an army camp in raids that left at least 15 people dead, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
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African Union extends Darfur deadline
May 2 2006 7:14PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The African Union extended the Tuesday midnight deadline for a peace pact aimed at resolving violence in Sudan's Darfur region that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, the chief AU mediator said.
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Chad's president expected to keep power
May 2 2006 5:20PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - The president of Chad faced only token opposition in an election Wednesday boycotted by political foes and rejected by rebels in the chaotic east of this emerging oil exporter, where violence is spilling over from the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Darfur peace deadline to be extended
May 2 2006 5:00PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The African Union will extend the deadline for a peace pact aimed at resolving the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick said late Tuesday.
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South Africa to end 'canned hunting'
May 2 2006 4:21PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa proposed new laws Tuesday that would end the "canned hunting" of wildlife bred in captivity to be shot in closed reserves by wealthy tourists.
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Defense concludes arguments in Zuma trial
May 2 2006 1:59PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The most sensational trial since the end of apartheid closed Tuesday with defense demands for former Deputy President Jacob Zuma to be acquitted of charges he raped an HIV-positive family friend.
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