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Violence flares over wages in Guinea
May 4 2007 8:32PM (CT)
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Soldiers protesting the government's failure to give them promised pay raises beat a shopkeeper to death as they looted his store and fired shots in the air, wounding at least 25 civilians, police and witnesses said Friday.
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Court: Ex-Zambian leader stole millions
May 4 2007 7:29PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A British court found Zambia's first democratically elected president guilty of stealing $46 million in government funds Friday and ordered him to repay the entire sum.
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U.S. gives Kenya aid to fight terrorism
May 4 2007 7:02PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The United States said Friday it will provide more than $14 million in security assistance to Kenya to boost efforts to combat terrorist activities in the east African nation.
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe warns Catholic bishops
May 4 2007 6:18PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe told Roman Catholic bishops who issued a letter blaming him for the country's political and economic turmoil they had chosen "a dangerous path," and church officials said Friday a priest had been briefly detained for passing the pastoral message on to his congregation.
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Robbers glue victim to exercise cycle
May 4 2007 12:35PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A gang of armed robbers forced a man to strip naked and then glued him to his exercise bike and sealed his lips with more glue while they ransacked his house, according to a published report.
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Mayor of Mogadishu bans weapons
May 4 2007 8:30AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A former warlord who has long lived by his gun was sworn in as mayor of Mogadishu on Friday and immediately ordered residents of the Somali capital to get rid of their weapons.
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Envoy recalls violence in north Uganda
May 4 2007 4:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lush but often perilous northern Uganda is a place most people would avoid, given that it has been the battleground for one of Africa's bloodiest conflicts.
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