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3 foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
May 11 2006 6:04PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen kidnapped three foreign oil workers from a bus in southern Nigeria Thursday, a day after a U.S. oil worker was killed in the same city, a hub of this country's oil industry.
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Islamic force, warlords clash in Somalia
May 11 2006 1:45PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A radical Islamic force battled for a strategic road Thursday in a continuing struggle with secular warlords for control of the northern half of Somalia's capital, which has left at least 130 people dead.
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U.N. releases report on Congo forces
May 11 2006 6:15AM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The United Nations reported an upsurge of rapes, killings and torture by Congo's security forces and warned that U.N. peacekeepers overseeing the postwar transition in the country could end their cooperation with the police and army.
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U.N. council rejects Somalia sanctions
May 11 2006 5:26AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council ignored recommendations for targeted sanctions and a tighter existing arms embargo in Somalia, despite a spike in violence and fears that Islamic fundamentalists have gained strength in the chaotic nation.
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