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Nigerian pipeline blast kills up to 200
May 12 2006 9:58PM (CT)
ILADO, Nigeria (AP) - Gasoline gushing from a ruptured pipeline exploded Friday as villagers scavenged for fuel, setting off an inferno that killed up to 200 and left charred bodies scattered around the site in this oil-rich country of mostly poor people.
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U.S. runs into resistance over Sudan
May 12 2006 6:23PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States has run into strong resistance in its bid for a Security Council resolution that would give the United Nations immediate control over peacekeepers in Darfur, diplomats said Friday.
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Ongoing Somali fighting leaves 135 dead
May 12 2006 4:03PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A radical Islamic force and secular warlords battled with artillery and mortars Friday, pounding a northern neighborhood of the capital in the sixth day of fighting that has left 135 dead and forced residents to flee.
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9 bombs kill at least 4 in Ethiopia
May 12 2006 2:33PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Nine bombs exploded across Ethiopia's capital Friday, killing four people and wounding dozens in what police said was a coordinated attempt to discredit the government.
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Kidnappers free 3 oil workers in Nigeria
May 12 2006 5:19AM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen briefly kidnapped three foreign oil workers in southern Nigeria, a day after an American oil worker was killed in the same city, the hub of the oil industry in this key U.S. supplier.
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