Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nigeria police kill youth, triggering riot
May 17 2005 9:37PM (CT)
OGALE, Nigeria (AP) - Hundreds of youths stormed a police station and set fire to cars in southeastern Nigeria on Tuesday after a protester was fatally shot by a police rifle, officials said.
|
|
|
Congo marks anniversary of Mobutu's fall
May 17 2005 7:04PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Eight years ago, dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fled the mineral-rich country he had looted mercilessly for decades _ as rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda and Uganda marched into his capital.
|
|
|
Ethiopian gov't claims to have won vote
May 17 2005 5:59AM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia's ruling party claimed to have won just over half the seats in parliamentary elections, but opposition leaders said it was still too early to tell who would form the next government.
|
|
|
|
|
|