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Algerians vote amid upsurge in violence
May 17 2007 8:15PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algerians, shaken by al-Qaida-claimed suicide bombings and dealing with a tough economy, slowly trickled to vote in legislative elections Thursday under tight police security.
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Algerians vote amid upsurge in violence
May 17 2007 8:15PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algerians, shaken by al-Qaida-claimed suicide bombings and dealing with a tough economy, slowly trickled to vote in legislative elections Thursday under tight police security.
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Nigerian labor unions call strike
May 17 2007 3:12PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Labor leaders Thursday called a two-day nationwide strike coinciding with the May 29 inauguration of Nigeria's new government to protest what they said was a fraudulent election.
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Inflation in Zimbabwe hits 3,714 percent
May 17 2007 1:20PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate surged to an unprecedented 3,714 percent at the end of April, the official state newspaper reported Thursday, as the government set up a commission to try to bring prices down to single digit levels.
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Bomb explodes near Somali PM's convoy
May 17 2007 6:15AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A bomb exploded as the Somali prime minister's convoy was on its way to the capital's airport Thursday, but no one was injured and no vehicles were damaged, an official said.
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