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Low turnout in Algerian elections
May 18 2007 3:44PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Supporters of Algeria's president lost seats but kept a large majority in parliament, according to Friday's results from elections marked by record low turnout despite appeals for voters to cast a ballot against terrorism.
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Editor, columnist detained in Sudan
May 18 2007 12:58PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Authorities have detained the editor in chief and a columnist of an independent daily newspaper that was ordered closed after publishing a column criticizing Sudan's justice minister, a deputy editor said Friday.
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Child soldiers to be sent home
May 18 2007 10:05AM (CT)
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Rebel leaders in the Central African Republic have agreed to begin sending several hundred child soldiers home to their families, United Nations officials said Friday.
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UN: Sudan forces attack Darfur villages
May 18 2007 9:19AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Sudanese security forces took part in a series of attacks on villages in the Darfur region in which more than 100 people, including civilians, were killed, according to a U.N. report Friday.
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