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4 jailed journalists released in Sudan
Jun 20 2007 4:05PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Officials on Wednesday released four journalists arrested last week while they were reporting on a protest of a dam project in northern Sudan, one of the detainees said.
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Sierra Leone convicts 3 of war crimes
Jun 20 2007 3:25PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Three former Sierra Leonean military leaders were found guilty of war crimes Wednesday by a U.N.-backed court _ the first verdicts from the country's civil war and the first convictions in an international court for using child soldiers.
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Nigeria strike begins to protest prices
Jun 20 2007 4:06AM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's powerful labor unions launched a general strike Wednesday to protest government price hikes, leaving many schools and banks shuttered and normally bustling streets quieter in Africa's oil giant.
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