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Annan worried about Congo rights charges
Jun 23 2006 8:53PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he is concerned that allegations of media intimidation, political detentions and endemic corruption in Congo will taint the country's upcoming election, its first in 45 years.
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Annan will meet Sudanese leader next week
Jun 23 2006 8:35PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he plans to meet Sudan's president at an African Union summit next week to press for a U.N. takeover of peacekeeping in conflict-wracked Darfur despite the Khartoum government's opposition.
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34 said killed in Cameroon road crash
Jun 23 2006 3:50PM (CT)
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - A truck carrying a load of sand slammed into a passenger bus Friday in Cameroon, killing at least 34 people, the government said.
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Kenyan activists deplore rape wisecracks
Jun 23 2006 3:38PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - At a conference this week on sexual health, the Rev. Dominic Wamugunda tried to lighten his talk with a joke _ about rape.
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Swedish cameraman fatally shot in Somalia
Jun 23 2006 1:56PM (CT)
MOGADISHU,Somalia (AP) - An award-winning Swedish journalist was fatally shot in the back as he filmed a demonstration Friday in the restive capital of Somalia, where lawlessness and anger at foreigners run high despite peace efforts.
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