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UNDP halts Uganda disarmament program
Jun 28 2006 10:12PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Development Program has halted a voluntary disarmament program in Uganda's troubled northeast amid new reports of rights abuses by government troops in the region, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Residents flee fighting in Somalia
Jun 28 2006 2:37PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Hundreds of Somalis fled their homes Wednesday after an Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia clashed with gunmen from an opposing clan at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the capital.
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Ugandan rebel leader calls for peace talks
Jun 28 2006 12:20PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The leader of a cult-like Ugandan rebel force accused of kidnapping thousands of children and mutilating civilians told British media he wants to talk peace.
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New violence breaks out in East Timor
Jun 28 2006 9:18AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Gangs of young men hurled rocks at a camp housing refugees and torched buildings in East Timor's capital Wednesday as violence erupted between supporters and opponents of the recently ousted prime minister.
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Annan hopes pressure sways Sudan leader
Jun 28 2006 6:37AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed hope that pressure at an African Union summit will persuade Sudan's president to drop his opposition to a U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-wracked Darfur.
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