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Ivory Coast leaders OK peace plan timeline
Jun 29 2005 9:43PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Ivory Coast's warring sides agreed Wednesday on a new timeline for implementing a stalled peace plan after two days of talks brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki.
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U.S. launches training in Gulf of Guinea
Jun 29 2005 7:11PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The U.S. military said Wednesday it sent a ship to Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea to train west African nations to combat threats including terrorism, drug trafficking and petroleum theft.
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U.N. envoy tours Zimbabwean demolitions
Jun 29 2005 5:39PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A U.N. envoy sent to investigate a so-called urban renewal campaign in Zimbabwe that has left as many as 1.5 million people homeless met Wednesday with President Robert Mugabe.
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Ivory Coast presents dangers for citizens
Jun 29 2005 3:58PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Years of war and economic decline are taking their toll on Ivory Coast, pushing crime up and living standards down in a country that once stood as a beacon of stability in war-ravaged West Africa.
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Ethiopia arrests four newspaper editors
Jun 29 2005 12:22PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Police arrested four independent newspaper editors on criminal charges of defaming the military, a media watchdog group said Wednesday.
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