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Dutch oil worker released in Nigeria
Jul 10 2006 10:26PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A Dutch oil worker who was kidnapped last week by armed men in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta was released Monday, officials said.
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Europe, Africa seek to limit immigration
Jul 10 2006 6:47PM (CT)
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - European nations sought ways Monday to help finance development in Africa to tackle the poverty and violence that fuel illegal immigration to Europe.
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Violence wracks Somali capital; 25 dead
Jul 10 2006 2:07PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Deadly gunfire and explosions wracked Mogadishu Monday after weeks of relative calm as the Islamic militiamen controlling Somalia's capital battled one of the last pockets of resistance to their hard-line rule.
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Some question whether African aid helps
Jul 10 2006 11:10AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - When the world's richest nations promised to double aid to the poorest, most of them in Africa, at least one African was appalled. And not because he thought the pledges were too little or would never be realized. He thought they were too much.
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Promises are going unfulfilled in Africa
Jul 10 2006 11:06AM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - More than 600 million of the world's poorest people live in Africa _ often in crowded cities, or in small villages lacking health clinics or schools. Unlike every other region in the world, the poverty here worsens each year.
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Zambia's strong currency brings concern
Jul 10 2006 10:27AM (CT)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Pride in Zambia's surging currency is giving way to concern as farmers, manufacturers, tourism officials and aid groups start to feel the sharp edge of the strong kwacha.
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Zambia's strong currency brings concern
Jul 10 2006 10:25AM (CT)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Pride in Zambia's surging currency is giving way to concern as farmers, manufacturers, tourism officials and aid groups start to feel the sharp edge of the strong kwacha.
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East Timor swears in new prime minister
Jul 10 2006 6:58AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor's new prime minister Monday, pledging to end the violence that has wracked Asia's newest nation and sent 150,000 people fleeing their homes.
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