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Father sells off flood baby's goods
Jul 12 2007 6:33PM (CT)
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - A court on Thursday revoked parental rights of the father of a girl who was born in a tree during devastating flooding in 2000. The court ruled that he had sold gifts given to his daughter.
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2 British teens held in Ghana
Jul 12 2007 5:33PM (CT)
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Two 16-year-old British girls carried laptops and suitcases stuffed with $600,000 worth of cocaine in return for a paid vacation, British and Ghanaian customs officials said Thursday.
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Kidnappers seize 4th child in Nigeria
Jul 12 2007 3:50PM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - The 3-year-old son of a prominent town chief was grabbed by gunmen who smashed a window of his father's SUV on Thursday in the fourth child kidnapping in Nigeria's oil-rich south in less than two months, authorities said.
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Mortar attacks kill 3 in Somali capital
Jul 12 2007 7:49AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Insurgents fired more than two dozen mortar shells at government targets in the capital overnight, including the president's home, in an apparent attempt to disrupt this weekend's reconciliation talks, witnesses said Thursday.
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Sea piracy rises around the world
Jul 12 2007 5:28AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Pirate attacks have increased sharply, especially in Somalia and Nigeria, an international maritime watchdog agency said Thursday.
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Bushmeat passed off as beef in Kenya
Jul 12 2007 2:50AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - James Akedi's plate is piled with fragrant strips of nyama choma, the entree of choice in much of East Africa whose name means, quite simply, "roasted meat."
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Bushmeat passed off as beef in Kenya
Jul 12 2007 2:50AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - James Akedi's plate is piled with fragrant strips of nyama choma, the entree of choice in much of East Africa whose name means, quite simply, "roasted meat."
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Bushmeat passed off as beef in Kenya
Jul 12 2007 2:50AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - James Akedi's plate is piled with fragrant strips of nyama choma, the entree of choice in much of East Africa whose name means, quite simply, "roasted meat."
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Bushmeat passed off as beef in Kenya
Jul 12 2007 2:50AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - James Akedi's plate is piled with fragrant strips of nyama choma, the entree of choice in much of East Africa whose name means, quite simply, "roasted meat."
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