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Militants block Ivory Coast's largest city
Jul 19 2006 6:26PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Hard-line supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo blocked major routes in the country's largest city Wednesday to protest an identification program that they say rebels could exploit to skew upcoming presidential elections.
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Gunmen kill several at Congo election rally
Jul 19 2006 4:30PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on an election rally and killed several people in Congo's volatile east, the United Nations reported Wednesday, the latest outburst of violence as the nation prepares for its first free legislative and presidential balloting in 46 years.
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Building collapses in Nigeria, killing 16
Jul 19 2006 1:52PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A four-story apartment building collapsed overnight in Nigeria's commercial capital, and Red Cross officials helping pull survivors out of the rubble Wednesday said at least 16 people were killed.
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Somali militia plans to seize gov't base
Jul 19 2006 1:38PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The Islamic militiamen holding most of southern Somalia deployed hundreds of fighters outside the base of the U.N.-backed interim government Wednesday and said they planned to seize it.
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Ethiopia prepared to invade Somalia
Jul 19 2006 1:10PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia is prepared to invade neighboring Somalia to defend its U.N.-backed government against what appeared to be an imminent attack by Islamic militiamen, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
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Wolfowitz urges Africa to end corruption
Jul 19 2006 6:50AM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Africa needs to build infrastructure and curb corruption to become truly attractive for private investment, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told a forum of African and black American leaders.
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