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Mandela throws annual children's party
Jul 21 2006 8:21PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela threw his annual children's party Friday _ what he calls the favorite part of his weeklong birthday celebrations.
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Former Liberian president appears in court
Jul 21 2006 3:02PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor complained Friday about "Eurocentric" prison food and limited access to telephones at his first appearance before a war crimes tribunal since being flown to the Netherlands for trial.
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Somali militant urges holy war on Ethiopia
Jul 21 2006 2:20PM (CT)
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's top Islamic leader called Friday for a holy war against Ethiopia to drive out troops the largely Christian nation sent to protect the internationally backed Somali government.
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AP: Ethiopia incursion meant to protect
Jul 21 2006 3:56AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's decision to send troops into Somalia could give the weak Somali government its only fighting chance of bringing peace to the anarchic Horn of Africa country. But it could also be just the provocation Islamic militants need to build support for a guerrilla war.
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