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Aid convoys under attack in Darfur
Jul 25 2007 6:45PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A dramatic increase in attacks on aid convoys in Darfur is hampering the world's largest humanitarian operation, and some 170,000 people are now out of reach of food aid because of the violence, the United Nations' World Food Programme said Wednesday.
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Grenades spark violence in Mogadishu
Jul 25 2007 3:08PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A masked man lobbed a hand grenade at troops patrolling Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that killed one civilian, witnesses said.
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British professor shot in Nigeria
Jul 25 2007 2:27PM (CT)
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen wounded a British professor and a security guard in oil-rich southern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after a Nigerian oil worker was killed.
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Ethiopia opposition members seek pardon
Jul 25 2007 6:08AM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Five opposition members imprisoned since 2005 pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to overthrow Ethiopia's government, but asked the judge for a pardon.
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Niger gov't tries to contain rebel news
Jul 25 2007 2:34AM (CT)
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Niger's government is struggling to control information about a nascent rebellion in its northern desert _ suspending local media accused of backing the fighters and banning foreign reporters from the area. The rebels, though, have a Web site and satellite phones.
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U.N. Darfur resolution drops threats
Jul 25 2007 1:26AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Britain and France dropped a threat of sanctions against Sudan in a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize an expanded peacekeeping force in Darfur, according to a revised draft circulated Tuesday.
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