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Mbeki gives reason for firing minister
Aug 11 2007 11:13PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - President Thabo Mbeki fired a deputy health minister lauded for revitalizing South Africa's campaign against AIDS because she failed to work as "part of a collective," according to a dismissal letter released Saturday.
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Morocco, Polisario Front to meet again
Aug 11 2007 10:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Morocco and the Polisario Front independence group agreed to more talks on the fate of Western Sahara but didn't budge on their separate demands during a second set of U.N.-led meetings that ended Saturday, a diplomat said.
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Landslides kill 13 in Kenya
Aug 11 2007 8:40PM (CT)
MALAVA, Kenya (AP) - Two landslides struck a village in western Kenya on Saturday, killing at least 13 people, including rescuers who had rushed to the scene, authorities said.
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Tunisian says US soldiers beat him
Aug 11 2007 7:32PM (CT)
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - A Tunisian man released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay claims he was beaten by U.S. soldiers while in custody in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Saturday.
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Egyptian girl dies in circumcision
Aug 11 2007 6:50PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A 13-year-old Egyptian girl has died during a circumcision operation, two months after the death of another girl prompted health officials to ban the widespread traditional procedure, local media said Saturday.
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Sierra Leone holds elections
Aug 11 2007 4:50PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone held its first presidential elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this country can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.
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Sierra Leone holds elections
Aug 11 2007 4:50PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone held its first presidential elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this country can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.
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Sierra Leone holds elections
Aug 11 2007 4:50PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone held its first presidential elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this country can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.
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Sierra Leone holds elections
Aug 11 2007 4:50PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone held its first presidential elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this country can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.
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Sierra Leone holds elections
Aug 11 2007 4:50PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone held its first presidential elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this country can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.
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2 Somali radio journalists killed
Aug 11 2007 12:11PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two prominent Somali journalists were assassinated Saturday, one outside his office and the other as he returned from his fallen colleague's funeral, authorities said.
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After oil and gas, Sahara sunshine?
Aug 11 2007 11:16AM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - It's a vision that has long enticed energy planners: solar panels stretching out over vast swaths of the Sahara desert, soaking up sun to generate clean, green power.
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