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6 African nations pledge Darfur troops
Aug 13 2007 9:29PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Six African countries have given written pledges to contribute more than 12,000 troops to an African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur, a senior African Union official said Monday.
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U.N. peacekeepers may head to Somalia
Aug 13 2007 8:39PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Britain is proposing the United Nations start planning for the possible deployment of U.N. peacekeepers to take over for an African Union force struggling to keep the peace in war-torn Somalia, according to a draft Security Council resolution circulated Monday.
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17 killed when boat sinks off Africa
Aug 13 2007 7:28PM (CT)
SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, La Reunion (AP) - A boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized Monday off France's Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, killing at least 17 people _ eight of them children, officials said.
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Sierra Leone awaits poll results
Aug 13 2007 7:00PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - The president of Sierra Leone called Monday for citizens to wait calmly for results of the country's weekend election and admonished supporters of rival candidates for using unofficial results to publicly taunt opponents.
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Sierra Leone awaits poll results
Aug 13 2007 7:00PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - The president of Sierra Leone called Monday for citizens to wait calmly for results of the country's weekend election and admonished supporters of rival candidates for using unofficial results to publicly taunt opponents.
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Sierra Leone awaits poll results
Aug 13 2007 7:00PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - The president of Sierra Leone called Monday for citizens to wait calmly for results of the country's weekend election and admonished supporters of rival candidates for using unofficial results to publicly taunt opponents.
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Sierra Leone awaits poll results
Aug 13 2007 7:00PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - The president of Sierra Leone called Monday for citizens to wait calmly for results of the country's weekend election and admonished supporters of rival candidates for using unofficial results to publicly taunt opponents.
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Sierra Leone awaits poll results
Aug 13 2007 7:00PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - The president of Sierra Leone called Monday for citizens to wait calmly for results of the country's weekend election and admonished supporters of rival candidates for using unofficial results to publicly taunt opponents.
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Group: Somalia warring sides violate law
Aug 13 2007 6:29AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - All sides in the Somali capital's ferocious fighting have committed serious abuses, with indiscriminate attacks on civilian neighborhoods and hospitals, a leading human rights group said Monday.
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