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U.N. chief wants backing for Chad force
Aug 16 2007 10:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. secretary-general urged the Security Council to back a new international mission that would deploy European and U.N. forces in Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians trying to escape violence.
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Mugabe cheered at African summit
Aug 16 2007 8:39PM (CT)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe received the loudest cheers Thursday at the start of a southern African summit where his country's economic and political turmoil top the agenda.
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Mugabe cheered at African summit
Aug 16 2007 8:39PM (CT)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe received the loudest cheers Thursday at the start of a southern African summit where his country's economic and political turmoil top the agenda.
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Mugabe cheered at African summit
Aug 16 2007 8:39PM (CT)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe received the loudest cheers Thursday at the start of a southern African summit where his country's economic and political turmoil top the agenda.
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Charity says U.S. food aid hurts poor
Aug 16 2007 6:48PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A humanitarian group has turned down $46 million worth of U.S. food aid, arguing that the way the American government distributes its help hurts poor farmers.
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2 missing after Ethiopia volcano erupts
Aug 16 2007 5:07PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - A volcano erupted in the remote desert of northeastern Ethiopia, leaving at least two people missing, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency said.
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SAfrica trial brings hope and suffering
Aug 16 2007 1:14PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Zweli Mkhize is haunted by the torture that scarred him and killed friends. Elizabeth Mokoena wants to know what happened to her missing husband. Dirk van Eck craves retribution for the land mine that blew apart his wife and two young children.
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SAfrica trial brings hope and suffering
Aug 16 2007 1:14PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Zweli Mkhize is haunted by the torture that scarred him and killed friends. Elizabeth Mokoena wants to know what happened to her missing husband. Dirk van Eck craves retribution for the land mine that blew apart his wife and two young children.
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SAfrica trial brings hope and suffering
Aug 16 2007 1:14PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Zweli Mkhize is haunted by the torture that scarred him and killed friends. Elizabeth Mokoena wants to know what happened to her missing husband. Dirk van Eck craves retribution for the land mine that blew apart his wife and two young children.
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2 die in Zimbabwe sugar stampede
Aug 16 2007 8:14AM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Hordes of shoppers desperate to buy sugar amid severe shortages stampeded at a shopping complex in Zimbabwe's second-largest city, killing a 15-year-old boy and a security guard, state media reported Thursday.
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