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Sierra Leone: presidential runoff likely
Aug 18 2007 10:05PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A businessman led the voting in Sierra Leone's presidential election, but appeared to be short of the percentage needed to avoid a runoff, an electoral official said Saturday.
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Ethiopia releases 32 opposition members
Aug 18 2007 6:58PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The government on Saturday pardoned and freed 32 opposition supporters who had been arrested and held without charge following an outbreak of postelection violence two years ago, officials said.
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Fighting over resources kills 18 Somalis
Aug 18 2007 12:03PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Rival clan militias fought over scarce pasture land and wells in central Somalia Saturday, leaving 18 people dead and 15 wounded, residents and a witness said.
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