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Congo leader to face ex-rebel in runoff
Aug 20 2006 10:47PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - President Joseph Kabila failed to win an outright majority in Congo's historic elections, setting up a runoff with a former rebel leader, election officials announced Sunday.
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Obama visits former Mandela prison
Aug 20 2006 8:08PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Senator Barack Obama started a two-week tour of Africa on Sunday with a visit to Nelson Mandela's former prison island, paying tribute to the "incredible courage, resilience and hopefulness" of the anti-apartheid movement.
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Homeless youths throng Congo's cities
Aug 20 2006 7:14PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Colonial rule, rapacious dictatorship and civil war have so ravaged Congo's economy and society that the streets of its cities swarm with homeless young people who numb their misery with drugs and alcohol.
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Somali militia cites Ethiopian presence
Aug 20 2006 4:23PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Officials with the Islamic militia controlling much of southern Somalia alleged that Ethiopian troops had arrived in the country Sunday to bolster Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed transitional government.
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Homeless youths throng Congo's cities
Aug 20 2006 3:15PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Colonial rule, rapacious dictatorship and civil war have so ravaged Congo's economy and society that the streets of its cities swarm with homeless young people who numb their misery with drugs and alcohol.
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