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Minister: Zimbabwe must solve own woes
Aug 21 2007 10:54PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A senior government minister defended South Africa's quiet diplomacy toward Zimbabwe, saying Tuesday that foreign intervention to bring about a regime change risked unleashing turmoil like in Iraq.
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New plan for peace in Darfur neighbors
Aug 21 2007 9:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The European Union and the United Nations would start planning for a joint operation in Chad and the Central African Republic under a French proposal circulated Tuesday that aims at protecting civilians from the spillover of the Darfur conflict.
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Sierra Leone election will go to runoff
Aug 21 2007 5:31PM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - The opposition leader is leading in Sierra Leone's presidential election, although he doesn't have enough votes to avoid a runoff, election results showed Tuesday.
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U.N. reports new details on Darfur rapes
Aug 21 2007 4:11PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. report released Tuesday describes gruesome new details about the rapes of dozens of Darfur women last year, saying they were sexually assaulted in front of each other, beaten with sticks and forced to cook and serve food to their attackers.
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Ugandans hold anti-gay demonstration
Aug 21 2007 12:01PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Hundreds of people held an anti-gay protest in Uganda's capital Tuesday, denouncing what they called an "immoral" lifestyle and demanding the deportation of an American journalist writing about gay rights in the deeply conservative country.
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