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Homeless Ethiopians moved out of capital
Aug 28 2007 9:42PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Thousands of homeless people will be moved from the capital to the countryside before next month's millennium celebration and provided help with food, shelter and medicine, a development group said Tuesday.
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UN chief to visit Darfur, Chad and Libya
Aug 28 2007 6:11PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Tuesday that he will visit Sudan, Chad and Libya next week to promote a political solution to the conflict in Darfur and test the Sudanese government's commitment to speedy deployment of a 26,000-strong force in the region.
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Mystery around claims of largest diamond
Aug 28 2007 3:53PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A man who claimed to be a shareholder in a mining company said Tuesday the firm had unearthed a diamond twice the size of the world's largest _ a claim that set off excitement and skepticism. Industry experts said the report still needed to be verified.
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Mystery around claims of largest diamond
Aug 28 2007 3:53PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A man who claimed to be a shareholder in a mining company said Tuesday the firm had unearthed a diamond twice the size of the world's largest _ a claim that set off excitement and skepticism. Industry experts said the report still needed to be verified.
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U.N. OKs troops near Darfur
Aug 28 2007 12:50AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council gave the European Union and the U.N. the green light Monday to prepare for a military and police deployment to help protect civilians in Chad and the Central African Republic caught in the spillover of the Darfur conflict.
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