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Somali militia takes over UNICEF office
Sep 12 2005 11:14PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A warlord in southern Somalia has taken over the offices of UNICEF in the town where Somalia's transitional government is based, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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Group: hippos face extinction in Congo
Sep 12 2005 8:23PM (CT)
GLAND, Switzerland (AP) - Only 887 hippos are left in Congo, once home to the world's largest population of the water-loving mammal, and they will be extinct in the African country, an international environmental group warned Monday.
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Burundi begins program to disarm fighters
Sep 12 2005 7:06PM (CT)
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Former rebels and past members of government-backed militias will get $100 each for their weapons under a disarmament scheme that began Monday, a government official said.
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Zimbabwe's president defends amendments
Sep 12 2005 2:52PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe quietly adopted constitutional changes that make it easier for the state to seize private property and prevent opponents from traveling abroad to criticize his 25-year rule, state radio revealed Monday.
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Rwanda court charges Belgian missionary
Sep 12 2005 1:40AM (CT)
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - A Rwandan community court charged a Belgian missionary with inciting and planning the 1994 genocide that left more than half a million people dead.
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