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CAR government accused of abuses
Sep 14 2007 8:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Government troops have been responsible for the worst atrocities of a simmering conflict in Central African Republic, burning down villages, executing civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, a human rights group said Friday.
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U.N. says mass graves found in Congo
Sep 14 2007 4:58PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Three mass graves have been discovered in an eastern Congo village where fighters loyal to a rebel warlord recently battled government troops, the U.N. said Friday.
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U.N. says 56 African boat people die
Sep 14 2007 4:48PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - At least 56 African migrants died this month trying to make the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.
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Sudan president ties cease-fire to talks
Sep 14 2007 3:56PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Sudan's president met with the pope and Italy's premier Friday and offered to declare a cease-fire with Darfur rebels to coincide with the start of U.N.-backed peace talks next month.
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Sudan president ties cease-fire to talks
Sep 14 2007 3:56PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Sudan's president met with the pope and Italy's premier Friday and offered to declare a cease-fire with Darfur rebels to coincide with the start of U.N.-backed peace talks next month.
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Bomb hits near Algerian police compound
Sep 14 2007 3:33PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - A bomb hidden in a bag exploded Friday outside a compound housing Algerian police officials, killing three people, security officials said.
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Ugandans homeless after severe floods
Sep 14 2007 2:59PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The heaviest rainfall in 35 years has displaced 150,000 people in eastern Uganda since August and the rain has been "worsening by the hour," authorities said Friday.
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Pets killed for food in Zimbabwe
Sep 14 2007 2:10PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Pets are being slaughtered for meat in shortage-stricken Zimbabwe and record numbers of animals have been surrendered to shelters or abandoned by owners no longer able to feed them, animal welfare activists say.
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Pets killed for food in Zimbabwe
Sep 14 2007 2:10PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Pets are being slaughtered for meat in shortage-stricken Zimbabwe and record numbers of animals have been surrendered to shelters or abandoned by owners no longer able to feed them, animal welfare activists say.
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Report: Sudan's kids still in danger
Sep 14 2007 2:21AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Children in Sudan are still being recruited to fight and suffer a wide range of abuse from killings and abductions to rape and sexual violence, especially in Darfur, according to a new U.N. report.
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