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Extreme poverty up in poorest nations
Sep 18 2006 10:26PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Many of the world's poorest countries lamented at a U.N. ministerial meeting Monday that some of the least developed nations are experiencing increases in extreme poverty.
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U.K. envoy: Darfur options must be eyed
Sep 18 2006 9:36PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The international community should consider all options _ including military intervention _ as it mulls how to deal with Sudan's rejection of a U.N. peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Darfur, a top British official said Monday.
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U.S. to name special envoy for Sudan
Sep 18 2006 6:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Bush administration plans to name a former top diplomat as a special envoy for Sudan, where three years of fighting in the Darfur region have killed more than 200,000 people.
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Fire hits offices of Congo candidate
Sep 18 2006 5:30PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A large fire broke out at the party headquarters of Congolese presidential challenger Jean-Pierre Bemba on Monday, less than six weeks before he faces incumbent Joseph Kabila in a runoff election.
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Ivory Coast nabs 2 execs in dump scandal
Sep 18 2006 5:20PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Authorities arrested and charged two executives of a Dutch commodities company whose dumped toxic waste has caused seven deaths and widespread sickness in the Ivory Coast's largest city, a government official said Monday.
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Colleagues: Nun forgave Somalia killers
Sep 18 2006 12:35PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Sister Leonella, a nun who devoted her life to helping the sick in Africa, used to joke there was a bullet with her name engraved on it in Somalia. When the bullet came, she used her last breaths to forgive those responsible.
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Somalia's leader escapes attempt on life
Sep 18 2006 12:24PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Monday by a suicide car bomber outside the parliament building in Baidoa, officials said. The blast and a subsequent gunbattle left 11 people dead, including the president's brother.
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Renowned Rwandan singer goes on trial
Sep 18 2006 11:40AM (CT)
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - A renowned Rwandan singer went on trial Monday before a U.N. tribunal, accused of writing lyrics that incited murders during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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Rebel group wants peacekeepers in Sudan
Sep 18 2006 6:54AM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The only Darfur rebel faction to commit to a peace deal for the war-torn region urged Sudan's ruling party on Monday to let U.N. peacekeepers replace the largely ineffective African Union force.
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