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Rwandan militia kill 15 in Congo raid
Oct 10 2005 9:20PM (CT)
GOMA, Congo (AP) - A Rwandan militia killed 15 civilians with machetes and knives in a nighttime raid on two villages in Congo's mountainous east, a U.N. spokesman said Monday.
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Morocco defends use of force on Africans
Oct 10 2005 6:55PM (CT)
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Morocco on Monday defended its use of force in preventing Africans from crossing into two Spanish enclaves on its northern coast as it started deporting some of those caught storming border fences in recent weeks.
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Zanzibar police arrest 24 after violence
Oct 10 2005 6:51PM (CT)
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) - Zanzibar police have arrested 24 people in connection with election violence in which police shot and injured eight opposition supporters who defied a government ban on a campaign rally, a senior police officer said Monday.
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Uganda's first prime minister dies
Oct 10 2005 6:43PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Milton Obote, Uganda's first prime minister and a two-time president whose initial term ended with a coup led by Idi Amin and whose second was best known for its harsh repression, died Monday at a South African hospital. He was 80.
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Carter lauds Liberia's vote preparations
Oct 10 2005 1:04PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter hailed Liberians' dedication to nonviolence and democratic ideals Monday, a day before this West African nation's first presidential election since a 14-year civil war ended.
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Liberians hope election seals peace deal
Oct 10 2005 7:04AM (CT)
WILSON'S CORNER, Liberia (AP) - Liberian refugee Yatta Holmes bears a scar along her left eye where rebels slashed the girl's face with a machete during an attack on her town several years ago. Today the 16-year-old is one of the millions uprooted from their homes by a vicious 14-year civil war that ended in 2003 who are hoping the peace will be sealed by elections for a new government on Tuesday.
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