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Pollution blamed for smog in Nigeria city
Oct 13 2005 9:28PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A build up of pollution from factories and old cars was the cause of a wave of smog that enveloped much of Nigeria's largest city, a government spokesman said Thursday.
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U.S. envoy briefly detained in Zimbabwe
Oct 13 2005 9:14PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe was detained for a half hour after allegedly trespassing in a restricted area near President Robert Mugabe's official residence, the government said Thursday.
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Morocco deports more would-be immigrants
Oct 13 2005 6:47PM (CT)
OUJDA, Morocco (AP) - Hundreds of grim-faced Malians, their only luggage blankets or plastic bags of bread and milk, boarded a chartered plane Thursday as Morocco deported them for trying to use the north African country as a springboard to reach Europe.
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Migrants' plight forces new look at Africa
Oct 13 2005 3:30PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - When he was a construction worker in Senegal, Lamine Sambou never knew from one day to the next whether there would be food for his wife and two children. So he, like many desperate Africans, set out for Europe.
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Runoff election likely in Liberia
Oct 13 2005 1:53PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - A runoff election likely will be needed to decide Liberia's presidential race, with early returns showing a former soccer star running closely with the country's most popular female politician, officials said Thursday.
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Somalia's PM calls for patrol of waters
Oct 13 2005 1:06PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalia's prime minister called on neighboring countries Thursday to send warships to patrol his lawless nation's waters after pirates seized a third cargo vessel delivering food aid.
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