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U.N. calls on Eritrea to withdraw troops
Oct 17 2006 10:40PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council called on Eritrea Tuesday to immediately withdraw troops and tanks from a buffer zone next to Ethiopia and urged both countries to refrain from any threat or use of force.
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IMF says African economies growing
Oct 17 2006 8:18PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Sub-Saharan African is set for higher economic growth in 2007, a positive sign but a small step toward pulling the continent's people out of poverty, an International Monetary Fund official said Tuesday.
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Liberia leader discusses gains in nation
Oct 17 2006 5:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberia's president looked back Tuesday on nine months as Africa's first elected woman president and spoke of significant political development, some economic advances but potential perils lurking.
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Situation dire for civilians in Darfur
Oct 17 2006 3:05PM (CT)
MADU, Sudan (AP) - These are unhappy times for the king of the Berti tribe, with tens of thousands of his people killed, harassed or chased from their homes by fighting in Darfur.
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