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Hard times for wildlife in Zimbabwe
Oct 18 2006 2:24PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The economic chaos engulfing Zimbabwe is decimating the country's once teeming wildlife, according to a conservation group, which painted a grim picture of nature reserves staffed by poorly trained rangers who cruelly kill the animals they are meant to protect.
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Mothers fight migration in Senegal
Oct 18 2006 2:19PM (CT)
THIAROYE, Senegal (AP) - At a funeral in this Senegalese fishing town, mothers wept for their sons _ dozens of whom drowned when the wooden craft they hoped to take to Europe was caught in a storm. Then the mothers decided to stop it from happening again.
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193 protesters said killed in Ethiopia
Oct 18 2006 1:02PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian security forces fatally shot, beat or strangled 193 people protesting election fraud last year, triple the official death toll, a senior judge appointed to investigate the violence said Wednesday.
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