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US, Britain urge Japan on Afghan mission
Oct 18 2007 5:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The United States and Britain Thursday urged Japan to renew a mission to refuel coalition ships in the Indian Ocean as fierce opposition in parliament dimmed prospects of securing an extension before the deployment expires next month.
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Sudan government fails to reconcile
Oct 18 2007 4:31PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The president and his estranged vice president failed Thursday to bridge a government rift threatening a 2005 peace agreement that ended two decades of civil war between Sudan's north and south.
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UN: Detained official safe in Somalia
Oct 18 2007 1:54PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A top U.N. food aid official detained by Somali security forces is unhurt and in touch with U.N. staff, but the world body has received no indication why he was seized, officials said Thursday.
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Zimbabwe inflation still soaring
Oct 18 2007 12:40PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The frenzy to buy hard currencies in Zimbabwe's struggling economy pushed the exchange rate for the U.S. dollar as high as a million Zimbabwean dollars on the black market Thursday, dealers said.
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