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France's president visits Morocco
Oct 22 2007 8:02PM (CT)
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Morocco's king Monday and signed a string of deals aimed at fostering closer cooperation between the two countries and economic development projects.
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France's president visits Morocco
Oct 22 2007 8:02PM (CT)
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Morocco's king Monday and signed a string of deals aimed at fostering closer cooperation between the two countries and economic development projects.
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Sudan to announce Darfur cease-fire
Oct 22 2007 7:42PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Sudan will announce a cease-fire at the start of talks with rebel groups on Oct. 27 aimed at ending the conflict in Darfur, the country's U.N. ambassador said Monday.
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7 hostages freed in Nigeria, police say
Oct 22 2007 5:56PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Seven oil workers who were kidnapped from an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta were released Monday after two days in captivity, police said.
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Uganda and US co. launch rural e-banking
Oct 22 2007 4:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Uganda's finance minister wanted to give more than 90 percent of his country access to the banking system and financial services to try to spur economic growth, especially in poor rural areas. But his government did not have the know-how or the money to do it.
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Kenyan president dissolves parliament
Oct 22 2007 2:38PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - President Mwai Kibaki dissolved Kenya's parliament Monday, starting the countdown to elections in December that promise to be the most closely contested in the country's history.
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African governance prize problematic
Oct 22 2007 1:33PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Mozambique's former president Joaquim Chissano on Monday became the first winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African leadership _ a $5 million gift intended to promote good governance on a continent blighted by misrule.
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Somali pirates seize ship off Africa
Oct 22 2007 11:34AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates seized a cargo ship off the east African coast _ one in a series of high-seas attacks in the last week alone, officials said Monday.
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