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U.S. team joins Nigeria air crash probe
Nov 1 2006 10:35PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A four-member team from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board joined Nigerian investigators Wednesday in trying to unravel why a Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed on takeoff, killing 96 people, government officials said.
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Security Council votes for Ivory govt.
Nov 1 2006 7:52PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend Ivory Coast's transitional government for a final year and give new powers to the country's unelected prime minister to implement a peace plan and prepare for long-delayed elections.
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Somali peace talks reportedly collapse
Nov 1 2006 5:16PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Peace talks between the Somali government and a faction that wants to create an Islamic state collapsed Wednesday in Sudan's capital, an Arab League official said.
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Ethiopian PM: Islamic militia a threat
Nov 1 2006 4:33PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia's prime minister, who has sent troops to bolster Somalia's interim government, said Wednesday the al-Qaida-linked militants controlling much of the neighboring nation are a threat to the Horn of Africa and the wider world.
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Mandela says Botha's death evokes past
Nov 1 2006 9:20AM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Former President Nelson Mandela said Wednesday the death of P.W. Botha, the apartheid-era leader who resisted pressure to release him from prison in the 1980s, should serve as a reminder of South Africa's "horribly divided past."
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Congo government welcomes U.S. sanctions
Nov 1 2006 7:51AM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's government on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the United States to impose sanctions on seven warlords and businessmen who are accused of fueling instability in this vast country's lawless east.
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