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South African ex-deputy president charged
Nov 4 2005 8:24PM (CT)
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa's former deputy president was indicted on a corruption charge Friday in a scandal involving his financial adviser and two French arms companies.
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Top U.S. official to visit Sudan
Nov 4 2005 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid growing congressional unease over the situation in Sudan, the State Department's No. 2 official will travel to the East African country next week to seek progress in resolving its multiple crises, including the continuing human mayhem in Darfur.
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Post-election rioting spreads in Ethiopia
Nov 4 2005 3:26PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Violent protests of disputed elections spread Friday from the capital to other parts of Ethiopia, leaving four people dead, and the prime minister vowed to prosecute opposition officials after a week of bloody clashes, state media reported.
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Zanzibar president appeals for peace
Nov 4 2005 2:42PM (CT)
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) - The winner of Zanzibar's disputed election appealed for peace Friday as the Indian Ocean archipelago celebrated the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan after days of political violence.
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Soccer star gains Liberian political clout
Nov 4 2005 2:09PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The crowd roars and people swoon as the presidential candidate bounds onto the stage, striding on the powerful legs that propelled him from the slums of Monrovia to international soccer stardom.
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U.S. diplomat decries Zimbabwe corruption
Nov 4 2005 9:10AM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Gross government mismanagement and corruption have thrown Zimbabwe into economic crisis and reversed a half-century of progress in six years, the U.S. ambassador said in a paper released Friday.
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Libya reportedly puts blogger in prison
Nov 4 2005 8:54AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Libya has sent to prison for 18 months a blogger who criticized the government on the Internet, Human Rights Watch says in a report that inspired a series of Web tributes to the dissident Friday.
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