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Ambush kills 7 soldiers in Algeria
Nov 10 2006 11:51PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Seven members of Algeria's security forces were killed in an ambush during a cleanup operation in a forest used as a hideout by Islamic extremists, and 13 others were injured, four of them seriously, security officials said Friday.
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U.N. won't send group to Sudan meeting
Nov 10 2006 10:15PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council will not send a delegation to a key African Union meeting with Sudan next week after members could not agree Friday on what message to send, the council president said.
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Somalia's Islamic movement signs accord
Nov 10 2006 9:12PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's Islamic movement signed a preliminary peace agreement Friday with a powerful lawmaker aimed at averting a looming war, but the deal was brokered without input from the country's weak interim government.
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Congo leader retains lead in vote runoff
Nov 10 2006 2:58PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Incumbent Joseph Kabila retained a commanding lead Friday in war-weary Congo's presidential runoff with about two-thirds of the vote counted in a tense ballot tally that is being challenged by his opponent's supporters.
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Rebels claim to capture 2nd African town
Nov 10 2006 2:53PM (CT)
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Rebel fighters in the Central African Republic claimed they have captured a northern town Friday, the second to fall to shadowy insurgents in less than two weeks.
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U.S. sends relief supplies to Ethiopia
Nov 10 2006 2:33PM (CT)
GODE, Ethiopia (AP) - The U.S. Air Force delivered food and relief supplies Friday to flood victims in eastern Ethiopia, where at least 80 people have died and tens of thousands have been left homeless.
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Catholic nun gets 30 years for Rwanda ro
Nov 10 2006 10:43AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Catholic nun has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping militias kill hundreds of people hiding in a hospital during Rwanda's 1994 genocide, an official said Friday.
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