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Somalia braces for war as residents flee
Nov 24 2006 11:18PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Hundreds of Ethiopian troops arrived to protect Somalia's government Friday as witnesses said a powerful Islamic militia massed nearby, raising concerns of clashes between the two forces.
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U.N. official alleges Sudan attacks
Nov 24 2006 6:57PM (CT)
11 GENEVA (AP) - An assault on the town of Sirba in Sudan's Darfur region earlier this month was apparently "a deliberate and unprovoked attack" by government forces against innocent civilians, a United Nations human rights official said Friday.
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U.N. says mass graves found in Congo
Nov 24 2006 5:55PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The United Nations said Friday its investigators have discovered three mass graves at a northeast Congo military camp containing the bodies of 30 people _ including women and children _ who were allegedly killed by soldiers.
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U.N. says war threats hurt Somalia aid
Nov 24 2006 2:51PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Fears of a looming war in Somalia are hampering relief efforts for up to 1 million people hit by severe flooding, a senior U.N. official said Friday.
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Ugandans use cease-fire to go home
Nov 24 2006 2:37PM (CT)
GURUGURU, Uganda (AP) - The blue-gray rock of the Kilak hills rises above the thatched huts and the smoldering campfires of GuruGuru. In the center of the village, women sell neat stacks of tomatoes and onions in the shade of mango trees. Chickens scratch the red earth. Goats chew nonchalantly on old maize kernels.
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Chad extends state of emergency 6 months
Nov 24 2006 2:25PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Chad extended a state of emergency Friday for six months in the country's eastern provinces, where ethnic clashes have killed as many as 400 people and raised fears that Sudan's Darfur conflict is spilling across the border.
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Rwanda's ambassador to Paris recalled
Nov 24 2006 8:39AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Rwanda has recalled its ambassador to Paris after a French judge issued international arrest warrants for nine ranking Rwandans suspected of plotting the 1994 killing of the African nation's president, the embassy said Friday.
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Ivory Coast officials faulted in report
Nov 24 2006 12:13AM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A government commission investigating a deadly toxic waste scandal on Thursday blamed the tragedy on negligence and corruption by senior officials and an ill-equipped company set up solely to dump the waste.
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