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Volcano in eastern Congo spews lava
Nov 27 2006 9:41PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A volcano erupted late Monday near the city of Goma in eastern Congo, spewing lava in an area devastated by a major eruption four years ago.
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Darfur rebels conduct raid on oil field
Nov 27 2006 8:50PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Darfur rebels attacked an oil field in a rare extension of their campaign eastwards toward the Sudanese capital and said Monday the military garrison guarding the field had surrendered.
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Congo court rejects vote fraud charges
Nov 27 2006 5:26PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The supreme court on Monday upheld President Joseph Kabila's victory in Congo's landmark elections, ruling as unfounded the runner-up's charges of widespread fraud in balloting meant to usher the restive Central African nation toward long-term peace and stability.
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Thousands of Somalis flee flooding
Nov 27 2006 4:25PM (CT)
MARERE, Somalia (AP) - Thousands of people have built makeshift structures on hilltops and bridges turned into tiny islands by the overflowing Juba River in central Somalia on Monday, and international agencies struggled to deliver aid to one of the most dangerous countries in the world.
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Central African rebels claim town
Nov 27 2006 4:18PM (CT)
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Rebels said Monday they have captured another town near Central African Republic's restive Chad-Sudan borderlands and that their forces are aiming for the country's southern capital. Government officials only confirmed there was fighting.
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Violence continues to roil in Chad
Nov 27 2006 4:16PM (CT)
ABECHE, Chad (AP) - With gunfire sounding in the distance, workers took stock Monday of looted U.N. warehouses and government offices in this town in eastern Chad, the latest victim of unrest that started in Sudan's Darfur region and has spread across a swath of Africa.
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Ivory Coast to reinstate three officials
Nov 27 2006 2:50PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - President Laurent Gbagbo will reinstate three senior officials suspended after hundreds of tons of toxic waste were dumped in the capital of civil-war divided Ivory Coast, leaving 10 dead and thousands seeking treatment, his spokesman said.
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Somalia militia orders weapons handover
Nov 27 2006 2:41PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Leaders of the Islamic militia controlling much of Somalia ordered the handover of all unauthorized weapons Monday but did not say how it would enforce the directive in a heavily armed country amid fears of a regional war.
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Uganda center helps animals in trouble
Nov 27 2006 9:12AM (CT)
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) - A baby chimpanzee found alone, helpless, in the forest. An African rock python caged and taunted by villagers until it cracks its skull on the metal bars. A rare shoebill crane, a tall, gray-feathered beauty, discovered in the trunk of a smuggler's car.
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