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Rights panel rejects Darfur resolution
Nov 28 2006 6:47PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. Human Rights Council rejected on Tuesday an attempt to hold the Sudanese government responsible for halting atrocities in Darfur, opting instead for a less-pointed resolution calling on all warring parties to end abuses.
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Chad military plane shot down near Sudan
Nov 28 2006 6:44PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - A Chadian military reconnaissance plane was shot down in eastern Chad on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, and a rebel group claimed responsibility. A government spokesman blamed neighboring Sudan for backing the rebels and said it was "a state of war."
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Volcano eruption poses threat in Congo
Nov 28 2006 3:12PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Mount Nyamulagira erupted near the city of Goma in eastern Congo, threatening to shower ash on a national park that is home to some rare animals, officials said Tuesday.
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Fighting continues in Congo for 4th day
Nov 28 2006 3:06PM (CT)
SAKE, Congo (AP) - U.N.-backed government forces battled renegade troops loyal to a local warlord in a fourth day of fighting Tuesday in eastern Congo, where a U.N. helicopter strafed hills and gunfire echoed as hundreds of people fled the area.
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Fall: African country in bleak situation
Nov 28 2006 11:09AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The Central African Republic is veering toward disaster, a senior United Nations official said Tuesday, a day after rebels captured a northern town and said they were headed to the country's southern capital.
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Nigeria accused of not prosecuting rapes
Nov 28 2006 11:04AM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian police and soldiers are using rape to intimidate restive communities and "as means of torture to extract confessions from suspects in custody," Amnesty International said Tuesday.
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3-story building collapses in Nigeria
Nov 28 2006 9:11AM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A three-story bank under construction collapsed in the main Nigerian city of Lagos, and two people were unaccounted for and believed trapped inside the rubble, rescue workers said Tuesday.
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