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UN envoy: New Darfur fighting bad sign
Dec 7 2007 6:18PM (CT)
EL FASHER, Sudan (AP) - Signs of renewed fighting in Darfur are a worrying omen for peace talks, a U.N. special envoy said Friday as he toured the troubled region in an attempt to draw reluctant rebels into negotiations with Sudan's government.
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European unlikely to meet UN Darfur goal
Dec 7 2007 3:50PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European nations look unlikely to meet an urgent U.N. call to provide military helicopters for a peacekeeping force planned for Darfur, saying their armies are already stretched by missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo and other hot spots.
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US doctor in Uganda confronts Ebola
Dec 7 2007 2:19PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - For more than a week, Dr. Scott Myhre didn't wear a mask or other protective gear when treating the listless patients who were flocking to his hospital in western Uganda.
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Liberia's ex-president arrested
Dec 7 2007 2:01PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - A former president of Liberia was arrested Friday for violating the conditions of his bail while on trial on charges of embezzling $1.3 million in government funds, the prosecutor said.
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Kenya battles swarms of desert locusts
Dec 7 2007 12:52PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Swarms of desert locusts have invaded Kenya's arid northeast for the first time since 1962, officials said Friday.
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African school succeeds against the odds
Dec 7 2007 10:47AM (CT)
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) - Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs.
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African school succeeds against the odds
Dec 7 2007 10:47AM (CT)
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) - Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs.
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African school succeeds against the odds
Dec 7 2007 10:47AM (CT)
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) - Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs.
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African school succeeds against the odds
Dec 7 2007 10:47AM (CT)
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) - Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs.
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African school succeeds against the odds
Dec 7 2007 10:47AM (CT)
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) - Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs.
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Somali president: 'I am healthy'
Dec 7 2007 6:15AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalia's president said Friday that he is in good health and dismissed reports that he has been near death since being rushed to the hospital with bronchitis this week.
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