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Somalia PM says government surrounded
Dec 12 2006 8:22PM (CT)
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) - Thousands of Islamic militants have surrounded the only town Somalia's internationally recognized government controls, the prime minister said Tuesday as a top Islamic official promised to attack within a week unless troops from neighboring Ethiopia leave.
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Annan urges U.N. council to act on Sudan
Dec 12 2006 3:02PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - His time at the helm of the world body nearing an end, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan stepped up his efforts Tuesday to force a halt to atrocities in Darfur, demanding the U.N. Human Rights Council send an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.
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Ivory Coast army foils coup plot
Dec 12 2006 2:46PM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - The army of war-divided Ivory Coast said Tuesday it had foiled an "imminent" coup plot against President Laurent Gbagbo.
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Mariam convicted of genocide in Ethiopia
Dec 12 2006 2:17PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - An Ethiopian dictator known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa" was convicted Tuesday of genocide in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own country.
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