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French reporter kidnapped in Somalia
Dec 16 2007 6:22PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A French journalist was kidnapped Sunday in northern Somalia by gunmen who apparently were demanding a $70,000 ransom, authorities and a media watchdog said.
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Madagascar fights to keep HIV rate down
Dec 16 2007 1:31PM (CT)
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - On a back street in one of Antananarivo's seedier neighborhoods, Saholy clutches at the hood of her blue jacket, pulling it down against the light rain. She steels herself for more verbal abuse from her fellow street walkers plying their trade on the corners.
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Liberia tries democracy with new leader
Dec 16 2007 1:22PM (CT)
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Rarely in Africa has the human cost of war and greed been clearer than in this dingy, broken, sweltering corner of hell. Yet nowhere has the expectation of change created so much hope.
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