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Uganda opposition leader pleads not guilty
Dec 19 2005 3:34PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's jailed opposition leader pleaded not guilty to treason and rape charges Monday in a trial his supporters claim is being staged to keep him out of upcoming presidential elections.
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Moroccan truth commission questioned
Dec 19 2005 3:14PM (CT)
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Moroccan human rights activists said Monday that a truth commission investigating four decades of violations had seriously underestimated the number of victims when it said hundreds had died in arbitrary detention and government shootings.
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300 militants killed in Chad clashes
Dec 19 2005 2:52PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Government forces clashed with army deserters in an eastern border town, killing about 300 militants in the biggest recent offensive against rebels, officials said Monday.
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U.N. official urges Sudan, Uganda action
Dec 19 2005 2:09PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Warning that the lives of millions of Africans are at stake, the U.N. humanitarian chief urged stepped-up international efforts Monday to tackle worsening conflicts in Sudan and Uganda, and severe food shortages in Zimbabwe and southern Africa.
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Boat capsizes off Mauritania; 4 dead
Dec 19 2005 11:29AM (CT)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - A boat carrying Africans illegally trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands capsized off Mauritania's coast, killing at least four and leaving 26 others missing and presumed dead, officials said Monday.
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World Court rules against Uganda
Dec 19 2005 9:06AM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Court of Justice on Monday held Uganda responsible for the killing, torture and cruel treatment of civilians in Congo in the late 1990s and ordered reparations.
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