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Nigeria ruling party expels V.P.
Dec 22 2006 11:36PM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The ruling party expelled Nigeria's vice president from its ranks Friday and called on President Olusegun Obasanjo to fire him as his deputy after he declared his candidacy in next year's presidential elections.
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U.N. extends Sierra Leone mission
Dec 22 2006 10:14PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone, a country outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan called a success story.
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Somali rivals fight to bloody standstill
Dec 22 2006 8:24PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's Ethiopian-backed government and its rivals in an Islamic movement fought to a bloody standstill Friday, and geared up for a major push as villagers fled.
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Sudan OKs U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur
Dec 22 2006 7:44PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The Sudanese government has agreed to a U.N. peacekeeping role in the troubled Darfur region, but in a mission with mostly African Union troops and an African commander, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
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Annan hopes Darfur ceasefire can stand
Dec 22 2006 2:52PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he is encouraged that Sudan's president will shortly agree to a hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur, along with a cease-fire and renewed peace efforts.
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U.N. reiterates support for Ivory Coast PM
Dec 22 2006 12:45AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday reiterated its "full support" for Ivory Coast's prime minister exercising the wide powers it gave him to prepare for elections next year, implicitly rejecting an alternative peace plan by the country's president.
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