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Madagascar political rivals reach government deal
7:18AM CT
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African Union statement said.
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Diamond watchdog gives Zimbabwe time to comply
Nov 6 2009 10:40AM CT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.
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Zimbabwe's premier counting on South Africa
Nov 6 2009 2:42AM CT
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Zimbabwe's prime minister says assurances South Africa will be watching persuaded him to end his boycott of his country's troubled unity Cabinet.
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ICC prosecutor wants to investigate Kenya violence
Nov 5 2009 1:31PM CT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that Kenya's postelection violence that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.
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Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding
Nov 5 2009 11:46AM CT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.
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43 Somalis rescued by EU warship handed to UNHCR
Nov 5 2009 10:39AM CT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The EU Naval Force says it has handed over 43 Somalis abandoned at sea by their human smugglers to the United Nations refugee agency in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.
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South Africa cancels Airbus contract
Nov 5 2009 10:29AM CT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's government says it has canceled a contract to buy eight Airbus military aircraft that had set off a debate about public spending.
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Former senior Rwandan executive jailed for 8 years
Nov 5 2009 9:52AM CT
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - A United Nations war crimes tribunal sentenced on Thursday a former chief of Rwanda's tea processing and marketing agency to eight years in prison for his role in the country's 1994 genocide.
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Air Zimbabwe plane smashes into wild pigs
Nov 5 2009 5:12AM CT
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's transport ministry says one of the national airline's planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff.
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