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Egypt president shown on TV chatting to doctors
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:04:37 GMT
 Reuters - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was shown on television on Tuesday sitting and chatting to doctors at a German hospital, the first pictures of him since he had surgery 10 days ago.
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Nigeria: Election slated for January or April 2011
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:03:44 GMT
AP - Nigeria will hold presidential elections in either January or April of 2011, an electoral official said Tuesday, although voting laws remain unchanged after a 2007 poll marred by widespread fraud.
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First post-op pics of Egyptian president issued
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:58:41 GMT
AP - The first video images of Egypt's president since his operation appeared Tuesday on state television as a government spokesman said he would address the nation by the end of week.
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Nigerian election dates 'depend on reforms'
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:04 GMT
 AFP - The date of Nigeria's presidential and legislative elections next year will depend on the outcome of internationally demanded reforms of the voting system, the electoral agency said on Tuesday.
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Egypt's Mubarak shown on TV chatting to doctors
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:18:11 GMT
 Reuters - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak was shown on Egyptian state television on Tuesday, sitting and chatting to doctors at the German hospital where he underwent surgery 10 days ago.
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North African states meet on Qaeda terror threat
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:46:50 GMT
 AFP - Seven north African states held talks Tuesday in Algeria to plan a coordinated response to Al-Qaeda following a dangerous rise in the terror threat in the Sahara-Sahel region, officials said.
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Nigeria police nab suspects over journalist murder
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:52:16 GMT
 AFP - Nigerian police have detained three suspects for the murder of an editor with the country's influential Guardian newspaper, a spokesman said.
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Egypt's Mubarak 'recovering well' after surgery
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:41:29 GMT
 AFP - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who underwent surgery in a German hospital 10 days ago, is recovering well and is able to walk and eat, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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Israeli reporter quizzed by Egyptian military
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:40:58 GMT
 AFP - Egyptian military prosecutors were interrogating an Israeli journalist on Tuesday after arresting him at the border as he tried to cross illegally with an African migrant, a security source said, adding the journalist risks a military trial.
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SAfrican president heads to Zimbabwe to mediate
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:24:58 GMT
AP - South African President Jacob Zuma heads to neighboring Zimbabwe on Tuesday, marking his first official trip as chief mediator between the president and prime minister in Zimbabwe's troubled coalition government.
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Beckham injury not World Cup blow-out for England
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:53:24 GMT
 AFP - David Beckham's ruptured Achilles may mean the 'end of the world' for him but it is by no means the end of England's dreams of World Cup triumph in South Africa later this year.
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Blasts rock Nigerian 'oil war' amnesty ceremony
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:07:08 GMT
 AFP - Two explosions on Monday rocked the Nigerian southern oil city of Warri during talks on an amnesty for former rebel fighters in an attack claimed by the main armed militant group, MEND.
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S.Africa's Zuma to visit Zimbabwe in bid to ease tensions
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:49:16 GMT
 AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma is set to visit Zimbabwe this week in a new bid to ease political tensions between President Robert Mugabe and Premier Morgan Tsvangirai, his office said Monday.
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Nigeria militants set off bombs, step up threats
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:37:23 GMT
 AP - Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region detonated two car bombs Monday near a government building where officials were discussing an amnesty deal, showing their resolve to resume attacks after an agreement to bring peace and economic benefits to the area unraveled.
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SAfrican youth leader convicted of hate speech
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:03:31 GMT
 AP - A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.
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Nigerian blasts kill one, injure several: official
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:06:09 GMT
AFP - Explosions that rocked Nigeria's southern city of Warri during a high-level government meeting on Monday killed a man, an official said, in a toll not confirmed by security forces.
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Somali government, Ahlu Sunna faction sign pact
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:57:49 GMT
 AFP - Somalia's transitional government (TFG) and a faction of the country's moderate Ahlu Sunna Sufi sect signed a deal Monday to jointly fight extremist elements in the country.
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'Quiet corruption' hurting Africa's poor: report
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:22:19 GMT
AP - A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fueling "quiet corruption" throughout Africa that is disproportionately hurting the continent's poor.
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S.Africa ANC youth leader guilty of hate speech
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:02:14 GMT
 AFP - A South African court on Monday found the youth leader of the ruling African National Congress guilty of hate speech, after he said President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser had "a nice time".
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Vote applications delayed in Centr.African Republic
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:12:56 GMT
 AFP - The commission organising elections in the Central African Republic announced Monday a delay in receiving candidates' papers, amid concern about the date of the poll set for April 25.
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