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Pope denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria bloodshed
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:19 GMT
 AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings.
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Nigerian soldiers open fire on youths; 2 killed
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:13 GMT
 AP - Soldiers opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people, witnesses said Wednesday, just days after more than 200 people including dozens of children were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages nearby.
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Top Sunni cleric Tantawi dies of heart attack
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:37:38 GMT
 AFP - Sunni Islam's top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media said.
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Libya accepts US 'apology' for Kadhafi joke
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:28 GMT
 AFP - Libya said on Wednesday it accepted the apology of a US official who had joked about Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland and that normal ties would resume.
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Striking Algerian doctors hold demo
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:36:17 GMT
 AFP - Almost 200 striking Algerian doctors, dentists and pharmacists demonstrated Wednesday near the presidential palace to press their pay demands.
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Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:27 GMT
AP - A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired and grateful after being released Wednesday, and said she hopes two colleagues abducted with her in Mauritania will follow her soon.
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East Sudan, a first step for Eritrea's Europe-bound migrants
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:02:30 GMT
 AFP - Fleeing a military regime, thousands of young Eritreans stream into neighbouring east Sudan, the first stage of their long migration to Europe, Israel -- or even Khartoum.
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Mandela let blacks down, ex-wife says
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:57 GMT
 AP - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having "let us down," prompting outrage Wednesday in South Africa.
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Crucial week for Darfur peace: US envoy
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:33 GMT
 AFP - The coming week of direct talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups in Doha will be crucial to the prospects of a lasting peace deal, the US envoy for Sudan said Wednesday.
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Mozambique 'to evacuate 130,000 from flood plain'
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:58 GMT
 AFP - Around 130,000 people are to be evacuated in flood-prone Mozambique because of rising waters in three main rivers, state media said on Wednesday.
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Egypt's Mubarak leaves intensive care after operation
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:19 GMT
 AFP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left the intensive care unit of a German hospital on Wednesday, four days after having a gall bladder removed, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali said.
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Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashes
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:18:41 GMT
 Reuters - Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages.
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US official: Sudan's elections to be crucial test
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:53 GMT
AP - Sudan's upcoming elections must be as transparent as possible to prepare for a referendum on independence for the oil-rich south in 2011, but many obstacles remain, including continued conflict in Darfur, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
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Nigeria protesters demand to see ailing president
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:09:52 GMT
AP - Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital treatment abroad last month.
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Libya accepts US apology
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:32 GMT
AP - Libya has accepted an apology from senior U.S. State Department official for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's call for holy war, against Switzerland.
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UN: 90 Rwandan rebels killed in eastern Congo
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:10 GMT
AP - A United Nations official says 90 Rwandan rebels have been killed in restive eastern Congo.
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Libya accepts U.S. apology over diplomatic row
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:08:54 GMT
Reuters - Libya signaled the end of a diplomatic row with the United States Wednesday, saying it accepted an apology for acerbic comments made by a U.S. official and wanted to deepen relations in all areas.
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Nigerian activists seek sack of Yar'Adua's cabinet
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:23 GMT
 AFP - Around 5,000 Nigerian activists staged a march Wednesday to demand the sacking of the cabinet and a public appearance by ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned to the country.
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SAfrican top party: Song not about killing whites
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:55:27 GMT
AP - South Africa's governing party says a leading member didn't mean it literally when he sang about killing whites.
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Police to charge 49 over Nigeria massacre
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:36 GMT
 AFP - Nearly 50 people from the mainly Muslim Fulani clan arrested after a weekend attack on Christian villages are to be charged with murder, the state police chief said on Wednesday.
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