President Obama on Friday offered only tempered support for Libya's rebels and played down the feasibility of Western military intervention to aid their cause, raising questions about how far he is willing to go to help fulfill his declaration last week that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi "must le...
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Nigeria: Ruling Party Shocks North in Governors' Elections
Against expectations of serious opposition challenge during the gubernatorial election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won several states in the northern part of the country and regained control of Kano State, a hitherto All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) stronghold.
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Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
At least 50 African Union peacekeepers dead in Somalia clashes
About 50 African Union peacekeepers have died in clashes with militants linked to al-Qaeda over the past two weeks.
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Senegal: Local Health Posts a Qualified Success
"We no longer need to go to Han�ne, three kilometres away, for vaccinations or for a check-up for our children," said Maguette Niang, a 40-year-old mother from Keur Madaro, a village in the west of Senegal.
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Meite wants to stay at West Brom
Ivorian defender Abdouleye Meite says he wants to stay at West Bromwich Albion after a dramatic revival in his club fortunes.
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In Libya, underground jail a daunting reminder of Moammar Gaddafi's grip
Libyans travel to homes in Benghazi where the leader stayed during to the port city before rebels took the town.
Nigeria: Large Voter Turn Out in the South, Apathy in the North
Nigerians in the South savoured the long Easter holiday, five days at a stretch, and on Tuesday trooped out in peace and with patience to vote for Governors and state lawmakers, without a major hitch; they just wanted to get on with it and get their lives back from today.
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Libyan Rebels Say They Have Control of Misurata
The rebels say they drove government forces out of the western city, though shelling has continued, while the government says that its forces withdrew while a cease-fire is being negotiated.
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Ivory Coast investigates Gbagbo
Ivory Coast's new President Alassane Ouattara says preliminary investigations into alleged crimes committed by his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, have begun.
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Nigeria: Security Deploys Big for Today's Polls
Heavy security measures are in place all over the country today as voters in 25 states go to the polls to elect governors and members of state Houses of Assembly, our correspondents reported yesterday.
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Instability Is Worsening in Southern Sudan
The persistent violence has killed more than 150 people in the last week alone, the regional government said Monday less than three months before independence.
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Burundi
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Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Take 2
Former President Jimmy Carter and Nicholas Kristof answer a second round of readers' questions about Sudan.
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Nigeria: Security Deploys Big for Today's Polls
Heavy security measures are in place all over the country today as voters in 25 states go to the polls to elect governors and members of state Houses of Assembly, our correspondents reported yesterday.
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Cicely Wolters: An unabashed advocate for the Peace Corps
FEDERAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK | A former Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua and now desk officer for Morocco and Jordan at headquarters in Washington, D.C., Cicely Wolters has watched as the Internet and cellphones have transformed the experiences of volunteers worldwide.
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On a Libyan field, allied airstrikes bring destruction and hope
Before attacks, civilians and rebels were frustrated by international community's lack of action.
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Monday, 25 April 2011
'Pirate negotiator' charged in US
A US grand jury indicts a Somali man accused of negotiating ransom on behalf of a band of pirates who captured a Danish cargo vessel.
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In Libya, underground jail a daunting reminder of Moammar Gaddafi's grip
Libyans travel to homes in Benghazi where the leader stayed during to the port city before rebels took the town.
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Marseille suffer Mbia injury blow
Marseille will be without their Cameroonian midfielder Stephane Mbia for three weeks because of injury.
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Over the brink
Why didn't Ivory Coast's "Cicero" learn his lessons from history?
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TED 2011: Imagine what could happen?
I’m fortunate to be a Senior TED Fellow, which means that I go to five TED conferences over 3 years. To date, I’ve been to five TED conferences, ranging from Tanzania to Long Beach and Oxford, and each one has amazing speakers, jaw-dropping discoveries revealed and true ideas worth spreading. I say fortunate because it [...]
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Sunday, 24 April 2011
Kenya: Union to Strike If State Fails to Employ Contracted Teachers
Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has given the government a two months notice to convert the terms of 18,000 primary and secondary school teachers who were hired on contract basis to permanent.
Farce or freedom?
More victims than victors when civil wars linger
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Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF in Poll Crisis
ZANU-PF'S election campaign stumbled after the ace in its campaign kit, the indigenisation and economic empowerment lobby -- meant to force foreign-owned firms to cede at least 51 percent of their shareholding to blacks -- proved to be a hard sell to rural voters.
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Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism
With security still scant, violence in Cairo between Muslims and Christians raises the prospect of a deepening sectarian divide.
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Gaddafi could turn to Libya's mustard gas stockpile, some officials fear
Western reconnaissance is focusing on a small garage at a remote site in the Libyan desert, though nothing untoward has been seen so far.
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Sudan: Ex-Combatants to Lay Down Arms in West Darfur
Today marked the launch of a UNAMID-supported disarmament programme in El Geneina, West Darfur, through which more than 1,000 former fighters in the Darfur conflict will surrender their weapons and begin the process of reintegration into civilian life.
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Clinton says U.S. supports, but will not lead, military operation against Libya
The secretary of state pledges that the United States will strongly support the international military action to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's attacks on rebels.
Nigeria: 10,000 Displaced From Rioting
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has claimed that it has registered over 10,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bauchi, Gombe and Yobe states as a result of the post - presidential election violence across the North East Zone.
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Zanzibar
An overview of Zanzibar, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
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On a Small Scale, Sustainable Energy Transforms Lives
Tiny renewable energy systems that light just one home at a time are playing an epic, transformative role in the lives of poor people in developing countries who live far the electricity grid.
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Libyans brace for Gaddafi offensive in rebel stronghold of Benghazi
The rebel stronghold braces for a major offensive by the Libyan leader's loyalists, a battle that most expected to be fierce, bloody and likely to decide the fate of the month-old populist rebellion against Gaddafi's 41-year grip on the country.
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Sofapaka missing trio for Confed
Kenyan club Sofapaka must overcome the absence of three stars this weekend if they want to continue Confederation Cup giant-killing run.
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World Briefing | Africa: Sudan: 350 Buildings Burned
Large parts of el-Feid, a town in Sudan?s Nuba Mountains, have been burned to the ground, satellite images from a research organization, the Satellite Sentinel Project, show.
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Friday, 22 April 2011
During Chile visit, Obama defends Libya military action
During a visit to Chile, President Obama on Monday defended his decision to deploy the U.S. military in Libya.
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Libyan Rebels Advance; U.S. Will Deploy Drones
Rebels seized a Tunisian border crossing as President Obama authorized the use of armed drones against Qaddafi?s forces.
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People powerless?
No sign of Arab-style uprisings in East Africa
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13152369
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Kenya: Kibaki Denies Seeking Third Term
President Kibaki has no intention of running for another term, the government said Thursday.
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Missile strikes building in Libyan compound where Gaddafi lives
A missile struck a building on Sunday night in the compound in Tripoli where Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi lives, fueling the rage that has erupted among his supporters since U.N.-mandated airstrikes began on Saturday.
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Treasury officials freeze more assets as part of Libya sanction effort
Treasury Department officials on Tuesday ratcheted up the financial pressure on Libya, freezing the assets of the foreign minister and 16 state-owned entities in a widening of the three-week-old U.S. sanctions effort.
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Inferior Arms Hobble Rebels in Libya War
The armed uprising is not adequately armed and has many weapons with no utility in the war at hand.
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Zanzibar
An overview of Zanzibar, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
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Obama's shift toward military action in Libya
After two weeks of playing down the prospect of military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration is on the brink of inserting itself into a third war in a Muslim nation.
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Robert Mugabe Hounds Rivals in Zimbabwe, Parties Say
President Robert Mugabe and his party are engaged in a campaign of intimidation and harassment intended to drive his opponents out of office.
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South Sudan troops die in attack
At least 20 Southern Sudanese army soldiers are killed in a clash with rebel fighters.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13152371
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France and Italy Will Also Send Advisers to Libya Rebels
The French and Italian governments said they would send a small number of officers to support the rebel army, offering a diplomatic boost for the insurgent leader.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes
The White House is acknowledging popular revolutions might bring a more religious cast to politics.
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Nigeria: More Than 200 Dead in Post-Poll Violence, Says Rights Group
More than 200 people have died in post-election violence in Nigeria, according to a local rights group.
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Sudan: Lack of Justice 'Entrenching Impunity' in Darfur
Aid workers have raised serious concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan's troubled Darfur region where, they say, a prevailing climate of impunity has often resulted in humanitarians being killed, injured, abducted or car-jacked.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201104200476.html
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South Africa: Anc's Malema Denies 'Kill the Boer' Song is Hate Speech
Julius Malema, the head of South Africa's ruling party youth league, has denied being a racist for singing a song with the chorus "shoot the boer". He defended himself in court in Johannesburg, where he is being tried on charges of hate speech.
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VIDEO: Trial spotlights S Africa tension
ANC heavyweights have rallied to defend their youth president's right to sing a controversial struggle song that is the focus of a hate-speech trial.
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Ethiopia
Key facts, figures and dates
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
G8 ministers defer to UN for resolution on helping Libyan rebels
PARIS - Top diplomats from some of the world's biggest powers deferred Tuesday to the U.N. Security Council to take action against Libya, as France and Britain failed to win support for a no-fly zone to halt the advance of Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
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In Libya, advance by Gaddafi forces sends rebels fleeing
TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi sent opposition fighters fleeing Thursday from a strategic oil port in eastern Libya that rebels had held for a week, appearing to reverse the rebels' advances toward Tripoli.
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Businessman escapes Libya posing as Gaddafi loyalist
IN RAS JDIR, TUNISIA On the dusty road out of Libya, the flood of humanity has narrowed to a trickle, mostly carloads of Libyans doing cross-border trade or foreign laborers on foot, lugging cheap suitcases and overstuffed plastic bags toward a teeming tent camp.
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Africa: Hopes Dashed in HIV Prevention Drug Trial
A clinical trial aimed at investigating whether an antiretroviral pill a day could prevent women from getting HIV was abandoned yesterday.
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Congress members struggle to define message on Mideast, North Africa
How difficult are the decisions the president must make about the turmoil in the Mideast?
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Monday, 18 April 2011
Obama's shift toward military action in Libya
After two weeks of playing down the prospect of military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration is on the brink of inserting itself into a third war in a Muslim nation.
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Reunion
An overview of the French island in the Indian Ocean
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Battle for Libya | April 17, 2011
Rebels fled the strategic city of Ajdabiya on Sunday after government forces launched a rocket and artillery attack.
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Djibouti
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U.S. and European officials say initial assault on Gaddafi's forces 'very effective'; Libyan leader pledges 'long, drawn-out war'
After 24 hours of strikes on air defenses and ground forces, Gaddafi calls foreign forces "Nazis," promises drawn-out war
US Marshals: Woman accused in fatal Texas day care fire returns to US after capture in Nigeria
HOUSTON - Authorities say a woman accused of fleeing the country after a fire at her Texas day care facility killed four children has returned to the U.S. following her capture in Nigeria.
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Sunday, 17 April 2011
Nigeria: Jonathan Leads in South, Buhari in North-West
Early results from yesterday's presidential poll show that President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) are leading in the South and the North-West respectively.
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Ceuta, Melilla
A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla
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Kenya
Key facts, figures and dates
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Chad
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'Blood innocent blood'
How Ivorian politicians ignored reggae star's warning
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13063216
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African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In
Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land.
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Saturday, 16 April 2011
White House appears reluctant to take hard line with Arab monarchies
As Persian Gulf monarchs forcibly suppress street protests in the kingdom of Bahrain, the Obama adminstration has responded mostly with mild or muted objections - a sharp contrast from its demands for new governments in the republics of Egypt and Libya.
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One-way ticket
What happens to leaders when they are deposed?
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-13052996
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Egypt dissolves Mubarak's party
The former ruling party of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak will be dissolved and its assets handed to the government, a court rules.
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Gaddafi's forces likely to push rebels back to Benghazi, analysts say
Analysts say uprising will be forced to retreat absent foreign intervention.
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South Africans decry rapes of lesbians, call for government action
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Rights activists are speaking out against rapes targeting lesbians in South Africa.
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Nigeria: Presidential Election - Day of Decision
Nigerians are making their eighth attempt to produce a civilian president today. Voters will decide who will rule the country for the next four years, after months of gruelling campaigns by the presidential candidates.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens
President Obama orders plans giving U.S. military "full capacity to act" in Libya if situation worsens but expresses several notes of caution.
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On Libya, Obama willing to let allies take the lead
President Obama is content to let other nations publicly lead the search for solutions to the Libyan conflict, his advisers say, a stance that reflects the more humble tone he has sought to bring to U.S. foreign policy but one that also opens him to criticism that he is a weak leader.
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Monday, 11 April 2011
The Lede: Video of Gbagbo's Arrest on Ivorian TV
After the arrest of Ivory Coast's former president, Laurent Gbagbo, an Ivorian television channel broadcast the first images of him in custody.
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13 die in sectarian violence in Cairo
CAIRO - Thirteen people died in overnight clashes between Christians and Muslims in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in Egypt since last month's ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, officials reported Wednesday.
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St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha
Key facts for St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
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Sudan: Sudan's Kiir May Be Relieved From His VP Post Prior to July, Says Parliament Speaker
The First Vice president of Sudan Salva Kiir may lose his federal post well before the South officially secedes next July, the speaker of the national assembly said today.
Sunday, 10 April 2011
VIDEO: Rebels 'losing ground' in Ajdabiya
Fierce fighting is continuing in Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, with Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushing back rebels.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13030528
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Chad
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VIDEO: Embassies attacked in Ivory Coast
The French military said its helicopters had been in action against supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13027270
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Facing Violence, Nigerians Vote
Officials had to deal with bombings and other violence as an estimated 73.5 million voters selected members of the National Assembly.
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Egyptians swarm polls in first vote since revolution
Unprecedented numbers flocked to participate in the nation's first vote since the revolution.
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U.N. confirms probe into allegations of torture by Gaddafi's forces
The torture inquiry, the latest international move to bring pressure on Libya's Moammar Gaddafi, is confirmed as NATO ministers meet to weigh options for intervention.
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Saturday, 9 April 2011
U.S., Europe considering naval operations to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya
The United States and its European allies are considering the use of naval assets to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya and to block arms shipments to the government of Moammar Gaddafi, even as they weigh the legality of imposing a no-fly zone without United Nations authorization, according to U.S...
Pivot 25: East Africa?s Mobile Competition & Conference
I’m excited to announce Pivot 25, which will happen on June 14-15 in Nairobi. If you’re an app developer or entrepreneur, submit your idea here! Applications are due midnight (East Africa Time) March 15th, 2011 What is it? Pivot 25 is an event bringing together East Africa’s top mobile entrepreneurs and startups to pitch their [...]
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Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya
Group says endorsement of no-fly zone was intended to prevent civilian casualties
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Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a
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'Miracle orphanage'
How 400 people were saved from Rwanda's genocide
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Gaddafi's forces likely to push rebels back to Benghazi, analysts say
Analysts say uprising will be forced to retreat absent foreign intervention.
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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion
CAIRO - If it's true that Egypt pulled off a so-called Facebook revolution, then the nation is about to confront a status change in its relationship with democracy: "It's complicated." Very.
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Friday, 8 April 2011
The Battle for Libya | April 6, 2011
Stung by criticism from rebel leaders, NATO officials said Wednesday that attacks were up following a slight slowdown earlier in the week.
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Namibia
Key facts, figures and dates
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Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolves much hated state security agency
CAIRO - Egypt's interior minister on Tuesday dissolved the country's widely hated state security agency, which is accused in torture and other human rights abuses in the suppression of dissent against ousted Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule.
After a Grumble, NATO Apologizes for Airstrike
The alliance had not been forewarned that the rebels were using tanks, an official said on Friday.
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U.S., Europe considering naval operations to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya
The United States and its European allies are considering the use of naval assets to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya and to block arms shipments to the government of Moammar Gaddafi, even as they weigh the legality of imposing a no-fly zone without United Nations authorization, according to U.S...
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In Cairo, Hillary Clinton pledges millions in U.S. aid to Egypt
CAIRO - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to the wellspring of Egypt's pro-democracy revolution on Tuesday to pledge tens of millions of dollars in U.S. financial aid and business incentives while also appealing for Arab help in ending the escalating violence in Libya and Bahrain .
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Obama, Gates to leave Washington for official visits as Libya crisis deepens
As war clouds gathered over Libya on Friday, the U.S. commander in chief and his defense secretary were each preparing to leave Washington to visit places far removed from any military operations.
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Zambia
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Thursday, 7 April 2011
Cut Off, Ivory Coast Chief Is Pressing for Cash
Diplomats and businessman say Laurent Gbagbo is squeezing cocoa exporters and banks to pay soldiers and civil servants.
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