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Somali pirates demand $25 mln for oil tanker
Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.
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U.N. sending 3,000 more troops to Congo
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to send more than 3,000 additional troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo, bolstering a mission that is already its largest peacekeeping force in the ...
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Affleck in the Congo
Actor Ben Affleck has been visiting a camp for internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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UN peacekeepers called on to battle piracy
The United Nations should send peacekeepers to Somalia urgently to stop the strife that is fuelling piracy and is being aggravated by feuding politicians, the African Union's top diplomat said on Thursday.
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Africa rejoices over Obama, but seeks own answers
Two weeks after Africans danced for joy to see a black man elected president of the United States, a Kenyan newspaper columnist delivered a crisp warning to this complex and troubled continent: "Obama is not ...
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Vietnam recalls SA diplomat
Vietnam said on Wednesday it would recall one of its diplomats from South Africa after she was filmed conducting an illegal transaction in rhinoceros horn.
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Zimbabwe doctors blame govt for cholera epidemic
A group of doctors said Wednesday that President Robert Mugabe's government is to blame for a cholera epidemic sweeping Zimbabwe and that the disease's spread there is being dramatically underreported.
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Somali pirates turn villages into boomtowns
Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women a ' even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.
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UN: $7 billion needed for 2009 humanitarian work
The United Nations asked Wednesday for $7 billion (5.5 billion euros) to fund its humanitarian work around the world in 2009 _ almost double last year's appeal as a result of soaring food prices and crises in Africa, among other factors. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged donor nations and private groups...
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Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing boat, 16 crew
Separate bands of pirates hijacked two ships and captured their crews, while yet another opened fire on an Indian navy ship before being driven off _ clear signs that the brigands roaming the Gulf of Aden are becoming bolder and more violent, officials said Wednesday. A Thai ship with 16 crew...
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