Africa
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Libya denies giving money to kidnappers of ex-spy chief's daughter
Date: 2013-09-07 16:06:21 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:53 - ID:277865
Libya/Cabinet Libya denies giving money to kidnappers of ex-spy chief's daughter TRIPOLI, Sept 7 (MENA) – Libya's cabinet dismissed on Saturday reports that it had given money to a pro-government militia to release a daughter of Libya's ....
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Body of Egyptian amb. to Tanzania arrives at Cairo airport
Date: 2013-09-07 12:44:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:22 - ID:277516
Egypt/Obituary Body of Egyptian amb. to Tanzania arrives at Cairo airport CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - The body of Egypt's Ambassador to Tanzania Ahmed Khalaf arrived on board an Egyptian plane, coming from Dar es Salaam, on Saturday. The ....
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Police: 15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant
Date: 2013-09-07 12:01:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:277432
Somalia/Attack Police: 15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant MOGADISHU, Sept 7 (MENA) - Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu's seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday, detonating two ....
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Construction work at Sudan's Marowe Dam finished
Date: 2013-09-06 19:23:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:86 - ID:276791
Sudan/Dam Construction work at Sudan's Marowe Dam finished KHARTOUM, Sept 6 (MENA) – Sudan announced Friday that construction work at the Marowe Dam in the River Nile State has been completed and that the dam will be inaugurated early ....
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Kenya MPs vote to withdraw from ICC
Date: 2013-09-05 19:48:50 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:133 - ID:275592
Kenya/ICC Kenya MPs vote to withdraw from ICC NAIROBI, Sept 5 (MENA) - Kenyan parliament have approved a motion to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an emergency debate, the BBC News reported on Thursday. A ....
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Sudanese official: AU pledges not to unilaterally hold Abyei referendum
Date: 2013-09-05 10:11:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:274274
Sudan/AU Sudanese official: AU pledges not to unilaterally hold Abyei referendum KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (MENA) - Chairman of Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) Al-Khair al-Fahim al-Makki said that the African Union pledged not to unilaterally ....
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91,000 families displaced by Sudan floods
Date: 2013-09-05 09:42:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:274302
Sudan/Floods 91,000 families displaced by Sudan floods KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (MENA) - The number of families who were displaced by the wave of floods and heavy raids that hit the Sudanese provinces lately rose to 91,000, the Sudanese Health ....
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AU panel invites all parties to unite behind road map, renounce violence
Date: 2013-09-04 13:09:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:273023
Egypt/Africa AU panel invites all parties to unite behind road map, renounce violence CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - Head of the African Union (AU) delegation to Egypt Alpha Oumar Konare has invited all parties in Egypt to unite behind the agreed ....
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News on declaration of vacancy of parliament speaker post
Date: 2013-09-04 11:34:05 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:272741
Algeria/Parliament News on declaration of vacancy of parliament speaker post ALGIERS, Sept 4 (MENA) - Well-placed sources said that the post of the speaker of the Algerian People's National Assembly (lower house of parliament) will be ....
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Aswan Governor: Qustul land crossing to be inaugurated in coordination with Sudan
Date: 2013-09-03 18:56:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:109 - ID:272081
Egypt/Aswan Aswan Governor: Qustul land crossing to be inaugurated in coordination with Sudan ASWAN, Sept 3 (MENA) - Aswan Governor Moustafa Youssri affirmed preparations are underway with the Sudanese side to open and operate Qustul land ....