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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Mandela's ex-wife denies interview in UK paper

by Nastasya Tay
JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday that she had given an interview to a British newspaper in which she was quoted sharply criticizing the anti-apartheid icon.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

U.S. troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti

by Ben Fox and Jennifer Kay
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Zimbabwe court blocks ouster of Parliament speaker

Associated Press
HARARE, Zimbabwe – A Zimbabwean court has rejected an attempt to oust the Parliament speaker, who is a top aide to the prime minister.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Haiti’s president heads to Washington to talk aid

Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian President Rene Preval is heading to the U.S. to discuss what is needed to rebuild his shattered country.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Looking for lessons in Haiti’s epic tragedy

by Charles J. Hanley
Some help may have been more of a hindrance in Haiti relief efforts.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Homeless Haitians: Aid halted to force them out

by Frank Bajak
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Homeless victims of Haiti's earthquake said Monday that police are halting deliveries of food and water to try to force them to leave their camp on the grounds of the prime minister's office.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Tension among Haiti’s religions grows after quake

by Paisley Dodds
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Christian and Voodoo leaders put aside their differences for a moment Friday, joining hands under a canopy of tropical trees as some earthquake survivors on crutches and in wheelchairs mourned the more than 200,000 Haitians killed by an earthquake one month ago.
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Deadly riots erupt in Ugandan capital for second day

by Godfrey Olukya
KAMPALA, Uganda — Rioters angry over political and land issues clashed with government forces for a second day Friday, and at least six people were killed in Uganda's capital and an outlying area.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

221 missing after Sierra Leone boat capsizes

by Clarence Roy-Macaulay
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — More than 200 people including many schoolchildren returning from holidays remained missing Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea and left at least eight dead, police said.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Afghan body throws out ballots from 83 vote sites

by Jason Straziuso and Heidi Vogt
KABUL — The U.N.-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan's election issued its first orders Thursday to exclude some ballots from the final tally, throwing out votes from 83 polling stations in areas of strong support for President Hamid Karzai.
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