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Congo boat catches fire, capsizes; 200 feared dead
(AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:09:59 GMT
AP - As many as 200 people are feared dead after a heavily loaded boat caught fire and capsized in southern Congo, a survivor said Sunday.
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Egypt journalist faces trial over minister 'insult'
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:59:21 GMT
 AFP - A prominent opposition journalist is to go on trial for allegedly libelling Egypt's foreign minister in a newspaper, a judicial source said on Sunday.
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Mozambique police on alert amid calls for new riots
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:16:38 GMT
 AFP - Mozambique police were on alert on Sunday after days of riots over food prices, as calls for renewed protests were circulated via mobile phone text messages.
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Storm off Mozambique kills 15 fishermen
(AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:36:00 GMT
AP - Mozambican authorities say five fishing boats have capsized in a storm off the country's central coast, killing at least 15 fishermen.
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Ten-man Malawi shock Tunisia
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:35:33 GMT
 AFP - Malawi overcame a two-goal deficit and playing the second half a man short to hold Tunisia 2-2 in a 2012 African Nations Cup thriller this weekend.
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World champions Springboks lose their lustre
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:06:19 GMT
 AFP - A year out from defending their World Cup crown, South Africa looked in disarray when they completed a dismal Tri Nations campaign with a 41-39 defeat against Australia on Saturday.
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Winning start as South Africa seek redemption
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:55:55 GMT
 AFP - South Africa launched a challenge for African Nations Cup redemption by outplaying minnows Niger 2-0 Saturday in the north-east city of Nelspruit.
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ElBaradei says government behind daughter's swimsuit photos
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:02:33 GMT
 AFP - Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at an event in which alcohol was served, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Six killed in Darfur camp shootout: peacekeepers
(Reuters)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:34:46 GMT
Reuters - Gunmen shot dead six people and injured 33 in clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday, peacekeepers said.
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Threat of new riots hits Mozambique
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:08:27 GMT
 AFP - Mobile phone messages calling for new riots over food and fuel price hikes swirled around Mozambique's capital Maputo Saturday as it recovered from three days of violence that left 10 people dead.
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Egypt probes posters backing spy chief for president
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:53:57 GMT
 AFP - Egyptian police are investigating an anonymous poster campaign backing intelligence chief Omar Suleiman to take over the presidency from veteran incumbent Hosni Mubarak, an officer said on Saturday.
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South Sudan?s future lies in farming, not oil: WBank
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:05:52 GMT
 AFP - South Sudan must shift its massive dependence on oil and instead work to develop its agricultural sector, the World Bank's vice president for Africa said on Saturday.
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Ten killed in Darfur camp clashes: rebel leader
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:18:46 GMT
 AFP - A Darfur rebel group said 10 people were killed in clashes with Sudanese police in two camps for displaced people in the war-ravaged region of western Sudan on Saturday.
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Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad
(AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:35:27 GMT
AP - Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people.
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China register field hockey win, Argentina rout Spain
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:35:38 GMT
 AFP - China beat South Africa 4-1 to get off the mark at the third attempt, England drew with South Korea, and Argentina dished out a 4-0 rout to Spain at the women's field hockey World Cup on Friday.
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Mozambique police quell fresh riots
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:30:30 GMT
 AFP - Police in Mozambique fired rubber bullets and live ammunition to quell more demonstrations against rising food prices, as the death toll from the unrest climbed to 10 with more than 440 injured.
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Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:23:46 GMT
 AP - Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.
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Over two dozen minors raped in eastern Congo: U.N.
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:17:27 GMT
Reuters - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:12:40 GMT
 AFP - Standard Bank Africa announced Friday a 100 million dollar scheme to reach some 750,000 small scale farmers in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda in a bid to boost output.
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AU force boosts size, positions in Mogadishu: official
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:50:27 GMT
 AFP - The African Union force in Somalia has boosted its size and set up nine new positions in Mogadishu where it is protecting the government from a fierce Islamist insurgency, an official said Friday.
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