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Nigeria: 3 die in riot over voter registration - W...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41124653/ns/world_news...

A university graduate volunteering to register voters for Nigeria's upcoming elections and two others have died in violence in the oil-rich country's troubled central region.

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pope urges diplomacy in Libya - World news - Europ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42737165/ns/world_news...

Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya and for citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect.

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Kadhafi's office destroyed in air strike - Yahoo! ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110425/wl_africa_afp...

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence was destroyed in an air strike early Monday, an AFP journalist said.

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US art dealer busted in huge illegal ivory haul - ...

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U.S. officials seized a ton of ivory in one of the largest U.S. seizures on record and arrested the owner of an art store accused of smuggling in carved elephant tusks, authorities said Tuesday.

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Libyan rebels capture part of Brega

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41960775/ns/world_news...

Libyan rebels said they had captured part of the oil town of Brega on Thursday while their forces in the west pushed toward Zawiyah, trying to get within striking distance of Muammar Gaddafi's capital...

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'King Cobra' Sata wins Zambia presidential race - ...

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Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata was declared the winner of Zambia's presidential election on Friday, ousting incumbent Rupiah Banda as the leader of Africa's biggest copper producer in polls ma...

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First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies ...

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Kenya's former president called her a mad woman. Seen as a threat to the rich and powerful, Wangari Maathai was beaten, arrested and vilified for the simple act of planting a tree, a natural wonder Ma...

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000 in 3 days - World news - Mideast/N. Africa ...

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Syrian troops going house to house have detained more than 3,000 people in the past three days in the rebellious town of Rastan, which saw some of the worst fighting of the 6-month-old uprising recent...

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Somalia

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While putting few U.S. troops at risk, the United States is playing a growing role in Africa's military battles, using special forces advisers, drones and tens of millions of dollars in military aid t...

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Morocco's Arab Spring election won by Islamists - ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45454346/ns/world_news...

The victory of an Islamist Party in Morocco's parliamentary elections appears to be one more sign that religious-based parties are benefiting the most from the new freedoms brought by the Arab Spring.

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