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KHARTOUM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a written message addressing his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir on Sudan, expressed willingness to strengthen ties with Sudan in different fields, Sudan's official SUNA news agency reported.

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ABIDJAN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The party of Cote d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara called on citizens to go on strike till Laurent Gbagbo's stepping down, media reports said Sunday.

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xinhuanet

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Sunday condemned the deadly violence that broke out in parts of Nigeria in recent days and reportedly killed at least 30 people and injured more than 70 others.

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reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight U.S. tourists were killed and 21 injured when their coach hit a stationary truck in southern Egypt, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is not seeking to acquire nuclear arms and wants to rid the region of such weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday.

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reuters

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between armed Christian and Muslim groups near the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, after Christmas Eve bombings in the region killed more than 30 people.

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reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At a church in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan on Saturday, teacher George Kouadio prayed that the political crisis in his country would not reach the point of a new civil war.

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reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Three West African presidents will fly to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to tell incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force, Benin said on Saturday, a sign of mounting regional determination to force him out.

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africanews

An official aircraft belonging to beleaguered Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has been grounded at the Basel-Mulhouse airport in Switzerland. According to a French foreign ministry spokesman, Bernard Valero, the aircraft was grounded with the backing of "the legitimate authorities" of the West African state.

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Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a merchant ship with 27 crew off the sultanate of Oman, the head of a regional maritime group and the European Union Naval Force of Somalia said on Saturday.

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africanews

At least 12 Somali young men have been captured by the police in Netherlands after they were suspected of planning a terrorist attack in the European country, Shabelle.net quoted a spokeswoman for the anti-terrorism police department .

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africanews

The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said government would ensure that those responsible for the bomb blast that left over 30 persons dead on Christmas eve around the north central Nigerian city of Jos would be found and justice meted.

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africanews

Fresh clashes have broken out in the Nigeria city of Jos. The violence is between armed groups in central Nigeria following bombings that killed 32 people. Media reports quoted various witnesses to have said buildings were set alight and people were seen running for cover as police and soldiers arrived.

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xinhua

ABUJA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed after suspected sect members attacked two churches in Maidugri, capital of northern Nigeria's Borno State on Friday night, also the Christmas Eve, officials said Saturday.

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xinhua

GENEVA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The total number of refugees fleeing from Cote d'Ivoire to the neighboring Liberia has grown to 14,000 following the post-electoral instability in the country, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Saturday.

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ABUJA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja condemned the bomb blast in Jos, describing the action as wrong at a time when the world was celebrating Christmas.

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reuters

JOS, Nigeria, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The police in Nigeria's central north Plateau State has confirmed the killing of 32 people after three blasts rocked Nigeria's restive Jos city.

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ABIDJAN, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo has rejected a warning by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that force might be used to make him give up power, media reports said Saturday.

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reuters

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police have arrested 12 Somalis suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said on Saturday.

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reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a merchant ship with 27 crew off the sultanate of Oman, the head of a regional maritime group and the European Union Naval Force of Somalia said on Saturday.