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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's elections, won by incumbent President Joseph Kabila according to provisional results, were seriously flawed and lacked transparency, the U.S. ambassador to the central African country said on Wednesday.

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - On the streets of Congo's capital Kinshasa earlier this week, a car carrying a Westerner was stoned by angry locals convinced the outside world helped rig the outcome of the central African giant's presidential election.

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - A lawyer for Muammar Gaddafi's daughter said on Wednesday he had written to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask if an investigation had been launched into the killing of her father and brother.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians return to polling stations on Thursday in a phased election likely to give Islamists the biggest bloc in a parliament that will play a key role in drafting a new constitution after decades of autocratic rule.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Candidates seeking to run in Egypt's presidential election will need the support of 30 members of parliament or 30,000 citizens, according to a draft of a presidential election law, details of which were published by the state news agency on Thursday.

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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new president on Wednesday asked for a six-month political truce and a moratorium on strikes and protests, warning that otherwise the country would be committing "collective suicide".

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The fugitive killer of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan has been arrested in South Africa and will appear in court next month on drug charges, the New Age newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A U.N. appeals court on Wednesday reduced the life sentence of a former army colonel who has been accused of masterminding the slaughter of 800,000 people during the Rwandan genocide to 35 years.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - France will release 230 million euros to Libyan authorities in the next few days and help them recover the rest of their frozen assets, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on a visit to Tripoli on Wednesday.

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan doctors called off a 10-day strike on Wednesday that patients' families said had left the ill to die, after the government agreed to meet some of their pay demands.