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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese opposition candidate Vital Kamerhe on Wednesday withdrew his call for the November 28 presidential and parliamentary elections to be annulled on the grounds of widespread irregularities.

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the International Criminal Court next Monday, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002, officials said.

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LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian police charged a former labour minister with receiving stolen property after 2.1 billion kwacha was found buried at his farm, in the first high-profile case in a graft crackdown under new President Michael Sata.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Fatou Bensouda of Gambia has emerged as the consensus candidate for the high-profile job of chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, a diplomat at the center of the selection process said on Wednesday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power of the generals.

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Somali pirates released a chemical tanker owned by Singapore shipping company Glory Ship Management, but broke an agreement to release all the crew, keeping four South Korean seamen including the captain captive, the company said on Thursday,

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PARIS (Reuters) - Five Somali pirates captured by French commandos in 2008 were sentenced to between four to eight years in jail by a Paris court on Wednesday for their role in hijacking a yacht in the Gulf of Aden that year and kidnapping two French citizens.

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese opposition candidate Vital Kamerhe on Wednesday, withdrew his call for the annulment of the country's November 28 presidential and parliamentary elections.

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - The African Union urged candidates in Democratic Republic of Congo's elections on Wednesday to accept the outcome of this week's polls, saying they were well managed despite technical problems and violence.

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the International Criminal Court within days to face charges of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002.