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MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's main opposition candidate said he might seek the annulment of a presidential run-off boycotted by his supporters, raising the prospect of confrontation in a country recovering from civil war.

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GENEVA/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Political manipulation of Congo's security forces has brought crackdowns on opposition parties and may lead to bloodshed in this month's election, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Wednesday, a day after al Qaeda-linked rebels killed at least two people in a series of grenade attacks and said they would step up assaults in the capital.

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MONROVIA (Reuters) - Clashes and sporadic gunfire rocked part of Monrovia on Monday, killing at least one person after Liberian riot police fired tear gas to disperse several hundred supporters of presidential challenger Winston Tubman.

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MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia could tip into chaos not seen since its civil war if a presidential run-off election set for Tuesday is not delayed and reorganized, presidential hopeful Winston Tubman said on Sunday.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's national security adviser on Monday dismissed a weekend warning from the United States of an Islamist bomb threat to luxury hotels in the capital as "not news", and said it was spreading unnecessary panic.

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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Fighters who toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's uprising will keep their weapons for now to aid in security, an Islamist commander said.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Congo's main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, is in South Africa meeting senior African National Congress officials and businessmen to drum up support ahead of polls due at the end of the November, his spokesman said on Monday.

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TUNIS (Reuters) - The Islamist party Ennahda has sounded so moderate since winning Tunisia's first free election last month that it can be hard to see what role religion plays in its political thinking.

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VICTORIA (Reuters) - Somali pirates are holding two Seychelles sailors aboard a fishing boat that was captured 65 miles west of Mahe last week, a government minister said.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Nigeria's gasoline import allocations for the fourth quarter are being delayed as parliament debates the removal of subsidies and as gasoline held in offshore floating storage surges to record levels, trade sources said on Monday.

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KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces said on Sunday they were hunting for Islamist militants behind a coordinated attack in the north that killed at least 65 people, as shocked residents demanded the government do more to protect them.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the world's largest platinum producer, said on Monday it would implement a 3.5 billion rand deal that will give 2.33 percent of the group to communities where it operates.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States agreed to a compromise allowing Zimbabwe to export diamonds that human rights groups say are tainted by abuses, to prevent the paralysis of the global system for stopping trade in "blood diamonds," the State Department said on Wednesday.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia braced for Kenyan air attacks on Wednesday and Islamist militants stopped civilians from fleeing at least one likely strike zone.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of Islamists declared a "life and death" battle for Egypt's future as official campaigning began on Wednesday for parliamentary elections seen as vital for restoring stability after eight months of fragile military rule.

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MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces have started door-to-door searches for weapons in northeast Borno state after an arms amnesty for Islamist militants expired on October 31, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United Nations will send experts to Libya to help ensure nuclear material and chemical weapons do not fall into the wrong hands, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday on his first visit to Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.

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LUSAKA (Reuters) - Chinese mining companies in Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, are routinely flouting laws designed to protect workers' safety and the right to organise, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.