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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside a church in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, reviving concerns about a radical Islamist sect in the remote region of Africa's most populous nation.

20111009
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Voters in Cameroon head to the polls on Sunday, with incumbent President Paul Biya tipped to extend his 29-year rule over the central African state by beating more than 20 rivals from a fragmented opposition.

20111009
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MONROVIA (Reuters) - The main rival of Liberian president and Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf issued a veiled warning on Saturday, saying tens of thousands could reject her re-election in a looming vote, making it hard for her to govern.

20111009
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will question the Anglican Church's silence on Western sanctions against him and its position on homosexuality, and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will press him to end violent suppression of the church and its priests at a meeting expected on Monday.

20111009
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan will resolve their disagreements through dialogue, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and southern counterpart Salva Kiir said, but gave no hint of any progress after several meetings on Saturday.

20111009
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Islamists stormed a university in Tunisia on Saturday after it refused to enroll a woman wearing a full-face veil, a staff member said, highlighting tensions over religion that are likely to dominate an election later this month.

20111009
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia's new president, Michael Sata, is refusing to attend a regional summit in neighbouring Malawi unless Lilongwe apologises for calling him a prohibited immigrant during a 2006 visit when he was the opposition leader.

20111009
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Thousands of Kenyans paid their respects to Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai on Saturday at a state funeral held in a park where she had once been beaten up for holding a protest.

20111009
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Transitional Libyan government forces swept into Sirte on Saturday in one of the biggest assaults yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, but had to seek cover when they drew fire from his die-hard loyalists.

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OSLO (Reuters) - Declaring women's rights vital for world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize on Friday to three indomitable female campaigners against war and oppression -- a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that country's president.

2011108
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan transitional government forces launched their biggest assault yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Friday, firing heavy artillery at the last major bastion of support for the deposed leader.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United Nations said there should be no reprisals against residents of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown should it fall to Libyan interim government forces, who on Friday launched their biggest assault on the city yet.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama heralded Tunisia's progress toward democracy after a White House meeting with Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi on Friday, awarded for the country's "inspiration" of the Arab Spring.

2011108
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters)- Global climate change negotiators on Friday concluded their last round of discussions before next month's U.N. convention in Durban, South Africa with faint hope of extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond next year.

2011108
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A top member of Cameroon's electoral body Elecam was sacked for gross negligence and violation of oath of office days ahead of a presidential poll in the Central African country, state radio said on Friday.

2011108
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African peace icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrated his 80th birthday on Friday in the church where he preached against apartheid, just a few days after saying the former liberation movement now in government was in some ways even worse.

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - African peacekeepers can drive out al Shabaab Islamist militants from remaining pockets in Mogadishu and gain control of the entire Somali capital within six months if troop levels are boosted by a third to 12,000, the force commander said on Friday.

20111016
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan government forces launched their largest assault yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Friday, firing heavy artillery at the last major bastion of support for the deposed leader.

20111007
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Libya's fugitive former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has called on Libyans to demonstrate against the North African country's new leaders in their millions.

20111007
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday said the country's coalition government was illegitimate and needed to give way to an elected administration, but said he could not determine when a fresh vote could be held.