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Senegal : Senegal president leads rally through capital
on 2012/2/8 17:06:22
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The aging president of Senegal tried to divert attention from growing street protests calling for his resignation and prove that he still had grassroots support by leading an impromptu rally through the capital late Tuesday.
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Senegal : Senegal opposition protests, Wade defiant over third term
on 2012/2/8 17:01:52
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Senegal's opposition ratcheted up pressure on President Abdoulaye Wade to renounce his bid for a third term in office with a thousands-strong protest march, as the leader paraded through the capital.
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Senegal : Senegal's Wade shrugs off Western pressure
on 2012/2/7 14:06:31
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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, whose reelection bid has drawn criticism from abroad, said in his opening campaign rally that France and the United States had no right to ask him to step aside.
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Senegal : Senegal opposition holds fresh rally as campaign begins
on 2012/2/6 12:25:11
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Hundreds of Senegalese opponents to President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term gathered in Dakar on Sunday, hoping to energise their protest movement as the election campaign officially kicked off.
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Senegal : Opposition pledges joint action against Wade
on 2012/2/5 11:36:13
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Opposition candidates in Senegal's upcoming election pledged Saturday a new round of protests aimed at stopping President Abdoulaye Wade from seeking a constitutionally questionable third term.
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Senegal : Senegal's Wade blames opposition for pre-poll unrest
on 2012/2/4 14:03:07
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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade accused the opposition Friday of fanning deadly unrest as his opponents vowed to pursue their campaign to block him from standing for a third term in office.
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Senegal : New clashes in Senegal as pressure mounts on Wade
on 2012/2/2 11:28:22
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DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal security forces used tear gas and flash grenades to disperse hundreds of rock-throwing youths in the capital Dakar on Wednesday, a day after a student was killed in mass anti-government protests.
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Senegal : Senegalese court rejects appeal; Wade to run
on 2012/1/30 16:04:46
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's highest court rejected the appeals of opposition leaders who say it is unconstitutional for President Abdoulaye Wade to run in next month's election.
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Senegal : Senegal opposition calls new protest over Wade election bid
on 2012/1/30 16:03:54
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Senegal's opposition Sunday rallied the nation for fresh protests to force President Abdoulaye Wade to scrap plans for a third term, as top judges weighed a raft of appeals against his candidacy.
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Senegal : Senegal opposition leads cortege to police station
on 2012/1/30 16:00:19
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The leaders of Senegal's opposition led a long cortege of cars to the capital's central police commissariat to protest the detention of a human rights activist.
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Senegal : Senegal opposition calls for popular resistance against Wade
on 2012/1/29 11:46:16
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Senegal's opposition called Saturday for popular resistance against President Abdoulaye Wade as the capital recovered from riots that erupted after the country's top court said he could run for a third term.
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Senegal : Senegal opposition wants protest against president
on 2012/1/29 11:45:09
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's opposition called on the population Saturday to rise up against President Abdoulaye Wade's decision to run for a third term, a move that foreshadows more unrest after a night of clashes that saw a policeman stoned to death in the normally peaceful nation on Africa's west coast.
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Senegal : Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
on 2012/1/28 16:34:59
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the country's opposition, which has vowed to take to the streets if the aging leader does not step aside.
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Senegal : Tear gas fired in Senegal after court ruling
on 2012/1/28 16:33:21
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Police in Senegal fired tear gas in a square where hundreds have been protesting the constitutional court's decision to allow President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in next month's election.
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Senegal : Senegalese court approves president's candidacy
on 2012/1/28 16:31:56
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's president can run for a third term in next month's election, the constitutional court ruled Friday, after security forces were put on alert to prevent opposition protests from turning violent.
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Senegal : Senegal awaits court's decision on president
on 2012/1/28 16:22:28
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal braced itself for possible violence before the constitutional court decides Friday whether to allow the country's leader of 11 years to run for a third term even though the constitution was revised after he came to office to allow a maximum of two.
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Senegal : Would-be presidents court Senegal's holy kingmakers
on 2012/1/24 9:02:05
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TOUBA, Senegal (Reuters) - It is not everyday that Senegal's octogenarian president Abdoulaye Wade lets the television cameras into his bedroom.
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Senegal : Senegal court rejects Habre extradition to Belgium
on 2012/1/12 12:17:20
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DAKAR (Reuters) - A Senegalese court on Wednesday rejected a Belgium request to extradite former Chad president Hissene Habre to Belgium to stand trial for alleged atrocities while he was in power.
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Senegal : Shark fin hunt empties west African seas
on 2012/1/11 12:27:33
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Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold", as he calls shark fins, whose value has near-obliterated the ocean's top predator in these seas.
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Senegal : Senegal's N'Dour drops music for election "buzz"
on 2012/1/5 12:26:54
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DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's Youssou N'Dour has taken his music to audiences around the world but says his decision to stop singing and run for president was prompted by a nagging sound straight from the streets of his West African nation.
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