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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign ministry said on Sunday it had, after consulting German security officials, ordered the expulsion of a senior Libyan diplomat because of his allegiance to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian political groups said on Sunday they would suspend demonstrations during Ramadan, which starts on Monday, but would resume a campaign for swifter democratic reforms by the ruling army after the Muslim fasting month is over.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police said on Sunday they were investigating a trust fund at the centre of corruption allegations run by influential politician Julius Malema, who heads the Youth League of the ruling African National Congress.

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PARIS (Reuters) - France's defence minister vowed on Saturday to keep up its aerial bombardment of Muammar Gaddafi's troops in Libya as it readies to withdraw the conflict's only aircraft carrier for maintenance.

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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were fighters allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, raising questions over divisions and lawlessness within rebel ranks.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for charges that include ordering the killing of protesters will take place at Cairo's Police Academy on Wednesday August 3, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday.

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MISRATA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - In rebel-held Misrata, the vegetable market is half empty; shoppers fret over shortages and soaring prices. A few miles away in Zlitan, controlled by Muammar Gaddafi, Libyans worry about sanctions and NATO strikes.

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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed renewed calls on Saturday to normalise ties and reopen borders with wealthier neighbour Algeria, saying that Rabat wants to build an integrated North African economic bloc.

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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed called on Saturday for prompt parliamentary polls to expedite a new constitution that reduces his powers, after months of protests inspired by revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.

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LIBOI, Kenya (Reuters) - Even among refugees fleeing famine-stricken Somalia there are the "haves" and "have-nots" -- those who cross the border in a battle for survival and those who can pay for a car.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen using rocket-propelled grenades on Saturday attacked a cooling system linked to an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai that supplied gas to Israel until it was blown up earlier this month, security sources said.

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JUBA, (Reuters) - South Sudan has agreed with Khartoum that it will a pay a pipeline transit fee for its oil in line with international standards after the north dropped its demand for a "discriminatory" $22.8 a barrel, a senior southern official said on Saturday.

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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were members of an Islamist-linked militia that is allied to their struggle to overthrow veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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LONDON (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday it had bombed three ground-based Libyan state television satellite transmission dishes in Tripoli in order to silence "terror broadcasts" by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian army officer and three civilian bystanders were shot dead in fighting between an armed group and security forces in northern Sinai, security sources said on Saturday.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Four officers from former president Laurent Gbagbo's military returned to Ivory Coast from exile in Ghana on Friday, to a warm welcome from troops who helped oust him, in a sign the war-divided nation may be moving towards reconciliation.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - More than 30 political parties and movements withdrew from a rally on Friday that was organised to send a united message to the ruling army about reform, saying the event was hijacked by Islamist groups.

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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon has ordered the dissolution of one of the Central African country's main opposition groupings after one of its leaders proclaimed himself president in a mock swearing-in ceremony held last January.

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LIBOI, Kenya, July 29 - The whole of drought- and conflict-wracked southern Somalia is heading into famine as the Horn of Africa food crisis deepens, the United Nations said on Friday.

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ReutersEMALAHLENI, South Africa (Reuters) - After 38 years working for one of South Africa's biggest coal miners, plant attendant Joseph still struggles to make ends meet.