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reuters

Shares in Egyptian Resorts soared 9 percent on Sunday after Egypt's military prosecutor decided to release its former board member Ibrahim Kamel from detention.

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reuters

President Barack Obama gave his stamp of approval to Libya's anti-Gaddafi forces on Friday, bringing leaders of the rebel group to the White House where they were deemed credible and legitimate.

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reuters

The family of ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo said on Friday the ousted leader had still not been allowed to meet with lawyers, a month after his arrest.

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reuters

Somali pirates said on Saturday they had released two Spanish sailors held hostage on the hijacked Italian-flagged tanker Savina Caylyn, after receiving $5 million in ransom.

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reuters

The health of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's wife has improved after suffering symptoms of a heart attack and she is now available for police to take her to prison, the health minister said on Saturday.

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RFI

A defiant Moamer Kadhafi declared in an audio message broadcast on state television on Friday that he was beyond the reach of Nato bombs.

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SciDev.Net

Accra — A female Ghanaian scientist is one of four researchers from developing countries who received US$100,000 each to pursue their dream ideas for solving global health problems.

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IPS

Freetown — In Sierra Leone's highly patriarchal society, where institutionalised gender inequalities are exacerbated by discriminatory customs, one group is singing its way towards changing this.

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IPS

Istanbul — The glass isn't exactly half-full, but it certainly is not entirely empty either. Within the broad failure of the weeklong Fourth U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) in Istanbul that concluded Friday, many delegates are taking heart in a strengthening South-South front that has emerged.

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Health-e

A multi-national study shows that if an HIV-positive person starts taking antiretroviral therapy early on, that is, when their CD 4 count is still high, their chances of infecting their HIV-negative partner can decrease by as much as 96%.

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RFI

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday he would seek arrest warrants on 16 May for three people considered most responsible for crimes against humanity in Libya.

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REUTERS

Italy said on Friday Muammar Gaddafi has very likely left the Libyan capital and probably been wounded by NATO air strikes, a report that Tripoli immediately dismissed as "nonsense".

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REUTERS

A Ugandan bill that mandated the death penalty for gays who are "repeat offenders" appeared to have been shelved again on Friday when it was not debated in parliament after provoking an international outcry.

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REUTERS

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said no exceptions would be made in punishing those responsible for rights abuses, a pledge that will lead to close scrutiny of his forces' actions during its recent war.

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REUTERS

Mali's foreign minister urged countries in the Sahel on Friday to do more on the ground to help fight al-Qaeda's north African wing (AQIM), which is being bolstered with heavy weapons smuggled from Libya.

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REUTERS

Journalists in Uganda have imposed a news blackout on the east African country's government in protest against what they described as rising brutality against reporters covering demonstrations over high prices.

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REUTERS

Just beyond the sprawling mansions guarded by private security and the high rise office blocks of Sandton, Africa's richest city, the poor in neighbouring Alexandra township struggle to eke a living.

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REUTERS

Jewish pilgrims may not be able to hold their usual celebrations at one of Africa's oldest synagogues this year because of renewed security concerns in Tunisia where the site is based.

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REUTERS

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has likely been wounded in western airstrikes and has probably left Tripoli, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Friday.

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REUTERS

Egypt's anti-graft agency said on Friday it had ordered former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife detained as part of a probe into charges they used their influence to amass wealth unlawfully.