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KAMPALA (Reuters) - The camera never lies, except in Uganda. At least, that's the government's position.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan government forces bombed large fuel storage tanks in the contested western city of Misrata, destroying the tanks and sparking a huge fire, rebels said on Saturday.

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Libyan government forces dropped bombs on four large oil storage tanks in the contested western city of Misrata, destroying the tanks and sparking a fire that spread to four more, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels vowed on Saturday to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden and said his death would not hurt their fight to topple the country's Western-backed government.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An escaped Egyptian prisoner was recaptured as he fled a police ambush disguised as a woman in the Suez canal city of Ismailia, security sources said on Saturday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Brewing giant SABMiller rejected any claims of tax avoidance in Africa on Friday after South Africa, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and Mauritius decided to work together to examine the brewer's tax affairs.

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BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Attackers have killed at least 16 people and set fire to more than a dozen houses in a town in northern Nigeria that has been beset by years of sectarian violence, police said late on Friday.

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - A journalist was shot dead on Friday in an area of Algeria where insurgents linked to al Qaeda are active, a security official said.

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United Nations blue helmets in Sudan today found the bodies of 14 people in the Abyei area, the apparent victims of the latest round of clashes in the disputed region of central Sudan.

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Bor — A South Sudan army official said the rebel Gabriel Tanginya is under house arrest in the South Sudan capital, Juba since he was flew there late last month, waiting for charges to be brought against him.

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DNA matching was under way late yesterday on samples from the body of slain terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, a U.S. government official said.

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Nairobi — Thousands of families in Somalia's central town of Dusamareb, the regional capital of Galgadud, are caught between an unending conflict and severe drought.

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Kampala — The government of Uganda will not reduce taxes or consider food subsidies, despite an increase in violence that has led to a "national crisis", according to the UN.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's army fired volleys of rockets at the rebel-held town of Zintan in the Western Mountains, pressing on with a campaign that has created a humanitarian crisis and forced thousands to flee the country.

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STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Two alleged Rwandan rebel leaders accused of ordering massacres and mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo went on trial in Germany on Wednesday.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Dozens of bodies littered the streets of an Abidjan neighbourhood on Tuesday as fighting continued between Ivory Coast troops and the remnants of a militia loyal to deposed leader Laurent Gbagbo.

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LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has re-arrested four former bank chief executives who were sacked for mismanagement by the central bank during a $4 billion bailout in 2009, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian president, who heads Fatah, and the leader of the Islamist group Hamas were in Cairo on Wednesday to endorse a deal to end a four-year rift but a last minute hitch cast doubt on the durability of the accord.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya said on Tuesday that Muammar Gaddafi had no personal money in Swiss bank accounts and that any cash held in the Alpine country belonged to the government's foreign investment arm.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials believe Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has not been seen in public since a NATO missile attack reportedly killed his son, is still alive, CIA Director Leon Panetta told NBC television on Tuesday.