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EAST OF BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels in a "regrettable incident", a rebel spokesman said on Saturday, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi's forces over the oil town of Brega.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliamentary elections were postponed in the capital Abuja and several other parts of Africa's most populous nation on Saturday because voting materials failed to reach polling stations.

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has hit back at criticism from southern African leaders, saying they cannot tell him how to run his country, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Saturday.

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NORTHERN OUTSKIRT OF ABIDJAN (Reuters) - From a half-built motorway toll station a 20-minute drive from Abidjan, several hundred troops loyal to Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara prepare for what their commander tells them will be the "final assault" to unseat his rival Laurent Gbagbo.

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BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians demonstrated on Friday demanding that ousted President Hosni Mubarak and other former officials be put on trial and calling for the ruling army council to end 30 years of emergency law.

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The Nigerian electoral commission authorities say they have decided to put off the nationwide elections because of organizational and logistic problems.

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The warplanes belonging to the Western-led military coalition have killed several Libyan civilians as they dropped bombs on the opposition-held town of Brega.

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Heavy fighting is taking place in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan as fighters supporting president-elect Alassane Ouattara battle for control of the presidential palace.

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Libyan revolutionary fighters have wrest back control of the strategic oil town of Brega after a fierce and bloody fighting with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, reports say.

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Nigerians are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in the first round of general elections against a background of rampant violence in the run-up to the vote.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria postponed parliamentary elections until Monday after voting materials failed to arrive in many areas, a major blow to hopes of a break with a history of chaotic polls in Africa's most populous nation.

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BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - At least 10 rebels were killed by a coalition air strike on Friday, fighters at the scene said on Saturday, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi's forces over the oil town of Brega.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Soldiers backing Alassane Ouattara met stiff resistance from incumbent Laurent Gbagbo's fighters in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan on Saturday as the two sides fought for control of the West African country.

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliamentary elections were postponed in the capital Abuja and several other parts of Africa's most populous nation on Saturday because voting materials failed to reach polling stations.

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has hit back at criticism from southern African leaders, saying they cannot tell him how to run his country, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Saturday.

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NORTHERN OUTSKIRT OF ABIDJAN (Reuters) - From a half-built motorway toll station a 20-minute drive from Abidjan, several hundred troops loyal to Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara prepare for what their commander tells them will be the "final assault" to unseat his rival Laurent Gbagbo.

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BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - A Western coalition air strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega late on Friday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at the scene said on Saturday.

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RABAT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi mounted an intense artillery bombardment of rebel-held Misrata on Friday and pro-Gaddafi troops attacked shops and homes in the city centre, residents said.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 800 people were killed in intercommunal violence in the western Ivorian town of Duekoue this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday.