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Xinhua
ABIDJAN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Forces allied with Alassane Ouattara, one of the two presidency claimants in Cote d'Ivoire, are marching toward the West African countries political capital Yamoussoukro and the economic capital Abidjan.

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Xinhua
KAMPALA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Uganda on Wednesday refuted reports that it had offered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asylum if he chooses to go to exile.

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Xinhua
TRIPOLI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are progressing toward the eastern town of Brega, Al-Arabiya TV reported Wednesday.

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Xinhua
TRIPOLI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Libya's government warned on Wednesday it would sue any international company which sealed energy deals with the rebels who control some of the country's oil infrastructure, according to stat-run JANA news agency.

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Xinhua
RAS LANUF, Libya, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi recaptured the key oil centre of Ras Lanuf, Al-Jazeera TV reported Wednesday.

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Xinhua
ABIDJAN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Forces backing Cote d'Ivoire's presidency claimant Alassane Ouattara announced new gains on Wednesday, saying they have taken the towns of Bouafle and Sinfra.

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presstv
The US president has signed a secret bill to authorize covert operations allegedly in support of the Libyan revolutionaries who are fighting to topple the long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

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The UN Security Council (UNSC) has slapped sanctions on Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo due to his refusal to cede power to the president-elect Alassane Dramane Ouattara.

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Public Agenda (Accra)

Pressure is mounting on Ghana to introduce Biotech/GM [Genetically Modified] Crops into its agricultural framework and allow for the production of biotech foods on commercial scale.

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rfi

International powers have agreed to continue military action in Libya until leader Moamer Kadhafi stops his attacks on civilians.

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this day

Abuja — The National Council of State (NCS) Tuesday rose from a five-hour meeting and asked the Federal Government to deploy military, riot police, the regular police and other security agencies in the streets across the country, 48 hours before the general election which begins on April 2.

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Sudan Tribune

Khartoum — The chairman of Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) slammed the beleaguered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and accused him of being the top supporter of the rebel groups who took arms since 2003 against the central government.

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IPS

Washington — Widely praised as an effective defence of Washington's 10-day-old military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama's speech Monday evening appears to have left several key questions about his future intentions unanswered.

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reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - An international coalition piled pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday to quit, pledging to continue military action against his forces until he complies with a U.N. resolution to protect civilians.

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara took control of two more key towns as they pushed south on Tuesday towards a major port in the west and got within 200 km of the main city of Abidjan, witnesses said.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A series of powerful explosions rocked Tripoli on Tuesday and state television said several targets in the Libyan capital had come under attack from "crusader aggressors".

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HARARE (Reuters) - An ally of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was re-elected Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday in a bitter political battle against President Robert Mugabe's party ahead of a possible general election.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's better armed and organised troops reversed the westward charge of rebels and world powers meeting in London piled pressure on the Libyan leader to end his 41-year rule.

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - For nearly two weeks Algerian schoolteacher Hamou Benhamou has spent his days protesting outside the presidential administration and his nights sleeping on a strip of cardboard on the pavement.

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LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - An immigration crisis on Italy's southern islands deepened on Tuesday as more boats arrived from North Africa overnight and local people furious at the government's halting response stepped up protests.