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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A draft resolution France and Nigeria submitted to the U.N. Security Council on Friday calls for sanctions against Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, his foreign minister and three other people.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to one million Ivorians have now fled fighting in the main city Abidjan alone, with others uprooted across the country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday as violence escalated in a 4-month power struggle.

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HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean cabinet minister was arrested on corruption charges on Friday, the latest sign of tensions between President Robert Mugabe and rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party ahead of possible elections.

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N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's opposition parties withdrew from the electoral commission on Friday, putting at risk a delayed presidential election scheduled for next month.

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a court in the west of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Thursday, wounding two people, police officials said.

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LUSAKA (Reuters) - More than 600 workers at Zambia's Chinese-owned Chambishi Copper Smelter have downed tools demanding a pay rise, bringing production at the plant to a halt, a union official said on Friday.

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MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Police in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa said they seized 196 kg (432 lb) of heroin valued at about $5 million and arrested six people in the latest step by authorities to end drug trafficking in the country.

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N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's opposition parties withdrew from the electoral commission on Friday, putting at risk a delayed presidential election scheduled for next month.

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HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean cabinet minister was arrested on corruption charges on Friday, the latest sign of tensions between President Robert Mugabe and rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party ahead of possible elections.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to one million Ivorians have now fled fighting in the main city Abidjan alone, with others uprooted across the country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday as violence escalated in a 4-month power struggle.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France has circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would impose sanctions on Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo and his inner circle, Paris' U.N. envoy said on Friday.

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NEAR AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels were massing near Ajdabiyah on Friday for a new push after Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the strategic eastern town refused a ceasefire offer.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi's armour in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic town of Ajdabiyah.

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Revolutionary forces are gearing up for a new attack on troops loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to win back the eastern city of Ajdabiyah.

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The United Nations has set up an international probe into post-election violence in Ivory Coast as unrest continues to haunt the West African country.

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Latest reports indicate that US-led Western warplanes have struck Libyan ground forces for a seventh consecutive day near strategically-important towns.

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The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called on the UN to take stricter measures and push for Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's resignation.

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The European Union (EU) has announced its readiness to prevent Libyan ruler's access to oil and gas reserves as military strikes on the oil-rich country continue.

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Major Egyptian political party, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has demanded that the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces takes action in breaking the siege of Gaza.

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has contributed 12 warplanes to the UN-backed no-fly zone over Libya, despite Arab League's opposition to military action on the North African country.