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Xinhua
TRIPOLI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Government forces of Libya pulled back 100 km from the main opposition stronghold of Benghazi on Monday after a weekend of Western-led air attacks.

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Xinhua
KHARTOUM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is to hold a session on Monday on Sudan's Abyei issue, viewpoints in the Sudanese political arena differ over the move and its effects regarding the issue of the disputed oil-rich area.

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IRNA

Tehran, March 19, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman said presence of alien forces in Bahrain and Yemen to suppress peaceful protests of people is not acceptable and is a threat to regional security.

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America.gov (Washington, DC)

Washington — President Obama said March 19 that U.S. Navy and coalition ships and submarines have launched missiles against Libyan military forces to support an international coalition to stop attacks on Libyan civilians.

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RFI

A French warplane fired on a Libyan military vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to the French military.

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Daily Nation

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has threatened to topple Eritrea's regime should the international community fail to enforce sanctions placed on the country in 2009.

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IPS

Mbabane — Thousands of protesters brought the Swazi capital of Mbabane to a standstill Friday as they took to the streets to oppose imminent salary cuts to civil service wages - and demand changes to the country's government.

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RFI

Anti-government demonstrators rallied throughout Senegal as the government said it would arrest opposition activists, artists and students for their involvement in what it called plot to topple President Abdoulaye Wade.

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reuters

COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin's incumbent Boni Yayi won last weekend's presidential election with over 53 percent of the vote, meaning he will avoid a run-off vote, the country's election commission announced.

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reuters

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Allied warplanes have gone into in action to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Saturday.

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reuters

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels said they repulsed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi that had stormed Benghazi on Saturday and appealed to the West to launch military strikes to check the advance of the Libyan leader's troops.

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reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Western air forces, with Arab League approval, had gone into action on Saturday over Libya and were preventing Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacking the rebel city of Benghazi.

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reuters

ALGIERS/TUNIS (Reuters) - Residents of the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata said government snipers were shooting people from rooftops on Saturday and the hospital could not operate on the wounded because it had no anaesthetic.

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reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia warned on Saturday it would take "all measures necessary" against Eritrea, in a rare threat of direct action against a neighbour it routinely accuses of supporting rebel groups.

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reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - A crowd of people blocked Mohamed ElBaradei from entering a polling station in Cairo on Saturday to cast a vote in Egypt's constitutional referendum, shoving him and smashing his car window with rocks as he left.

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reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria is on the path to political reforms and last month's lifting of a state of emergency is the first step, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was quoted as saying by state media on Saturday.

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reuters

DOUALA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed up to nine people and stole an undisclosed sum of money in an overnight raid on banks in Cameroon's port town of Douala, a security source and local media said on Saturday.

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reuters

DAKAR (Reuters) - The Senegalese government announced on Saturday it had thwarted an attempted coup by arresting suspected "commando" groups linked to the opposition who were planning lethal attacks around the capital Dakar.

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reuters

UNITED NATIONS, March 18 (Xinhua) -- UN Security Council on Friday condemned the brutal attacks against unarmed civilians in Cote d'Ivoire, stressing the perpetrators must be held accountable.

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reuters

TRIPOLI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said on Friday that the Libyan government had halted all military operations and would honor its ceasefire declaration.