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/ 19 February 2011
Ugandan officials scrambled to tally votes after a calm election gave way to tensions with both Yoweri Museveni and his rival predicting victory.
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/ 19 February 2011
The United States on Friday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
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/ 19 February 2011
Ma’a Nonu will face a judicial hearing on Monday after being sent off during the Wellington Hurricanes’ season-opening loss to the Otago Highlanders.
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/ 19 February 2011
Libya’s veteran ruler, Moammar Gadaffi, faces one of his severest challenges amid protests by thousands in the second city of Benghazi.
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/ 19 February 2011
Three striking freight unions have accepted a revised wage offer of 9% — and their members will be back at work on Monday — a union official said.
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/ 18 February 2011
Several hundred thousand Egyptians thronged Cairo’s now iconic Tahrir Square on Friday to pressure their new military rulers for democratic reform.
Bahraini security forces shot at protesters near Pearl Square on Friday and wounded at least 23, a former Shi’ite lawmaker said.
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/ 18 February 2011
Swaziland gained its independence from Britain in 1968 and, after creating a new Constitution, held multiparty elections.
Madagascar urged an airline expected to carry exiled leader Marc Ravalomanana back to the Indian Ocean island on Saturday to block his departure.
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/ 18 February 2011
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