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• Egypt: Illegal migrant boat carrying 38 Egyptians missing at sea
  2008-09-22 01:22:45 - (SomaliNet) Egypt\'s foreign ministry said on Sunday that an illegal migrant boat carrying 83 Egyptians headed for Europe has gone missing off the coast of Greece after leaving Egypt three days ago.
  
• Zimbabwe: President Mugabe, Premier Tsvangirai deadlocked over cabinet appointments
  2008-09-20 02:31:30 - (SomaliNet) A party official said on Thursday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai are deadlocked over appointing cabinet ministers after reaching a p
  
• Nigeria: Nigerian militants release kidnapped South Africans
  2008-09-19 15:26:36 - (SomaliNet) The department of foreign affairs said on Thursday, two South Africans, who had been held hostage by Nigerian militants, have been released to Nigerian authorities. Spokesperson Ronnie M
  
• Nigeria: Nigerian security agents have released three reporters
  2008-09-19 15:14:02 - (SomaliNet)Three reporters arrested for an erroneous report claiming the Nigerian president would step down on health grounds were arrested by Nigerian security agents. The journalists said they were
  
• Nigeria: Unknown gunmen abduct Briton in Nigerian oil hub
  2008-09-17 01:34:32 - (SomaliNet) A Nigerian army officer said Tuesday that unidentified gunmen kidnapped a British national overnight in southern Nigeria\'s oil hub Port Harcourt. \"A Briton... was kidnapped last night
  
• Nigeria: Shell confirms attack on one of its crude oil pipelines in Nigeria
  2008-09-17 01:30:32 - (SomaliNet) In what further disrupts production in the world\'s eighth largest oil exporter,Royal Dutch Shell confirmed on Tuesday an attack on one of its crude oil pipelines in Nigeria. The Movem
  
• Nigeria: Presidency denies report that President Yar\'Adua could \"resign\"
  2008-09-17 01:20:58 - (SomaliNet) The Nigerian presidency on Tuesday denied a report by Nigeria’s official news agency NAN that President Umaru Yar\'Adua could \"resign\" on health grounds. \"There is nothing like that, i
  
• Nigeria: Two South African hostages seized last week freed
  2008-09-17 01:09:37 - (SomaliNet) The Nigerian military has said two South African hostages seized last week by pirates along with 25 other people aboard a vessel in Nigeria\'s southern oil-producing region were freed on Tu
  
• Egypt: Death toll from massive rock slide 95
  2008-09-17 01:04:20 - (SomaliNet) The death toll from a massive rock slide that crushed dozens of homes in a Cairo slum earlier in September has risen to 95, officials said. \"Fifteen more bodies\" are still under the r
  
• Pakistan: 20 militants killed as forces clash with militants in Bajaur region
  2008-09-12 07:48:03 - (SomaliNet) A security official said Thursday at least 20 militants, including foreigners, were killed by Pakistani security forces in clashes along the Afghan border. According to security offi
  

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