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• DRC: Boat accident claims 42 lives, over 100 missing
  2008-07-28 02:10:53 - (SomaliNet) Congolese radio reported on Friday that a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) left at least 42 people dead and 115 missing. The boat sank Thursday night on the Oub
  
• Egypt: Egyptian film-maker Yousuf Shaheen dies at 82
  2008-07-28 02:07:55 - (SomaliNet) After spending weeks in a coma, Egyptian film-maker Yousuf Shaheen, Arab cinema\'s most celebrated director, died on Sunday at the age of 82. \"Yousuf Shaheen died this morning at 3:30
  
• Nigerian drug trafficker beheaded in the holy city of Mecca
  2008-07-25 01:50:52 - (SomaliNet) A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker was beheaded by the sword on Wednesday in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said. The ministry said in a stat
  
• Nigeria: Militant group threatens to attack oil pipelines in 30 days
  2008-07-25 01:44:01 - (SomaliNet) To prove it had not received payment from the Nigerian government to end its campaign, the main militant group in Nigeria\'s oil-producing Niger Delta has said it would attack major oil pip
  
• Philippines to send over 300 soldiers to Liberia for UN peace missions
  2008-07-25 01:37:58 - (SomaliNet) The Philippines armed forces chief of staff General Alexander Yano said on Thursday that Philippines is to send 320 soldiers to Liberia and Haiti in August for UN peacekeeping missions.
  
• Nigeria: 12 killed as petrol tanker burst into flames in Nigeria\'s main city
  2008-07-25 01:32:37 - (SomaliNet) At least 12 people were killed and several sustained severe burns when a petrol tanker burst into flames on Thursday in Nigeria\'s main city Lagos, witnesses and local television said on Th
  
• South Africa: UN boss plans to name SA judge for top UN job
  2008-07-25 01:16:03 - (SomaliNet) The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has formally informed the General Assembly that he plans to name South African judge Navanethem Pillay to succeed Louise Arbour as hig
  
• Zimbabwean’s Mugabe must be given safe exit- Kenya\'s Premier
  2008-07-23 03:53:29 - (SomaliNet) Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Tuesday that negotiations between the Zimbabwean opposition and ruling party should work towards ensuring a safe exit from office for President R
  
• Zimbabwe: Gov’t, opposition kick off crisis talks in South Africa
  2008-07-23 03:51:06 - (SomaliNet) In a power-sharing deal that could end Zimbabwe’s political crisis, Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition MDC began negotiations on Tuesday in neighbouring South Africa, diplomatic so
  
• South Africa: Experts investigate effect of AIDS drugs on gay, bisexual men
  2008-07-23 03:47:03 - (SomaliNet) In the latest effort to combat the HIV and AIDS in South Africa, researchers in the African nation are investigating whether taking AIDS drugs daily will prevent infections among gay and b
  

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