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Lonmin signs deal without striking union, miners
Managers of a platinum mine where South African police killed 34 striking workers signed a peace deal Thursday with main labor unions but a breakaway ...
Costa Rica escapes serious damage from big quake
The bulletins were terrifying: a powerful earthquake had struck off the coast of this Central American country, spawning a tsunami warning and ...
Moroccan royal dominance: Is it out of step?
Rows of figures in traditional hooded white Moroccan robes advance in unison under the blazing sun to where the king, surrounded by his courtiers, is ...
Strong Costa Rica quake causes panic, minor damage
A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and neighboring countries Wednesday, sending panicked people into the streets and briefly ...
Gadhafi's spy chief in Libyan hands
Deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's notorious spy chief is in custody in Tripoli after extradition from Mauritania, Libya's premier said ...
President has not tackled Egypt's biggest problems
Power and water outages are common across Egypt. Crime is rampant. The value of the currency is slipping. Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi ...
Egypt football fans attack federation headquarters
About 300 angry fans stormed the headquarters of Egypt's Football Association in Cairo on Wednesday, protesting a decision to resume league games next ...
Turkey accuses Syria of 'state terrorism'
Turkey accused Syria of "state terrorism" Wednesday after a sharp spike in the death toll from the Syrian civil war, and Iran came under new scrutiny ...
Zimbabwe university animal unit on cruelty charges
An independent animal welfare group said Wednesday it is filing cruelty charges against the veterinary teaching department at Zimbabwe's main ...
SAfrica: Mandela's daughter promotes road safety
When Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a June 2010 car crash, her tragic death cast a shadow over the start of the FIFA World Cup, ...
Eritreans stranded for week on Israel-Egypt border
Israel is refusing to allow entry to a small group of African migrants huddled at a desert border fence with Egypt, officials said Wednesday, ...
Nigeria navy retakes hijacked oil tanker off coast
Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook an oil tanker hijacked off the country's largest city, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled ...
Ugandan troops capture rebel, wound another
The Ugandan military says it has killed a rebel fighter and captured another in its campaign against Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army rebels in ...
Group: Tanzania should probe journalists death
A journalists' watchdog group urged the Tanzanian government to launch an independent probe into the death of a journalist over the weekend who was ...
SAfrica: Striking miners allege police murders
Striking miners charged that South African police dragged an injured colleague from his hospital bed and killed him. The allegation adds to ...
Chance encounter prompts torture suspect's arrest
A chance encounter at a restaurant in a Denver suburb led to the arrest of an Ethiopian immigrant who authorities say tortured political prisoners ...
Police, anti-Assad protesters clash in Egypt
Witnesses say Egyptian security forces have clashed with dozens of protesters in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo, chanting against the Syrian ...
Hackers backing Syrian regime hit Al-Jazeera
The official website of the Al-Jazeera TV satellite channel was attacked Tuesday by hackers backing the Syrian regime. Hackers replaced the home page ...
US sending high-level business delegation to Cairo
The Obama administration is sending to Cairo the largest ever U.S. trade delegation to the Arab world in a bid to help revitalize Egypt's economy and ...
Islamists installed in Egypt state institutions
Egypt's Islamist leadership took a new move Tuesday to put its stamp on the country's government, appointing members of the fundamentalist Muslim ...
Residents flee shelled Somali port town
Hundreds of residents have fled the southern Somali port of Kismayo after the Kenyan navy shelled the town ahead of an expected ground operation to ...
Officials in Guinea seize arms destined for Mali
Representatives from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS were meeting with the government of Guinea on Tuesday in order to decide what to do with ...
US, Germany in final of women's U20 WCup
The United States beat Nigeria 2-0 on Tuesday and will play defending champion Germany for the women's under-20 World Cup title. Morgan Brian scored ...
World Bank head goes to Africa
World Bank President Jim Young Kim arrived in Ivory Coast on Tuesday to begin his first overseas visit since being appointed in April. The Bank said ...