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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 08:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai to return for second round</title>
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<description>HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai restarts his campaign to oust Robert Mugabe at home on Saturday after seeking support abroad in his risky standoff with the president.</description>
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<title>Burundi rebels return home for peace deal</title>
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<description>BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Senior officials of Burundi's last holdout rebel group returned to the capital Bujumbura on Friday to begin implementing a delayed peace agreement, but the group's leader stayed behind in exile in Tanzania.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zimbabwe urges churches to help fight violence</title>
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<description>HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean security chiefs have urged church leaders to help stop rising violence ahead of a delayed run-off election in which the opposition hopes to oust President Robert Mugabe.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 08:27:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Uganda government to fix prices for food it buys</title>
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<description>KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Friday it would for the first time set prices for any food the government purchases to fight corruption and collusion, but the policy will not affect private businesses.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tanzania leader urges talks on Zanzibar coalition</title>
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<description>NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has urged the country's main opposition party to return to talks to break deadlock of more than a year in forming a power-sharing government in semi-autonomous Zanzibar.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>S.Africa power firm agrees to phase in price rise</title>
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<description>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's state power firm, under pressure from the ruling ANC party, agreed on Friday to phase in electricity price rises over five years instead of pushing for a sharp hike to address a dire power crisis.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:09:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Hungry" Nigeria oil hijackers slash ransom demand</title>
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<description>PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen who hijacked a supply ship working for U.S. energy giant Chevron in Nigeria have drastically reduced their ransom demand to 5 million naira from 30 million naira, security sources said on Friday.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:30:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN refugee agency curbs activities in eastern Chad</title>
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<description>GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday it had reduced its activities and staff movements in volatile eastern Chad due to worsening violence.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kenya intimidating refugees out of camp - aid group</title>
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<description>NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan government officials and police have used threats and intimidation to force displaced people to leave a refugee camp in western Kenya, the medical aid agency Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:43:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gaddafi accuses Europeans of killing migrants</title>
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<description>TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has accused European states of killing hundreds of African migrants by deliberately sinking their boats to stop them reaching Europe.</description>
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