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<link>http://www.einnews.com/north-africa/newsfeed-north-africa-african-union</link><description>Constantly updated news and information about world affairs.</description><item>
<title>Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa dies at 59</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185568459</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 08:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders  ...  suffered a stroke and collapsed at an African Union summit in Egypt in June, which cost Zimbabweans the voice  ...
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<title>ETHIOPIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR LATE ZAMBIAN LEADER</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185558664</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 05:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on Aug 19, 2008 nearly two months after suffering a stroke while attending an African Union Summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. The funeral of President Mwanawasa is expected to be held on Sept 3. --  ...
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<title>Zimbabwe: Country Backs African Traditional Leaders&apos; Forum</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185550298</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 04:44 GMT</pubDate>
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...  2008 The delegation of Zimbabwean chiefs in Libya for the 39th commemoration of the 1st  ...  the creation of a proposed Forum of African Traditional Kings, Sultans, Princes and Sheiks. The  ...  was tied up with official business in Tunisia. &quot;We had been informed that our fathers  ...
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<title>New UN-African Union mediator for Darfur conflict takes up post</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185505576</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 22:06 GMT</pubDate>
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... New UN-African Union mediator for Darfur conflict takes up post  ...  Darfur, where he welcomed the recently arrived Egyptian engineering and signal company. News Tracker: past  ...
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<title>Zim backs African traditional leaders&apos; forum</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185394564</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 10:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
... From Mabasa Sasa in TRIPOLI, Libya THE delegation of Zimbabwean chiefs in Libya  ...  the creation of a proposed Forum of African Traditional Kings, Sultans, Princes and Sheiks. The  ...  was tied up with official business in Tunisia. &quot;We had been informed that our fathers  ...
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<title>Kosovo needs to engage in diplomacy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185392496</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 09:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Colombia and to the summits of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran and of the African Union in Egypt. Each appearance provides him an uncritical platform to speak against recognition of Kosovo&amp;rsquo;s unilateral  ...
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<title>Two hijackers of Darfur plane surrender in Libya</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185388536</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 09:32 GMT</pubDate>
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... TRIPOLI, Libya  Two Sudanese men, armed with handguns  ...  War II-era outpost near Libya&apos;s border with Egypt and Sudan, where about 500 security personnel  ...  the hijackers to be extradited. Darfur&apos;s ethnic African rebels have been battling the Arab-led Khartoum  ...
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<title>Moor Family Feud</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185357676</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  despite calls for their release by the African Union, the United States, and the governments  ...  Mauritania, which faces Western Sahara (disputed between Morocco and an autonomist movement, the Polisario Front)  ...  the Polisario Front) to the northeast and Algeria and Mali to the northwest. This vast  ...
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<title>Sudan says airliner hijacked in southern Darfur</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185357521</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  heart of the Sahara Desert in neighboring Libya, officials said. The Boeing 737 was commandeered  ...  arid southeast close to the Sudanese and Egyptian borders. Authorities were said to be traveling  ...  of civilians, witnesses said. A spokesman for U.N.-African Union peacekeepers, Nourredine Mezni, said at least  ...
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<title>Background Notes : Zambia (08/08)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185338221</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  zinc, cut vegetables, cotton, tobacco. Major markets--South Africa, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Japan. Imports--$2.7  ...  June 29 while he was attending the African Union (AU) Summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. In accordance with the constitution, Vice President  ...
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<title>Darfur plane hijackers surrender in Libya</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185326189</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 22:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Once on the ground at a remote Libyan airfield, the hijackers demanded maps and enough  ...  War II-era outpost near Libya&apos;s border with Egypt and Sudan, where about 500 security personnel  ...  the hijackers to be extradited. Darfur&apos;s ethnic African rebels have been battling the Arab-led Khartoum  ...
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<title>Hijackers of Darfur jetliner surrender after 22-hour standoff at desert airfield in Libya</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185319033</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 22:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Once on the ground at a remote Libyan airfield, the hijackers demanded maps and enough  ...  War II-era outpost near Libya&apos;s border with Egypt and Sudan, where about 500 security personnel  ...  the hijackers to be extradited. Darfur&apos;s ethnic African rebels have been battling the Arab-led Khartoum  ...
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<title>Darfur plane hijackers surrender in...</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185311607</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 21:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Once on the ground at a remote Libyan airfield, the hijackers demanded maps and enough  ...  War II-era outpost near Libya&apos;s border with Egypt and Sudan, where about 500 security personnel  ...  the hijackers to be extradited. Darfur&apos;s ethnic African rebels have been battling the Arab-led Khartoum  ...
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<title>Darfur hijackers surrender</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185307132</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 20:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  updated: August 27, 2008 10:45 a.m. TRIPOLI, Libya - Two hijackers who commandeered a jetliner  ...  part in the Darfur provinces.&quot; Darfur&apos;s ethnic African rebels have been battling the Arab-led Khartoum  ...  plane took off. A spokesman for Darfur&apos;s U.N.-African Union peacekeepers, Nourredine Mezni, said at least 33  ...
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<title>2 hijackers of Darfur plane surrender, says airline</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185295666</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to a remote desert airstrip in southern Libya surrendered Wednesday after a 22-hour standoff, an  ...  part in the Darfur provinces.&quot; Darfur&apos;s ethnic African rebels have been battling the Arab-led Khartoum  ...  from Monday&apos;s attack. Maamoun Youssef in Cairo, Egypt, and Mohamed Osman in Khartoum, Sudan, contributed  ...
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