Somali forces: Would-be flier was not carrying 'bomb-making materials'

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Somali authorities said Thursday that a man arrested last month trying to board a commercial airliner in the country's capital was not carrying chemi [...]

Religious hatred simmers in terror suspect's homeland

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Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab wouldn't have to go to an al Qaeda training camp in Yemen to learn how to hate.

Volcano erupts in Congo

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Africa's most active volcano, Mount Nyamuragira in the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted early Saturday, spewing lava off its southern flank, the [...]

Somali pirates hijack fourth vessel in a week

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Pirates off Somalia have hijacked two more vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the European Union naval force said Saturday -- the third and fourth vessels [...]

Reports: Islamists spark deadly fighting in central Somalia town

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Al-Shabaab rebels attacked a town in central Somalia early Saturday, sparking an intense firefight between rival Islamic groups, according to eyewitn [...]

U.S. Embassy in Yemen closes over terror threats

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The U.S. Embassy in Yemen closed Sunday, prompted by ongoing threats by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to attack American interests in Yemen, a U. [...]

More than 1 million in Somalia going hungry, aid agency says

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Recent threats and attacks from militant groups have made it almost impossible for the World Food Program to get food to hungry people in southern So [...]

South Africa's Zuma weds third wife

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South African President Jacob Zuma married third wife Tobeka Madiba on Monday in a traditional Zulu ceremony at his rural homestead of Nkandla.

Nestle reopens Zimbabwe factory

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Nestle, one of the world's largest food companies, has reopened its factory in Zimbabwe after receiving assurances from the government that its busin [...]

Kenya elephant tramples U.S. mother, baby

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An American woman who was trampled to death by an elephant in Kenya, where she lived with her family, was a librarian who was determined to see that [...]

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