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 Egypt's Mubarak declines chance to address court
| CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak has turned down the chance to address the court on the last session before the verdict in his seven-month trial. | He is accused of complicity i... (photo: AP / Mohammed al-Law) The Guardian
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 Clinton heads abroad to push Syria diplomacy
| WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to ramp up diplomatic efforts against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime on a trip to North Africa this week, as some count... (photo: AP / Kevin Lamarque) Springfield News-Sun
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 Nigeria losing 150 000 barrels of oil per day
Abuja - Oil companies in Nigeria are battling against a rising theft that is costing them an estimated 150 000 barrels of crude each day, an oil major official said on Tu... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba, file) Independent online
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 'Somalia should be enjoying its own Arab Spring'
London - Somalia should be enjoying an Arab Spring of its own but its Al-Shebab insurgents are fomenting jihad both in and out of the country, British Prime Minister Davi... (photo: AP / AU-UN IST/ Stuart Price) Independent online
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 Gyrations of a geriatric: Robert Mugabe at 88
Our infuriating neighbour, who cunningly clings to his cushy job after 32 years, despite losing the elections he violently subverted in 2008, has vowed to lead his Zanu-P... (photo: Public Domain / Martin H.) Independent online
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 Defense to make final pitch in Hosni Mubarak's trial
February 22, 2012 -- Updated 0905 GMT (1705 HKT) Egypt's Hosni Mubarak is on trial on charges of corruption and ordering the deaths of hundreds of protesters. | Cairo (CN... (photo: AP / Egyptian State TV) CNN
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 Senegal's Youssou Ndour injured during rally: spokesman
| AFP - Senegalese music icon and opposition activist Youssou Ndour was injured in the leg after being hit by a projectile at the scene of a banned rally in Dakar, his en... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) France24
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 African envoy in Senegal to defuse tension
| Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Senegal to mediate the country's political standoff, while police once again fired tear gas to disperse prote... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Al Jazeera
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 At least 14 civilians killed in attack in Nigeria market
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet MAIDUGURI: At least 14 civilians died in a market in northeast Nigeria during an attack by a radical Islamist sect, and in the security crackdo... (photo: AP / NTA via APTN) The Times Of India
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 NATO: Caught in the headlights
| Editor's note: This article is part two of chapter five, and the fifth of a series of excerpts that Al Jazeera will be publishing from The Invisible Arab: The... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique M. Lasco) Al Jazeera
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 Kenya blames Somali militants for food crisis
| TABDA, Somalia (AP) — The Kenyan army is blaming al-Shabab for blocking the movement of food and other goods into southern Somalia, which officials say is in the begi... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) The Guardian
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