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| Ghana's Hearts of Oak lose at home | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Accra Hearts of Oak failed to score a goal
after four rounds of matches in the MTN/CAF champions league as
they lost 0-1 to Orlando Pirates at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium
on Sunday.
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| World Bank rep. says ready to support Gabon | | Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The new representative of the World
Bank (WB) in Gabon, Olivier Fremond, declared Sunday on national
television his preparedness to support Gabon's development
process during this period of falling oil reserves.
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| ICTR rejects request release of genocide convict | | Arusha, Tanzania, (PANA) - The Appeal Chamber of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Thursday
rejected a request for the early release of former Rwandan
municipal councillor, Vincent Rutaganira, sentenced on 14 March
2005 to six years in prison, judicial sources at court's Arusha
seat revealed Sunday.
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| Regional peace summit on Burundi put on hold | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - South African minister of Safety and
Security who is facilitator of the Burundi peace process, Charles
Nqakula, announced Sunday the postponement of the regional peace
summit on Burundi, initially scheduled on Tuesday in Kampala.
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| Trading rebounds at Nigerian bourse | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 1.2 billion shares valued at 17.6
billion naira were traded in 42,299 deals at the Nigerian Stock
Exchange (NSE) during the past week, against 1.1 billion shares
worth 14.6 billion naira exchanged in 36,802 deals in the
preceding week.
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| Darfur court tries US journalist for espionage | | Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese court based in war-torn
Darfur region charged American journalist Paul Salopek here
Saturday with espionage and two other criminal counts, three
weeks after pro-government forces detained him in the region.
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| Nigeria says 2007 elections unstoppable | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has allayed fears
being expressed in certain quarters that the 2007 general
elections may not hold due to the rising wave of violence and
politically-motivated killings in the country.
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| Celtel to invest $700m in Nigeria's Vmobile | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Telecommunications giant Celtel
International, which recently acquired 65 percent of Vmobile,
plans to invest US$700 million to expand the network of the
Nigerian GSM company, the local press reported Sunday.
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| Rat poison kills family of 5 in Nigeria | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration (NAFDAC) said the family of five recently
found dead in their one-room abode in the capital city of Abuja
died of rat poison.
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