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Anti-regime forces take west Libyan towns - Yahoo!...

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Forces opposed to Moamer Kadhafi took control of several western Libyan towns, an official said on Sunday as the strongman played down rebel gains after world leaders called on him to quit.

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Fighting flares in western Ivory Coast - Yahoo! Ne...

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Fighters allied with Ivory Coast's globally recognised president seized a western town held by his rival Laurent Gbagbo, as the African Union pressed on with efforts to end a deadly political stalemat...

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Japan helicopters dump water on nuclear plant - Ya...

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Japanese military helicopters dumped water Thursday from huge buckets onto the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in a bid to douse fuel rods, television images showed.

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Japan quake: live report - Yahoo! News

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0625 GMT: Martin Parry in our Sydney bureau reports on the tens of thousands of Japanese expats around the world who are struggling to cope with the disaster. Australia has one of the world's largest ...

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Libya declares new ceasefire amid fresh Western at...

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Explosions rocked Tripoli as Western forces staged fresh air strikes to halt Moamer Kadhafi's attacks on civilians, with one raid flattening a building in the strongman's heavily-fortified residence.

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NATO takes control of enforcing Libya no-fly zone ...

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NATO has agreed to take control of enforcing a no-fly zone in Libya to thwart the forces of leader Moamer Kadhafi, as coalition air strikes were launched for a seventh straight day on Friday.

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Radiation scare at Japan nuclear plant - Yahoo! Ne...

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Dangerous levels of radiation detected in water thought to be leaking from a stricken Japanese reactor have dealt a new blow in efforts to avert a nuclear disaster.

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Blow for Kadhafi as foreign minister defects - Yah...

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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi suffered a major blow with the defection of his foreign minister even as his forces again proved too strong for the rebels' rag-tag army.

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Rebels battle for control of Libyan oil town - Yah...

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Libyan rebels failed Thursday to secure control of the oil town of Brega from Moamer Kadhafi's forces, as the West shied away from supplying arms to their outgunned rag-tag army.

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Jonathan declared winner of Nigeria vote after dea...

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Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan was declared winner of presidential elections on Monday in a landmark vote that exposed regional tensions and led to deadly rioting in the mainly Muslim north.

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