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• Zimbabwe's Mugabe pays tribute to late Zambian president

  - 2008-09-03

  LUSAKA AFP — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has paid a glowing tribute to the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, his arch-critic, for his "courage" and "frankness," state radio reported on Wednesday. "Mwanawasa was a very courageous leader. He was very frank and wanted to change not only his country...

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• Thousands pay tribute to late Zambian president Mwanawasa

  - 2008-09-03

  LUSAKA AFP — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai put aside their rivalry Wednesday to join African heads of state at the funeral of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa. The bitter rivals mingled with more than a dozen African heads of state and government, as well as...

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• Karzai meets British actor Jude Law

  - 2008-09-03

  KABUL AFP — Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai met British actor Jude Law and flimmaker Jeremy Gilley and praised their efforts to promote peace in his war-torn country, the president's office said Wednesday. Law, ambassador for Gilley's Peace One Day project, are in Afghanistan to promote a global ceasefire and...

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• Pelosi wins praise in Hiroshima for bomb visit

  - 2008-09-03

  HIROSHIMA, Japan AFP — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won praise Wednesday for becoming the most senior sitting American official to visit Japan's atom bomb memorial at Hiroshima. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney, on Tuesday laid flowers at a memorial in the...

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• Trial begins for Venezuelan in alleged hush-money case

  - 2008-09-03

  MIAMI AFP — The trial of a Venezuelan accused with four others of seeking to silence a US-Venezuelan national caught entering Argentina with a suitcase full of 800,000 dollars got under way here Tuesday. Franklin Duran, three other Venezuelans and an Uruguayan living in the United States have been...

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• US disaster chief: Don't come home too soon

  - 2008-09-03

  BATON ROUGE, Louisiana AFP — Residents of storm-battered Louisiana should wait to return home until authorities give them the all-clear, a top disaster relief aide to US President George W. Bush warned Wednesday. "We caution people not to come back in until they're sure that their parish has power,...

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• Bush: Gustav seems to spare oil production

  - 2008-09-02

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush said Tuesday it was "a little early" to know Hurricane Gustav's impact on US oil facilities, but that the killer storm appeared to have largely spared key infrastructure. "We're now in the process of assessing any damage done to the infrastructure....

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• US will not recognise Mauritania's new govt

  - 2008-09-02

  NOUAKCHOTT AFP — The United States said Tuesday that it would not recognise the newly-formed government in Mauritania following a coup last month. "The United States government does not recognise the legitimacy of the so-called government announced by the High Council of State," it said in a statement released...

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• Republicans launch bid to send McCain to White House

  - 2008-09-02

  ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — Republicans belatedly launch their effort Tuesday to showcase John McCain to millions of American voters, after first trying to quell a storm over his shock running mate pick Sarah Palin. The Republican National Convention here will spotlight McCain's heroic biography as a Vietnam war...

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• Astronaut named head of Canadian Space Agency

  - 2008-09-02

  OTTAWA AFP — Astronaut Steve MacLean was appointed president of the Canadian Space Agency on Tuesday as the nation prepares for a new era of space exploration, Industry Minister Jim Prentice announced. MacLean "is a modern hero and is very highly respected among academic, industrial and international partners," said...

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