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| Jul.9 |
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Girl recovers after kidnap British girl Margaret Hill is reported to be in good health except for mosquito bites
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| Jul.5 |
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'Threat to kill' missing UK girl  Kidnappers who seized a 3-year-old have threatened to kill her unless her father agrees to take her place
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Three-year-old seized | Margaret Hill, the daughter of a British expatriate worker, has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta | |
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| Jan.17 |
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Militants free Italian The militants have released an oil worker seized last month from a terminal in the Niger Delta
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| Nov.22 |
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Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue| Nigerian troops tried to free 7 foreigners abducted from an offshore oil field | |
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| Nov.2 |
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2 foreigners kidnapped Armed gunmen seized 2 oil workers -- an American and a Briton -- during a raid on a Norwegian ship
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| Jun.22 |
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  Ghana won place in last 16 over U.S Ghana made a 2-1 victory over the United States in a Group E decider they largely controlled
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| Jun.15 |
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  UK agrees to jail Charles Taylor The British government has agreed that former Liberian leader could serve a prison sentence in the UK
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| Mar.12 |
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 200 immigrants intercepted Spanish authorities have intercepted more than 208 immigrants were travelling in four boats within 24 hours
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| Mar.8 |
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300 African migrants drown a month More than 1,000 Africans have died in the past 4 months while trying to sail from Mauritania to Canary Islands
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| Oct.23 |
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Obasanjo's wife dies in hospital Wife of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, died from complications resulting from that surgery
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| Jan.11 |
Mauritania |
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 Dakar motorcycle star dies on race Fabrizio Meoni, winner in 2001 and 2002, died after a crash on 11th stage of the 2005 rally
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| Nov.10 |
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 Foreigners flee Ivory Coast The U.N. and France have begun mass evacuations of U.N. staff and foreign nationals following days of violence
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| Nov.7 |
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France limits Ivory Coast pullout The French government dispatching 3 planes to evacuate at least 100 people, including many French citizens
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France boosts Ivory Coast force France was flying in 300 of extra soldiers and Ivory Coast was pulling back its troops
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| Nov.6 |
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Ivory Coast seethes after attack Armed mobs of government loyalists took to the streets of the city of Abidjan, in anger against France
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France attacks Ivorian airbase| French forces have destroyed 2 government warplanes after an air strike left 8 French soldiers dead and 23 injured | |
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| Dec.3 |
Nigeria |
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Queen visits Nigeria Elizabeth II has visited Nigeria for the first time in nearly a half-century for a two-day state visit
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| Aug.19 |
Mali |
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Freed hostages head for Germany 14 Europeans freed from a 5-month hostage ordeal in the Sahara desert are on a plane
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| Aug.18 |
Mali |
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14 European hostages released| 9 Germans, 4 Swiss and a Dutchman were among 32 taken hostage by Algerian Islamic extremists in the Sahara | |
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| Mar.9 |
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French confirm Ivory Coast killings French troops have found evidence of extensive killings in the town of Bangolo
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| Dec.21 |
Ivory Coast |
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French fight Ivorian rebels French destroyed 3 rebel pickups and the rebels pulled back
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| Nov.22 |
Nigeria |
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 Miss World leaves Nigeria for London| Organizers of the pageant will move the pageant in the wake of violent pageant-related protests | |
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