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				<title>Botswana recalls Zimbabwe envoys .....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Botswana+recalls+Zimbabwe+envoys+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Botswana says it is recalling two senior diplomats based in Harare in protest against the detention of three wildlife officers in Zimbabwe.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:33:10 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Danish troops storm ship captured by Somali pirates.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Danish+troops+storm+ship+captured+by+Somali+pirates</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Danish special forces have stormed a ship captured by Somali pirates and freed 25 crew members, an EU naval spokesman said in Nairobi.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:26:46 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Zimbabwe civil servants go on strike over wages:.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Zimbabwe+civil+servants+go+on+strike+over+wages%3A</link>
				<description><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe's civil servants, including teachers and doctors, went on strike Friday to demand an increase to their monthly salaries of 150 dollars (110 euros), their unions said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:57:46 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Man blamed for Guinea massacre: Ready for trial.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Man+blamed+for+Guinea+massacre%3A+Ready+for+trial</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The man who tried to assassinate Guinea's now-exiled junta leader and has been blamed for a September massacre says he's ready to face international justice.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:51:44 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Burundi peacekeepers on trial over Somalia mutiny .....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Burundi+peacekeepers+on+trial+over+Somalia+mutiny+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Thirty-three Burundian soldiers accused of mutinying while serving in Somalia as peacekeepers have gone on trial.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:29:27 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>World Court charges will harm Sudan peace process.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=World+Court+charges+will+harm+Sudan+peace+process</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The African Union said Friday a decision by the International Criminal Court to consider adding genocide charges to an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Beshir harms the peace process in Sudan.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:53:39 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>EU to send observers for Sudanese election.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=EU+to+send+observers+for+Sudanese+election</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The European Union will send its biggest ever observer mission for Sudan's key elections in April, an EU foreign affairs spokesperson said Thursday.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:39:52 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Malawi president says AU chair will not make country rich.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Malawi+president+says+AU+chair+will+not+make+country+rich</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika Thursday said his election as the head of the African Union would not spell riches for the poor southern African nation.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:35:18 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Mandela celebrates 20 years of freedom.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Mandela+celebrates+20+years+of+freedom</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela, fellow veterans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and family have raised glasses of bubbly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:27:01 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>U.S. Hails Track Record of Ghana.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=U.S.+Hails+Track+Record+of+Ghana</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The United States government has commented Ghana for the progress it has made in the fight against drug trafficking, saying the gains are impressive.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:35:23 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Toyota to recall vehicles in South Africa .....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Toyota+to+recall+vehicles+in+South+Africa+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Toyota vehicles made and sold in South Africa are to be recalled after similar moves in the US, Europe and Asia, a company spokesman has told the BBC.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:46:35 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Burundi opens trial of mutinous peacekeepers.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Burundi+opens+trial+of+mutinous+peacekeepers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Burundi on Thursday began trying 33 soldiers accused of mutiny while serving as peacekeepers with the African Union force in Somalia.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:34:18 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama condemns Uganda anti-gay bill as odious.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Obama+condemns+Uganda+anti-gay+bill+as+odious</link>
				<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Thursday denounced as "odious" a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:21:59 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigeria cabinet split over sick President YarAdua .....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigeria+cabinet+split+over+sick+President+YarAdua+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nigeria's information minister has urged cabinet colleagues to accept that President Umaru Yar'Adua is no longer fit to lead, a BBC source confirms.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:39:04 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Suzanne Tamim murderers appeal against death sentences .....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Suzanne+Tamim+murderers+appeal+against+death+sentences+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The killers of a Lebanese singer will appeal against their convictions in an Egyptian court later, in a bid to avoid the death sentence.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:18:56 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Split emerges in Nigeria cabinet over Yar Adua.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Split+emerges+in+Nigeria+cabinet+over+Yar+Adua</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Divisions have emerged in the Nigerian cabinet over whether President Umaru Yar'Adua should hand over power to his deputy after an absence of more than two months for medical treatment, newspapers reported on Thursday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:59:08 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigerian minister calls on ill president.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigerian+minister+calls+on+ill+president</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Nigerian minister has called on ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to transfer power, a senior official said Thursday, in the first sign of a cabinet split over his prolonged absence from the country.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:44:30 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> MSF condemns indiscriminate civilian attacks .....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+MSF+condemns+indiscriminate+civilian+attacks+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The indiscriminate firing of heavy artillery into markets and residential areas in the Somali capital has been condemned by Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:28:44 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Rwanda genocide-row politician attacked .....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Rwanda+genocide-row+politician+attacked+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Rwandan politician who stirred up controversy with comments on the genocide recently has been attacked by a group of men at a government office.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:22:27 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Distracted South Africa face tough task in India.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Distracted+South+Africa+face+tough+task+in+India</link>
				<description><![CDATA[South Africa are faced with the daunting prospect of taking on top-ranked India on their home soil just days after long-serving coach Mickey Arthur resigned.
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:30:28 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Somali pirates hijack Libyan ship .....Al Jazeera</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Somali+pirates+hijack+Libyan+ship+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates have hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, taking its crew of 17 Romanians and Libyans hostage.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:17:15 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Children of Morocco Olympic champion not abducted.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Children+of+Morocco+Olympic+champion+not+abducted</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The children of a Moroccan Olympic champion say they fled from his house and were smuggled out of the country with the help of Norwegian diplomats.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:32:05 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Darfur crimes: Hague reverses Bashir genocide ruling .....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Darfur+crimes%3A+Hague+reverses+Bashir+genocide+ruling+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[International Criminal Court judges have reversed a ruling that there is insufficient proof to charge Sudan's president with genocide in Darfur.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:30:50 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Malawi arrests gay-poster man .....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Malawi+arrests+gay-poster+man+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Malawian police have arrested a man for putting up gay-rights posters, amid a national debate over homosexuality - which is banned in Malawi.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:03:00 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Sudan slams ICC decision on Beshir genocide charges.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Sudan+slams+ICC+decision+on+Beshir+genocide+charges</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Khartoum accused the International Criminal Court on Wednesday of trying to affect peace talks with Darfur rebels and reform in Sudan after an appeals chamber ordered a review of the dropping of genocide charges against President Omar al-Beshir.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:48:06 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Sudan calls in editors on hazardous waste reports.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Sudan+calls+in+editors+on+hazardous+waste+reports</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sudanese authorities summoned seven chief editors of newspapers to question them over reports about dumping hazardous electronic waste, journalists said on Tuesday, calling it a worrying sign ahead of April elections.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:07:15 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Morocco says Norway must punish wayward diplomats.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Morocco+says+Norway+must+punish+wayward+diplomats</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Morocco is demanding that Norway punish diplomats who helped a Norwegian woman smuggle her two children out of the north African country against the wishes of their Moroccan father, Morocco's foreign minister said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:06:30 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Morocco, Polisario to resume informal Sahara talks.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Morocco%2C+Polisario+to+resume+informal+Sahara+talks</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Morocco and Western Sahara's independence movement will resume talks next week to try to make headway in the 35-year dispute over the Northwest African territory, the United Nations said on Tuesday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:05:38 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Kenya tightens security on porous Somalia border.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Kenya+tightens+security+on+porous+Somalia+border</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:04:58 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Angolan president reshuffles govt after new charter.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Angolan+president+reshuffles+govt+after+new+charter</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Angola's president on Wednesday appointed the country's first vice-president and new ministers for finance, mining and public works in a major cabinet reshuffle following the approval of a new constitution.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:04:06 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Egypt police kill Sudanese migrant at Israel border.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Egypt+police+kill+Sudanese+migrant+at+Israel+border</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Egyptian border guards shot dead an unarmed Sudanese migrant as he tried to flee into Israel during a shootout with people traffickers at the Israeli border on Tuesday, a security source said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:03:23 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Court ordered to rule again on Bashir genocide charge.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Court+ordered+to+rule+again+on+Bashir+genocide+charge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court must rule again on whether Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir must face an additional charge of committing genocide in Darfur, appeals judges at the tribunal ruled on Wednesday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:02:40 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Zimbabwe court allows disputed Bennett email evidence.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Zimbabwe+court+allows+disputed+Bennett+email+evidence</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's High Court on Wednesday admitted disputed email evidence implicating opposition politician Roy Bennett in a plot against President Robert Mugabe's government.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:59:53 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigeria media tell YarAdua to cede power or quit.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigeria+media+tell+YarAdua+to+cede+power+or+quit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Some of Nigeria's leading media groups have told President Umaru Yar'Adua to transfer powers to his deputy or resign within a week, adding to the pressure over the ailing leader's prolonged absence.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:58:43 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>New Guinea PM says elections may take time.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=New+Guinea+PM+says+elections+may+take+time</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Guinea's new prime minister says a presidential election meant to bring civilian rule may not be held within six months.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:58:00 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Intl court: Reconsider Al-Bashir genocide charges.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Intl+court%3A+Reconsider+Al-Bashir+genocide+charges</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court was ordered on Wednesday to reconsider indicting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with waging genocide in Darfur.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:57:21 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Court to rule on Sudan president genocide charges.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Court+to+rule+on+Sudan+president+genocide+charges</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court are ruling on whether Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should be charged with waging genocide in Darfur.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:56:20 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>No gross violations in Sudan poll: US official.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=No+gross+violations+in+Sudan+poll%3A+US+official</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sudan's electoral process has not been subject to "gross violations" and it is unlikely the ruling National Congress Party could unfairly swing next April's vote its way, a senior U.S. administration official said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:55:30 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Journalist jailed for criticising Ethiopian PM: CPJ.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Journalist+jailed+for+criticising+Ethiopian+PM%3A+CPJ</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An Ethiopian journalist has been jailed for one year for writing a newspaper article disagreeing with the country's prime minister, a U.S.-based press freedom watchdog said on Tuesday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:54:48 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigerian militants vow to attack Shell pipeline.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigerian+militants+vow+to+attack+Shell+pipeline</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nigerian militants said on Tuesday a Shell oil pipeline damaged on Saturday was blown up with explosives, not damaged by oil thieves, and warned it would attack the line and other oil facilities in coming weeks.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:52:24 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Genocide charge now possible for Sudanese President.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Genocide+charge+now+possible+for+Sudanese+President</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court was wrong when it decided that Sudan's leader can't be charged with genocide in Darfur, appeals judges said Wednesday — an unprecedented ruling that could lead to President Omar al-Bashir's indictment with humanity's worst crime.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:49:43 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>African group leader says never again to coups.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=African+group+leader+says+never+again+to+coups</link>
				<description><![CDATA[African Union leaders said on Tuesday they intended to strengthen the group's powers to fight a rising tide of coups and electoral fraud on the continent.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:49:33 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Priorities of Africa food, transport, energy: AU head.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Priorities+of+Africa+food%2C+transport%2C+energy%3A+AU+head</link>
				<description><![CDATA[New African Union president Bingu wa Mutharika said Wednesday that food security, transport infrastructure and energy will be his priorities as leader of the pan-African body.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:54:37 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Ruling due on Sudan genocide charge .....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Ruling+due+on+Sudan+genocide+charge+</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is to decide whether to charge Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, with genocide against non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:06:30 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> UN aiding Darfur rebels, says Sudan army.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+UN+aiding+Darfur+rebels%2C+says+Sudan+army</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The UN-African Union mission in Sudan is helping Darfur rebels by supplying them with equipment, Sudan's army says.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:24:59 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Guinea junta blames Toumba Diakite for massacre.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Guinea+junta+blames+Toumba+Diakite+for+massacre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A renegade Guinean soldier was solely responsible for massacring protesters at a rally last September, an inquiry backed by the ruling junta has said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:24:15 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Africa leaders wrap up summit.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Africa+leaders+wrap+up+summit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[African leaders wrapped up a three-day summit Tuesday, calling for action on coups and increasing pressure on Madagascar's political foes to honour deals meant to end a prolonged crisis.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:31 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>S.Africa recalls the release of Madiba 20 years on.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=S.Africa+recalls+the+release+of+Madiba+20+years+on</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The last president of apartheid South Africa on Tuesday said that his speech 20 years ago announcing the release of Nelson Mandela had "prevented a catastrophe" and altered South Africa forever.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:13:44 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigerian militants promise strike on Shell line.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigerian+militants+promise+strike+on+Shell+line</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The main militant group in the restive Niger Delta says they will attack a Royal Dutch Shell PLC pipeline already hit in recent days by saboteurs.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:12:52 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>UN team quits Ndjamena after talks on military withdrawal.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=UN+team+quits+Ndjamena+after+talks+on+military+withdrawal</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A UN team left Chad on Tuesday after talks on withdrawing a UN military mission from Chad and the neighbouring Central African Republic, sources said, without giving details of the discussions.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:10:51 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigerian oil militants say fresh attacks soon.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigerian+oil+militants+say+fresh+attacks+soon</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nigeria's main rebel group vowed Tuesday to carry out fresh attacks on oil facilities "in the weeks to come" in the key Niger Delta region.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:10:14 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Algeria wants to get off US air travel watch list.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Algeria+wants+to+get+off+US+air+travel+watch+list</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Algeria's interior minister is threatening to reply in kind if his country remains on U.S. and French special terrorism-related air travel watch lists.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:09:24 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Morocco demands legal action in custody row with Norway.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Morocco+demands+legal+action+in+custody+row+with+Norway</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Morocco on Tuesday demanded that legal action be taken against Norwegian diplomats who stepped into a child custody battle involving former Olympic champion Khalid Skah.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:08:44 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Guinean commission report casts blame for massacre.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Guinean+commission+report+casts+blame+for+massacre</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Guinean investigative commission on Tuesday blamed the man who tried to assassinate the country's now-exiled junta leader for a September massacre during which human rights groups say at least 156 people were killed.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:07:47 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Ethiopian journalist jailed for criticising leader.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Ethiopian+journalist+jailed+for+criticising+leader</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An Ethiopian journalist has been jailed for a year for criticising the prime minister, the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:15:33 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Presidents sex life makes headlines in S. Africa.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Presidents+sex+life+makes+headlines+in+S.+Africa</link>
				<description><![CDATA[South Africa's governing party says a report that the country's polygamist president fathered a child out of wedlock makes "a mountain out of nothing."]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:14:57 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama warns of more pressure on Sudan.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Obama+warns+of+more+pressure+on+Sudan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama warned on Monday the United States would increase pressure on Sudan's government if it did not respond to a US engagement push aimed at securing a peace deal in Darfur.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:14:13 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>African leaders urged to tackle Al-Qaeda threat.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=African+leaders+urged+to+tackle+Al-Qaeda+threat</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Senegal's president urged African leaders on Monday to join forces in the fight against Al-Qaeda's North African branch, saying the network's campaign was taking on "new and disturbing" forms.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:13:32 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Somali pirates release cargo ship, ransom paid.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Somali+pirates+release+cargo+ship%2C+ransom+paid</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates released the cargo ship MV Filitsa on Monday after a ransom was delivered and the crew are safe, a regional maritime official and pirate sources said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:12:35 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>S.Africa mines nationalisation not policy: minister.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=S.Africa+mines+nationalisation+not+policy%3A+minister</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The nationalisation of South Africa's mines was not government policy, although debate on the issue was healthy, mines minister Susan Shabangu said on Tuesday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:11:50 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Sudan says UNAMID supports Darfur rebels.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Sudan+says+UNAMID+supports+Darfur+rebels</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sudan accused U.N.-African Union peacekeepers of cooperating with Darfur rebels and supplying them with vehicles on Monday, a move which could undermine the mission's ability to operate in the restive west of Sudan.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:11:21 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Somali Islamists al-Shabab join al-Qaeda fight.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Somali+Islamists+al-Shabab+join+al-Qaeda+fight</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Somali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's global militant campaign.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:09:21 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> ANC defends Jacob Zuma over love-child claims.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+ANC+defends+Jacob+Zuma+over+love-child+claims</link>
				<description><![CDATA[South Africa's governing African National Congress has defended President Jacob Zuma over claims that he fathered a child outside marriage.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:08:32 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> ICC must probe Nigeria religious violence in Jos.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+ICC+must+probe+Nigeria+religious+violence+in+Jos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Nigerian rights group has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate violence between Muslims and Christians in the city of Jos.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:07:35 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Somalia pirates release Greek cargo ship.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Somalia+pirates+release+Greek+cargo+ship</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Pirates in Somalia have released the Greek-owned cargo ship Filitsa and its crew of 22 after a ransom was paid, Greek officials said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:06:47 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> UK defends not paying pirates ransom for kidnapped pair.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+UK+defends+not+paying+pirates+ransom+for+kidnapped+pair</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Foreign Office has defended its stance of not paying a ransom to help free a British couple taken hostage by Somali pirates three months ago.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:05:59 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>African leaders focus on continents hot spots.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=African+leaders+focus+on+continents+hot+spots</link>
				<description><![CDATA[African Union heads of state focused on rising tensions in oil-rich, secessionist southern Sudan on Monday as they reviewed their response to the continent's many crises and conflicts.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:12:48 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>CAR rebels want probe into presumed death of leader.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=CAR+rebels+want+probe+into+presumed+death+of+leader</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A rebel group active in the Central African Republic has called for an international probe "to clarify the situation" of its leader, Charles Massi, whose family claims he was tortured to death.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:11:35 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Mogadishu shelling kills 12 civilians.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Mogadishu+shelling+kills+12+civilians</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Heavy mortar fire between African Union peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents killed at least 12 civilians and left scores wounded in the Somali capital, officials and medics said Monday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:10:45 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Somali regions urged to battle Islamist militia.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Somali+regions+urged+to+battle+Islamist+militia</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A six-nation east African regional bloc on Monday urged Somalia's two breakaway regions of Puntland and Somaliland to jointly battle Islamist militia which it said had extended to the areas.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:07:54 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Nigeria fighters deny oil raid.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Nigeria+fighters+deny+oil+raid</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nigeria's main armed group has said it was not directly responsible for the sabotage of an oil pipeline that forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down three pumping stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:06:57 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Somali capital clashes claim lives  .....Al Jazeera</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Somali+capital+clashes+claim+lives++</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Anti-government fighters have fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in the Somali capital, prompting return fire by troops that killed at least 16 people, medical officials and residents say.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:06:11 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Zuma told 20th child harms S.Africa safe sex drive.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Zuma+told+20th+child+harms+S.Africa+safe+sex+drive</link>
				<description><![CDATA[South African opposition parties accused President Jacob Zuma on Monday of a cavalier attitude to safe sex that is hurting the HIV/AIDS campaign after news that a woman not one of his wives had had his 20th child.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:05:19 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>S.Africa youth group wants state ownership of mines.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=S.Africa+youth+group+wants+state+ownership+of+mines</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The militant youth wing of South Africa's ruling ANC reiterated on Monday that it would push for the nationalisation of local industries starting with mines, saying investors afraid of the process were not welcome.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:04:44 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>North Africa Qaeda offers to help Nigerian Muslims.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=North+Africa+Qaeda+offers+to+help+Nigerian+Muslims</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An al Qaeda group in North Africa has offered to give Nigerian Muslims training and weapons to fight Christians in the West African country, where more than 460 people were killed in sectarian clashes last month.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:04:14 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Libya delays key job for Gaddafi reformist son.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Libya+delays+key+job+for+Gaddafi+reformist+son</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Libya's powerful old guard appears to be holding up the appointment of Muammar Gaddafi's western-leaning son to a top government role, leaving prospects for reform in the north African country as murky as ever.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:03:33 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigeria group not directly responsible for oil raid.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigeria+group+not+directly+responsible+for+oil+raid</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nigeria's main militant group said on Monday it was not directly responsible for the sabotage of an oil pipeline that forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down three pumping stations.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:02:57 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Experts see Eritrea leading regional mining surge.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Experts+see+Eritrea+leading+regional+mining+surge</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An impending mining boom in Eritrea will challenge oil-rich neighbours to make it easier for foreign companies to prospect across a massive geological structure in the region rich in base metals and gold, analysts say.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:01:38 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Egypt border police kill African migrant: sources.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Egypt+border+police+kill+African+migrant%3A+sources</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Egyptian border police shot dead an African migrant and injured another on Monday as they tried to slip across the border into Israel, security sources said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:59 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>What is the African Union and what does it do?.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=What+is+the+African+Union+and+what+does+it+do%3F</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Leaders from around the continent are gathered in Ethiopia's capital for an African Union (AU) summit. Below are some questions and answers about the organisation:]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:28 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Sudan first democratic presidential vote in 24 years.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Sudan+first+democratic+presidential+vote+in+24+years</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Sudan's first democratic presidential election in 24 years, set to start on April 11, is promising to be a heated contest with secret deals and alliances playing out behind closed doors.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:59:54 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Somali Islamists al-Shabab join al-Qaeda fight.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Somali+Islamists+al-Shabab+join+al-Qaeda+fight</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Somali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's global militant campaign.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:59:08 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> ICC must probe Nigeria religious violence in Jos.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+ICC+must+probe+Nigeria+religious+violence+in+Jos</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Nigerian rights group has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate violence between Muslims and Christians in the city of Jos.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:57:49 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Jacob Zuma love-child claim sparks South Africa row.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Jacob+Zuma+love-child+claim+sparks+South+Africa+row</link>
				<description><![CDATA[South Africa's main opposition party has accused the country's president of contradicting the government's message on HIV/Aids prevention.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:56:27 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Nigeria Oil pipeline sabotaged - Royal Dutch Shell.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nigeria+Oil+pipeline+sabotaged+-+Royal+Dutch+Shell</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell has shut three oil flow stations in Nigeria's Niger Delta region after a pipeline was sabotaged, a company spokeswoman has said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:54:43 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Call for Central African Republic rebel torture probe.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Call+for+Central+African+Republic+rebel+torture+probe</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Rights groups, opposition leaders and France have urged the Central African Republic to investigate claims that a rebel leader was tortured to death.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:53:15 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Egypt arrests 26 suspected of plotting terrorism.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Egypt+arrests+26+suspected+of+plotting+terrorism</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Egypt has arrested 26 suspects who the prosecutor said belonged to a cell of militant group Islamic Jihad and were plotting "terrorist acts" against tourists and state installations, the official news agency MENA reported on Sunday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:49:31 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Swiss wins Libya jail term appeal in sign of easing rift.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Swiss+wins+Libya+jail+term+appeal+in+sign+of+easing+rift</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Libyan appeal court on Sunday overturned a jail term slapped on Swiss businessman Rashid Hamdani on a charge of overstaying his visa, his lawyer said, easing a Tripoli-Bern diplomatic spat.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:48:22 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>African Union relief at Kadhafi exit.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=African+Union+relief+at+Kadhafi+exit</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's handover of the African Union presidency to Malawi Sunday was greeted with hushed relief by many diplomats after a year of infighting they said harmed the body's image.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:45:57 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Zimbabwe Anglicans stage protest service.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Zimbabwe+Anglicans+stage+protest+service</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Thousands of churchgoers held an open air protest service in Harare on Sunday in a row over property belonging to the Anglican Church.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:45:18 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>UN chief appoints envoy to curb rape in wars.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=UN+chief+appoints+envoy+to+curb+rape+in+wars</link>
				<description><![CDATA[UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday said he intended to make Sweden's Margot Wallstrom his special representative tasked with combating sexual violence against women and children in conflicts.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:44:35 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Centr.Africa must explain death of rebel chief.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Centr.Africa+must+explain+death+of+rebel+chief</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Central Africa must shed full light on what caused the death of former minister turned rebel leader Charles Massi, whose family alleges he was tortured, former president Ange-Felix Patasse has said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:41:09 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>CAR president confirms death of rebel leader.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=CAR+president+confirms+death+of+rebel+leader</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Central African Republic's President Francois Bozize has confirmed the death of a rebel leader but dismissed criticism from rights and opposition groups who are demanding an international investigation.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:39:49 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Libya court clears Swiss man of immigration violation.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Libya+court+clears+Swiss+man+of+immigration+violation</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Libyan court has cleared Swiss businessman Rachid Hamdani of illegally being in the North African country, his lawyer and a spokesman for the Swiss foreign ministry said on Sunday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:38:32 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Malawi President Mutharika becomes AU head.....AFP</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Malawi+President+Mutharika+becomes+AU+head</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Depending on who's talking, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is described as a technocrat, a back-stabber, a political maverick or an anti-corruption crusader.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:36:59 CST</pubDate>
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				<title>Malawi president elected African Union leader.....Associated Press</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Malawi+president+elected+African+Union+leader</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Malawi's president has been elected as leader of the African Union, a position held by the eccentric dictator Moammar Gadhafi of Libya for the last year.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:35:45 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Gaddafi thwarted over African Union presidency.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Gaddafi+thwarted+over+African+Union+presidency</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi has failed in his bid to stay on as president of the African Union for another year.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:34:01 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Kidnapped British yacht couple need urgent help.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Kidnapped+British+yacht+couple+need+urgent+help</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates three months ago have said they are in urgent need of help.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:32:21 CST</pubDate>
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				<title> Libya quashes Swiss businessman's jail term.....BBC Africa</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=+Libya+quashes+Swiss+businessman%27s+jail+term</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Libyan appeal court has overturned a 16-month jail term handed down to a Swiss businessman on a charge of overstaying his visa.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:30:49 CST</pubDate>
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