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Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen
21 Nov 2009, 9:32PM
Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release said on Saturday.
Plane misses runway, lands in lava rock
20 Nov 2009, 8:15AM
A passenger plane has overshot the runway, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a UN-run radio station said.
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
20 Nov 2009, 8:06AM
New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers say.
Egypt recalls Algiers envoy after soccer loss
20 Nov 2009, 6:25AM
Egypt has recalled its ambassador from Algiers after Egypt's football team lost to rivals Algeria in a World Cup play-off, accusing its fans of post-match thuggery.
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
20 Nov 2009, 2:50AM
New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers say.
Semenya to keep her title
19 Nov 2009, 9:56PM
The International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world title.
Hijacked tanker captain dies of wounds
19 Nov 2009, 7:40AM
The captain of a tanker captured by Somali pirates off the Seychelles with 28 North Koreans on board has died of his wounds after being shot, a pirate said.
Forty seven dead in south Sudan clashes
18 Nov 2009, 11:59PM
Forty-seven people were killed in ethnic clashes in south Sudan's Lakes state region, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Ransom paid as pirates free trawler
18 Nov 2009, 8:43AM
Somali pirates have released a Spanish tuna trawler and its 36 crew seized more than a month ago in the Indian Ocean, saying they had been paid a $US4m ransom.
Rwandan priest acquitted of genocide
18 Nov 2009, 6:53AM
A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
'Drugs plane' crashed after poor takeoff
17 Nov 2009, 7:45AM
A Boeing being used to transport cocaine from Venezuela to West Africa crashed in Mali this month after a failed take-off, the UN drugs and crime office said.
Tsvangirai ally pleads not guilty
17 Nov 2009, 7:19AM
A key ally of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai pleaded not guilty on Monday to terrorism charges to try and topple veteran President Robert Mugabe.
Five dead, minister hurt in Sudan unrest
17 Nov 2009, 7:25AM
Five people have been killed and seven hurt, including a minister in the south Sudan government, during a gunbattle between ethnic groups, officials say.
Editor cleared in childbirth 'porn' case
17 Nov 2009, 6:55AM
A Zambian news editor was acquitted of pornography charges over mailing unpublished pictures of a woman giving birth on the pavement outside a hospital.
Shot Robben Island rabbits to feed poor
14 Nov 2009, 1:00PM
An official from the island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned says rabbits killed to control an infestation will be fed to the poor.

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