Zambia ex-leader arrested over oil deal

ZAMBIA'S ex-leader, Rupiah Banda, has been arrested and charged with abuse of authority over an oil deal struck with a Nigerian firm while he was in power, an investigator says. "President Rupiah Banda has been formally charged and arrested in...

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Sarkozy slams 'unfair' corruption charge

FORMER French president Nicolas Sarkozy has denounced charges against him in connection with a probe into illegal party funding as "unfair and unfounded". In his first personal reaction to the charge laid on Thursday, Sarkozy used his Facebook...

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Jolie visits Rwanda war rape victims

ANGELINA Jolie has joined British Foreign Secretary William Hague to visit Rwanda in a bid to encourage world powers to do more on tackling rape and sexual assault in war zones. Britain's Foreign Office released a picture of the US film star...

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Kenya court orders presidential recount

KENYA'S Supreme Court has ordered a recount of votes cast at 22 polling centres, after presidential elections in which a second-round run off was only avoided by the narrowest of margins. "Retallying is to be done in 22 polling stations," said...

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Killer Spanish bull called Mouse dies

SPAIN'S most feared bull, who killed three people and injured dozens of others at bullfighting fiestas, has died, with its owner wanting to have the half-tonne beast embalmed and put on display at a museum. "It all happened within 24 hours....

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Dutch must compensate Srebrenica soldier

THE Dutch state must compensate a former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after his deployment to the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica in 1995, a top judicial body has ruled. The Centrale Raad van Beroep (CRvB), the Netherlands'...

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Nazi submarine found off Norway

THE wreck of a German World War II submarine that was sunk with 48 people on board has been found off Norway's coast during work on an oil pipe, a maritime museum official says. The U-486 was torpedoed and broken in two by a British submarine...

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EU suspends most Zimbabwe sanctions

THE European Union has suspended most of its sanctions against Zimbabwe following a "peaceful, successful and credible" referendum on a new constitution earlier this month. However, 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe remained among 10 Zimbabweans...

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