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Obama calls on Africans to fight tyranny, corruption
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ACCRA: US President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned tyrants who enrich themselves and urged Africans to demand stronger
governments as he made a landmark trip to the continent where his
father was born.
On his first official trip as president to the
heart of Africa, Obama vowed more US help to battle disease and said
conflicts such as the “genocide” in Darfur and terrorism in
Somalia were “a millstone around Africa’s neck.”
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Flu causes cancellation of world choir
contest
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SEOUL: A world choir contest has been cancelled in South Korea after
more than a dozen Indonesian participants were found to have swine
flu, health authorities and organizers said Sunday.
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Obama calls for higher education revamp in US
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama called Sunday for strengthening
higher education so that the United States could lead the world in
college degrees in a decade.
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Hondurans stage fresh protests vs. Pres. Zelaya
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TEGUCIGALPA: Thousands of supporters and opponents of Manuel Zelaya
have staged rival demonstrations as the ousted Honduran president
held talks in Washington to protest support for his return to power.
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CHONGQING: Rain-triggered floods and landslides have left 12 people
dead and 13 missing in Chongqing Municipality over the past three
days, the local flood-control authority said Sunday.
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