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Thursday, 31 March 2011
VIDEO: Libyan foreign minister flees to UK
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa is in Britain and "no longer willing" to work for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, the Foreign Office has said.
Ceuta, Melilla
A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla
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Egypt's leaders seek police force's speedy return to duty
CAIRO - Responding to public alarm over escalating lawlessness and sectarian violence, Egyptian political leaders urged police Thursday to return to the streets as soon as possible, saying their absence threatens to undermine the country's fledgling democracy.
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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion
CAIRO - If it's true that Egypt pulled off a so-called Facebook revolution, then the nation is about to confront a status change in its relationship with democracy: "It's complicated." Very.
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Libya Defector Cooperating Even Without Immunity
Libya?s foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, whose defection dealt a blow to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, fled of his own accord, Britain said on Thursday.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d77035048501838d38fd2972b3661137
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The Afrilabs Association
In 2008 a couple of tech guys sitting around a table after Barcamp Nairobi first discussed the idea that eventually would become the iHub. In January 2010 there was another group, this time of people trying to setup their own labs, hubs and coworking environments in other countries across the continent. It was there that [...]
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Gaddafi forces push deeper into rebel-held territory
The swift gains by Moammar Gaddafi's forces underscored their superior military capabilities against the ragtag rebel force.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Obama's story resonates in racially diverse Brazil
President Obama's story - the humble beginnings and the rise to prominence and power - is familiar to Brazilians. And so is his race, which has struck a chord in a country with the world's second-largest black population, after Nigeria.
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Michael Joseph and Mpesa: A Missed Opportunity
Michael Joseph was the CEO of Safaricom, taking the mobile operator from 5 employees to dominating the Kenyan mobile operator market with over 80% market share in his 10 years at the helm.� Regardless of your personal feelings on the man, you have to admire the tenacious approach he took growing the business, and his [...]
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Tanzania
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Libya: Coalition airstrikes continue on Gaddafi forces, U.S. F-15 fighter jet crashes as criticism over no-fly zone mounts
American and coalition forces continued air strikes and missile sorties against forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gaddafi as U.S. struggles to hold together crucial coalition partners.
The Lede: March 29 Updates on Libya and Mideast Protests
On Tuesday, The Lede is following the war in Libya, unrest in Syria and protest movements across the Arab world.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5d4ca9ddbf35148a170b88397d710b02
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Crowds overwhelm 'miracle pastor'
A Tanzanian pastor asks people to stop going to his home seeking a "miracle cure" after thousands flock there, causing chaos in the surrounding area.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12878811
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
U.S. jet crashes in Libya, but pilots safe; Gates sees airstrikes slowing soon
Both members of a U.S. fighter jet crew were rescued in Libya after their F-15E Strike Eagle malfunctioned and crashed, the U.S. military said. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said "significant military fighting" in Libya "should recede in the next few days."
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Political Crisis in Ivory Coast Cripples a City
Abidjan, once West Africa?s most important city, is collapsing under the weight of Laurent Gbagbo?s armed fight to stay in power.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7d64ed5ffccc5d3d45e00dbffd06faa6
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The Afrilabs Association
In 2008 a couple of tech guys sitting around a table after Barcamp Nairobi first discussed the idea that eventually would become the iHub. In January 2010 there was another group, this time of people trying to setup their own labs, hubs and coworking environments in other countries across the continent. It was there that [...]
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Kenya: Vice President Presses on With Hague Case Shuttle Diplomacy
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday defended himself against accusations that he was wasting public funds on his shuttle diplomacy mission to have the case against the Ocampo Six deferred.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103290097.html
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Tunisia
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Hundreds of Thousands Flee Ivory Coast Crisis, U.N. Says
The exodus has been fueled by the nation?s political crisis, which has lead to increasing violence and a collapsing economy, the United Nations said Friday.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2f3318d0df9a2aa70da271d91405755b
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Mali City Rankled by Rules for Life in Spotlight
Residents of Djenn�, Mali, a Unesco World Heritage site, complain that the guidelines to maintain that designation are too restrictive.
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VIDEO: Kenya's Masai swap spears for a bat
Kenya's Masai people could help unearth new sporting stars to reverse the country's cricketing decline.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12876245
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Monday, 28 March 2011
Obama praises Brazil as a model of democracy
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama sticks to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil.
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Benin
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Ugandan police accused of torture
A special unit of the Uganda police carries out torture, extortion and extrajudicial killings, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12828320
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Safely Back, a Pilot Tells of His Raid Over Libya
Capt. Ryan Thulin, who took his first combat flight a few days ago as part of the allied airstrikes on Libya, describes what it was like.
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Businessman escapes Libya posing as Gaddafi loyalist
IN RAS JDIR, TUNISIA On the dusty road out of Libya, the flood of humanity has narrowed to a trickle, mostly carloads of Libyans doing cross-border trade or foreign laborers on foot, lugging cheap suitcases and overstuffed plastic bags toward a teeming tent camp.
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Sunday, 27 March 2011
Cicely Wolters: An unabashed advocate for the Peace Corps
FEDERAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK | A former Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua and now desk officer for Morocco and Jordan at headquarters in Washington, D.C., Cicely Wolters has watched as the Internet and cellphones have transformed the experiences of volunteers worldwide.
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The Lede: Video of Libyan Woman Dragged Away From Foreign Press Corps
Video of a Libyan woman who burst into a hotel in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, and attempted to tell a story of rape and abuse to foreign journalists before she was dragged away by members of the Qaddafi government.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9dd6ad4bdae49aad4fb5c412ceb89b62
At least 50 African Union peacekeepers dead in Somalia clashes
About 50 African Union peacekeepers have died in clashes with militants linked to al-Qaeda over the past two weeks.
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Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes
The White House is acknowledging popular revolutions might bring a more religious cast to politics.
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Too many questions
Viewpoint: On Libya's revolutions and resolutions
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12812224
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Shady Dealings Helped Qaddafi Build Fortune and Regime
Since the United States reopened trade with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi?s government in 2004, businesses have witnessed a Libyan culture rife with kickbacks, strong-arm tactics and political patronage.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0bd5b7db7eaa00fa7304a7b5388e1681
13 die in sectarian violence in Cairo
CAIRO - Thirteen people died in overnight clashes between Christians and Muslims in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in Egypt since last month's ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, officials reported Wednesday.
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
U.S., Europe considering naval operations to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya
The United States and its European allies are considering the use of naval assets to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya and to block arms shipments to the government of Moammar Gaddafi, even as they weigh the legality of imposing a no-fly zone without United Nations authorization, according to U.S...
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NATO Takes Command of Mission
NATO prepared on Friday to assume leadership from the United States of the military campaign against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi?s forces.
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13 Somalis die in mortar attacks in capital; AU arrests 3 soldiers for wounding civilians
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A medical official says 13 people died in mortar attacks in Somalia's capital.
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Libya gains control of more rebel territory
No-fly zone supporters fear international action could come too late to help rebels.
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Reunion
An overview of the French island in the Indian Ocean
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Zimbabwe: Hundreds of Bodies Removed From Mass Grave
"War veterans" associated with the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party have exhumed at least a thousand decomposing bodies from an abandoned mine in Mount Darwin, 100 kilometres north of Harare.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103250878.html
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Friday, 25 March 2011
Transforming Africa Through Higher Education
Ashesi University College, a private college in Ghana, was founded with big dreams of transforming the continent.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5075460df7d7492d865c6ac56af13e22
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13 die in sectarian violence in Cairo
CAIRO - Thirteen people died in overnight clashes between Christians and Muslims in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in Egypt since last month's ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, officials reported Wednesday.
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Egypt ex-minister to face trial
Egypt's former interior minister and four other officers are to face trial on charges of killing protesters, the country's public prosecutor said.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12841111
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Fire sweeps Egypt's Interior Ministry building as police protest outside to demand higher pay
CAIRO - An Egyptian security official says police protesting in front of Egypt's Interior Ministry have set fire to part of the downtown complex.
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Police raid headquarters of the prime minister's party in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Officials say police have raided the headquarters of the political party of Zimbabwe's prime minister and arrested three staff members.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Ramaphosa buys McDonald's in SA
Anti-apartheid activist Cyril Ramaphosa takes over the McDonald's chain in South Africa.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/12777271
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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion
With voting scheduled five weeks after the old regime was toppled, pundits and politicians have expressed deep concern that citizens are ill prepared to comprehend what proposed constitutional amendments mean.
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SA man on trial for spilling whisky on President Zuma
A South African man has gone on trial for assault after allegedly pouring his drink on President Jacob Zuma.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12817517
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Ivory Coast 'forgotten', warns UN
As the world focuses on Libya and Japan, UN aid agencies are warning that Ivory Coast is rapidly becoming a forgotten humanitarian catastrophe.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12827243
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Obama's shift toward military action in Libya
After two weeks of playing down the prospect of military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration is on the brink of inserting itself into a third war in a Muslim nation.
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In Libya, Gaddafi's tanks split rebel forces
Troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on Wednesday positioned tanks for the first time along the main road connecting the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, effectively splitting the forces opposing Gaddafi in two.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Gates Expects Decline in Fighting
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tuesday that fighting in Libya would soon decline significantly.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aaba66423f3d58d1e0df21eff8c52bb1
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Political Crisis in Ivory Coast Cripples a City
Abidjan, once West Africa?s most important city, is collapsing under the weight of Laurent Gbagbo?s armed fight to stay in power.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7d64ed5ffccc5d3d45e00dbffd06faa6
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US Marshals: Woman accused in fatal Texas day care fire returns to US after capture in Nigeria
HOUSTON - Authorities say a woman accused of fleeing the country after a fire at her Texas day care facility killed four children has returned to the U.S. following her capture in Nigeria.
Why 'feed' a car?
Kenyans say crops should be for people not fuel
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12819035
Nigeria set up Argentina friendly
Nigeria's Super Eagles will play a friendly at home to Argentina in Abuja in June.
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Obama lauds Latin American democracies, defends Libya action during Chile visit
President Obama lauded Latin America's democracies in a speech here on Monday, casting them as example for countries around the world. Next, he heads to El Salvador.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
On a Libyan field, allied airstrikes bring destruction and hope
Before attacks, civilians and rebels were frustrated by international community's lack of action.
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For ?Lost Boy,? Vote in Sudan Is Homecoming
Southern Sudanese will soon hold a referendum to decide if they will split from the north. On the occasion of the vote, Joseph Gatyoung Khan came home.
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South Africa working to help Aristide return, says US should discuss any objections with Haiti
PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa is helping ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide return to his homeland from exile in Pretoria, and any problems Washington has with that should be taken up with Haiti, the deputy foreign minister said Tuesday.
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African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In
Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land.
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Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a
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Banned Zimbabwe newspaper returns
The Daily News, once Zimbabwe's best-selling paper, is again on sale after being banned for eight years following criticism of President Mugabe.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12784423
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Monday, 21 March 2011
Police raid headquarters of the prime minister's party in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Officials say police have raided the headquarters of the political party of Zimbabwe's prime minister and arrested three staff members.
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The Lede: Full Text and Audio of Obama's Statement on Military Action in Libya
Audio and the complete text of President Barack Obama's statement on the start military action against Libya.
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Morocco
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Sunday, 20 March 2011
The Lede: March 18 Updates on Libya and Arab Uprisings
On Friday, The Lede is following the uprising in Libya and protest movements across North Africa and the Middle East.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a0b9b4f584230ae5bea911989bd804d0
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Protesters killed in Libya, Yemen as wave of Arab unrest continues
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi attacked a rebel-held city west of the capital Friday, while anti-government fighters claimed to have captured a key oil terminal in eastern Libya.
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Riches Flow Into Nigeria, but Are Lost After Arrival
Oil money has brought more questions than calm to the Niger Delta.
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Transforming Africa Through Higher Education
Ashesi University College, a private college in Ghana, was founded with big dreams of transforming the continent.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5075460df7d7492d865c6ac56af13e22
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Angola
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Michael Joseph and Mpesa: A Missed Opportunity
Michael Joseph was the CEO of Safaricom, taking the mobile operator from 5 employees to dominating the Kenyan mobile operator market with over 80% market share in his 10 years at the helm.� Regardless of your personal feelings on the man, you have to admire the tenacious approach he took growing the business, and his [...]
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Saturday, 19 March 2011
Banned Zimbabwe newspaper returns
The Daily News, once Zimbabwe's best-selling paper, is again on sale after being banned for eight years following criticism of President Mugabe.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-12784423
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Madagascar: A Poor Country Gets Poorer
Madagascar, one of the world's poorest countries, has lost about US$400 million in donor support since the 17 March 2009 coup in which Andry Rajoelina, with the support of the military, deposed President Marc Ravalomanana.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103190116.html
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Rebel-held Misurata under siege as rebels, Gaddafi forces battle in eastern and western Libya
Heavy fighting was reported in the Libyan cities of Zawiyah and Bin Jawwad, and there were reports that rebels had reentered Bin Jawwad after being held back for days by Gaddafi loyalists.
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Kenya: Bid to Stop Hague Trials Comes to Unhappy End
The Kenyan government has failed to get the support of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for deferring the prosecutions of six individuals by the International Criminal Court (ICC) accused of masterminding post-elections in 2007-2008.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201103190045.html
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Rebels Claim Small Gains Against Qaddafi Forces
At both ends of Libya?s coast, rebels battled to disprove a claim by one of Colonel Qaddafi?s sons that the last of the insurrection would be wiped out ?in 48 hours.?
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5396236eed7fcd9304c98afa8e203c2d
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Puntland
A profile of the Somali region which declared autonomy in 1998
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On a Small Scale, Sustainable Energy Transforms Lives
Tiny renewable energy systems that light just one home at a time are playing an epic, transformative role in the lives of poor people in developing countries who live far the electricity grid.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c1119fe76c66ff49d7cd741fb43553c7
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Friday, 18 March 2011
US gauges Libyan opposition in Paris as allies call for swift military intervention
PARIS - Under pressure from allies and growing calls for military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration on Monday held its first high-level talks with the Libyan opposition and introduced a liaison to deal full time with their ranks. But it remained undecided about exactly how much support
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Yemen deports 2 American, 2 British journalists as country is roiled by unrest
CAIRO - Armed Yemeni security forces raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists Monday and deported them because of their coverage of a growing uprising against the country's longtime ruler, one of the reporters said.
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The Lede: March 7: Updates on Libya's Revolt and Middle East Protests
On Monday, The Lede is following the uprising in Libya and protest movements across North Africa and the Middle East.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=85c5acbc2eda43f4052bcccabf3467b2
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