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Pirates anchor supertanker off Somalia
A hijacked supertanker carrying up to $100 million worth of crude oil -- the largest vessel seized to date in an escalating regional piracy crisis -- was believed to have anchored off Somalia Tuesday, its operator said.
Taliban reject Afghan peace overture
A Taliban spokesman said Monday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not have the authority to make a peace offering to its reclusive leader, Mullah Omar.
Political prisoner returns home to Chile
A man who was detained during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 and declared dead in 1995 showed up in his old hometown very much alive last week, a human rights group in Santiago has announced.
Congo: Rebel leader orders troops out of town
Retreating government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting local militiamen deep in rebel-held territory, witnesses said Tuesday.
"Nigeria had better witness another military coup than have Babangida or Obasanjo again as President." - Mrs. Teju Abiola, the late MKO Abiola's widow.
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