African Town Compromise
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A much-debated plan to create &quot;African Town&quot; in Detroit got the go-ahead from the city council Monday, but this resolution is different from the one that some called unconstitutional.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Peace talks on Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region are deadlocked, a mediator said yesterday, as the chief of the African Union appealed to the Sudanese government and rebels to compromise.
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The government of the Central African Republic reaches a peace deal with one of the main rebel groups.
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ABUJA : African mediators were striving to persuade Sudan&#39;s government and its rebel foes to agree a plan to end the suffering of Darfur&#39;s beleaguered civilians and head off the risk of tougher UN action.
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On a warm, dry evening 50 years ago, thousands of people packed the old polo ground in Accra, capital of the soon-to-be-independent country of Ghana. Ernest Tetteh was in his final year of high school and recalled that the atmosphere turned electric as midnight neared.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki concluded four-day talks with all parties in the Ivory Coast conflict on Monday, announcing that agreement on a four-point plan had been reached.
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Sudan is expected to agree to an   extended African Union peacekeeping mandate in Darfur when   African leaders meet in New York this week, a presidential   adviser was quoted as saying on Monday.
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ABUJA  - African Union mediators struggled Thursday to persuade the Sudanese government and rebel leaders from the war-torn region of Darfur to sign up to a compromise security deal and save their peace talks from failure.
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The narrow gravel airstrip in this dusty, desolate town has been a hive of activity since rebel and government leaders signed a historic peace accord this month officially ending Africa's longest running civil war.
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CAPE TOWN, Dec 15  (IPS) - ââWe succumbed,ââ lamented a diplomat from Namibia.  ââWe signed on the 12th of December. The pressure was too much.  The private sector felt that they would be disproportionately  affected. In terms of markets, they would be losing access for  beef, grapes, fish and fish products.ââ
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DETROIT The Detroit City Council has passed a modified version of its controversial plan for a black business district. In doing so, they&#39;ve repealed a provision that loans go only to blacks.
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All sides in Cote d&#39;Iviore&#39;s conflict have agreed to four proposals to revive a long-stalled peace plan, South African President Thabo Mbeki said here Monday.
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PORT CHESTER, New York  - A dispute over voting rights reminiscent of the U.S. civil rights era has broken out in this New York town, where the federal government has thrust itself into the debate and a judge suspended an election.
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Elizabeth Adak Shindu paid a high price to return home. She walked for 30 days, endured hunger and disease and used up the last of her life savings. When she finally reached this sprawling, dusty town, she found another family living on her land.
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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
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ALEXANDRA, South Africa -- As she drove home to this township, known as the Dark City during apartheid because it lacked electricity while Johannesburg's white neighborhoods nearby blazed with light, community activist Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa experienced a delicious moment of irony.
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CAPE TOWN -- The South African government has seized a 600,000-acre game and cattle farm from the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Southern Africa, and will divide the land among poor rural communities, ministers said yesterday.