S Leone leader pledges security
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Sierra Leone's new president assures the outgoing government of their safety, after days of violence.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, pledged in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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Iraq's prime minister pledged Saturday to protect and support the Christian minority that has been fleeing the chaos and sectarian violence in the country.
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Campaigning began in Sierra Leone on Saturday for a presidential election run-off on September 8 between main opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma and Solomon Berewa of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).
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Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation.
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The president vowed on Tuesday to forge ahead with a major military offensive against Muslim militants in the southern Philippines that is believed to have been the motivation for deadly bombings in three cities.
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ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister-elect Shaukat Aziz Friday vowed to continue efforts for improving the nuclear programme and termed this programme as center of his policy of national security.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered security chiefs to take firm action against rioters following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, state media said.
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President Thabo Mbeki is set to respond to growing public unrest by acknowledging his government needs to do more to tackle South Africa's rampant crime rate in his state of the union address.
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The main militant group in Nigeria's lawless south pledged Saturday to stop attacks on foreign oil installations for a month so the country's new president can create a plan for lasting peace in the Niger Delta region.
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BAGHDAD -- Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi wants no confusion: He stands for tough leadership, law and order.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- New Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua vowed in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma remains ahead in Sierra Leone's presidential election run-off.
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Fresh from a bruising campaign that saw him barred from part of his own country, Sierra Leone's new President Ernest Bai Koroma must turn an ambitious manifesto into reality and his campaign machine into a government.
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government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides say. this year, to renounce violence and to enter the political arena ahead of elections due to be held in January.
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A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.
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The UK leader says he is determined to "stand firm" in the face of bloodshed and insecurity in Iraq.