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After repelling an attack by Darfur rebels on Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, the Sudanese government has broken off diplomatic ties with Chad whom it accuses of supporting the revolt. The two sides fought a pitched battle in a suburb of the city yesterday. It was the first time fighting had reached the capital in decades of conflict between the Arab-dominated government and rebels from peripheral regions. Continue reading »

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(CNN) - A missionary family from Minnesota is glad to be alive and together after surviving a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the father said Wednesday.

From left: April, Barry, Keith, Marybeth and Andrew Mosier, with Marybeth’s mother, Dorothy Burghart.

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• Story Highlights
• Kenyan police say officers not given shoot to kill orders amid violent clashes
• Government says 650 dead after disputed vote; opposition says 1,000 dead
• U.S. diplomat says violence in western Kenya is “clear ethnic cleansing”
• Ex-U.N. chief Kofi Annan holds talks with Kenyan president, opposition leader

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