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Twelve players of the Eritrean national football squad have gone missing in Kenya, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) general secretary Nicholas Musonye told AFP on Monday.

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Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.

 
 
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A Seychelles coast guard boat arrested three suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the islands that depend heavily on tourism, state media reported Sunday.

 
 
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Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, another band of pirates hijacked a cargo ship, a NATO sp

 
 
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A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.

 
 
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A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.

 
 
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Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and No. 2 Alisa Kleybanova of Russia advanced to the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR in straight sets Thursday.

 
 
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.

 
 
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Second-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia advanced to the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR on Thursday by beating Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4.

 
 
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.

 
 
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new, military-backed leader.

 
 
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