AFP - In his office in Lagos, Alain Salleras, a Frenchman of about 50 for whom biofuels are something of a crusade, is working away at his pet project -- producing ethanol from sweet sorghum in Nigeria.
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Africa's biggest oil producer goes green (AFP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 11:25pm EDT
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Rice pushes for progress on Israel-Palestinian peace (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 10:55pm EDT
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday she will ask Israel to remove more physical barriers erected in the West Bank as a bulwark against Palestinian militants.
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US military deaths in Iraq at 4,071 (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 9:15pm EDT
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AP - As of Saturday, May 3, 2008, at least 4,071 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,315 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. -
Militants attack Shell facilities in Nigeria (AFP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 11:18am EDT
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AFP - Niger Delta militants on Saturday attacked facilities belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell in southern Bayelsa state, a security source said.
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Democratic fight heads to Pacific with Guam count (Reuters)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 11:13am EDT
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Reuters - Counting in Guam's Democratic primary stretched into Sunday after residents of the tiny U.S. territory turned out in record numbers to choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. -
Cyclone batters Myanmar, casualties feared (Reuters)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 11:02am EDT
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Reuters - A tropical cyclone slammed into Myanmar's main city of Yangon on Saturday, ripping off roofs, felling trees and raising fears of major casualties. -
Former Spanish leader interrupted by coup dies (Reuters)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 10:56am EDT
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Reuters - Former Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo
Calvo Sotelo, whose appointment ceremony in 1981 was
interrupted by a coup attempt, died on Saturday at the age of
82, his son said.
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Turkey: More than 150 Kurdish rebels killed in Iraq (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 10:55am EDT
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More than 20 Iraqis hurt after missiles fired near hospital (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 10:43am EDT
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AP - The U.S. military on Saturday fired missiles at a target about 50 yards away from the general hospital in Baghdad's Sadr City district, wounding more than 20 people and destroying ambulances, hospital officials said.
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Zimbabwe opposition does not rule out presidential runoff (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 10:09am EDT
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AP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Saturday held out the possibility its leader would face President Robert Mugabe in a presidential runoff, but called on the nation's neighbors to verify the vote count from the first round.
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Talks between Chinese, Dalai Lama officials set to begin (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 8:43am EDT
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AP - Chinese media railed against the Dalai Lama and his supporters Saturday and pledged to crush any campaign seeking independence for Tibet ahead of a meeting between Beijing and envoys of the exiled spiritual leader.
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US fighter pilots navigating crowded airspace in Iraq (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 7:23am EDT
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AP - U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix of enemies and civilians.
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Yemeni troops clash with rebels after mosque attack (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 7:13am EDT
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AP - Clashes between rebels and Yemeni troops have resumed in the wake of a devastating bomb attack outside mosque that killed 18 worshippers, a government official said Saturday.
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Chile volcano erupts, villages evacuated (AP)
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 3:42am EDT
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AP - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people from villages in southern Chile Friday after a snowcapped volcano considered dormant for thousands of years erupted. The blast sent minor earthquakes rippling through the region.