Zambia celebrates 40th independence
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Zambia celebrated its 40th anniversary of independence from British rule Sunday with great pomp and splendor, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the Freedom Statue and a military parade.
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Congo President Joseph Kabila visited northeastern territory formerly held by rebels Saturday for the first time since taking power in 2001, his spokesman said, while the army claimed to have retaken a village near Zambia and killed at least 20 militiamen.
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LUSAKA, Zambia -- The nation's Electoral Commission said yesterday that President Levy Mwanawasa was reelected to a second term, collecting 43 percent of the votes cast in last week's balloting.
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LUSAKA, Zambia, Sept. 29 -- Zambian officials began tallying ballots early Friday after a huge turnout in close elections fought on a debate over President Levy Mwanawasa's economic policies. International donors had praised his actions, but the opposition denounced them for failing to lift...
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African dairy conference to be held in Zambia    LUSAKA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The third African dairy conference and exhibition will be held in Zambia next year, Times of Zambia reported on Thursday.
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Libya Friday celebrates the 37th anniversary of the coup that overthrew the monarchy as a rift has blown up between leader Moamer Kadhafi who said he would not let anyone &quot;steal power from the people&quot; and his son who called for an end to the revolutionary era.
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Libya commemorated 38 years of Moamer Kadhafi&#39;s rule on Saturday amid signs the north African nation is cautiously embarking on domestic reform to complement its rapprochment with the West.
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The Christian Science Monitor - When South African firms started moving into Zambia a decade ago, following apartheid's demise, they began to change the face of business in this impoverished nation of 11 million.
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Thousands of Bob Marley fans and  Rastafarians gathered in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on  Tuesday for the start of weeks of festivities to mark the 60th  anniversary of the reggae icon's birthday.
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Zambian opposition hopes jumped on   Friday following the copper-rich country's tightly fought   presidential race as one government-owned newspaper forecast a   major victory for populist challenger Michael Sata.
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RAANANA, Israel/QALANDIYA, West Bank  - Esti and Hanan both turn 40 this week.
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Four-time champions Cameroon got their 2008 Africa Nations Cup campaign back on course with a comfortable 5-1 trouncing of Zambia as star striker Samuel Eto'o matched the tournament's all-time scoring record.
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Lesotho marks 40 years of independence by replacing a shield and spear with a traditional hat on its flag.
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Developing countries were last night celebrating victory over the world&#39;s two largest economic blocs after the WTO ruled against the European Union&#39;s sugar regime and the support given by the US to its cotton farmers.
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Independence backers celebrated in the streets Sunday after an unofficial group monitoring a referendum predicted victory for Montenegro voters favoring secession from Serbia.
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Zanzibar raises its new flag as part of the Indian Ocean islands' 41st revolutionary celebrations.
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The capital's colorful Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world's biggest street parties, will get groovy on its 40th birthday this Sunday with a theme of "Freedom and Justice."