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Scores Die in Nigerian Pipeline Fire 
Firefighters at the scene of the pipeline accident. An oil pipeline fire in Lagos has killed scores of people. The Red Cross said 39 had died but the toll could be as high as 100, including several schoolchildren. |
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France Refuses Asylum To Comoros Rebel Leader The Comoros government has welcomed France's rejection of a request for political asylum by Anjouan's toppled rebel leader Mohammed Bacar. 
Comorans protest France's likely offer of asylum to Mohamed Bacar. |
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Zimbabwe's Runoff Date Set For June 27 
A voter casts his ballot in elections earlier this year. The date of Zimbabwe's presidential runoff has been set for June 27, report agencies. Both President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai failed to win an absolute majority in the March poll making a second polling round unavoidable. |
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Funding Strategies for HIV/Aids in the Spotlight In the past week, the United States Congress has been debating a bill that would shift the focus of funding for HIV/Aids from prevention to treatment, and the World Bank issued a report calling for a new approach to combating the epidemic. 
A HIV-positive woman is comforted by a nurse in Zimbabwe. |
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