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Egypt marked the first anniversary of the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak today, but a poor turnout for a strike called by activists to protest the slow pace of change from military rule laid bare the country's deep divisions.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi has warned of an imminent uprising in Libya, saying people are unhappy with the new authorities.

A group of animal conservationists have accidentally killed a rhinoceros they were attempting to make safe from poachers in a botched public relations event.

Gunmen have killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb.

Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.

Having malaria four times has failed to dampen the spirits of a young Kiwi doctor based in Ghana.

SARAH EL DEEB - AP

Police fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot at rock-throwing protesters in Cairo as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left at least four people dead and more than 1500 injured nationwide, officials said.

At least two protesters have been shot dead by Egyptian police trying to disperse a crowd.

Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in football violence have staged protests in central Cairo.

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The International Criminal Court has rejected a request by Muammar Gaddafi's daughter to submit information in the case of her brother, who is awaiting trial in Libya on rape and murder charges.

MICHELLE FAUL - AP

They burst or leak. South African health officials have recalled 1.35 million condoms.

ANDREW QUINN - Reuters

Several US citizens have taken refuge in their Cairo embassy amid a sharpening dispute between Washington and Egypt over US-funded pro-democracy groups in the country.

Police say suspected members of a radical sect have attacked two more police stations, leaving two people dead in a north Nigerian city where 185 people were killed just over a week ago.

An Egyptian security official says gunmen have stormed the branch of a major international bank and robbed an armoured car in separate parts of Cairo.

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South Sudan has totally shut down oil output in a row with Sudan over export transit fees and will only restart after the two reach a deal covering border security and the disputed Abyei region.

Pirates moved an American hostage at least three times in 24 hours and threatened to kill him after US Navy SEALs rescued an American and a Dane in a bold, dark-of-night raid.

Egyptian youth protesters marking the one-year anniversary of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak say they will stay in Tahrir Square until the military council hands over power.

The same US Navy Seals that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia to rescue two aid workers, killing nine kidnappers.

One international peacekeeper has been killed and three others wounded in Darfur when gunmen ambushed their patrol, the United Nations says.

Scores of people have been killed in coordinated attacks by a radical Islamist sect in Nigeria.