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Ahmed Jallanzo/European Pressphoto Agency President Joyce Banda of Malawi Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors President Joyce Banda declared Friday that she wanted to repeal Malawi’s laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which lesbians and gay men are being increasingly singled out for prosecution. Ms. Banda, who assumed the presidency in April when her predecessor died, made the announcement in her first state of the nation address. But repealing a law requires a parliamentary vote, and it is unclear how much political support she will have. “The issue of...

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[The Star] KENYA is today set to host the first ever global campaign by...

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The UN World Food Programme launched the distribution of cash vouchers for the purchase of food in Senegal's Ziguinchor region, for people hit by poor harvests and high food prices. The first vouchers went to people in the town of Bignona, on Friday. Earlier this week WFP re-stocked 167 village cereal banks - warehouses provided with initial grain stocks where villagers...

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Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting has been most intense in the hills of the North Kivu region. Many of the refugees have headed to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, and more are on their way. The UN's refugee agency has described the situation as a humanitarian disaster, and the world body fears the fighting could escalate and involve various rebel groups in the region. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma in the eastern DRC, on the border with Rwanda. Source: Al Jazeera Email Print Share Send Feedback Featured on Al Jazeera Lover Boys This is the story of...

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Brett Murray's black, red and yellow acrylic, called The Spear and...

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The UN Security Council has imposed a travel ban on five leaders of the recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau. The resolution also demands immediate steps to restore democracy...

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South Africa's ruling party has threatened legal action against an art gallery after it displayed a number of satirical artworks, including one depicting President Jacob Zuma with his penis exposed.

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AFP - President Dilma Rousseff will receive $10,000 in reparations from Rio state for the torture she was subjected to while jailed as a leftist guerrilla during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, her office said Friday. "Mrs Rousseff will donate the $10,000 she will receive in June from the Rio government for her jailing under the military regime (1964-85) to the group...

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AFP - A 27-year-old man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of stalking Hollywood actress Mila Kunis, star of Oscar-winning 2010 movie "Black Swan." Stuart Dunn was charged...

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Manama: Arabs have expressed deep sadness over the death of Warda, the Algerian diva who died on Thursday, leaving a legacy of hit songs on love, freedom and patriotism. Warda Al Jazairia (Warda, the Algerian Rose) was born in France in 1939 to an Algerian father and Lebanese mother. She died at her home in Cairo, apparently from a heart attack, her family said. She will be buried in Algeria and Algerian president Abdul Aziz Bouteflika sent a private plane to repatriate the body. Haifa Wehbe, the Lebanese singer, said that the passing away of Warda is a huge loss. Artists and fans used their Twitter accounts and other social media to pay tribute to the singer. Article continues below...

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