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Mazembe clinch Champs Lge title

TP Mazembe beat Heartland 1-0 on Saturday to win the Champs Lge TP Mazembe of DR Congo defeated Heartland of Nigeria 1-0 in Lubumbashi on Saturday to win their third Champions League trophy. The home side clinched their third...

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The 6 worst video game samples in rap music

Hip-hoppers are a shameless bunch who will literally rap over anything. The Fugees' Ready or Not borrowed Enya humming, Kanye's Diamonds from Sierra Leone sampled Shirley Bassey, and Cypress Hill's Insane in the Brain is...

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NIGERIA- Scam sites shut down

VICTIMS: Over 800 scam sites have been closed down NIGERIA CLAIMS work with Microsoft has helped shut down 800 scam websites. Nigerian officials said their three-year long efforts with software giant Microsoft has resulted in...

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In the spotlight Bernardine Evaristo

BY Davina Morris Comments 0 RENOWNED British author Bernardine Evaristo dug into her own family history for her latest novel, Lara. Centering on the life of the eponymous Lara – a mixed race girl raised in a white suburb of...

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Football: Mazembe win Africa title

TP Mazembe win African Champions League after beating Heartland 1-0 Mazembe win trophy on away goals after losing first leg 2-1 in Nigeria Mazembe first team from DR Congo to win African title since 1968 (CNN) -- TP Mazembe...

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UMBC stars bridge cultural gap

High-scoring Houapeu, Bulls bridge cultural divide as they lead Retrievers Andrew Bulls (right) was reared on organized soccer. Levi Houapeu grew up playing pickup games in the dusty streets of his West African homeland. Bulls,...

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Senegal's opposition demands resignation of President Wade

DAKAR, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of protestors on Friday marched through the main roads of the Senegalese capital Dakar, demanding the resignation of President Abdoulaye Wade. The protestors, in response to the call by the...

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Mauritania launches campaign against begging

NOUAKCHOTT, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Mauritanian government throws its weight behind an ongoing campaign against begging in a bid to improve human rights conditions. Campaigners have set up four centers to take in people who had...

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Photo exhibition of FOCAC held in Nigeria

Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Xu Jianguo (3rd L) and a Nigerian government official attend the inauguration of the photo exhibition of achievements of follow up actions of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa...

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Mauritania holds partial senatorial elections on Saturday

NOUAKCHOTT, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A partial election to replace a third of Mauritanian senators opens on Saturday in 18 constituencies in 13 provinces of the country, according to a press statement of the Interior Ministry. The...

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