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Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as "huge farce"

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HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe's election as a farce on Thursday after his rival President Robert Mugabe's party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa's oldest head of state. | Video

World, Africa 2:07pm EDT

Moroccans to protest royal pardon for Spanish pedophile

RABAT - Moroccans outraged by a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping 11 children in the North African kingdom are planning a protest in Rabat on Friday.

World, Spain, Africa 1:19pm EDT

Nigeria troubles, shale charge blot Shell profits

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LONDON - Rising costs, oil theft in Nigeria and weak U.S. shale liquids production have hurt profits at Royal Dutch Shell , adding both to upward pressure on spending and to uncertainty on output growth. | Video

CORRECTED-UPDATE 4-Nigeria troubles, shale charge blot Shell profits

(Corrects paragraph seven. Van Beurden is head of downstream, not head of upstream)

Britain 'concerned' about way Zimbabwe election was organized

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LONDON - Britain said on Thursday it was concerned that Zimbabwe had not enacted important electoral reform before Wednesday's vote in the former British colony and by reports that large numbers of voters had been turned away.

World, Africa 11:46am EDT

Moroccans to protest against royal pardon for Spanish pedophile

RABAT - Moroccans outraged by a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping 11 children in the North African kingdom are planning a protest in Rabat on Friday.

World, Spain, Africa 11:41am EDT

Nigeria's Union Bank says H1 profit falls 4.2 pct

LAGOS, Aug 1 - Nigeria's Union Bank said on Thursday its half-year pretax profit fell to 9.8 billion naira ($61.1 mln), down 4.2 percent from 10.2 billion naira last year.

Financials, Africa 7:33am EDT

Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai dismisses election as 'huge farce'

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HARARE - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Wednesday's election as a "huge farce" and said the results were invalid because of intimidation and ballot-rigging by President Robert Mugabe's ruling party, which is claiming victory.

World, Africa 6:23am EDT

Kenya's CIC Insurance says H1 pretax profit rises 5 pct

NAIROBI, Aug 1 - Kenya's CIC Insurance posted a 5 percent rise in pretax profit for the first half of this year to 494 million shillings ($5.65 million), the company said on Thursday.

Financials, Africa 4:40am EDT

Zimbabwe poll 'seriously compromised': ZESN monitors

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HARARE - Zimbabwe's leading domestic election monitoring agency cried foul on Thursday over this week's poll, saying the credibility of the vote was "seriously compromised" by irregularities on polling day.

World, Africa 4:23am EDT
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McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum

These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.