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Ponzi scheme shakes West African nation of Benin (AP)

September 1st, 2010

AP - More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that…

Zimbabwe begins process of rewriting constitution (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - Zimbabwe’s leaders launched a program on Wednesday to rewrite the nation’s constitution ahead of an election planned next year.

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7.2 quake hits South Pacific nation of Vanuatu (AP)

May 27th, 2010

AP - Residents of a northern town in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu ran into the streets Friday as a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook the area, police said.

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Pope on pilgrimage in nation hit by sex scandal (AP)

April 17th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI is seen through the window of his Popemobile as he prepares to leave La Valletta's binternational/b airport soon after his arrival at Malta, Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday began a pilgrimage in Malta, a Catholic nation buffeted by the worldwide clerical sex abuse scandal and where victims are hoping to meet…