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NEW YORK-Retired NBA star Dikembe Mutombo will lead a group of NBA players and coaches to Dakar for the eighth Basketball Without Borders trip to Africa in August, the league announced Wednesday.


by Herve Bar

NAIROBI-Up to half of the food aid intended for needy Somalis is routinely diverted, according to a United Nations report, but the World Food Program called the allegation "unsubstantiated."


TRIPOLI -Libya said on Wednesday it accepted the apology of a US official who had joked about Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland and that normal ties would resume.


Woods preparing for possible Bay Hill return - report

NEW YORK-Embattled golf superstar Tiger Woods is preparing for a possible US PGA Tour return at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 25, the New York Post reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON-The White House denied Tuesday that Democrats could pay the heavy price of losing their House of Representatives majority in return for passing President Barack Obama's health reform bill.

Serena to build more schools in Africa

NAIROBI -Tennis star and number one ranked female tennis player Serena Williams said on Wednesday she planned to help to build one new school every year in parts of Africa where education is beyond the reach of most children.

WASHINGTON -"Victory at Last," proclaims the magazine cover. Elections in Iraq, seven years after the US invasion, could belatedly prove former president George W. Bush right, Newsweek magazine suggests in its latest issue.

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