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Nigeria Signs Accord with Cameroon Ending Border Dispute

The presidents of Nigeria and Cameroon signed an agreement settling a decades-old, sometimes violent, border dispute over the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula following intensive mediation over the weekend by the United Nations Secretary-General.

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Excitement Grows in Burma for Aung San Suu Kyi's Release Saturday

Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained democracy leader who has been under house arrest in Burma since 2003, is set to be released this weekend.

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P&G Brings Clean Water to Burma and Beyond

A child in the township of North Okkalapa learns how to drink water that has just been made safe by dissolving a Procter and Gamble purifying packet and stirring.

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Microsoft Helps Train Reformed Colombian Fighters in Computers

Microsoft has agreed to donate more than $300,000 to open computer centers where former paramilitary fighters will receive free training for civilian jobs.

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Colombian Rebels Ready to Solidify Cease-fire, Urged by Novelist Marquez

Colombia and that country's second largest rebel group are succeeding in cease fire talks urged on by famous novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez .

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Colombia to Destroy Almost 14,000 Firearms Today

Nearly 14,000 firearms will be melted down today in Colombia in a ceremonial action highlighting the danger of illegal arms proliferation and to mark International Gun Destruction Day. The molten metal will be used to make school chairs and build a monument in memory of the victims of violence and kidnapping in Colombia,

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Colombia Making Citizens Safer, Reintegrating Former Terrorists

Colombia's citizens have shed their fear and have more confidence in the State, thanks to the consolidation of democracy and security following years of fear imposed by terrorists, the South American nation's President Álvaro Uribe Vélez said at the UN General Assembly. Over two-thirds of the 60,000 terrorists who had "ravaged the country at the start of the new administration" have turned their back on criminal activity and are taking part in a reintegration program.

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Ten New Amphibian Species Discovered in Colombia

Ten new species of amphibians -- including three kinds of poisonous frogs and three transparent-skinned glass frogs -- have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia, scientists announced Monday.