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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations that it is "plundering" the region's oil and minerals.


ROME -- The United Nations says it is running out of food for millions of starving Somalis, in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to al-Qaeda.


Latest Africa Wires
King Tut's tomb set for 5 year renovation project
(AP, November 10, 2009; 7:29 AM)

Somali pirates demand $3M for ship with 18 crew
(AP, November 10, 2009; 7:10 AM)

Taylor claims US sought to oust him from power
(AP, November 10, 2009; 5:20 AM)

Prosecutors to grill Charles Taylor at war crimes trial
(Reuters, November 10, 2009; 3:06 AM)

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 836
(AP, November 9, 2009; 9:10 PM)
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