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FILE- In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2012, Emmanuel de Merode, Virunga National Park director and chief warden, poses at the park headquarters in Rumangabo, some 60 kms (40 miles) north of Goma, eastern Congo. Park officials say the Belgian director of Africa's oldest national park, a reserve in conflict-ridden eastern Congo, has been shot and seriously wounded. Three gunmen ambushed de Merode on Tuesday, April 15 according spokeswoman Joanna Natasegara. A statement on the park's website said he was traveling between Goma, a main city in the east near Rwanda's border, and Rumangabo at the time Natasegara said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)

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Protector of vast African park shot and wounded

April 16, 2014 4:50 pm

A woman react at Asokoro hospital morgue after she lost a relative following an explosion at a bus park in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, April. 15, 2014, with at least 72 feared dead as the blast destroyed more than 30 vehicles and caused secondary explosions as their fuel tanks exploded and burned. The Monday attack just miles from Nigeria's seat of government increases doubts about the military's ability to contain an Islamic uprising that is dividing the country on religious lines as never before. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba)

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Violence surges from Islamic uprising in Nigeria

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April 15, 2014 8:49 pm

Oscar Pistorius listens to evidence being given in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 after questioning by state prosecutor Gerrie Nel, had earlier finished. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Alon Skuy, Pool)

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Defense gets its turn in Pistorius murder trial

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April 15, 2014 7:48 pm

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In handcuffs, Rwanda musician admits to crimes

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April 15, 2014 2:10 pm

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Fighting threatens an oil center in South Sudan

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April 15, 2014 1:18 pm

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Death toll in Ebola outbreak rises to 121

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April 15, 2014 12:04 pm

Victims of a blast lie on the ground as fire and smoke rise at a bus park in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 14, 2014. A massive explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour in Nigeria's capital, killing and wounding scores of people in a bombing that marked the bloodiest terrorist attack ever in Abuja. (AP Photo/Kayode Olamikan)

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Blast at bus station in Nigerian capital kills 72

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April 14, 2014 9:27 pm

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Fighting erupts in Central African Republic town

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April 14, 2014 8:03 pm

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A look at the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram

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April 14, 2014 4:53 pm

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Gambia won’t take passengers from Ebola-hit areas

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April 14, 2014 4:32 pm

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Protector of vast African park shot and wounded

Violence surges from Islamic uprising in Nigeria

Defense gets its turn in Pistorius murder trial

In handcuffs, Rwanda musician admits to crimes

Fighting threatens an oil center in South Sudan

Death toll in Ebola outbreak rises to 121

Blast at bus station in Nigerian capital kills 72

Fighting erupts in Central African Republic town

A look at the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram

Gambia won’t take passengers from Ebola-hit areas

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