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Moamer Kadhafi was captured as his hometown of Sirte was falling on Thursday, a National Transitional council Commander said, adding that the ousted Libyan strongman was badly wounded.
Je has been captured. He is badly wounded but he s still breathing,” Mohamed Leith told AFP, adding that he has seen Kadhafi himself and that he was wearing a kaki uniform and turban.
Libyan TV channel “Libya lil Ahrar” also said that he was in custody.
In Sirte, medics said the defense minister in Kadhafi’s ousted regime, Abu Bakr Yunis, has been killed in the final battle for the strongman’s hometown.

Uganda: U.S. Troops Arrive to 'Kill or Capture' Kony

Uganda yesterday welcomed the arrival, on Wednesday, of the first batch of US Special Forces that President Obama assigned to help regional armies "remove" LRA leader Joseph Kony and his commanders from the battlefield.

"This confirms that LRA is no longer just a Ugandan problem but a regional one," said military Spokesman Col. Felix Kulayigye. "We welcome this development and the US forces will augment us with ideas and technology."

South Africa players celebrating thinking they had qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

South Africa's FA (Safa) has been branded a 'disgrace' by sports minister Fikile Mbalula for its reaction to the failure to reach the Cup of Nations.

Safa lodged a hasty formal appeal last week with Caf against the head-to-head system used to separate teams.
Niger emerged shock winners of a group having finished level on points with South Africa and Sierra Leone.
Safa officials, players and coaches thought goal difference decided who finished first in the group.

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The Dutch baseball team is making history during this year's World Cup tournament in Panama. A victory over baseball powerhouse Cuba on Thursday has ensured the Dutch team a place in the finals, the first time ever for a European team.

Dutch pitcher Leon Boyd stares at catcher Shawn Zarraga. The catcher gives him the sign, telling him where he should throw the pitch. Boyd winds up, throws the ball... "Strike three!" yells the umpire, and one of Cuba’s best hitters, Alexei Bell, is out. The Dutch baseball team has just made history.

Abuja — President Good luck Jonathan yesterday justified the impending removal of fuel subsidy and highlighted the gains to the economy, saying it would unlock capital that would be used for critical infrastructural development.
He also stated that his government had already commenced the provision of social safety nets to moderate the effects of the policy on the most vulnerable segments of the society. He, however, did not elaborate.

Zambia's newly-elected President Michael Sata on Monday warned Chinese investors to respect the country's labour laws to avoid bad blood in workplace.

"Your investment should benefit Zambia and your people need to adhere to local laws," Sata told Chinese ambassador Zhou Yuxiao, who paid a visit to the new president at State House.

"If they adhere to local laws, there will be no need to point fingers at each other," Sata said.

Sata, who was elected last week, is known for his tough stand against the influx of Chinese investment into the country, particularly in the mining sector, which he says does not benefit the locals.

Kenya is seeking money from the International Monetary Fund to support the ailing shilling.
The weak shilling has made imports more expensive and contributed to the cost of living, shooting up fivefold in 12 months.
Addressing investors at the Nairobi Stock Exchange, President Mwai Kibaki, said the Government had asked for additional cash under the extended credit facility.

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There seems a silver lining for the peaceful and timely conduct of the October 2011 presidential and legislative elections. The optimism relates to the current rush of arguments in favor of the candidacies of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and a dozen others, who stand indicted for persecution by exclusionist advocates.

(Reuters) - Libya's new leadership has evidence Muammar Gaddafi bought arms this year from sanctions-busting traders in China and Europe, many of them via Algeria, but are split over how far to retaliate against governments who failed to stop it.

(Reuters) - Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime was delivered by a caterer, on a memory stick.

Abdel Majid Mlegta ran the companies that supplied meals to Libyan government departments including the interior ministry. The job was "easy," he told Reuters last week. "I built good relations with officers. I wanted to serve my country."

But in the first few weeks of the uprising, he secretly began to work for the rebels. He recruited sympathizers at the nerve center of the Gaddafi government, pinpointed its weak links and its command-and-control strength in Tripoli, and passed that information onto the rebel leadership on a series of flash memory cards.