Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said....

Liberians mourn UN worker killed in Afghanistan
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital....

Ugandan army kills 34 tribesmen on cattle raids
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan officials say the army has killed 34 tribesmen who were stealing cattle in Uganda's volatile northeastern region....

Baby gorillas to get new sanctuary in east Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas....

Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections....

Plane misses runway in east Congo, landing in lava
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a U.N.-run radio station reported....

Egypt's president warns Israel over Jerusalem
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president on Sunday criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, telling his Israeli counterpart that settlement activity in the disputed sector of the holy city threatens to anger the entire Muslim world....

Mubarak vows not to tolerate attacks on Egyptians
CAIRO (AP) -- President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated....