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An international coalition of civic groups has denounced South Africa's silence on the crisis in Zimbabwe and urged authorities to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe.

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    A Japanese doctor freed after more than three months as a hostage in Somalia, had made it her goal to combat the health effects of war and poverty on children in Africa.
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    'Stop deporting Zimbabweans'
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    Human Rights Watch has urged SA to stop deporting Zimbabweans fleeing their country, and grant them temporary shelter instead.
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    Palestinian groups based in Syria believe the Egyptian plan aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip "has no valid basis", a Palestinian official says.
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