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Senator Biden's spokesman was speaking about his boss's "35-year record of standing up for the security of Israel."

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Central Africa
  • Mugabe Cabinet Threat In Abeyance Pending Zimbabwe Talks Monday
  • Zambia Ruling Party Chooses Presidential Candidate
  • HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Charter Proposed In Zimbabwe
  • Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
  • Opposition cries foul, wants fresh Angola polls
  • Angola votes in parliamentary election
  • SC go-ahead for Sanju
  • Canada imposes targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe

    South Africa
  • Still bryce, still bad
  • Victims Of Xenophobia In South Africa Threatened With Deportation
  • South Africa net reserves fall nearly 2% to $33.5b
  • Under-13 team meets Madiba
  • Zuma prosecutor bid dropped
  • what his papers alleged
  • Boy killed for cellphone

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