CAIRO March 13, 2010 - At least 24 people were injured in northern Egypt in fighting between Christians and Muslims over land, officials told state media on Saturday.
Coptic Christians and Muslims fought in Marsa Matrouh governorate after the christians built a fence around land next to a building run by El Shahedeen church.
Muslim residents of the village objected to the fence, which blocked a main road. Three homes and two cars were set on fire during the fight.
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BAGHDAD March 13, 2010 - Partial results of Iraq’s tight election were released on Friday. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi’ites. But a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.
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MADRID March 13, 2010 - Al Qaeda had kidnapped three Spanish hostages in Mauritania in November. It released one of them - Spanish aid worker, Alicia Gamez, earlier this week.
To free the other two, it wants a $5 million ransom and the release of imprisoned Islamist fighters. Newspaper El Pais said this, based on its sources of information.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany March 13, 2010 - Carlo Janka won the overall Alpine ski World Cup on Friday. He become the first Swiss man to take the title for 18 years.
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ALMATY March 13, 2010 Severe floods destroyed two dams in southern Kazakhstan. Around 20 people died and thousands had to be evacuated. The rescue operation is continuing.
Eastern Kazakhstan is experiencing heavy snow storms. A medical evacuation helicopter trying to rescue people crashed in stormy weather killing all eight people on board.
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ACCRA, March 12, 2010 - Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year for 2009 on Thursday. He beat Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o and Ghana’s Michael Essien for the award.
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