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U.S. hopes Obama’s visit to Ghana will spur others

* U.S. hopes others in Africa will adopt democratic norms

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Rugby-Proud Lions did it for the jersey - O’Connell

JOHANNESBURG, July 4 (Reuters) - British and Irish Lions
captain Paul O’Connell said a week spent telling his players to
“do it for the jersey” had paid off after they secured a 28-9
victory over the Springboks in the final test on Saturday.

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UPDATE 2-Rugby-Lions thump Springboks to avoid series whitewash

* Victory ends seven-match losing streak
(writes through)

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Morocco arrests brother of top Islamist group member

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has arrested the brother of a prominent figure in the country’s main Islamist opposition group on suspicion of belonging to a hashish smuggling ring, police said on Saturday.

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Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security services were searching on Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, said Irish humanitarian group Goal which employs the women.

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Rescuers find debris of Yemenia aircraft

SANAA (Reuters) - Search crews have located a large piece of debris from a Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands last week and are working to retrieve it, the Yemeni transport ministry said on Saturday.

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Golf-Karlsson in danger of missing British Open

ST QUENTIN, France, July 4 (Reuters) - Last year’s European
number one Robert Karlsson could miss this month’s British Open
because of a long-term eye complaint.

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Rugby-Springboks wear armbands to protest against Botha ban

JOHANNESBURG, July 4 (Reuters) - South Africa’s players wore
white armbands in Saturday’s third and final test against the
British and Irish Lions in protest at lock Bakkies Botha’s
two-match ban.

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Crew onboard hijacked ship are “desperate”- paper

BERLIN (Reuters) - The 24 hostages on board a German ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in April have no more water, food or medicine, a German weekly reported, citing comments emailed by the captain of the ship.

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Madagascar president to ask EU to maintain aid

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Army-backed President Andry Rajoelina left for Brussels early on Saturday hoping to persuade the European Union not to suspend aid to Madagascar, its economy hit by political turmoil and the global crisis.

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