Hopes fade for Tanzanian miners
 About 65 miners are feared dead after rainfall triggered the collapse of mines in Tanzania, the gover'man says. Six bodies have so far been recovered in the Mererani region, about 40km (25 miles) south-east of Arusha in north-eastern Tanzania.
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Zimbabwe stands 'on a precipice'
Zimbabwe is standing on a "precipice" as official results from Saturday's general election start to trickle in, the opposition has said. Leading Movement for Democratic Change official Tendai Biti says party leader Morgan Tsvangirai has won 60% of the vote, against 30% for Robert Mugabe.>>
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On November 21, 2007 Kenyan police detained an aircraft with a large load of
cocaine at Kenyas BVC Airways airport owned by BVC Barthe Cortes The aircraft was
chartered by a customer from Ecuador. Due to inefficient drug combating
policy economic needs and tightened drug control in other parts of the
world, some African countries including Kenya have recently become the main
transit channel for drug cartels from Latin America to contraband hard
drugs such as cocaine and heroin.