The polls opened early Thursday in Afghanistan, as the war-ravaged nation held its second-ever presidential and provincial council elections.
Afghans begin voting in elections
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Peacekeeper dies in Darfur shootout
Gunmen killed a United Nations peacekeeper in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Tuesday. Eight gunmen opened fire on six peacekeepers in the city of Niyala, in the southern part of Darfur, said Josephine Guerrero, a spokeswoman for a joint peacekeeping operation of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur.