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24 October 2011 Last updated at 11:27 ET

Gaddafi loyalists 'were executed'Bodies lie under sheets at the Mahari hotel, Sirte, Libya (Human Rights Watch image, 23 October 2011)

The bodies of 53 Gaddafi supporters are found outside a hotel in the city of Sirte after apparently being executed, a rights group says.

Picture taken on 24 June 2010 of South African Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka SA leader fires top ministers

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma fires two government ministers and suspends the police chief after they are implicated in corruption scandals.

Morgan TsvangiraiZimbabwe PM in gay rights U-turn

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai reverses his position on gay rights, telling the BBC he now wants them enshrined in a new constitution.

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