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A Saudi Arabian oil tanker with 25-member crew was captured by Somali pirates off the coast of the Kenya, officials in the US military and British Foreign Office confirmed Monday.
The tanker Sirius Star was 450 nautical miles south-east of the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa when it was taken over by pirates, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet told the... |
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South African President Thabo Mbeki will travel to Zimbabwe amid reports Friday that negotiations on a powersharing government in the country may be nearing a breakthrough.
Mbeki, the Southern African Development Community's (SADC's) appointed mediator in Zimbabwe, will travel to Harare Saturday, returning Sunday, South African...
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The European Union on Friday allocated an extra 21 million euros (32.4 million dollars) in emergency aid to Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia, officials said.
"The challenges in the Horn of Africa are huge and multi- dimensional ... Humanitarian aid is an expression of Europe's solidarity with those who are the most vulnerable,"...
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Egyptian police on the Gaza Strip border exchanged gunfire with three smugglers attempting to bring fuel and food to the strip, Cairo sources said Thursday.
The three Egyptian smugglers and one policeman were wounded in the exchange. All the wounded were taken to hospital.
The incident occurred at a tunnel used by smugglers located...
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The leader of a Hari Krishna-affiliated aid organization in Cambodia was to appeal a conviction for molesting a 12-year-old girl, a Phnom Penh court said Thursday.
Police said US national Thomas Rapanos Wayne, head of a Hare Krishna aid group, was found naked in the company of two girls, aged 12 and 16, when he was arrested in a guest...
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF and Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change have both taken responsibility for the wave of political violence that swept Zimbabwe after elections in March, a joint statement showed Thursday.
In the statement, which the parties agreed on Wednesday at talks on the formation of a...
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The judge hearing an application by South
Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma to
have corruption charges against him thrown out reserved judgement
Tuesday in the case.
Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson said that given
the complexity of the case he would reserve judgement in...
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The civil rights group Human Rights Watch sharply criticised Wednesday the use of
special courts in the Sudan, saying they were a 'charade' and fell
short of 'even minimal fair trial standards.' In a statement,
HRW called attention to the special courts which were set up to combat
rebels, and which at the end of July sentenced 30...
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The Red Cross on Wednesday issued an emergency
appeal to donors for 26.6 million dollars for food aid to Zimbabwe,
saying millions in the politically and economically unstable country
faced hunger. The International Federation of the Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva the funds would help those
already in need...
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All eyes in South Africa will be riveted Monday on the southern city
of Pietermaritzburg, where ruling African National Congress (ANC)
leader Jacob Zuma goes to court to try to avoid a corruption trial that
could come between him and the presidency. On Monday, Zuma
will appeal to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to throw out his...
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Hundreds of supporters of the leader of South
Africa's ruling party, Jacob Zuma, braved cold and wet conditions to
show their support for the 66-year-old presidential hopeful ahead of a court hearing to decide the validity of corruption charges against him.
The gathering Sunday night came ahead of Zuma's appeal Monday to the
High...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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