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Egypt on Monday downplayed media reports that it was brokering mediation talks between the Palestinian Hamas movement and Israel, saying it could do little without commitment from the parties themselves.
"The ability to destroy is greater than the ability to construct, when one party wants positive reconciliation, its ability is much weaker compared to the... |
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The UN Security Council condemned on Wednesday
'in the strongest terms' the killing of seven peacekeepers in northern
Darfur, calling the attack 'pre-meditated, deliberate and intended to
inflict casualties.' The ambush and attack on July 8 against
the joint UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was the most
severe since the...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has
emphatically denied reports he expressed concern over moves to issue an
international arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar Beshir for
genocide in Darfur. Reports on Sudanese radio that he had
expressed great concern over the application by International Criminal
Court (ICC) prosecutor...
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 The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court
officially called for an arrest warrant on Monday for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir,
accusing him of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity executed
during the past five years of atrocities in the Darfur
region of his country.
The prosecutor’s chase of the...
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The amount of ink spilt on Nelson Mandela,
one of the world's favourite statesman, is bewildering. Enter his name
in the book section of amazon.com website and you get 12,417 entries.
From a plethora of biographies of the anti-apartheid icon, authorized
and otherwise, to collections of his favourite folktales, and...
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The official levelling of war crimes charges
against Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir has been
welcomed in many quarters, but fears remain the decision could cause an
escalation of violence in Darfur and more misery for millions of
long-suffering displaced Darfuris. International Criminal
Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis...
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 The U.S.
government has announced that it is strengthening security for its team in Sudan after an
international prosecutor made a move into arresting Sudanese President Omar
al-Bashir and his actions set off concerns regarding dangerous repercussions.
On Monday, Washington
unexpectedly ceased to offer its support to the attempts...
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Sixteen desperate Nigerian jobseekers died and
21 were seriously injured Saturday during recruitment exercises across
the country for the immigration service, officials said Sunday.
In Enugu, South-East Nigeria, four people were crushed to death and 21
others were seriously injured while trying to open a gate, the
Controller of...
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said
Sunday that any move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to
prosecute Sudanese officials over alleged war crimes would only 'ignite
more fires and instability.' 'Such a decision could not serve
security and stability in the region,' Saleh said in a telephone
conversation with Sudanese...
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 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is
expected Monday to inquire about the detention of Sudan’s president for suspected
genocide and crimes against humanity.
According to BBC, the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, is
prepared to propose the charge of president Omar al-Bashir in a report
addressed to the judges...
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Construction on Durban's King Senzangakhona
Stadium, which will host a 2010 World Cup semi-final, is running ahead
of schedule, the city planner for Durban's World Cup projects has said.
'We are eight weeks ahead of schedule, the stadium is
65-per-cent complete,' said Julie-May Ellingson, who is also
responsible for the building...
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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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