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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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FIFA confirmed Friday that South African
football fans will be allowed to bring traditional Vuvuzelas to matches
at the 2010 World Cup. Permission to allow fans to bring the
noise-making trumpets to the stadiums was granted after a debate that
lasted several hours, during which time World Cup organizers managed to
convince...
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 U.N. officials and diplomats announced that the head
prosecutor of the International Criminal Court would request a detain warrant on
Monday for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accusing him of genocide
and crimes against humanity in the orchestration of a campaign of aggression
that caused the deaths of hundreds of...
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Nigerian militants responsible for crippling
attacks on the West African nation's oil industry said Thursday they
would call off a ceasefire after Britain promised to support the
Nigerian government in ending oil-related violence. The
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said attacks
would begin again from...
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South African police discovered the bodies of
two people who appeared to have fled crisis-torn Zimbabwe, reports said
Thursday The decayed bodies were discovered in a field near the city of Musina at the weekend. It was unclear what they died of.
A police spokesman said that in some cases people who flee Zimbabwe
often die...
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 United Nations officials announced on Wednesday that seven
international peacekeepers were killed and 22 injured in an audacious day
ambush by armed men in the Sudanese northern province
of Darfur.
The group of about 60 soldiers and police officers was
assaulted on Tuesday afternoon along a desert road area by hundreds of...
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Somali gunmen have shot and killed a truck
driver for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the fourth
this year, the agency said Wednesday. Ahmed Saalim was part
of a convoy of trucks carrying 602 metric tons of food from Mogadishu
to Bay and Bakool regions, the WFP said. The agency called on all parties to ensure the...
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More than 350 people who were removed last
week from the South African embassy in the Zimbabwean capital Harare
after seeking sanctuary there from political violence were attacked
early Monday at the government camp, where they had been relocated.
About 20 men in military fatigues and balaclavas carrying shotguns
burst in on the...
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Following his meeting Sunday with Zimbabwean
refugees in South Africa, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said
it was 'imperative' to find a solution to the worsening crisis in
Zimbabwe. After meeting with around 2,000 refugees at a
centre in Johannesburg, Miliband said Britain would redouble its
efforts to ensure that...
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Unknown gunmen have shot and killed the head of the United Nations' Development Programme in Somalia, reports said Sunday.
The BBC reported that Osman Ali Ahmed was shot as he left a mosque in
the Somali capital Mogadishu. He died in hospital of his injuries. Ahmed's son and another man were reportedly wounded in the attack. ...
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The Zambian government is extremely dissatisfied with the
fact that the South Africa’s
media made public the supposed death of President Levy Mwanawasa in a hospital
on Thursday. The government states that reports, which are unprofessional and
deplorable, are triggering torment and worry among Zambian people, says Voice
of...
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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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