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South Africa's ruling African National Congress' (ANC) hopes for a smooth transition of power after its ousting of President Thabo Mbeki were quashed Tuesday when 11 cabinet ministers resigned in a shock move.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, credited with keeping the country on a steady course over a decade, was among those who quit in sympathy with Mbeki.
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African National Congress (ANC) deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in as South Africa's caretaker president Thursday after being elected in a landslide vote in the National Assembly in Cape Town.
Motlanthe easily defeated Joe Seremane, candidate of the official opposition Democratic Alliance, 269 votes to 50 votes out of 360...
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During Ramadan, many Egyptian families tend to settle in front of the television after the iftar or fast-breaking meal at sunset, switching from channel to channel, to take in their favourite local dramas.
This year, several local comic sitcoms that run in 20-minute episodes, have drawn viewers away from the traditional 45-minute...
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African National Congress (ANC) deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe was due to be sworn in as South Africa's third president since democracy in 1994 on Thursday, five days after Thabo Mbeki was forced out of the job by his party.
Mbeki's nine years as president, which followed Nelson Mandela's single five-year term, formally came to an...
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At least 13 civilians died and more than 35 were wounded during the latest round of heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said Wednesday.
Islamist forces attacked the Ugandan KM4 base in Mogadishu late on Tuesday night, prompting AU troops...
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Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission called on the government Wednesday to examine why so many Nigerians are facing the death penalty worldwide.
"More than 50 Nigerians are currently on death row across the globe," the commission's spokesman, Lambert Oparah, said.
"The situation should be a worry to the...
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Conflicting reports on the identity of the group that kidnapped 11 European tourists and eight Egyptians in Egypt's Western Desert on Friday continued to circulate Wednesday.
An Egyptian government spokesman said the kidnappers were from Djibouti, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported.
But other Egyptian officials were...
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Conflicting reports on the identity of the group that kidnapped 11 European tourists and eight Egyptians in Egypt's Western Desert on Friday continued to circulate Wednesday.
An Egyptian government spokesman said the kidnappers were from Djibouti, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported.
But other Egyptian officials were being...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has demanded the immediate release of 90 schoolchildren it says were abducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a notorious Ugandan rebel group.
The agency said local authorities informed them that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) took 50 children from the village of Kiliwa and 40 from...
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress' (ANC) hopes for a smooth transition of power after its ousting of President Thabo Mbeki were quashed Tuesday when 11 cabinet ministers resigned in a shock move.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, credited with keeping the country on a steady course over a decade, was among those who quit...
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe will be the party's candidate to replace President Thabo Mbeki until elections next year, the ANC confirmed Tuesday.
"It has been confirmed that Kgalema (Motlanthe) is the candidate for president," party spokesman Ishmael Mnisi...
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 Study: HPV Levels Similar in Women and Men
The human papilloma is a papilloma virus which infects the skin and mucous membranes of humans. 130 HPV types have been discovered until now and some of them can cause...
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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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