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Burundian rebels commit to peace

Bujumbura :: Burundi | about 22 hours ago | Political News

Source: BBC

The Palipehutu National Liberation Front (FNL) promised to move its fighters into demobilisation camps and disarm by the end of this month. The rebel group also agreed to change its name, removing a controversial reference to the Hutu ethnic group....

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Cope files name papers

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 21 hours ago | Political News

Source: I Africa

The ANC believed the name refered to a important event in the ANC's history, while Cope was expected to argue that the name did not belong to the ruling party. Thursday that the Independent Electoral Commission would oppose the ANC's...

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Saudi Arabia Prepares for Annual Hajj

Cairo :: Egypt | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Voice of America

The annual Islamic pilgrimage known as the Hajj officially gets under way Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials are working to avoid any repeat of the tragedies that have befallen the Hajj in years past. During the Hajj the muezzin...

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BREAKING NEWS - Somali Pirates Coordinating Attacks

Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 day ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

December 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment - by John - Earlier today gCaptain received reports from Australia that the M/V Athena was attacked by 29 pirate boats while transiting the Gulf Of Aden. This was the second cruise ship to...

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Humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza

Cairo :: Egypt | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Some 70 truckloads of humanitarian aid were allowed into the Gaza Strip. The aid was allowed as crossings between Israel and the strip were temporarily opened Thursday, the fourth time since Israel sealed its border with the terrorist Hamas-run territory after...

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Piling it on

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 1 day ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, News Analyst for BBC News and the Economist in London. Research by Moira Tamayo in Puerto Rico. Dec 3rd 2008 | JOHANNESBURG From Economist.com Zimbabwe asks for help as hundreds die from cholera Reuters THE latest catastrophe...

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Medical News Today: Try Science When 'Just Saying No' Isn't Enough

George :: South Africa | about 22 hours ago | Political News

Source: Androscoggin News

Teens are fascinated by their brains, the way they work, change, and even "freeze" sometimes. Science is such a tool, and it is providing new insights on alcohol's effects on the maturing brain." Scientists used to believe that human brains...

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Barack Obama's corruption outrage is left in Kenya

Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Chicago Tribune

It's a good thing for George Ryan that he is just a crooked Illinois politician behind bars hoping to get sprung by the Illinois Combine, and not some corrupt governor in Kenya relying on the Masai Combination or whatever they...

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NIGERIA: Jos displaced grapple with food, water, medicine shortages

Jos :: Nigeria | about 21 hours ago | Political News

Source: IRIN

Water, medicine and food supplies are running low for an estimated 10,000 people displaced by violence in Jos, northern Nigeria, following three days of violent clashes. The injured and the displaced are bearing the brunt because they are surviving solely...

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Ethnic rifts worry Ghana

Accra :: Ghana | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Kuwait Times

Inter-ethnic violence killed more than 1,300 people after East African powerhouse Kenya's elections in December 2007. Hundreds of people were killed last week in ethnic fighting triggered by a local poll dispute in Jos, central Nigeria. What happened in Kenya...

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