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| 7 months ago
FINANCE Swat deal infringes rights, democracy, says US Wednesday, April 15, 2009 WASHINGTON: The White House said on Tuesday that an accord signed by President Zardari putting part of the country under Islamic law in a bid to combat the ...
News Source: Hindustan times
| 7 months ago
A pro-Taliban hardline cleric in the restive Swat valley has stirred a controversy by saying that the newly imposed Islamic law in the region will protect militants from prosecution, confirming the worst fears of the West about the spread of...
News Source: Gulf News
| 7 months ago
Kerry, however, said the charges against Sudan’s Omar Hassan Al Bashir should not stop efforts to resolve the Darfur conflict. "Of course, there is no question it has complicated matters. We'll just have to see where we go along the road," Kerry...
News Source: BBC
| 7 months ago
But Mr Kerry stressed during a visit to Sudan that the partial resumption of aid would not be enough. Sudan expelled the aid groups after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president. A Sudanese official indicated...
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| 7 months ago
Sudan has told the United States it will allow some international aid back into Darfur region, U.S. Senator John Kerry told reporters on Thursday. "Thanks to the leadership of the president's special envoy General Scott Gration and thanks to the...
News Source: United Press International
| 7 months ago
Sen. John Kerry was not expected to meet with Sudan's embattled president Thursday during his visit with government leaders in Khartoum, officials said. The Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was expected to meet with Sudanese...