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Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.
Business   China   Khartoum   Photos   Wikipedia: Sudan  
 The Star 
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
| KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers on Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting... (photo: AP / Pete Muller)
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 August, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sort through a haul of munitions that were used by the extremist group Al Shabaab to make improvised explosive devices. AMISOM troops and Transitonal Federal Government (TFG) forces dislodged remnants of Al Shabaab from the site following the withdrawal of most of the extremist group's forces from the city ten days ago, discovering the bomb making facility at the former steel factory in northern Mogadishu which contained evidence that the group had used the site to manufacture improvised explosive devises, suicide vests and car bombs. AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE.
Conference   London   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: London Conference  
 Al Jazeera 
Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
| - The upcoming London Conference on Somalia is, potentially, a promising occasion to finally put the country on the road to peace, stability and democracy. Whether this opportunity is realised ... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
Dr Kadi Sesay  talk with Julius Maada Bio former  Military Junta Leader and now Sierra Leone Peoples Party nominated Presidential candidate.  The Washington Post 
Sierra Leone opposition leader: Ruling party trying to stir violence ahead of November poll
| FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The top opposition presidential candidate is accusing Sierra Leone’s ruling party of provoking violence ahead of November polls. | Retired Brig. Gen. Julius Maad... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa   Freetown   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Sierra Leone  
A Syrian forces tank moves along a road during clashes with the Syrian army defectors, in the Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Monday Jan. 30, 2012.  Skynews 
Homs Attack: Is This Syria's Benghazi Moment?
| A damaged armoured military vehicle is pictured after clashes in Homs | Tim Marshall, foreign affairs editor Much analysis has been written comparing the Syrian town of Homs to Benghazi in Libya. | ... (photo: AP)
Mideast   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Top Stories
Standing among U.S. Navy Midshipmen, President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, far left, enjoy the Army Navy game. Peace FM Online
Barack Obama: 'I Deserve A Second Term'
US President Barack Obama has said he believes he deserves a second term in the White House. | His declaration, in an interview with NBC, came as a new poll showed his ap... (photo: DOD / Glenn Fawcett)
America   Governemnt   Politics   Wikipedia: Americas   photo  
Dr. Jim Swire, spokesman for the bereaved families, speaks with the media in front of the High Court of Justiciary where the Lockerbie trial is taking place at Camp Zeist near Soesterberg, Netherlands Wednesday Nov. 29 2000. BBC News
Concern over Lockerbie appeal report legislation
Government legislation to aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber case may fail to work properly, it has been claimed. | The bill would let the S... (photo: AP / Bas Czerwinski)
Government   Lockerbie   Photos   Scotland   Wikipedia: Investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103  
In this Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Egyptian military stand guard as officials raid one of the non-governmental organization offices in Cairo, Egypt. Chicago Tribune
NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row
| CAIRO (Reuters) - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have... (photo: AP / Mohammed Asad)
Aid   Democracy   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gaz during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Al Jazeera
Protesters continue to battle police in Egypt
| Clashes have continued in Egypt with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles, as the protesters demanded swift presidential election and ... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Egypt   Photos   Police   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak,83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. The Siasat Daily
Mubarak may be moved to prison hospital
| Cairo, February 06: Former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, is likely to be moved to the capital Cairo's Torah prison hospital, a government official says. | Mubarak i... (photo: AP / Egyptian State TV, File)
Cairo   Hospital   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Hosni Mubarak  
An anti-government protester chants slogans during a demonstration in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 Khaleej Times
Cairo protesters seek early vote, clash with police
| Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian Interior Ministry on Sunday a... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Cairo   Egypt   Photos   Protesters   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes  
Syrian policeman, left, and army soldier, right, look inside the burned court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting "No more fear!" have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. The violence in Daraa, a city of about 300,000 near the border with Jordan, was fast becoming a major challenge for President Bashar Assad, who tried to contain the situation by freeing detainees and promising to fire officials responsible for the violence. The Daily Mail
Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ...
| More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs overnight. | Activists claim ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
China   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Egyptian anti-government activists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations. Khaleej Times
Egypt clashes rage into fourth day
| CAIRO - Protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Cairo Sunday as clashes sparked by the perceived failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent deadly footb... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Egypt   Photos   Police   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
- Congo: National elections now only hurt democracy
- Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
- Algerian Islamist leader warns of 'social explosion'
- Thousands march against Senegal's president in capital j
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 August, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sort through a haul of munitions that were used by the extremist group Al Shabaab to make improvised explosive devices. AMISOM troops and Transitonal Federal Government (TFG) forces dislodged remnants of Al Shabaab from the site following the withdrawal of most of the extremist group's forces from the city ten days ago, discovering the bomb making facility at the former steel factory in northern Mogadishu which contained evidence that the group had used the site to manufacture improvised explosive devises, suicide vests and car bombs. AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE.
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- Suspected bomber hits Nigerian military base
- Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan
- UN agency implements strategy to conclude three refugee cris
- Malian refugees in Niger await food and water
Egyptian fans clash with riot police following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Interview: Bob Bradley on Port Said deaths
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International Relations Education
- APNewsBreak: South Carolina attorney general sues federal go
- Suu Kyi Tests Leash With Myanmar Tour
- Send Hillary to Stop War
- White House open to compromise over contraception, says advi
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's headquarters to attend a meeting on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar.
Suu Kyi Tests Leash With Myanmar Tour
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- University of Yaounde II - Officials debriefed on programme
- Illiteracy still problem in Africa - Mensa Otabil
- Mills Appoints Prof. Anyidoho And Others As Council Members
- Design Students Can Enter Pentawards Concepts Competition
ALTERNATE CROP OF PNG102 Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea's east coast, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
238 saved, 100-plus missing as PNG ferry sinks
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Blast near Nigerian military base
- Blast near Nigerian military base
- $4M needed to clean up lead, secure Nigeria mines
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist image
A Syrian forces tank moves along a road during clashes with the Syrian army defectors, in the Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Monday Jan. 30, 2012.
Homs Attack: Is This Syria's Benghazi Moment?
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- Secret Love Laid Bare
- In the Grammy Groove
- Mauritius PM in India to strengthen bilateral ties
- Genevieve Nets N50 Million Endorsement Deal
Ali shrine in Najaf which many Muslims, especially Shias go there for pilgrimage. Except for Muhammad, there is no one in Islamic history about whom as much has been written in Islamic languages as Ali
Iraq postpones Islamic Capital of Culture project
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Aids Terrorism
- Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty
- Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty
- Uganda's anti-gay bill reintroduced in parliament
- Uganda's anti-gay bill, condemned by US and others, rein
Spanish doctor Pascual Caballero, center, from the relief organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, and Haitian doctor Jean-Pierre Andromarque, right, listen to the badly-infected lungs of a child at an emergency hospital run by MSF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday May 12, 2011.
Doctors AND States Without Borders
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- Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
- Corruption, Greatest Act of Terrorism - Cleric
- Ohio man admits fundraising help for Somalia terror group al
- Terror Attack Shakes Garissa
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 August, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sort through a haul of munitions that were used by the extremist group Al Shabaab to make improvised explosive devices. AMISOM troops and Transitonal Federal Government (TFG) forces dislodged remnants of Al Shabaab from the site following the withdrawal of most of the extremist group's forces from the city ten days ago, discovering the bomb making facility at the former steel factory in northern Mogadishu which contained evidence that the group had used the site to manufacture improvised explosive devises, suicide vests and car bombs. AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE.
Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
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