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DEA boosts fight against West African narco-terrorists
U.S. authorities are stepping up counter-narcotics operations in West Africa, a key route for Latin American cocaine bound for Europe and allegedly a major source of funds for al-Qaida groups spreading their tentacles across the continent. Indictments unsealed in April against senior officers in the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau, the former Portuguese colony that's at the center of the ...
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Gadhafi left scar on Libya U.N. told
Decades of authoritarian rule in Libya has left a legacy that is difficult to overcome even with democratic reforms, the U.N. special envoy to Libya said. U.N. special envoy Tarek Mitri briefed members of the Security Council on the challenges facing post-war Libya. NATO forces in 2011 intervened in Libya's civil war. Conflict abated with the October 2011 death of Libyan leader Moammar ...
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14 dead 15 hurt in attack on U.N. compound in Somalia
The death toll has risen to at least 14 in an attack by al-Shabaab gunmen Wednesday on a U.N. compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, officials say. At least 15 others were wounded, CNN reported. The dead included four U.N. employees, three women civilians and seven militants, said Abdikarim Hussein Guled, the country's interior and national security minister. One attacker blew himself up at the ...
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South African stocks edge lower ahead of U.S. Fed decision
* FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.3 pct, Euro STOXX 50 down 0.6 pct* Risks seen 'neutral' to 'on the upside' ahead of FOMC* Huge outflows from bonds, credit, going into cash -SocGenBy Blaise RobinsonPARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - European shares ended ...
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Rights Group Prosecute Alleged Arms Dealer
A human rights group is calling on Sierra Leonean authorities to investigate a suspected arms dealer. U.N. investigators have alleged Ibrahim Bah supplied arms to rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war. to De Capua report on Ibrahim Bah The civil war lasted 11 years, ending in 2002. During that time, RUF and AFRC rebels committed many atrocities, including murder, amputations, ...
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President Obama Delivers Berlin Speech
Flanked by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin June 19, ...
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Paris Exhibit Captures Mandelas Journey
PARIS -- The fragile health of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been making headlines in recent days. But a new exhibition in Paris takes a step back - looking at Mandela's evolution from political prisoner to one of the world's most beloved and respected politicians. Produced by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, the show kicks off a year of cultural events in ...
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Inmates Fight Fires Gain Skills for Life After Prison
LOS ANGELES -- The western state of California is known for wildfires that can quickly burn out of control, and this year the fire season has been extremely busy. Because of the fire risk, the state has some of the most experienced firefighters in the industry. It also enlists the help of prisoners to stop the fires. Every morning, a select group of inmates in orange jumpsuits heads to work ...
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Stock Markets Watch Bernanke
Top officials of the U.S. central bank are discussing how much and how soon to reduce their efforts to speed up economic growth. The chairman of the Federal Reserve will report their decisions Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Ben Bernanke has previously said the bank will cut stimulus efforts if the unemployment situation improves further or inflation rises strongly. Stock markets have ...
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WikiLeaks Founder Completes Full Year in Ecuador Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino (R) at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, ...
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Obama Silent on US Arms to Syrian Rebels
U.S. President Barack Obama says Syria's government has lost its legitimacy by killing tens of thousands of its citizens in a bloody civil war, but he refused to describe the type of military support Washington will provide rebel forces. Speaking at a news conference Wednesday in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said reports the United States is heading into a new ...
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Southeast Asian Nations Partners to Discuss Regional Security
BANGKOK -- Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners are gathering in Brunei for a three-day meeting beginning June 29. The ASEAN meetings are expected to discuss a range of security and economic issues. Top diplomats representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 16 Western and Asian countries, and the European Union will meet in ...
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Sports Uganda wins Cecafa tourney opener
Uganda n taxmen still managed to win their opening match even after travelling without head coach Paul Nkata and striker Frank Kalanda. The two did not travel with the team after failing to process their passports on time but are expected to join the rest of the squad later this week. URA were brought into the tournament to replace Kenyan champions Tusker who pulled out citing insecurity ...
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Military Thurayas banned in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -; Soldiers fighting to halt an insurgency by Islamic militants are banning the use of Thuraya satellite telephones by civilians in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, throttling communications already made difficult by cut cell phone ...
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UN compound in Somalia attacked
Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the UNcompound in Somalia's capital on June 19, launching a bombs-and-gunfire assault that saw militants pour into the complex, killing at least nine people, including three foreigners, officials said. The seven al-Shabab militants were from what the militia called its martyrdom, or suicide, ...
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African Championships SA netball team a blend of youth and experience
The South African netball team will have a good mix of youth and experience for the African Championships starting next week, says coach Elize ...
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Militants attack UN’s Somalia office 16 dead
African Union peacekeepers and unidentified foreigners stand outside the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi ...
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Bombs destroy police station in Libyas Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Bombs flattened a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Wednesday but there were no casualties as the building had been emptied for repairs following previous attacks, security officials said. The al-Hadaiq station in downtown Benghazi was completely destroyed by explosives at around 0300 a.m. (2:00 a.m. British time). The blast was so loud it could ...
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South Sudan president suspends two ministers in fraud inquiry
South Sudan 's government that aid payments are at risk unless it tackles the corruption undermining development in a country devastated from decades of civil war with Sudan, from which it seceded in 2011. Last year, Kiir wrote to 75 current and former officials to ask them to return $4 billion in "stolen" public money, but no senior figure had been publicly put ...
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N.Z. emerges as guinea pig for global tech firms
The Japanese general public's interest in the global warming issue has been sagging of late, and few LDP government leaders appear ready to try to prop it ...
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Zimbabwe’s bovine bank a cash cow
William Mukurazita’s deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe’s first ';cattle bank'; has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in the southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it’s the first bank account they’ve ever had. ...
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Liberia Suggestion Not Decision - CDC Chair Says of Forhs Expulsion
Opposition Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) chairman George Solo has clarified that the party has not taken any decision to expell Representative Edward Forh for alleged corrupt act. Solo told journalists Monday that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party is looking into the report and recommendation made by the committee the party set up months ago to probe the lawmaker's ...
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Liberia Liberias Armed Forces Platoon to Take Off for Peacekeeping Duties in Mali
MONROVIA: An infantry platoon-size unit of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) departs the country on tomorrow, Thursday, June 20, to join the Africa International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). They will be embedded into the Nigerian battalion, with First Lieutenant Nathaniel Waka serving as Commander of the platoon unit. This will be the first time that Liberia is participating in ...
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Liberia Mercenaries Plead Not Guilty
The 19 persons accused of various crimes--murder, rape, mercenarism and theft--have pleaded not guilty to the charge of mercenaries which brought them to criminal court "D" after their first appearance in criminal court "B" for the charge of murder. The will appear in each of the separate courts--A, B, C, D and E--to defend themselves from charges against them. Cllr Tiawan ...
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Ghana The Electoral Commission Again
It would appear that the year 2012 is the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana's year of nemesis. For the first time in its 21 years or so history, the outcome of its presidential election has landed in the bosom of the Justices of the Supreme Court for determination on point of law, as to who really won that election. The declared loser, the New Patriotic Party's (NPP's) Nana ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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