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US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time
US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led the U.S. delegation to the August 25 Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul, where representatives from 28 countries, the UN, EU, NATO, AU, OIC, Arab League and GCC came together to demonstrate the international community's firm commitment to ...
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Confederations Cup Nigeria thrash Tahiti but Joanathan Tehau dreams
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil // Jonathan Tehau struggled to articulate his joy after becoming the first player to score for Tahiti at a high-profile international tournament in his side's 6-1 defeat to Nigeria at the Confederations Cup. Ranked 138th in the world, Tahiti are making their first appearance in a competition of this level and despite the margin of defeat in Monday's game, they ...
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Tunisia - Net freedom in Tunisia Still a long way to go
announced the end of online filtering -- killing "Ammar 404 (the nickname given to the country's filtering system by its netizens).Just this month, CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) Moez Chakchouk announced that ATI won an appeal against filtering of adult content. The case dates back to May 2011, when a primary court ordered the agency to filter X-rated websites on the ground ...
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Theft from S. Sudan Presidents Office Inside Job
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- A spate of alleged thefts from the office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir may have been an inside job, officials investigating how tens of thousands of dollars went missing from Kiir's office said Monday. Some $70,000 U.S. that was kept in the president's office to pay staff who do not have bank accounts, along with two laptops, went missing from ...
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Gambian president slashes West for killing innocent people in anti-terror war
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Monday slashed some Western countries for killing innocent people in the name of fighting terrorism."The war on terror by the West is a war on innocent people," Jammeh told audiences in the West Coast Region of Gambia."The West has been killing innocent lives overseas in the name of combating terror," he said, citing the employment of the US ...
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NEMA Warns Southern Nigeria of Impending Heavy Rainfall
By SaharaReporters, New York The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned residents of the southern parts of the country to prepare for heavy and potentially-dangerous rainfall. It would be recalled that last year, similar severe weather caused unprecedented flooding in the southern half of the country, resulting in villages being washed away and many people losing their ...
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G8 Leaders World Economic Prospects Still Weak
After the first day of their annual summit in Northern Ireland Monday, the G8 said significant policy actions taken by the eurozone, U.S. and Japan have reduced the risk of an economic downturn. The leaders said promoting growth and jobs remains their priority. They called the fight against long-term and youth unemployment critical. Earlier Monday, the United States and European Union said ...
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South Africa urges Iran to resolve issues with IAEA
South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday urged Iran to give priority to resolving all outstanding issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Zuma was speaking while congratulating Hassan Rouhani for being elected as Iranian president succeeding current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC).Resolving the ...
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UN chief appoints Rwandan general as force commander of UN Mali mission
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday appointed Major General Jean Bosco Kazura of Rwanda as Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), a spokesman said here."Kazura is to assume command on 1 July 2013" which is "in accordance with the Security Council resolution 2100 of 25 April 2013," Eduardo del Buey, ...
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Egyptian governors reshuffle reflects Brotherhoods
The recent shake-up of 17 governors in Egypt triggered controversy in the political arena as observers believe it reflects an increasing Muslim Brotherhood's desire for "power and control" over the state's vital posts.President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Sunday appointing 17 new governors, including seven from the Brotherhood's ruling Freedom and Justice Party, one ...
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Boko Haram insurgents kill 7 students 2 teachers in Nigerian city
At least seven students and two teachers were killed in an attack on a public school by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria's northeastern city of Damaturu, the military said on Monday.The insurgents attacked Government Secondary School (GSS) in Damaturu, capital of Yobe State under a state of emergency, at 9: 15 pm local time on Sunday, according to Lieutenant Lazarus Eli, spokesman of the ...
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5 soldiers killed in Mozambique attack
At least five soldiers were killed, two injured and one missing after armed men attacked a military depot in central Mozambique, the armed forces said on Monday.The surprise attack took place in Dondo district in central Sofala province at around 4:00 p.m. local time and the attackers could not be immediately identified.The injured soldiers, who are being treated in a hospital in Beira, 30 km ...
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Mandela is doing very well daughter
"He is doing very well," Nelson Mandela's daughter told reporters on Monday outside the hospital where the noble laureate has been staying for the 10th day.Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, the oldest daughter of Mandela and ex-wife Winnie, made the comments when she was looking at flowers and child-written cards outside the Pretoria hospital.Earlier on Monday, Graca Machel, the current ...
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Tahiti make history despite defeat to Nigeria in Confed Cup
Nigeria beat Tahiti 6-1 in Group B opener at Confederations Cup Nnamdi Oduamadi scores a hat-rick in Belo Horizonte 138th-ranked Tahiti reply through Jonathan Tehau South Pacific minnows next play world champions Spain in ...
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Youth Day in South Africa - in pictures
Youth Day in South Africa commemorates the start of the Soweto riots of 1976, in which protests took place against Afrikaans being the language of instruction used in ...
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Chinese investors look to broaden their African portfolios
Mahamat Mouta Djirabi, a Chadian, walks through the hotel lobby of the New York Forum Africa conference carefully searching for participants to connect with. He stops at a group of Chinese people and starts pulling out promotional materials from his suitcase. Djirabi looks prepared as he talks slowly in English to the Chinese. After briefly introducing himself as an investment promotion ...
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U.S. Africa Command head Carter Ham to testify on Benghazi for first time
The man who leads U.S. military operations in Africa will be testifying for the first time about last year's Benghazi embassy attack. Gen. Carter Ham, head of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), will be responding to questions from the House Armed Services Committee in a closed hearing on June 26 at 9 a.m. ...
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Tahiti trump Nigeria in celebration stakes
Tahiti has treated Monday's 6-1 Confederations Cup loss to Nigeria in Belo Horizonte like a victory in the World Cup final.The French Polynesian island, who stunned New Caledonia to win the 2012 Oceania Nations and qualify for the Confederations Cup, managed to score a goal in their first appearance at a major tournament.Tahiti head coach Eddy Etaeta had described a goal as the team's ...
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John Denver Tribute Links Musicians from Various Genres Generations
Fifteen years after his death in a small plane crash and more than 40 years after his first hit, John Denver’s songs are getting a new lease on life. "The Music Is You," is a new tribute that brings musicians from various genres and generations together to re-imagine Denver’s biggest hits. The musicians include southern rockers My Morning Jacket, who cover "Leaving ...
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Blog South Africa’s other freedom fighters
Enos Ngutshane was detained at school on June 8 after writing a politely worded letter to the education board to complain about the forced teaching of Afrikaans in schools. The assembly area is now named in his honour and his mural greets students as they stand neatly to attention each morning. "To the regime I was a criminal. Not a person or a student," he told me. Within ...
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Lifan sees Africa as gateway to world
/enpproperty--> After being on the road for more than 20 years, car and motorcycle maker is heading for the top, reports Hu Haiyan. For Yin Minshan, president of Chongqing Lifan Group, Africa offers one of the most fertile land for Chinese private companies' global development. "I want Lifan to be the best automobile and motorcycle company in the world," Yin said about ...
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Chevron celebrates first gas in Angola
Chevron has received a much-needed confidence boost as it battles with the construction timetable of its $US52 billion ($54 billion) Gorgon and $US29 billion Wheatstone LNG projects in WA's North after finally being able to celebrate first production of liquefied fuel at its Angola venture.More than a year late, the $US10 billion Angola LNG development has begun "initial ...
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Hours After Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter Suppression Law Senator Introduces Bill To Overturn Decision
struck down an Arizona voter suppression law in a surprise move Monday, but one Republican senator is already trying to work around that decision. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the 7-2 opinion in ...
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Humbled Chad Johnson ex-NFL star now sorry sprung from jail one week after slapping lawyer on the tush
Former Miami Dolphins and NFL football star Chad Johnson, left, appears in court before Judge Kathleen McHugh, facing camera right, in Broward County Circuit Court, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Johnson apologized for disrespecting the judge when he slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week, and his immediate release from jail was ...
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Obama: Discussions with Putin on Iran, N. Korea 'productive' President Barack Obama describes his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Iran and North Korea at the G-8 summit ...
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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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