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Syrian Opposition Ponders Peace Meeting
ISTANBUL -- Syria's opposition coalition is to convene in Istanbul Thursday to decide whether to participate in talks next month on resolving the Syrian conflict that are being organized by Washington and Moscow. But the opposition has reservations about the role of the Syrian government in the planned talks. The Syrian National Coalition is due to meet over three days in Istanbul. The ...
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Afghanistans Helmand Province Sees Fresh Clashes Conflicting Claims
Fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan government forces has erupted in a highly-volatile corner of Helmand province. Afghan officials claimed victory Wednesday in southern Helmand province, saying they turned back a series of attacks by Taliban militants in Sangin. A spokesman for the provincial governor estimated the number of attackers at close to 1,000, including Arabs and Chechens ...
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International community must help Darfur become self-sufficient 8211 UN official
Children singing welcome Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos (left) to the Zam Zam camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in North Darfur, Sudan. UN Photo/Albert González ...
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Kenya Grief as two brothers shot dead amid security pledge
Kakamega County with the latest incident being in Butere where two brothers were shot dead by unknown assailants and no arrests have been made. Last Friday, two boda boda operators were shot by terror gang of about 20 in two separate incidents at Mfutu and Lunyu villages in Lugari constituency and several houses of suspected criminals burnt in retaliation. The script appears similar but tempo ...
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Kenya Smooth ride for motorists ahead as Southern by-pass works begin
The road to be constructed at Sh17 million under Kenya National Highway Authority (Kenha) will be used by heavy trucks from Mombasa transporting goods to Malaba and other regions. The vehicles will be diverted to the by-pass in a move to help ease traffic ...
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Kenya Mutulas case against City Hall finalised
Weldon Korir Wednesday ruled an enforcement notice issued by City Council to Mutula on May 24, 2007 directing him to pull down the boundary wall was ...
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Kenya Team cites wrangles poor funding as some of the obstacles it faced
Kenya: Internal wrangling, lack of political will, court cases and finally a report that indicts some within its ranks sum up the controversial tenure of ...
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Kenya TJRC wants findings on past probes released
These include report on the probe on 1992 raid on Bishop Gitari's house in Kirinyaga, probe into the conduct of the Artur Brothers and their associates (Kiruki Report) and the findings by a committee on harassment and/or discrimination of the Muslim community in the application of the law (Sharawe Report). It also wants the resettlement of Kenyan refugees in Uganda and fast-tracking of the ...
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Kenya Huge task in implementing report
The detailed report has made bold recommendations including prosecution of high-flying Government officials and politicians, reparation of victims of historical injustices as well as recovery of illegally acquired land. The 2000-page report adversely implicated the past three regimes for presiding over numerous gross violations of human rights including political assassination, massacre, ...
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Kenya Roads agency stands firm over weighbridge rules
Mariakani weighbridge on Tuesday. The truck drivers blocked Nairobi-Mombasa Road with their vehicles protesting enforcement of the new loading regulations. They were later allowed to pass without their vehicles being weighed. This was a reprieve to thousands of road users who had stuck at the station. The truck drivers had caused a huge traffic jam at the weighbridge protesting the move to ...
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Kenya Petitioner put in a corner over child out of wedlock
Siaya, Kenya : A petitioner challenging the election of Siaya Governor got more than he bargained for when his personal details were exposed at a Kisumu ...
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Kenya County sets the pace with Sh100m forensic lab
Collaborate with DPP He said he would work closely with the DPP in setting up the forensic unit and an investigations centre to boost security. He said his county government would strive to boost security to attract more investors. He urged the national Government to make Machakos a pilot county on security and prosecution matters. Poor and slow crime investigations have led to many prosecutions ...
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Kenya How victims recounted ordeals during commissions public hearings
In its report submitted to President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday, the commision details harrowing accounts of gross human rights violation, with women and children being the main targets of heinous crimes such as rape. The commission collected over 40,000 statements from Kenyans, each narrating their own ordeals. The commission documented that although some of the crimes suffered by the victims ...
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Kenya Mt Elgon leaders dismiss links to militia group
militia as it is claimed they were involved in financing, planning and instigation of the violence witnessed in the area. Serut said there was no way he could be linked to the SLDF group as he was the major victim of the acts of brutality by the group and he suffered the brunt of it all. "How do I come in? When in fact I was the victim? I lost over five close relatives, including my two ...
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Kenya Those adversely named got chance to reply says TJRC
Invitations were sent out to persons who had been mentioned requiring them to not only record their statements and submit memoranda, but also to respond to the allegations made against them. "Many of the adversely mentioned persons opted to respond to allegations of their involvements to violations as opposed to recording statements and submitting memorandum when the statement taking ...
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Kenya Commission petitions Uhuru over TSC
Commission on Administrative Justice has petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to move swiftly and avert a looming crisis at the Teacher's Service Commission ...
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Nigeria In Olive Branch To Boko Haram Frees Their Women Obama Skips Kenya On Africa Trip Museveni At Center Of Media Crisis African Union Locks Out Activist Groups
By Global Information Network (GIN) May 21 (GIN) – Fulfilling a demand by the insurgent Boko Haram rebel organization, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to release from jail some suspects and all women "held in connection with terrorist activity." The decision was aimed at enhancing peace efforts in Nigeria, according to the defense ministry. Talk of an ...
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South Africa President Jacob Zuma implicated in Gupta wedding scandal
Johannesburg: A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission.The presidency and Zuma's ruling African National Congress (ANC) have denied demanding landing permission for the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for a wedding.But a ...
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Guinea approves BHP Global Alumina stake sale in refinery project
CONAKRY | Wed May 22, 2013 3:41pm EDT CONAKRY May 22 (Reuters) - The government of Guinea said on Wednesday it has given approval to BHP Billiton and Global Alumina to sell their stake in a bauxite and alumina project to Dubai Aluminium Co (Dubal) and Mubadala Development Co. BHP paid $140 million in 2007 for a 33.3 percent stake in the Guinea Alumina Corp (GAC), which planned to ...
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European Leaders Take Steps in Cracking Down on Tax Fraud
PARIS -- The European Union has announced a series of measures to crack down on tax avoidance and fraud, including the automatic exchange of bank information to catch cheats. European Union President Herman Van Rompuy hailed as "unprecedented" a series of measures against tax evasion agreed to Wednesday by the bloc's 27 leaders during a brief summit in Brussels. Among them: ...
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Cameron Indications Suggest London Killing was Terror-related
British forensic officers attend the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London, May, 22, ...
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IRS Official Refuses to Testify to Congress About Scandal
The official at the center of the storm over the U.S. tax collection agency's targeting of conservative Tea Party groups, Lois Lerner, has refused to testify before a tense congressional hearing on Capitol Hill where Democratic and Republican lawmakers expressed their anger and frustration. Word came Tuesday the Internal Revenue Service official everyone wanted to hear from the most, ...
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Hezbollah Fighters Pose New Threat In Syria
WASHINGTON -- The civil war in Syria is taking a new, and possibly ominous turn, in the battle for Qusair, a small but strategic town near the frontier with Lebanon. For the first time, the mainly Sunni Muslim rebels seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been fighting Syrian troops backed by a large contingent of battle-hardened guerrillas from Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese ...
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Future Astronauts Could Print Food
Astronauts on future missions to Mars may be able to dial up a pizza via a 3D printer. NASA announced it awarded a $125,000 grant to Systems & Materials Research Corporation’s Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the printer. The head of the printer will be fed with a combination of nutrients, water, oils and flavors, which can be sprayed, layer by layer to create three ...
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Security Council Adopting Resolution 2103 Extends Mandate of United Nations Presence in Guinea-Bissau by One Year
Acting on the recommendation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for one year, deciding also to readjust its presence so it could help the West African nation restore constitutional order following the 2012 military coup and hold elections by the end of ...
Sudan Spotlight
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Sudan and the South
In January of 2011 the future of Sudan as a unified country will be decided. A referendum is due to be held in South Sudan that will decide whether the regional government of the area, which accounts for around a third of Sudan, should break away from the rest of the country and become a fully-independent nation.
South Sudan has a long history of being at odds with the rest of the country and this conflict of interests has been attributed in Western media to the fact that northern Sudan is primarily Muslim and Arab dominated, whereas South Sudan is made up of indigenous African cultures and ethnicities, this view has been reinforced by the ongoing violence in Darfur, a region of Sudan where a genocide is occurring and has led to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan being charged with war crimes by the International Court at The Hague, a charge that the government in Khartoum categorically denies. Read more
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