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Vaughans England at crossroads in South Africa series
By Charles Froggatt, CNN NOTTINGHAM (CNN) -- As South Africa reinforces its test-winning lineup with all-rounder Jacques Kallis, England and newly-appointed captain Michael Vaughan find themselves at a selection crossroads as they attempt to come back after last ...
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Cancer’s Lonely Soldier -- Dr. Jackson Orem Director of the Uganda Cancer Institute
Cancer’s New Battleground - the Developing World . Jackson Orem is a busy man. He directs the Uganda Cancer Institute – the only dedicated cancer treatment facility in a country of 33 million people. Yet he still finds time to see patients, like Musa Settimba. "Good to see you," Orem says as he enters a small exam room furnished with little more than a chair and table. ...
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The ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill Why It Matters Outside Uganda
The Speaker in Uganda’s parliament is promising a gift like no other for Christmas to her countrymen.Rebecca Kadaga has vowed to resuscitate the "kill the gays" bill, that was put into cold storage in 2009 after it spurred international outrage.At a time when the US Supreme Court is mulling same-sex marriage and the court in India has just heard arguments about decriminalising ...
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First Woman of African Descent Elected to UK Parliament
David Cameron's Conservative Party has quietly made history by electing the first woman of African descent to British Parliament. Helen Grant, whose father is Nigerian, practiced family law in private practice before winning her seat to represent one of the 17 constituencies in London's Kent County. Not known for a history of inclusiveness, the Conservative Party holds the majority in ...
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In Debate Africa at Center of International Security
"Mali has been taken over, the northern part of Mali, by al-Qaida-type individuals. We have in - in Egypt a Muslim Brotherhood president…."With those words, spoken Monday night by Barack Obama's Republican challenger Mitt Romney just 40 seconds in the last of three debates, Africa was placed at the center of U.S. foreign policy and international security. The radical and ...
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Prostate Cancer Hits African American Men Especially Hard
MIAMI -- Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport administrator here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer. "I’d rather know early on so that it can be treated, rather than sit around in denial until it’s too late," he said. "If it’s going to help catch ...
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One peacekeeper killed 3 injured by gunmen in Sudans Darfur
KHARTOUM, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least one peacekeeper of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was killed and three others injured in an ambush by unknown militants in the restive Sudanese western region of Darfur on Wednesday, the mission said in a statement. It said that the ambush took place on Wednesday morning, approximately 10 km from Hashaba North in northern Darfur. The ...
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6 Russian sailors Estonian national abducted in Nigeria
Six Russian sailors and an Estonian national working with a French oil and gas company have been abducted by gunmen off coast of Nigeria's oil Delta, spokesperson of the Nigerian navy Commodore Kabiru Aliyu has said. Aliyu told a Xinhua reporter on Wednesday afternoon that details of the kidnap were still sketchy, but the Paris-based company, named BOURBON, confirmed on its official ...
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S. Sudan dispels rumor of spat with Kenya over killing
South Sudan on Tuesday dispelled rumors of a diplomatic spat with Kenya over the murder of a government official in a robbery attack on Sunday night in a Nairobi suburb. Second Secretary of the South Sudan Embassy in Kenya Pauline Adhong Malok told journalists in Nairobi that the tragic death of Alemo Oneik Amulu, a 42-year-old official in the office of the Speaker of Council of State in Juba, ...
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1 Chinese killed over 100 detained for gold mining in Ghana
1 miner shot dead by police during crackdown, investigation under. Chinese workers' safety overseas is again in the spotlight after more than 100 Chinese were detained and one was killed while allegedly mining gold illegally in Ghana. This is the third case involving the detention of Chinese nationals in the West African country this year, and it is the first time that a Chinese has ...
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24 shot dead in northern Nigeria state attack
The police in central north Nigeria's Kaduna State on Sunday said 24 people were killed in an attack carried out by unknown gunmen in Dogon Dawa area of the state. State commissioner of police Olufemi Adenaike disclosed this to reporters in Kaduna, the state capital, saying suspected gang of armed bandits, numbering 10, stormed Dogon Dawa village killing 24 persons. Adenaike added the ...
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Former first lady of Ghana elected to head NDP in presidential polls
The former first lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, has been elected by newly formed National Democratic Party (NDP) as its presidential candidate for the election in December. The NDP, which was formed by members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), held its first National Delegates Congress on Saturday in Ghana's second largest city of Kumasi, 270 km north of the ...
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13 killed 26 injured in traffic accident south of Sudans capital
A total of 13 people were killed Saturday and 26 others injured in a traffic accident south of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, said the Sudanese Police in a statement. "13 people were killed and 26 others injured in a traffic accident at Al-Takala Abbasher area in central Sudan's Gezira State," the statement said. It noted that the accident took place when a passenger mini-bus ...
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Police car hit by grenade in Libyas Benghazi no casualties reported
TRIPOLI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- A police vehicle was exploded Saturday in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, causing no casualties, security sources said. Initial investigation showed that the blast occurred when a home-made grenade was thrown at the car of a senior police officer outside his house, the sources said, adding that no casualties were reported during the explosion. ...
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One killed dozens injured in boat-capsizing in S. Africa
At least one person was dead and dozens hurt after their boat capsized on Saturday afternoon in the western South Africa, local media reported. The boat was carrying about 41 people before capsizing at about 3:00 p.m. local time, and six people remained missing, according to the National Sea Rescue Institute said. The accident occurred as their charter boat lost its control in Hout Bay, Cape ...
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Libya says it has evidence to charge Qaddafis son
Libya has enough evidence to charge former leader Muammar Qaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. The latest announcement comes amid a dispute over where he should face justice. The ICC wants Saif, the only son of the slain Libyan leader in custody, to be tried in The Hague, but Libya's post-revolutionary ...
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Sudan expels Norwegian diplomat
Sudan asked the Norwegian ambassador on Wednesday to send home one of its diplomats a day after Oslo ordered a Sudanese diplomat home over spying allegations. Norway expelled the Sudanese diplomat on Tuesday, saying his activity was incompatible with his diplomatic status. The Sudanese man was suspected of covertly gathering information on Sudanese refugees in Norway and transmitting it to ...
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Kenya calls for disarmament of surrendering Al-Shabaab
By Chrispinus Omar, Peter Mutai Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday called for the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration of the Al-Shabaab insurgents surrendering to the Africa Union peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM). Kibaki who was among several regional leaders who joined thousands of Ugandans in commemorating their 50 years of independence noted that as part of the ...
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Death toll from mortar shells attack in Sudan rises to 6
At least six persons were killed on Monday and 22 others injured in the mortar shells attack on Kadogli in Sudan's South Kordofan State, official SUNA news agency reported. "The mortar shells attack left 6 people killed, four women and two children, and 22 wounded including 10 children and nine women", the agency quoted South Kordofan Governor Ahmed Haroun as saying. Haroun ...
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Africa IMF Launches Discussion of Sovereign Debt Restructuring
, Deputy Director of the IMF's Policy, Strategy, and Review Department. In an interview with the IMF Survey, Bredenkamp noted that sovereign debt is back at the center of economic policy debate as a result of the global crisis, prompting the IMF to develop a new work program on the ...
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South Africa How Income Inequality Hurts South Africas Children
There's been a great deal of hand wringing in South Africa in the aftermath of the Marikana massacre. With the explosion of the underbelly of our society onto the international arena, South Africans have been left with little choice but to confront the demons of nearly 20 years of a failed democracy. From the fact that no woman feels safe walking alone on South African streets, to the fact ...
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African Union celebrates 50th anniversary
AFRICAN leaders have opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. African Union (AU) chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, in a speech to open the ceremony on Saturday, said the celebrations would look forward to "create a continent free from poverty and ...
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In 1st official trip to sub-Saharan Africa Kerry urges Nigeria to respect human rights
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakea hands with Palestinian restaurant employees as he stops by for a snack after his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, ...
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AU leaders meet for Africa Day
Leaders from 54 African Union (AU) member states have gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to celebrate 50 years of formalised solidarity. Extravagant celebrations have been laid on for the Africa Day event. Officials will debate the future of the continental organisation and a football match will take place thereafter. Authorities will spend most of the day in a giant hall, built by China to ...
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Africa On the Occasion of Africa Day Turkeys vision of Africa
First of all, Turkey’s relations with continent arise from a principled and strong historical past, dating back to centuries ago. Ottoman Empire extended to 3 continents and a significant part of its boundaries were in Africa continent. In the first period of the relationship, from 15th to 19th century, there had been strong relationship between Ottoman Empire and certain sub-Saharan ...
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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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