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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sudan News.Net http://www.sudannews.net/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 30 Melbourne, July 19 : Grappling with record 2.2 million per cent inflation, Zimbabwe has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages. http://www.sudannews.net/story/384169 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:36 -0400 Sudan News.Net http://www.sudannews.net/story/384169 London, July 19 : An amputee sprinter, who's nicknamed the "Blade Runner", has failed in his bid to qualify for this summer's Olympics in Beijing, after South Africa's athletics federation left his name off its 1600-metre relay team today. http://www.sudannews.net/story/384057 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:00:40 -0400 Sudan News.Net http://www.sudannews.net/story/384057 Washington, July 19 : South African beauty Charlize Theron admits that she would love to start a family with beau Stewart Townsend. http://www.sudannews.net/story/384027 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:31 -0400 Sudan News.Net http://www.sudannews.net/story/384027 Johannesburg, July 19 : Former South African President Nelson Mandela used the occasion of his 90th birthday on Friday to call for renewed action against poverty. http://www.sudannews.net/story/383979 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:15 -0400 Sudan News.Net http://www.sudannews.net/story/383979 + ] By Mark John and Parisa Hafezi GENEVA (Reuters) - Major powers gave Iran two weeks to answer calls to rein in its nuclear programme on Saturday or face tougher sanctions after talks ended in s... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293926&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:03:24 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293926&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Nigerian government has bowed to pressure from groups and ethnic leaders from the oil producing Niger Delta to suspend indefinitely a peace summit aimed at halting attacks on the petroleum industr... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292297&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:06:09 -0400 VOA http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292297&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "What the prosecutor of the court has done is a dangerous precedent," Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci told his Arab counterparts, holding an emergency meeting in Cairo to discuss the ICC move... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292290&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:23:57 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292290&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties have moved closer to formal negotiations on a power-sharing deal.Talks on ending the country's ongoing political crisis had stalled, but it appears a key stick... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293823&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:09:50 -0400 VOA http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293823&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Adds SADC comments) By Cris Chinaka HARARE, July 19 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party could sign an agreement as early as Monday to begin substantive talks with President Robert Mugabe's p... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293925&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:03:25 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293925&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec July 19, 2008, 17:15 Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce new higher-value 100 billion Zimbabwe dollar notes today as part of a desperate fight against spiralling hyperinflation, the bank said. Zi... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292306&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:38:56 -0400 SABC http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292306&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Ali's Fur tribe (Darfur means "House of the Fur") is one of three named in the indictment as being targets of the violence. But what is happening in the western territory of Sudan is just one chapter ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292915&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:05:45 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292915&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Cairo - In an effort to avoid possible prosecution of the Sudanese president on genocide charges, an Arab League committee formed during an emergency meeting on Saturday is trying to draw up a concili... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292292&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:12:25 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292292&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Alberto Dabo BISSAU, July 19 (Reuters) - Authorities in Guinea Bissau have seized an executive jet suspected of being used to smuggle cocaine into West Africa, triggering a stand-off betwee... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293924&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:03:27 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293924&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec New Chelsea signing Deco has pleaded with striker Didier Drogba to stay at Stamford Bridge next season. Drogba, 30, has been linked with possible transfers to Spain and Italy. Deco said: "I don'... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293258&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:59:45 -0400 BBC http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293258&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Proteas, at tea on the second day, were 262 for four in reply to England's 203, a lead of 59. Prince was 100 not out, following his 101 in the first innings of the drawn first Test at Lord&... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292293&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:03:58 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292293&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday. The new no... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292303&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:23:57 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292303&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government seized a Namibian registered ship carrying tonnes of sharks illegally fished in its waters, the official Noticias reported on Saturday. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292296&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:05:25 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292296&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Discuss the game here Rio Ferdinand withdrew from the game just before kick-off with a minor back spasm, and the Chiefs began positively, with David Mathebula and Tshabalala both testing Tomasz Kus... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293257&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:59:43 -0400 BBC http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293257&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki has proposed forming a team drawn from regional bodies and the United Nations to help him mediate in the worsening crisis in neighboring Zimbabwe... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292295&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:05:27 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292295&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced new $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292302&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:14:31 -0400 CNN http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292302&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Updates with government statement, number seized, adds byline) By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, July 19 (Reuters) - Suspected Tuareg-led rebels attacked a remote paramilitary outpost in Mali on Saturday, ki... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293922&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:03:29 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16293922&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping flew to Harare on Saturday, to hold separate meetings with the main political parties in Zimbabwe. The nature of the discussions was not disclosed to the me... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292308&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292308&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Q UNU, South Africa - Some came in exquisitely beaded traditional skins, others wore T-shirts emblazoned with his name, and Nelson Mandela welcomed all to the festive tent outside his home today for t... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292299&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:51:29 -0400 Boston Herald http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292299&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A Former governor of Plateau State, Mr. Michael Botmang, was yesterdays arraigned before an Abuja Federal High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly misappropriati... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292298&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292298&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the CCM acting head of propaganda unit, Mr Richard Hiza Tambwe, said both constitutions of the United Republic of Tanzania and Zanzibar recognise Zanz... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292301&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292301&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec There is a general consensus in Zimbabwe that the only way out of the current crisis is dialogue between the two main political parties, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the Zimbabwe Afric... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292309&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292309&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Commission's humanitarian wing are working together in Madagascar to provide medicines and other vital health services to a series of villa... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292294&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292294&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide has greatly encouraged some Darfuri human rights activists. Other observers in Suda... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292300&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16292300&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Investec threw a curved ball this week when it attacked the methodology of StatsSA in South Africa. Elsewhere in this edition Investec argues that the lack of action by StatsSA to rebase their inflati... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290397&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:53 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290397&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia, one of North Africa's biggest grain importers, expects a worse than average grain crop this year due to poor weather conditions and under-investment, a newspaper quote... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291960&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:23 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291960&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] NIAMEY, July 18 (Reuters Life!) - Smokers in the desert state of Niger who break newly enforced anti-smoking laws by lighting up in public or at work, face punishments of up to three months in p... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291968&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:19 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291968&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec July 19, 2008 Manila - The Philippine embassy in Nigeria is looking into the arrests of 15 Filipinos last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the Niger Delta. "We are looking into it. The em... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290401&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:03:50 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290401&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Flag bearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has kicked against government's decision to sell Ghana Telecom (GT) to Vodafone International Holding at the cost of $900 mi... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290392&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290392&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] TUNIS, July 19 (Reuters) - A Tunis court jailed five Islamists, including two police officers and a teacher, for up to nine years on charges of belonging to a terrorist cell and planning attacks... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291969&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:20 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291969&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Harare - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2,2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new Z$100-billion bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said on Saturday. ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290986&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:45:00 -0400 IOL http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290986&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg/Harare - Zimbabwe's central bank has introduced a bearer's cheque of 100 billion Zimbabwe dollars in a bid to ease recurrent cash shortages bedeviling an inflation-ravaged economy. Zimbab... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290410&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:35:49 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290410&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Warsaw - A Cameroonian poet and activist living in Poland as a refugee since 1999 went on trial Friday in Warsaw charged with having "knowingly infected" 11 women with the HIV virus, his lawyer said. ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290989&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:44:42 -0400 IOL http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290989&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Ken Borland PERTH (Reuters) - A pair of tries by Lote Tuqiri and Stirling Mortlock carried Australia to a 16-9 victory over South Africa in their Tri-nations match on Saturday. The Spring... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291963&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291963&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has charged a former governor of central Plateau state with corruption and money laundering, court papers showed on Saturday. Michael Boatmang is t... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290398&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:18 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290398&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec OSLO, July 19 (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Somali boy was in critical condition on Saturday after being shot by an unknown assailant with a large-calibre weapon at a centre for asylum seekers near Oslo, ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291966&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:19 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291966&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Alan Baldwin HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton put McLaren on pole position for engine partners Mercedes' home German Grand Prix on Saturday. ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291965&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:21 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291965&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 03:00 CDT Text of report by Anthony Bugembe entitled "Govt sets guidelines to check distribution of expired drugs" published by Ugandan newspaper The New Vision web... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290408&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:29:51 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290408&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Albert Milton has been appointed the General Manager of Morupule Colliery Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Debswana Diamond Company, with effect from 1st of August 2008. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290390&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290390&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The government is trying to attract cement companies into the country, as it responds to a growing demand from uranium mines and to a backlog in housing, Steve Motinga, Director of Industrial Developm... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290396&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:54 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290396&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Julien Pretot DIGNE LES BAINS, France (Reuters) - Three-times world champion Oscar Freire honoured his green jersey with victory in the 14th stage of the Tour de France, a 194.5-km trek fro... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291967&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16291967&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mayflex, a cabling infrastructure, networking and IP physical security solutions distributor, has recently completed its first Excel Installation Training course for cable installers in Tanzania. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290394&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:34:34 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290394&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Australian explorer Impact Minerals has struck a strategic alliance to explore for and develop nickel-platinum deposits in southern Africa with World No. 2 global platinum producer, Impala Platinum. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290407&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290407&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Standard Chartered Bank believes that we are the Right Partner to have in times like these. Our solutions provide you with the necessary tools to help you weather these storms, protecting the value of... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290391&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290391&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Throughout the 1980s, the Reagan administration operated an open-door policy for African dictators and the racist apartheid regime in South Africa. Ronald Reagan's "constructive engagement" policy in ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290402&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:55 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290402&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Tuareg rebels are currently holding 92 Malian soldiers hostage in the Sahara, according to a member of the committee appointed to oversee the implementation of the Algiers accords. Bamako is de... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290985&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:44:53 -0400 IOL http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290985&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE ASHANTI Regional Road Safety Committee, acting on the directives of the National Road Safety Commission, has successfully embarked on a joint-exercise with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authori... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290393&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290393&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Comment: When a British investigator [Tom Parker] is appointed to investigate war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), then we should expect him to focus on Anglo-American enemies, and Om... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290808&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:23:20 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290808&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The mother company recently announced an agreement with Apple under which Orange will take the device across a number of markets, including Europe, the Middle East and Africa. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288006&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:52:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288006&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Richard Sydenham LEEDS (Reuters) - Pace bowlers Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn claimed four wickets apiece to help dismiss England for 203 on the first day of the second test at Headingley on ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:17 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African President Thabo Mbeki announced plans to work closely with the U.N. and the African Union as he attempts to mediate a settlement in Zimbabwe. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290173&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:23:56 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16290173&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Juba, the capital, now has a proper maternity ward, delivery chairs and even two incubators, still festooned with opening-day ribbons. In its first five days, it dealt with 46 normal births and six ca... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288020&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:59 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288020&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ZIMBABWE, grappling with record 2.2 million per cent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages. The new note will go into circulation on ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288022&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:31:09 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288022&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MEMBERS of the Ebonyi state chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), yesterday, marched round major streets of Abakaliki, protesting against the move by some state Governors to ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288016&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:52:07 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288016&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Jeremy Gauntlett, who represented the Zimbabwean farmers at the hearing in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, told the five judges of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal the exprop... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289542&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:39 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289542&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Liu Guijin, Beijing's envoy for the ravaged region of western Sudan, said on Friday the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's application for the arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir co... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289537&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:52:07 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289537&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is beginning to breathe more easily as a Western diplomatic campaign against his re-election falters, leaving mediation efforts in the hands of his old ally, Thabo Mbe... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289541&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:36 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289541&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec As world leaders chase solutions to the global crisis caused by soaring food and fuel prices that threaten millions with hardship, Guinea-Bissau's peasant farmers are looking to their cashew crop to s... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289539&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:30 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289539&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Foreign donors are ramping up aid to remote, neglected Central African Republic because they fear cross-border conflicts in neighbouring Sudan's Darfur and Chad could expand and feed on a vacuum of st... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289544&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:25 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289544&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has agreed to restore relations with Chad, mediator Senegal said on Friday, more than two months after Khartoum severed ties, accusing Ndjamena of backing Darfuri rebels... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289534&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:52:01 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289534&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The angel Gabriel leans over and whispers: "My Lord, those are army uniforms." So goes a joke about mandatory national service in Eritrea, a Red Sea state that keeps an estimated one in 15 people i... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289533&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:59 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289533&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million per cent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said.The new note will g... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288021&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:02:25 -0400 SBS http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288021&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Alan Baldwin HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Finland's Heikki Kovalainen kept McLaren on top of the German Grand Prix timesheets with the fastest lap in Saturday's final free practice. Th... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:15 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report that he was very worried that a Sudanese rebel group active in the country's war-ravaged Darfur region appeared to be using child sold... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289543&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:18 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289543&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government is considering bringing further criminal charges in the case involving two former Bear Stearns executives indicted last month related... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec 'We don't want food aid' Also on the visit to the centre was Mitike Abebe, who farms wheat, barley, lentils and other crops in southern Ethiopia. She depends entirely on rainfall, sturdy oxen, and he... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289545&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:09 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289545&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The 1,2-million-strong population of Mauritius at present enjoys plentiful piped potable water from the 2 000mm average annual rainfall that falls over the island. But large amounts of water are waste... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288019&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:52:08 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288019&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec QUNU, South Africa - Nelson Mandela sat beaming in a yellow armchair, his legs propped up on a large stool and covered with a pale yellow blanket. Ten grandchildren crowded around to serenade him with... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288418&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:23:58 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288418&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec CIC Energy (TSX: ELC, BSE: CIC Energy) reported a loss for the three month period ended May 31, 2008 of US$2,6 million (P16.7m) or $0.05 per share (basic and diluted), and a loss for the six month per... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288007&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:52:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288007&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Maputo's publicly owned bus company, TPM, is gradually reopening old routes within the Maputo-Matola connurbation that had been temporarily suspended because of a shortage of buses, reports Friday's i... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288015&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:52:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288015&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec On this basis, Francistown's property market boom should continue. Property experts who spoke to Business Week say they do not foresee a recession due to the suspension of the Activox project. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288009&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:52:11 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288009&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thirty-seven Egyptians were killed and 38 injured when a train collided with three vehicles in northern Egypt on Wednesday, security sources said. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289540&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:32 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289540&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur have reported Manchester United and Liverpool to the Premier League over their pursuit of strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane. Manchester United man... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:17 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec After a year of controversy, legal battles and frantic effort, Oscar Pistorius of South Africa will not compete in the Olympic Games next month in Beijing. Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from S... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288017&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:34:19 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288017&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "No one believes what has happened to our country. Now we talk of prices in billions of [Zimbabwe] dollars and people are asking what comes after trillions. They laugh about it but we know it's not fu... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289538&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:51:53 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289538&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Frank Nyakairu KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda projects $500 million earnings from its growing tourism sector in 2008, up five percent from last year, a marketing official said. In 2007 Kampal... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:18 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Mark Gleeson KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Nigerian striker Onigbo Ifeanyi scored a last-minute winner against his compatriots on Friday to lead Sudan's Al Hilal to a 3-2 win over Enyimba in the ope... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:14 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16289890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tokyo, July 19 (bna)-- The Japanese Government Plans To Send A Fact-finding Team To Sudan Next Week In Preparation For Its Participation In Peace Keeping Efforts In Darfur. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288011&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:18:39 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16288011&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal was set to elect its first president on Saturday, from a marginalised ethnic community whose violent demand for a greater say in running the governm... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16287391&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:07:54 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16287391&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today paid tribute to a Nigerian peacekeeper killed two days ago while on patrol in the war-wracked Sudanese region. http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285265&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:58:29 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285265&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec 7/19/2008, 1:33 a.m. EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar t... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285268&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:30:43 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285268&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] WASHINGTON (Reuters) (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, his campaign said. "At approximately 3:15 a.m. EDT (8:15 a.m. British t... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16287392&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:07:55 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16287392&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Spain says a feasibility study for an undersea tunnel to connect Spain and Morocco is in the final stages. If the project goes ahead and construction begins, trains carrying both passengers and goods... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285269&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:59:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285269&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Five years after the peace agreement that ended its civil war, Liberia has made accelerated progress on several human rights issues, but there are still serious concerns about the rule of law, accordi... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285270&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:58:42 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285270&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Gaborone North Member of Parliament (MP) Keletso Rakhudu says he intends to table a motion requesting government to establish the Freedom of Information Act during the forthcoming parliamentary sessio... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285262&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:54:39 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285262&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NANA ADDO Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has implored the people of the Upper East Region to refrain from what he described as "one way voting", and vote... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285263&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:54:39 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285263&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The BAM secretary general, Matlhomola Modise, disclosed that the leader of BAM, Ephraim Lepetu Setshwaelo, will travel to Bobonong where he will officially open the BCP congress. The two parties have ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285261&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:54:38 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16285261&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to justice. "I am de... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16284572&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35:15 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16284572&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] PARIS (Reuters) - Two French aid workers were abducted in Afghanistan after gunmen tied up guards and broke into the guest house where they were sleeping, humanitarian organisation Action Agains... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16284570&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35:13 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16284570&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a human rights advocate in the country's southwest for "illegal possession of state secrets" after he offered help to parents of children killed ... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16284571&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35:13 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16284571&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUNU, South Africa -- Highlights from Nelson Mandela's interview Friday with reporters at his 90th birthday celebration: --- Q: What is the message you would like to share wi... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16283430&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:24:07 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16283430&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The European Commission has backed a plan to give €1bn ($1.59bn) to farmers in Africa next year to help tackle high food prices and boost output. The EU money was to have subsidised European far... http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16281991&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:31:51 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.sudannews.net/?rid=16281991&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec