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- Sudan: Bashir Finds Strong Support 7 Aug 2008 22:51 GMT
... Court (ICC) prepared last month to indict Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes allegedly committed ... in Darfur. Since then, most Arab and African leaders have condemned the move, which some ... an ICC signatory or not, if the UN Security Council - citing a threat to ...
- Before Reality Shows Made Them... 7 Aug 2008 22:38 GMT
... a tumultuous return home after scooping the East African Coca-Cola pop star accolade in 2003. Cindy, ... made. Blu*3 enjoyed a massive following in East Africa and by the time their first album ...
- Iran Doesn't Mention Nuke Freeze 7 Aug 2008 22:13 GMT
... begin putting together a fifth round of United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran. A United ... her to be a consistent critic of Sudan and its abuses in Darfur, U.N. Watch reported, ... be replaced by Navanethem Pillay, a South African judge. Major floods in Western Ukraine damaged ...
- HIV drugs 'can defend against new infections' 7 Aug 2008 20:31 GMT
... people now," said Montaner. Observational studies in Uganda have also shown that in heterosexual couples where only ... that works," said Stephen Lewis, the former UN secretary-general's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. "If this takes hold it will have a ...
- Mia Farrow to air alternate Darfur Games 7 Aug 2008 20:31 GMT
... from a refugee camp on the barren Sudan-Chad border, aiming to shame China into using its ... Beijing, which has veto power at the UN, has resisted tough Security Council action against ... as the janjaweed to put down ethnic African rebel groups that rose up in 2003. ...
- Advocates Discuss Travel Restrictions Around The World For People Living With HIV/AIDS 7 Aug 2008 19:55 GMT
... , seven nations -- Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates and Yemen ... in the medical field and for sub-Saharan Africans seeking to study (Watson, , 8/5). Australian ... In his opening address at the conference, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the travel ...
- Former African Leaders Launch Regional Campaign To Pressure Politicians On HIV/AIDS 7 Aug 2008 19:55 GMT
... Former leaders of Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, as well as other well-known African figures, launched an initiative Tuesday at the in ... Tutu; and Miriam Were, head of the Kenyan National AIDS Control Council (Ingham, , 8/6). ...
- Six Killed In Attack On Civilian Convoy In Darfur 7 Aug 2008 19:32 GMT
... in the troubled region of Darfur in Sudan on Thursday after unidentified gunmen on camels attacked a ... a civilian convoy, said UNAMID, the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission. UNAMID said that the ...
- Mom, diplomat in baby battle 7 Aug 2008 19:31 GMT
... Thursday against a Swiss diplomat and his Ugandan beauty queen wife over accusations by a ... fight back. "If this is happening in Kenya, where at least we have rules and regulations, ... and regulations, imagine what the rest of Africa is like," said Tom Chavangi, executive director of Unicef-funded ...
- Medalist: China barred me over Darfur 7 Aug 2008 19:26 GMT
... he might bring to the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region at the 2008 Olympic Games. ... fighting the Arab-dominated political regime in the African nation of Sudan and its state-backed militias. The United Nations estimates some 400,000 people have died in ...
- On the American economy, Russia's policy on Zimbabwe, the credit crunch, organic milk, political behaviour 7 Aug 2008 18:56 GMT
... of such places as Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, and Zimbabwe reveals your choice of hyperbole ... concerned. Your article on Russia and the United Nations simultaneously took us to task for changing ... belief. We took our lead from South Africa and other regional powers that are working ...
- Kenya calls for Mideast peace 7 Aug 2008 18:55 GMT
... will spawn more of the extremism that led to bombings of US embassies in east Africa a decade ago, Kenya's prime minister warned on Thursday. Raila Odinga was speaking at a ceremony commemorating the ...
- New focus on children at AIDS seminar 7 Aug 2008 18:31 GMT
... infection. Michel Sidibe, an official of the United Nations AIDS program, said that 1.5 million children ... dynamics of families. Studies in Botswana and Tanzania that were cited at a news conference ... those giving care to infected people in Africa are women and girls. Lorraine Sherr of ...
- UN asks Khartoum to review death sentences of Darfur rebels 7 Aug 2008 18:20 GMT
... UN asks Khartoum to review death sentences of Darfur rebels The United Nations urged the Sudanese government Thursday to review the death sentences of 30 African rebels in Darfur because the decisions may have failed to meet international standards. Sudan's ...
- Young Kenyan mother says Swiss diplomat kidnapped son 7 Aug 2008 17:50 GMT
... Young Kenyan mother says Swiss diplomat kidnapped son NAIROBI, Kenya ... Thursday against a Swiss diplomat and his Ugandan beauty queen wife over accusations by a ... and regulations, imagine what the rest of Africa is like," said Tom Chavangi, executive director of UNICEF-funded ...
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