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  • Black And White 12 Nov 2009 04:40 GMT
    ... ‘Ni hao!’ in Africa. Not just in South Africa, but in Kenya and Tanzania, people called ... the western world and attracted criticism from human rights groups. China has been accused of taking ...

  • Helping Hand for Homopobia From U.S. Christians [analysis] 12 Nov 2009 06:19 GMT
    ... death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and criminalise human rights work. Christopher Senyonjo, a retired Anglican bishop ... said Senyonjo. Senyonjo and Macauley were in South Africa to attend the first African dialogue on ...

  • A state of collapse 12 Nov 2009 06:31 GMT
    ... the UN on the Goldstone report on human rights abuses during Israel's offensive in Gaza last ... the dimensions of the one directed against South Africa in the 1980s. Some maintain that targeting ... Israeli goods that convinced Barghouti the Palestinians' "South African movement" had arrived: he believes the endorsement ...

  • Fears over detained SA man 12 Nov 2009 08:46 GMT
    ... Cape Town - The family of a South African man who is apparently being held illegally ... the American government and the United Nations Human Rights Commission. "Only the UN confirmed receiving the ...

  • UN: Hunger stunts 200M children 12 Nov 2009 05:14 GMT
    ... to a new report published Wednesday by UNICEF before a three-day international summit on the ... the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday. The Aardonyx celestae was a ...

  • UN declares annual Nelson Mandela day 12 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... to resolving conflicts and promoting race relations, human rights and reconciliation. The General Assembly president, Ali ... 91, led the fight against apartheid in South Africa as head of the African National Congress's ...

  • UN rights chief decries civilian protection failure in Palestinian territories and Afghanistan 12 Nov 2009 00:10 GMT
    ... UN rights chief decries civilian protection failure in Palestinian territories ... M. Lederer, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday decried the failure to ... report by an expert panel chaired by South African Judge Richard Goldstone calling for Israel and ...

  • China tightens its grip on Africa 12 Nov 2009 06:11 GMT
    ... "Nelson Mandela International Day" to honor the South African leader's contributions to global peace. In a ... his life to conflict resolution, race relations, human rights promotion, reconciliation and gender equality. "Nelson Mandela ... and marginalized people across the globe," said South Africa's UN Ambassador Baso Sangqu. "Mandela is not ...

  • Older People Need Help to Raise the Next Generation 12 Nov 2009 01:16 GMT
    ... Nairobi — When the working members of a household ... pensions and child-care grants provided to older South Africans, and cash transfer programmes for older Kenyans, ... for." Research by the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, in five African countries found that between ...

  • Sex trade or polio - film fest on child rights shows it all 12 Nov 2009 05:42 GMT
    ... Some of the participating countries are Nepal, South Africa and Iraq besides India. "This unique collection ... rights of children," said an official of UNICEF, which has organised the film festival. "The ...

  • Courthouse bomber to speak about social change 12 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
    ... After it was initially canceled, a controversial talk by ... ignoring the massive violations of life and human rights perpetrated by state terrorism, particularly the USA, ...

  • Nobel Peace laureates gathered in Berlin to award their own prize 12 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... and HIV education and prevention programs in South Africa. Lennox, who is best known for her ... a world without violence, one in which human rights are not just written down on paper ...

  • Prize for Lennox 12 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... and HIV education and prevention programs in South Africa. Lennox, who is best known for her ... a world without violence, one in which human rights are not just written down on paper ...

  • Law must help the poor - Zuma  12 Nov 2009 05:54 GMT
    ... He said he was worried that people sometimes went to ... justice as well as the protection of human rights for all citizens of the world,” he ...

  • UN declares Mandela Day 12 Nov 2009 02:10 GMT
    ... "Nelson Mandela International Day" to honor the South African leader's contributions to global peace. In a ... his life to conflict resolution, race relations, human rights promotion, reconciliation and gender equality. "Nelson Mandela ... and marginalized people across the globe," said South Africa's UN Ambassador Baso Sangqu. "Mandela is not ...


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