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7 Tunisian political parties withdraw from anti-violence congress
Seven Tunisian political parties, including the ruling Islamist party, Ennahda, on Tuesday withdrew from a national congress against terrorism and violence, reflecting the growing divide between Islamists and secularists in the North African country.The congress, which is expected to end on Wednesday, was organized at the behest of the country's main labor union UGTT, the Tunisian Human ...
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Refugee outflows resulting from Nigeria crisis spreading UN
The UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) said Tuesday that the ongoing crisis in the northeast part of Nigeria is sending people to Cameroon while refugees are still arriving in Niger amid the insecurity and anti-insurgent operations."A team from UNHCR visited areas along the Nigeria-Cameroon border in the Far North region of Cameroon and reported the presence of more than 3,000 Nigerians. Crossings ...
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Nigerian troops rescues French sailor in southern state
Nigerian troops in southern Bayelsa State on Tuesday said they had freed a French sailor kidnapped on June 13 in Ekeremor area of the state.Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta Maj.- Gen. Bata Dembiro, handed over Benjamin Elan, 28, to Markson Fefegha, the Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, in Yenagoa, the state capital.Elan was among the missing 15 crewmen of a chemical ...
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Mali govt Tuareg rebels sign truce agreement
The Malian government and Tuareg rebels on Tuesday afternoon signed a truce agreement in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.The government and the separatist MNLA and HCA rebels inked the deal at 4:30 pm (1630 GMT) in the presence of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, who is also the mediator named by the West African bloc ECOWAS.The document of "preliminary accord for the ...
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At least 60 people killed in four northern Nigeria villages
At least 60 people have been killed in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara State on Tuesday when gunmen stormed four villages in Tsafe Local government area of the state, local residents and security sources told Xinhua.A source living in one of the affected area said the affected villages were Kizara, Shemori, Danjibga, and Keita. The source said the gunmen numbering about 100 first stormed Kizara ...
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Egyptian FM says tripartite meeting to be held on Ethiopias dam
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr on Tuesday announced that a ministerial meeting of water affairs among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia would be held soon on the latest developments of the Ethiopian dam planned to be built on the Blue Nile.Amr, who arrive in Khartoum earlier Tuesday from Ethiopia, held talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and a number of Sudanese officials to brief them ...
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Mozambique leader condemns deadly attack but little progress in
Mozambique's president Armando Guebuza on Tuesday condemned a surprise attack at an arms depot that left at least six soldiers dead and two injured.Speaking at a rally in northern province of Niassa, Guebuza vowed that there is "no space for blood-shedding" and that Mozambicans deserve peace and tranquility.The call came at a time when police and armed forces are still ...
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Egypts court releases Mubarak in illicit gains case
Egypt's misdemeanor court decided Tuesday to release former President Hosni Mubarak pending further investigations in the case of illicit gains, state-run MENA news agency reported.The court's decision came after his lawyer pleaded the detention period for investigations into the charge has expired.In May 2011, the Illicit Gains Authority ordered to detain Mubarak on the charge of ...
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Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC authorities have not only failed to prevent mining companies and traders abusing rights, they have themselves violated human rights to facilitate mining ...
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8 Russian Sailors Acquitted in Nigeria Arms Smuggling Case
arrested near the West African country’s coast in October 2012 on arms smuggling charges. The sailors were the crew of the MV Myre Seadiver vessel owned by Moscow-based security firm Moran Security Group. Nigerian authorities detained the Myre Seadiver ship with the Russian crew in the port of Lagos on October 19 last year after finding weapons, including 14 Kalashnikov AK-47 assault ...
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Chad Johnson Ive learned my lesson after jail
Chad Johnson wants another chance after seven days in jail and hopes to play football again. (Larry Marano/Getty Images) NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson said Tuesday morning in his first interview since being released from a Florida jail a day earlier that he knows some people may believe he doesn’t deserve a second chance, but he wants to ';finish my career off the right ...
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The US Military and the Unraveling of Africa
website. The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of US Africa Command's big success stories. The Gulfof Guinea. Never mind ...
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Obama to Speak at Berlins Brandenburg Gate
BERLIN -- U.S. President Barack Obama is in Berlin, where he will speak Wednesday at the historic Brandenburg Gate and meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The president arrived in Berlin after two days at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, where the leaders focused much of their attention on efforts to end the bloody conflict in Syria. Obama and six other world leaders ...
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Berlins Brandenburg Gate Backdrop to Decades of US-Europe Ties
U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting Berlin this week, where he will speak at the historic Brandenburg Gate. The gate is not just one of Germany's emblematic symbols; it also chronicles the recent history of the European relationship with the United States. It has been the backdrop of U.S. presidential speeches in Germany for decades. The Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin's ...
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Brazil President Rousseff Salutes Protests
SAO PAULO -- President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. Speaking the morning after more than 200,000 Brazilians marched in over a half-dozen cities, Rousseff said her government remains committed ...
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Chinese State Official Accused of Spending Lavishly on Mistress
A Chinese government official is facing accusations of supporting a mistress with extravagant spending beyond his modest salary, in the latest sex scandal to hit the ruling Communist Party. The scandal erupted Friday, when a 25-year-old female presenter for Chinese state television announced on her blog that she had a four-year affair with the deputy director of China's state archives, ...
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Scot and South African appointed to spearhead Commonwealth sport development projects
This position will lead the sponsorship new business acquisition process for the NBA for Africa. The focus will be on new partner development - prospecting, pitching, negotiating and securing new corporate ...
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UN envoy says Libya faces urgent challenges in move to democracy after decades of dictatorship
The top U.N. envoy to Libya warned Tuesday that the country faces urgent challenges as it struggles to instil democracy after decades of dictatorship, including growing political polarization, weak institutions that can't deal with escalating security problems and thousands of conflict-related detainees waiting to be charged or released. Tarek Mitri told the U.N. Security Council that ...
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Repressing Rights While Talking Law in Uganda
forced two newspapers and two radio stations to shut down while they conducted a search – and kept them shut. After years of documenting human rights abuses in Uganda, including threats to free expression, I was not impressed by her words. Her claim that the day’s events were grounded in law only further illustrated the government’s emerging practice of citing laws to justify ...
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Algeria probes state power boss over Alstom GE deals
June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:18pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Algeria is investigating the head of its state power and gas utility, Sonelgaz, over contracts involving U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co and France's Alstom SA, sources told Reuters and Algerian local media reported. "The case is about inflating costs in deals with U.S. firm General Electric and French firm ...
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Pentagon to Allow Women in Key Combat Roles by 2016
PENTAGON -- The U.S. military says that within the next three years, it will put women in key combat roles from which they were previously excluded. American women have been serving in combat roles and hundreds have been killed on the front lines for years, but they have been excluded from key positions in areas including Special Operations and infantry. In January, then-Defense Secretary ...
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Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region
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Knotty cassava tubers can change Nigeria
Nigeria's cassava bread initiative is among an ambitious set of programmes designed to transform agriculture and rural livelihoods in this country of 170 million, the most populous of Africa's 55 nations. The sweeping plans include cutting corruption, rebuilding crumbling infrastructure, facilitating agro-processing industries and recapturing once-robust export ...
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Shell uses sabotage claims to avoid blame for Nigeria oil spills
Shell's persistent claims that theft and sabotage are responsible for almost all the oil spills at its operation in Nigeria could have been exaggerated, an international watchdog has ...
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Get me out of here - Canary Islands KenyaTanzania San Diego
Set sail for a cruise of the Canary Islands on 1 July. The 12-night trip departs from Southampton aboard P&O's Ventura, costing 749pp for an inside cabin. Ports include Madeira, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote and ...
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South Africa's small but growing cruise industry
The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.
The South African cruise industry is a growing one, in comparison to more developed countries it is tiny, with just one ship (sometimes two) that grace the coasts of South Africa once a year between November and April. Read more
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