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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Rewriting History on Flooding and Levee Breaches
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Downtown Cedar Rapids Submerged: Biggest Flood Ever Recorded
"It looks like Katrina."
Saturday, June 14, 2008
NOLA Blog Covers Iowa Disaster with Watchful Eye: Submitted by Georgianne Nienaber
Monday, May 19, 2008
Zimbabwe Opposition Accuses Military Over Assassination Plot
Monday, May 19, 2008
Anti-Immigrant Violence Continues in South Africa
Zimbabwean refugees targets of violence
Monday, May 19, 2008
Ouch! TSA Forces Woman to Remove Nipple Rings for Flight
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No shirt, no shoes, dangling nipple rings - no service!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Human Wave Flees Violence in Zimbabwe
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Mugabe Party Seems Poised to Fight for Presidency
Despite losing control of Parliament, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party were explicit on Thursday about their willingness to continue fighting for the presidency.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
New Signs of Mugabe Crackdown
Police officers loyal to Robert Mugabe, embattled president of Zimbabwe, raided opposition party offices on Thursday and arrested at least two foreign journalists covering the disputed elections.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure
Exposure to AChEIs could also be linked to the higher rate of ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, in Gulf War vets.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
State of the Nation: Kenya
Why the Cote d'Ivoire disaster is echoed in the Kenya crisis
Monday, February 18, 2008
Turnout Low as Violence Mars Pakistan Vote
Fearful of violence and deterred by confusion at polling stations, Pakistanis voted Monday in parliamentary elections that may fail to produce clear winners.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Suicide Attack Kills 36 in Afghanistan
Second serious attack in So. Afghanistan in two days, dozens dead
Monday, February 18, 2008
Analysts, Exiled Zimbabweans See No Hope In Looming Elections
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Photo-Op Raids in Paris
On Monday more than 1,000 French riot cops raided apartments in several housing projects north of Paris, arresting suspected leaders of ultra-violent rioting in the region last November
Monday, February 18, 2008
Rice Urges Compromise Following One-Day Visit to Nairobi, Kenya
Saturday, February 9, 2008
News from Kenya's Daily Nation
Headlines from Kenya's largest newspaper
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Suicide Bombing at Election Kills at Least 20 in Northwestern Pakistan
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Turkey's Parliament Votes to Lift Head Scarf Ban
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Archbishop 'must quit' in Sharia Row
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Jordan Says Hamas Seizes Aid Convoy Sent to Gaza
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Chad Rebels Say They Want to Lure Army from Capital
Saturday, February 9, 2008
EU Says Photos Show Reality of International Whaling
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Pakistan Opposition Party Holds First Rally Since Bhutto Killing
Friday, November 23, 2007
Courthouse Bombings Strike 3 Indian Cities
At least 10 people were killed and more than 50 injured today in as many as five nearly simultaneous blasts outside court houses in three cities in No. India.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Pakistan Calls Commonwealth Suspension 'Unjustified'
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tough Race in Australia for Supporter of Bush
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Arab League Peace Group to Attend Annapolis Summit
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Major Breakthrough on Stem Cells
New stem cell method could ease ethical concerns.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Factbox - AIDS in Africa
More than 33 million people are infected with the AIDS virus globally. 22.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are living with the virus - over 60% are women.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
French Charity in Dispute over African Children
Kidnapping or humanitarian? Matters not; the children, yet again, are caught in the middle.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
MONUC concerned by rising number of rapes in N. Kivu, Congo
MONUC reiterated its concern over the rising number of rapes on women by armed men in the N. Kivu province of eastern DRC.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Heavy Fighting Reported in Pakistan
In some of the heaviest fighting seen in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, Pakistani fighter jets bombed villages for the third day as authorities battled pro-Taliban militants.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
African Reactions Mixed on New American Military Presence: AFRICOM
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
International Peacemaking Leaders Gather in Sudan
Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Sudan on Sunday to discuss continued violence in Darfur
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Town Braces for Massive Rally in Support of 'Jena 6'
Thousands of protesters gathered in Jena, Louisiana, today to march for justice in a show of support of the six black teens
Monday, September 17, 2007
Iran Condemns French Remark on War
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French Foreign Minister says the world should brace for war against Iran over its nuclear programs although he did not believe war was imminent
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Sudan Bombs North Darfur Town
Sudanese government aircraft bombed rebel-held town in Darfur just days after UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-moon said Khartoum had agreed to end attacks in the region
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: Averting the Nightmare Scenario in Eastern Congo
The international community must launch a new initiate to prevent the breakout of Congo's third major war in a decade. Death tolls from the deadliest conflict globally since WWII will mount rapidly unless urgent diplomatic initiatives commence immediately.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Warming is Seen as Wiping Out Most Polar Bears
Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear by 2050.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Third Execution in 3 Days Set for Texas
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Today, Kenneth Foster Jr. will be executed by lethal injection under the Texas Law of Parties.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
BREAKING NEWS: Texas Governor Calls of Execution of Kenneth Foster
Friday, August 24, 2007
3 British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan by U.S. Bomb
Friday, August 24, 2007
Khartoum "defying Darfur embargo"
Amnesty International has accused the Sudanese government of deploying weapons to Darfur in "breathtaking defiance" of UN arms embargo
Thursday, August 23, 2007
GEORGE BUSH: BLOOD OF TWO BROTHERS ON YOUR HANDS - Saving Private Hubbard
Clovis, California family loses second son to war in Iraq. Surviving son sent home.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Protesters Take Stand For Kenneth Foster Jr.'s Clemency
Texas death row inmate scheduled for execution on August 30 for crime he didn't commit
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Kenneth E. Foster & John Joe Amador: HOW WE WILL PROTEST OUR EXECUTIONS
Monday, August 20, 2007
Tourist influx to put Kenya game park in jeopardy
Kenya's Masai Mara game park faces a disastrous surge in tourism after a government decision to give away land around its borders
Friday, July 27, 2007
Overlooked amid Sudan's civil war, Lost Girls find a voice
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Sudan says US, UK talk up Darfur to hide Iraq "failure"
Sudanese president Omar al-Beshir has accused president Bush and British prime minister Gordon Brown of exaggerating Darfur's problems in order to hide Iraq "failure"
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Mandela Marks 89th Birthday by Launching Braintrust
Nelson Mandela marked his 89th birthday on Wednesday by launching an international group of elder statesmen, including fellow Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, to tackle the world's problems
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Pardons Board Grant Troy Anthony Davis 90 Day Stay of Execution
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Libya Lifts Death Sentences on Medics in HIV Case
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Casual Lawbreaking at the White House
Karl Rove and many of his colleagues used RNC e-mail accounts for official business - even though White House policy is clear that doing so is a violation of the Presidential Records Act
Monday, June 18, 2007
Pakistan Condemns Rushdie Knighthood
Minister warns controversial author's honor may provoke suicide attacks and fuel extremist fire
Monday, June 18, 2007
At least 7 Afghan children killed in U.S. Airstrike
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The American-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed seven children during an air strike on a religious school thought to be an al-Qaeda safe house
Monday, June 18, 2007
Oxfam pulls out of Darfur
Oxfam has decided to permanently close down its humanitarian operation in the town of Gereida in Sudan's western region of Darfur, citing reluctance by authorities there to improve security and stop attacks on aid workers
Thursday, June 14, 2007
African Governments Reach a Consensus on Ivory Trade
CITES: 18 years after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species banned the ivory trade, Ministers from elephant-range states today reached a compromise
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Bush Picks Washington Insider as White House Aide
New Bush aide has extensive corporate lobbying ties
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Mass lobbyists prepare for marriage vote
Boston: people on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers as the Legislature decides whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
South Africa Strike Foreshadows Political Contest
A nationwide strike entered its 12th day, shutting schools, crippling hospitals and hamstringing courts
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
US Forces Mistakenly Kill 7 Afghan Police Officers
American led forces killed seven Afghan policemen and injured five more in an exhange of gunfire early this morning as a result of mistaken identity
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Sudan accepts joint peacekeeping in Darfur
Sudan on Tuesday agreed to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force in the troubled region
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Camp Lejeune Water Pollution, Cancer Link Investigated
Some 75,000 Marines and their families at Camp Lejeune in N. Carolina were exposed to toxic tap water that may have caused cancer and birth defects
Monday, June 11, 2007
3 GI's Killed in Baghdad Bridge Blast
Six soldiers wounded as bomb hits bridge checkpoint
Monday, June 11, 2007
Bush calls vote on Attorney General "Meaningless"
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Iran Envoy's Meeting with IAEA Canceled
IAEA sees conflict "brewing"
Monday, June 11, 2007
U.S. Relies on Sudan
Sudan has become increasingly valuable to the U.S. since 9/11 because the Sunni Arab nation is a crossroads for Islamic militants enroute to Iraq and Pakistan
Monday, June 11, 2007
U.S. Chummy With Sudan Despite Darfur?
Even as the U.S. has condemned Sudan for its role in the mass killings in Darfur, Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on insurgents in Iraq
Monday, June 11, 2007
Appeals Court Rules Against Bush's Enemy Combatant Policy
The Bush administration cannot legally detain a U.S. resident it believes is an al-Qaida sleeper agent without officially charging him
Monday, June 11, 2007
Common Sense Prevails: Justice Served - Genarlow Wilson Freed
The 17-year-old sentenced to a decade in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old, today was granted his freedom
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Colin Powell Calls For Closing Guantanamo Bay
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Anti-War "Camp Casey" Sold as Peace Site
L.A. newscaster buys site before pro-war group grabs land
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Lieberman: U.S. Should Weigh Iran Attack
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Senator Joseph Lieberman said Sunday the U.S. should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran's involvement in Iraq
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Africa: G8 Considers Reducing Antiretroviral Drug Targets
Leaders of the G8 group are considering reducing their commitment to providing universal access to life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medication by almost half (click on Africa link)
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Bush nominee worries Iraq can't do more
The general picked by President Bush to become his war advisor said Thursday he has serious concerns about the Iraqi government's ability to take control of its country, no matter how much pressure is applied by the U.S.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
William M. Arkin: Gates is Wrong - Europe Should Go Its Own Way
Thursday, June 7, 2007
US regulator tried to smear scientist in fight for Glaxo drug
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has admitted his staff attempted to smear a scientist who raised doubts about the diabetes drug Avandia
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Gunmen kill female journalist in northern Afghanistan
An Afghan journalist was shot to death in her home as she slept beside her 10-month old baby. The journalist was the director of a private local radio station
Thursday, June 7, 2007
US sanctions undermine Darfur peace: Sudan
Sudan on Wednesday accused the United States of playing politics over Darfur, claiming that tougher sanctions will only set back the deployment of UN peacekeepers in the blood-soaked region
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Bush-bashing dominates Republican debates
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
EPA Makes it Harder to Protect Wetlands
The Bush administration made it harder on Tuesday for non-permanent streams and nearby wetlands to be protected under the federal Clean Water Act
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Spat Over Missiles
Despite climate change officially topping the G8 agenda, George Bush steered toward a confrontation with Vladimir Putin
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Libby Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in CIA Leak Case
Former Cheney aide sentenced to 30 months, fined $250,000
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Broadcasters Win FCC Expletive Dispute
An appeals court said a new federal policy against accidentally aired profanities on TV and radio was invalid, noting that even president Bush has been heard using expletives
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Democrats Fear a Wider Black Caucus-Pelosi Rift
Democratic leaders fear that Rep. William J. Jefferson's indictment, coming exactly one year after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi engineered his ouster from the Ways and Means Committee, could rekindle a dispute between the speaker and black lawmakers who were once pillars of her power.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
U.S. Whole Foods Supersizes in London, Next Europe
Whole Foods Market Inc., the world's largest organic and natural foods chain, opens its first store outside North America in London on Wednesday and plans hundreds more in Britain and across Europe
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
On the 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War: Q&A with Michael Oren
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Kenya Rallies Support for 20 Year Elephant Ivory Trade Ban
CITES Conference set in the Hague, June 3-16
Monday, June 4, 2007
Judge Dismisses Charges Against Guantanamo Detainee
A military judge dismissed charges Monday against a Canadian who was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan
Monday, June 4, 2007
Al-Qaida Group Claims To Have Killed Captured U.S. Soldiers
Monday, June 4, 2007
Taylor Trial Drama
The first-ever war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) got off to a dramatic start on Monday when former Liberian president Charles Taylor refused to attend
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Putin warns Russia could target Europe
Russian president Vladimir Putin warned that U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to target its weapons against Europe
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Six Militants Killed in Somalia
Six Islamic militants - including a British and American - were killed in northern Somalia over the weekend during joint local and U.S. military attacks
Sunday, June 3, 2007
John J. Metzler: The "feel-good" factor of Darfur
Editorial to the China Post
Sunday, June 3, 2007
14 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq in Last Three Days
Saturday, June 2, 2007
U.S. Hits Militants' Somali Base
At least one U.S. warship bombarded a remote, mountainous village in Somalia where Islamic militants had set up a base
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Mark Hertsgaard: Calling Bush's Bluff
The other G8 leaders know that Bush's new climate change proposal will lead nowhere, but will they call his bluff at next week's meeting?
Friday, June 1, 2007
Vets Back Man in Trouble Over Protest
The nation's largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to "exercise a little common sense" and call off its investigation of a group of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during anti-war protests
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Boeing Subsidiary Accused of Aiding CIA in Torture Flights
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday against San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary Jeppsen
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Guantanamo Inmate Found Dead - Apparent Suicide
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Oil May Allow Sudan to Escape Sanctions Pain
Bush's sanctions will do little to stem Sudan's oil exports, which are the main source of the country's wealth, analysts say
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Bush to Seek Extension for AIDS Effort
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Pres. Bush will call on Congress today to provide $30 billion toward battling the global AIDS crisis over the first five years after he leaves office
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Boos for Miss U.S.A. Aimed at U.S. Lawmakers
Incessant heckling by Mexico City audience was a reaction to the proposed Immigration Legislation
Monday, May 21, 2007
Gun Battle at Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon
Monday, May 21, 2007
Mortar Shell Hits Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad
Monday, May 21, 2007
Is President Carter Irrelevant?
White House says former President is, "increasingly irrelevant," after Carter declares President Bush the "worst in history." Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley counters White House statement
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Sarkozy Names 7 Women to 15-Member Cabinet
Designates the founder of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a Socialist, as his foreign minister
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Disaster in Somalia
The situation in the troubled E. African nation hardly seemed like it could get any worse. But it has. Some Somali's forced to "rent" trees
Friday, May 18, 2007
Several Dead in Bombing Outside India Mosque
A bomb exploded outside one of India's largest and most sacred mosques on Friday, killing at least seven and injuring dozens
Friday, May 18, 2007
Wolfowitz Taint Will Limit Bush's Choices for Successor
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Somalia Premier Escapes Bombing
Somalia's Prime Minister escapes unhurt after apparent attempt to kill him in the capital, Mogadishu
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wolfowitz, bank board lock horns in negotiations
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Court Clears Way for Stem Cell Grants
The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state's stem cell research agency to distribute billions of dollars in grants
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Moral Majority Leader Falwell Dies
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Evangelical leader found dead in his university office
Friday, May 11, 2007
A Bitter Pill To Swallow: Oral Sex Could Be More Dangerous Than Cigars
Looks bad for Clinton either way
Friday, May 11, 2007
US Officials Unaware Of New German Terror Threat Against Americans In Germany
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Sudan: A Plan B with Teeth for Darfur
John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, and co-author of "Not On Our Watch," talks Darfur in Boston Globe
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
On Africa Malaria Day, Unicef says world must help curb spread of disease
To mark Africa Malaria Day, Unicef urged the international community to take action on the disease that kills one person on the continent every 30 seconds
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Somalia Burns - but does anyone care?
Saturday, April 7, 2007
North Koreans arm Ethiopians as U.S. assents
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Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country's nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Suspects Detained in Ethiopia
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U.S. agents have been interrogating al-Qaeda suspects in secret Ethiopian prisons, human rights groups allege
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Talks Aim to Stop More Bloodshed in Somalia
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Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has seen the city's worst violence in 15 years which has left some 400 people reportedly killed.
Monday, March 19, 2007
The Non-Essential Pitstop
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Man Forced to Relieve Himself in Air Sickness Bag
Monday, March 19, 2007
The Joy of Flying
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Woman Upgraded to First Class after Dying in Economy
Thursday, March 1, 2007
New Malaria Drug Targets Children
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More than a million children in Africa die from malaria each year, while the disease affects some 3,000 children under five in Africa each day; one dies every 30 seconds.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Court Names Darfur War Suspects
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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have named a minister and a militia leader who they suspect of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region. Sudan will not hand over suspects.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Somalia's Chaos: The Iraq Model Leads Again to Trouble
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The administration of President Bush has done it again, this time in Somalia
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Africa: Donors Call the Shots in HIV/AIDS Sector
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Major donors come under scrutiny for shoddy record-keeping, accountability and conduct, including President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Friday, February 16, 2007
Netherlands Tops UN Child Well-Being Table for Rich Countries; US, UK at Bottom:
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The study, produced by Unicef, is based on material well-being, health and safety, education, peer and family relationships, behaviors and risks, and young people's own subjective sense of well-being.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Darfur Activists Frustrated With U.S. Inaction:
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Bush's special envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, tells audience at Georgetown University that the Sudanese government's actions in Darfur no longer constitutes "genocide." What's changed?
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
U.S. To Have Africa Military Command
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More troops to continent under new Africom center
Monday, February 5, 2007
Mia Farrow: You too can divest from Sudan
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Are YOU invested? Fidelity Investments mutual funds has immense holdings in PetroChina Co. & Sinopec Corp., two oil companies that have poured millions into Khartoum's coffers.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sudan Loses AU Chair Over Darfur
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
U.S. Air Strikes On Southern Somalia Leave Casualties
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