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Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe addresses a press conference at his home in Harare, Friday, June, 27, 2008. Zimbabwe's opposition leader says negotiations are still possible, though he says the talks have been complicated by an election that was "not legitimate." Tsvangirai spoke to reporters at his Harare home as voting took place Friday in a presidential runoff he is boycotting. Tsvangirai withdrew from the runoff against President Robert Mugabe after intense state-sponsored violenc
Africa   Crisis   Harare   Humanitarian   Photos   Zimbabwe  
 The Star 
Tsvangirai seeks help for Zimbabwe
| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged the world on Monday to help end a "man-made" humanitarian crisis which has left hundreds of people dead in a cholera epidemic.... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, right, greets the crowd at his final rally in Chitungwiza, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Africa   Court   Harare   Land   Photos   Zimbabwe  
 Seattle Times 
Zimbabwe's government defies court on land reform
HARARE, Zimbabwe - | Zimbabwe rejected a court ruling that demanded the government stop its policy of seizing land from white farmers, the state newspaper reported Monday. | The government instead wil... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
President of Kenya Mwai Kibaki, surrounded by body guards at United Nations Conference Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday, Feb 1, 2008  Kenya Broadcasting Corp 
Kenya to open its Embassy in Qatar
Written By:PPS   , Posted: Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | President Mwai Kibaki has said plans are at an advanced stage to open a Kenyan Embassy in Doha, Qatar. | Noting that the number of Ke... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim)
Gulf   Kenya   Photos   Politics   Qatar  
A woman raises her hands as she approaches a military checkpoint while fleeing a neighborhood where Nigerian troops had clashed with gang members, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria Friday, Aug. 17, 2007.  BBC News 
Nigeria riot victims swamp medics
| Hospitals in a Nigerian city that was convulsed by lethal sectarian violence at the weekend are struggling to cope, say aid officials. | Bodies awaiting burial were piled up at wards in Jos, witness... (photo: AP / Dan Udoh)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   Police   Violence  
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrives for South African President Thabo Mbeki's swearing in ceremony for a second and final term Tuesday April 27, 2004 at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, as the country celebrates the 10th anniversary of the end of apartheid. Business Day
Ban Ki-Moon urges Mugabe to finalise deal 
DOHA — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon held behind the scenes talks with President Robert Mugabe yesterday, asking the Zimbabwean leader to concl... (photo: AP / Alexander Joe; Pool)
Africa   Photos   Politics   UN   Zimbabwe  
 Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) Jacob Zuma, right, and President of South A Independent online
'Zuma is suffering like Jesus did'
Submit your comment | ANC President Jacob Zuma is suffering just like Jesus Christ did, said provincial leader Ace Magashule in an interview published on Monday. | "Jesus... (photo: AP Photo)
Government   Leader   Photos   Politics   South Africa  
Deputies of Prime Minister Tymoshenko's party block the rostrum in protest in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko set a Dec. 7 date for new parliamentary elections Thursday after dissolving the legislature following failed efforts to replace his shattered pro-Western coal Daily Star Lebanon
Arms-laden Ukrainian ship to be freed soon - Somali pirates
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, December 01, 2008 | - Powered by | MOGADISHU: Pirates guarding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship said Sunday that it would be release... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
Development   Photos   Police   Politics   Transport  
President-elect Barack Obama, center, greets volunteers for the Greater Chicago Food Depository at their food bank at St. Columbanus Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Daily Star Lebanon
Egypt likes Obama's political 'realism'
| By Gamal A. G. Soltan | Commentary by | Monday, December 01, 2008 | - Powered by | Barack Obama's electoral victory has been received warmly in most of the Arab world, ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais))
Cairo   Egypt   Elections   Photos   US  
Men load jerry cans into a truck as thirsty residents sought drinking water in Jos, Nigeria, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008.Troop reinforcements on foot and in armored personnel carriers appeared Sunday to have quelled two days of ethno-religious violence that left more than 300 people dead in Jos, apparently ending the worst violence in the West African nation since 20 The Australian
Nigerian army takes over riot city
| THE Nigerian army took over the stricken city of Jos today to enforce calm after two days of Muslim-Christian clashes that left hundreds dead. | "The situation thi... (photo: AP)
Elections   Military   Nigeria   Photos   Religion  
The remains of a burnt pharmacy smolder following days of clashes in Jos, Nigeria Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. Troop reinforcements on foot and in armored personnel carriers appeared Sunday to have quelled two days of ethno-religious violence that left more than 300 people dead in Jos, apparently ending the worst violence in the West African nation since 200 TVNZ
Death toll in Nigeria rises
Dec 1, 2008 6:18 AM | Residents took more bodies to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos, bringing the death toll from two days of clashes between Muslim and Chris... (photo: AP)
Elections   Nigeria   Photos   Religion   Society  
Seychelles Nation
President Michel Visits The Seychelles Tourism Academy
| Turning challenges into opportunities | The onus is on the youth of Seychelles to create a society where opportunities abound, a society where responsibility and hard w... (photo: Creative Commons / Simisa)
Business   Photos   Seychelles   Tourism   Travel  
Olusegun Obasanjo (third from left), United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for peace in the Great Lakes Region, accompanied by Liberata Mulamula (right), Head of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, has flown in by helicopter to the area near the Ugandan border to urge the rebel leader to maintain a corridor for humanitarian assistance and to continue to observe the fragile ceasefire in the DR Congo. The Australian
UN envoy holds talks with Congo's rebel leader Laurent Nkunda
| UN special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo said talks with rebel leader Laurent Nkunda helped advance peace moves in Democratic Republic of Congo, even as fresh fighting was re... (photo: UN / Marie Frechon)
Africa   Congo   Peace   Photos   UN   War  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
- Mthethwa: Corruption intolerable
- Deadly Nigerian riots tied to rifts over election
- Deadly Nigerian riots tied to rifts over election
- Deadly Nigerian riots tied to rifts over election
President of Kenya Mwai Kibaki, surrounded by body guards at United Nations Conference Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday, Feb 1, 2008
Kenya to open its Embassy in Qatar
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- DRC refugees brave lions
- 'Smugglers forced migrants to swim'
- Refugee Crisis Looming in Country
- Mbabazi Inspects DRC Refugee Camp in Ishasha
'For God, I will leave the boys alone'
'For God, I will leave the boys alone'
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International Relations Education
- Bangkok postpones ASEAN summit
- Fragile peace at risk after massacre
- Tory 'anger' over leak statement
- Bush: `I'm sorry' the economic crisis is occurring
The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protester shows a picture of Thai king and queen during an anti-government rally at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Airlines were flying dozens of empty planes out of Bangkok's international airport Monday as authorities struggled to clear it of protesters to reopen international links and move 100,000 travelers stranded by the crisis, the airport sai
Bangkok postpones ASEAN summit
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- Our Appalling Education Systems
- Jurists At Portugal-Angola Conference
- French first lady in new role as AIDS ambassador
- IFC, Bank Unveil $4.8 Million to Finance Private Schools
Sarkozy and Bruni
French first lady in new role as AIDS ambassador
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Freedom of expression endangered in Burundi, UN human rights
- Cultural Values And Human Rights Not Contradictory
- UNDP Donates to Human Rights Commission
- Country at Conference on Human Rights, Religious Liberty Con
 Laura Bush visits with a mother and her newborn baby while meeting with the group, "Mothers to Mothers-to-Be," in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, July 12, 2005. The program provides support to HIV-positive women during their pregnancy. (MB1)
Human rights threatened by anti-HIV laws
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- I Got Inspired By Armani's Style - Kwesi Nti
- LBD Revamped
- Ficluanda Event to Serve as Incentive to Young Filmmakers
- Tomoloju in Hot Exchange With Ola Rotimi's Kurumi At Nat
Un groupe de femmes au grand march de Lom. A group of women at the large market of Lome. Togo and Africa
Hope rests with Africa's women
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Aids Terrorism
- French first lady joins global fight against AIDS
- French first lady joins global fight against AIDS
- French first lady joins global fight against AIDS
- Mbete: Always use condoms
Sarkozy and Bruni
French first lady in new role as AIDS ambassador
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- Soldiers Mount Diamond Terror Campaign
- Somaliland Leader Blames 'Foreigners' for Hargeisa T
- SA among top 20 most dangerous places
- International hotels draw elites and terror threat
Grahamstown, South Africa, jsa1
SA among top 20 most dangerous places
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