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In the delicate world of diplomatic protocol, mispronouncing a foreign leader's name ranks among the worst of faux pas. But that is lost on many Americans. Who can forget Hillary Rodham Clinton's verbal gymnastics after being asked by Tim Russert to name the new president of Russia? (Most...
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 (UPI) -- Human rights advocates say a proposal to set up a "truth commission" in Kenya is seriously flawed because it doesn't rule out amnesty for many war crimes. The Kenyan parliament is considering a draft of a law to create the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation...
Michael Sneed: Sneed hears ailing U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, who's battling cancer, is being urged to resign so a successor would be in place before the November election. The stunner: Sneed hears rumbles Ald. Sandi Jackson is on the short list and could make history by becoming, along with her...
The new notion of global responsibility to alleviate suffering has struggled to win acceptance?and Myanmar will not be the place where it comes of age?IT WOULD only take half an hour for the French boats and French helicopters to reach the disaster area.? Those were the wistful words uttered by...
Tom Mosoba Nairobi She is a strong-willed professional woman currently flying the Tanzanian flag high in the international arena. But Justice Imani Aboud least expected that she would be the one to be chosen to chart the murky waters of Kenyan politics in the wake of the December 27 General...
a government of national unity with the MDC, diplomatic sources have revealed. It is also understood that the American government was separately pushing for the involvement of former United Nations Secretary-General Mr Kofi Annan in the talks leading to the government of national unity. The...
What do you do when the world is lined up to help more than a million desperate people hit by a cyclone, and Myanmar's hard-line junta blocks that help? That is the unprecedented situation confronting the United Nations, western aid agencies, and humanitarian organizations.
Soaring food prices in recent weeks have created a global hunger crisis WASHINGTON, D.C.—In recent days, soaring food prices have made providing food assistance to the world's hungry people much more difficult than it already is. "Today, I can buy 40 percent less food for this cup than I could...
For AUD Students money does not buy innovation, _innovation is people creating value by coming up and implementing new ideas_ Dubai- Alex together with Robert Durrant, Kaveh Kashani, Afshan Solooki and Sami Al-Turki _ all visual communications students at the American University in Dubai (AUD) _...
Last week, I said that Cameron should embark on a “save the Brown” exercise and be dull in PMQs, so as to cast the Prime Minister a lifeline. Perhaps he agrees. He was quite flat today, and Brown quite defiant. As always, I measure them against their usual standards – but this was not the scene...
