Omar al-Bashir

Slipping in Turkey

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been the protagonist of an epic liberalization of politics in Turkey. The victory of his mildly Islamist AK Party in a 2002 general election was itself a breakthrough; even more so was his government's...

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The 2009: Year of the Ox, Gorilla, Astronomy or President?

The military appoints opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as the new president of Madagascar. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

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Sudan sentenced children to die over rebel raid

Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but has since promised not to execute them, a top United Nations official said on Sunday. A Sudanese government official said he could...

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Israel, Turkey to mark first ministerial visit since Gaza row

Israeli Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer is today scheduled to commence the highest-level visit between Turkey and Israel since relations between the two countries became strained after the Israeli...

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ANKARA: If Dersim was a massacre, what was the other thing?

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey Nov 20 2009 If Dersim was a massacre, what was the other thing? Friday, November 20, 2009 ERTUÄ?RUL Ã-ZKÃ-K One of the things we have been talking over is this: Will the Republican People's Party, or...

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China hails role of Sudanese president in development

November 20, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – A visiting Chinese official hailed the role played by Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir in transforming his country in terms of development. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the standing...

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Showing leg: Sudan's separation of church and state

By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A few months after she was arrested for wearing pants, Lubna Hussein was lounging around her home in a shady, upper-class neighborhood in this capital along the...

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Sudan's elections to be held on scheduled time: first vice-president

KHARTOUM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's First Vice-President and President of southern Sudan government Salva Kiir Mayardit said Saturday that Sudan's general elections would be held on its fixed time in April 2010. "The...

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Danish government must arrest Sudanese President if he attends climate conference

Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government has invited Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, to attend...

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U.S. eases stand on global criminal court

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The American war-crimes ambassador said yesterday that the United States was committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the...

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