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Aid contributions to Somalia down

Published: Nov. 7, 2009 at 2:25 AM MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Donors have contributed less to Somalia because many areas are too dangerous for aid agencies to operate in, U.N. officials said Friday. Contributions for...

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4 get death sentences for killing albino

DODOMA, Tanzania, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania for killing an albino because they believed is body parts could be used for magic, police said. Lucca Haule, assistant commissioner of...

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UMBC stars bridge cultural gap

High-scoring Houapeu, Bulls bridge cultural divide as they lead Retrievers Andrew Bulls (right) was reared on organized soccer. Levi Houapeu grew up playing pickup games in the dusty streets of his West African homeland. Bulls,...

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African refugees seized off Yemen

Published: Nov. 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM SANA‘A, Yemen, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A boat carrying refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea was seized in the territorial waters of Yemen, authorities said Saturday. "The smuggling boat was...

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Nigeria: Separate Anambra Politics From Kidnappings

Chief Agunwa Anaekwe was the Third Republic Speaker of House of Representatives and at present, the chairman of the Campaign Organisation of Professor Chukwuma Soludo. He speaks on the forth-coming Anambra election in this...

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Sudan: Rights Group Says Sudan Evidence Obliges U.S.

Human Rights First urges the Obama Administration to take immediate and firm action in response to a new investigative report issued by experts monitoring the United Nations arms embargo on Sudan. The report, released late...

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Guinea: Political Crisis Only Sharpens Daily Hardship

Dakar — Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in a September...

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South Africa Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira Confident Ahead Of 2010 (Goal.com)

The Brazilian, who will be coaching in his sixth World Cup, was clearly not short of confidence while speaking to the press in Newtown on Friday. “This is priceless,” he said in reference to participating at football’s biggest...

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Egypt: Max's thoughs on Azaan

Recent Articles also in Middle East & North Africa Recent Links also in Middle East & North Africa Max Strasser, a journalist living in Cairo, wrote his thoughts on government plans to sync the call to prayer in every Cairo...

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Ghana: Nungua Chieftaincy Dispute

An Accra High Court yesterday convicted Nii Adote Obuor IV, Acting President of the Ga Traditional Council for contempt of court in the raging Nungua chieftaincy dispute. Additionally, the Ga Traditional Council and Nii Odehe...

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