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Tuesday 31 May 2011
Obama visits Brazil with Libya on his mind
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama stuck to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil, arriving Sunday morning in a once-notorious slum that Brazilian officials now hold up as a symbol of a rejuvenated country.
Western Sahara
Key facts about the territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement
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News Analysis: As Goal Shifts in Libya, Time Constrains NATO
President Obama has shifted from protecting civilians to regime change, but NATO faces tensions over how long it will take.
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Quick Hits Around African Tech
Umbono: Google’s South African Incubator In Cape Town, Google has initiated a tech incubator that gives 6 months of free space, $25-50k startup funding and access to an extensive mentoring network. The secret sauce here is in the angel & mentor network, who will be providing 50% of all investment money, while Google provides the [...]
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Obama, Gates to leave Washington for official visits as Libya crisis deepens
As war clouds gathered over Libya on Friday, the U.S. commander in chief and his defense secretary were each preparing to leave Washington to visit places far removed from any military operations.
Monday 30 May 2011
Libya
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Governor's convoy in north Nigeria rushing to president crashes, killing 4 and injuring 11
KATSINA, Nigeria - A Nigerian state governor survived a car crash that left four dead as he traveled to meet the president in the oil-rich country's north.
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Libyan rebels' stronghold becomes ghostly war zone
Moammar Gaddafi's troops enter the eastern rebel stronghold, forcing thousands to pack their cars and flee in the direction of the Egyptian border.
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Obama praises Brazil as a model of democracy
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama sticks to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil.
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World Briefing | AFRICA: Nigeria: 70 Suspected Militants Kill Six People in Multiple Attacks
About 70 gunmen suspected of being Islamic militants attacked two police stations and a bank in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday.
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Sunday 29 May 2011
In Libya, Gaddafi's tanks split rebel forces
Troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on Wednesday positioned tanks for the first time along the main road connecting the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, effectively splitting the forces opposing Gaddafi in two.
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Africa: India Woos Continent With U.S.$5 Billion Loan Offer
India offered Africa $5 billion over three years as the headline item of a key bilateral summit as the Asian giant sought to widen its economic footprint on the continent.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105290035.html
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In Cairo, Hillary Clinton pledges millions in U.S. aid to Egypt
CAIRO - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to the wellspring of Egypt's pro-democracy revolution on Tuesday to pledge tens of millions of dollars in U.S. financial aid and business incentives while also appealing for Arab help in ending the escalating violence in Libya and Bahrain .
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Zambia: Big Brother Sparks Confusion in the Head's House
IF there is one thing that Big Brother is good at, is solving house problems using his unique and interesting antics.
Can Turkey Unify the Arabs?
Beyond Istanbul's landmarks, a legacy of cosmopolitan interchange of goods and ideas.As the Arab world struggles with the traumas of its revolutions, something else is at work along connections from the Ottoman Empire, bent but never broken.
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Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism
With security still scant, violence in Cairo between Muslims and Christians raises the prospect of a deepening sectarian divide.
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Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a
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Saturday 28 May 2011
Egypt eases Gaza border blockade
Egypt relaxes Gaza border restrictions, allowing many Palestinians to cross for the first time since ousted President Hosni Mubarak shut the crossing.
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Critics say Egypt getting crash course in constitutional confusion
With voting scheduled five weeks after the old regime was toppled, pundits and politicians have expressed deep concern that citizens are ill prepared to comprehend what proposed constitutional amendments mean.
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Libya gains control of more rebel territory
No-fly zone supporters fear international action could come too late to help rebels.
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Nigeria: Dozens of Heads of State to Attend Inauguration
No fewer than 50 heads of state and governments are expected to be in attendance at Sunday's inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105280015.html
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Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Take 2
Former President Jimmy Carter and Nicholas Kristof answer a second round of readers' questions about Sudan.
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U.S. and European officials say initial assault on Gaddafi's forces 'very effective'; Libyan leader pledges 'long, drawn-out war'
After 24 hours of strikes on air defenses and ground forces, Gaddafi calls foreign forces "Nazis," promises drawn-out war
Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes
The White House is acknowledging popular revolutions might bring a more religious cast to politics.
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US gauges Libyan opposition in Paris as allies call for swift military intervention
PARIS - Under pressure from allies and growing calls for military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration on Monday held its first high-level talks with the Libyan opposition and introduced a liaison to deal full time with their ranks. But it remained undecided about exactly how much support
Friday 27 May 2011
Police raid headquarters of the prime minister's party in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Officials say police have raided the headquarters of the political party of Zimbabwe's prime minister and arrested three staff members.
Western Sahara
Key facts about the territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement
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Somalia, Wobbly on Ground, Seeks Control of Its Airspace
The country hopes to collect millions of dollars in flyover fees if it regains authority over traffic in its airspace, which the United Nations has controlled since 1996.
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Half a Doctrine Will Have to Do
�In March, Libyan rebels were reeling from attacks by the government.President Obama has offered a lofty, unified policy of support for popular risings in the Middle East. Can it survive in a complicated world of friends and foes?
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Questions raised about U.S. role and goals in Libya
Administration officials and military leaders came under a barrage of questions - raised by members of Congress, outside experts and reporters - about the parameters of U.S. participation and the operation's goals, especially if Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi does not capitulate.
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Obama keeps his eye on independent voters
President Obama's Friday news conference did little to advance U.S. policy on Libya or clarify the White House's position on resolving the budget impasse in Congress. The president nonetheless conveyed one unmistakable impression: He is now focused intently on winning back independent voters.
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Thursday 26 May 2011
Global banks held Libyan assets
Some of the biggest financial institutions in the world held billions of dollars of Libyan state funds, a leaked report reveals.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-13553259
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Mubarak conundrum
Trying ex-president forms part of a tussle for power in Egypt
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Sudan: Abyei Still Tense After Burning and Looting, UN Reports
While the Sudanese town of Abyei is now empty with its residents having fled the recent violence, the situation there remains tense, according to the United Nations, which called on both sides to cease their hostilities and return to negotiations.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260253.html
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Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya
Group says endorsement of no-fly zone was intended to prevent civilian casualties
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Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens
President Obama orders plans giving U.S. military "full capacity to act" in Libya if situation worsens but expresses several notes of caution.
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Nigeria: Reps Group Rejects 'Imposition' of Speaker
The House Project, a group of members of the House of Representatives, has kicked against the move by external forces to impose a speaker on the House.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260556.html
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Libya gains control of more rebel territory
No-fly zone supporters fear international action could come too late to help rebels.
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Wednesday 25 May 2011
VIDEO: Nato pounds Tripoli targets
Nato has carried out some of its heaviest air strikes so far on the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13525277
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'No UK decision' on Libya helicopters
No decision has been made on whether to deploy UK Apache helicopters to Libya, the government says, contradicting claims by a French minister.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13528702
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Mozambique
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Egypt: initial results show constitutional reforms passing, and unprecedented turnout
CAIRO - Partial results from a third of Egypt's provinces Sunday showed massive turnout and a vote overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional changes that eliminate restrictions on political rights and civil liberties.
Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism
With security still scant, violence in Cairo between Muslims and Christians raises the prospect of a deepening sectarian divide.
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Libyan rebels' stronghold becomes ghostly war zone
Moammar Gaddafi's troops enter the eastern rebel stronghold, forcing thousands to pack their cars and flee in the direction of the Egyptian border.
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Africa: Medvedev Commits Russia's Support to Africa
In a congratulatory message to the continent on Africa Day, the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, said that his country is ready to continue supporting Rwanda and other African countries in their quest for development.
Gaddafi could turn to Libya's mustard gas stockpile, some officials fear
Western reconnaissance is focusing on a small garage at a remote site in the Libyan desert, though nothing untoward has been seen so far.
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Tuesday 24 May 2011
Memo From East Africa: Border Town Incursion Poses Big Risk for Sudan
Soon before they were to declare independence, southern leaders watched the north take over a disputed town.
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Africa: Istanbul Conference "A Setback" for Poor Countries
Some of the decisions taken on trade in the Istanbul Plan of Action are likely to disadvantage poor countries while others are so vague as to be meaningless, says Abdoulaye Sanoko, counsellor at the mission of Mali to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241154.html
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Quick Hits Around African Tech
Umbono: Google’s South African Incubator In Cape Town, Google has initiated a tech incubator that gives 6 months of free space, $25-50k startup funding and access to an extensive mentoring network. The secret sauce here is in the angel & mentor network, who will be providing 50% of all investment money, while Google provides the [...]
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U.N. confirms probe into allegations of torture by Gaddafi's forces
The torture inquiry, the latest international move to bring pressure on Libya's Moammar Gaddafi, is confirmed as NATO ministers meet to weigh options for intervention.
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Nicholas D. Kristof: Answering Your Sudan Questions, Round 3
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Nicholas D. Kristof address a third and final batch of readers? questions.
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U.S. jet crashes in Libya, pilots survive, as Gaddafi's forces dig in
Setbacks for rebels reveal the degree to which the disorganized and ill-equipped force is depending on allied airstrikes to end Gaddafi's rule.
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East Africa: EAC Chief Frustrated At Slow Pace Towards Common Market
The East African Community on Thursday unveiled its budget for the 2011/2012 financial year in Arusha but said it was worried by the slow pace of implementing the Common Market Protocol.
Monday 23 May 2011
Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born
An analysis implies that modern language originated only once, in southern Africa, a surprising finding.
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Ethiopia: UN Security Council Delegation Meets Zenawi
A joint consultative meeting between the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the UN Security Council began in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Saturday.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105230231.html
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Uganda: Will the Gay Bill Face Tougher Battles?
Uganda and the Anti-Homosexuality Bill have become synonymous on the international stage. On either end of the debate at home are its author, MP David Bahati, and one of its most vocal opponents, gay rights activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera.
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Senegal
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Obama keeps his eye on independent voters
President Obama's Friday news conference did little to advance U.S. policy on Libya or clarify the White House's position on resolving the budget impasse in Congress. The president nonetheless conveyed one unmistakable impression: He is now focused intently on winning back independent voters.
U.S., Europe considering naval operations to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya
The United States and its European allies are considering the use of naval assets to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya and to block arms shipments to the government of Moammar Gaddafi, even as they weigh the legality of imposing a no-fly zone without United Nations authorization, according to U.S...
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Sunday 22 May 2011
Sudan: Jonglei State, South Sudan - 15,000 Civilians Seeking Relocation
15,000 residents of Kaldak village of Pigi county, Jonglei state have asked the state government to transfer them to Ayod county, following conflict between the South Sudanese army and rebel Gabriel Tanginya's forces that destroyed their village in April 2011.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105220007.html
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Malawi
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The Lede: The War in Libya?s Western Mountains
Video from the Nafusah Mountains of western Libya gives a glimpse of a little-seen front in the battle for control of the country.
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Egypt's Interior Ministry building set on fire during police protest
The fire, during a protest by police officers, underscored an abiding concern by many Egyptians that the revolution has weakened law enforcement.
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Saturday 21 May 2011
North Sudan Is Said to Have Taken Contested Town on South Border
Southerners voted in January to become independent on July 9, but the oil-producing Abyei region has emerged as an obstacle to a peaceful split.
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Somaliland
An overview of Somaliland, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
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Clinton, top US visitor since uprising, pressing Egypt's temporary leaders to stick to reform
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was pressing Egypt's transitional leaders Tuesday to follow through on pledges for democratic reform after the ouster of the country's longtime autocratic president in a popular revolt.
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Tarzan and football - Western influences come softly to Algiers
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Gadhafi's government controls the skies by day; sundown brings rebels out in oil-rich east
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to take advantage of Gadhafi's own thin supply lines a
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Friday 20 May 2011
Separating Free Speech From Hate in South Africa
Julius Malema, the leader of the governing party?s youth wing, is defending his right to sing a song with the seemingly bloodthirsty line ?Shoot the Boer!?
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Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid With Peanuts
For many rural people, cash is so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows bartering.
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13 die in sectarian violence in Cairo
CAIRO - Thirteen people died in overnight clashes between Christians and Muslims in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in Egypt since last month's ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, officials reported Wednesday.
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In Libya, Gaddafi forces recapture strategic western town
ZAWIYAH, LIBYA - In the battle-scarred center of this small town, evidence abounds that the popular uprising here has been brutally crushed, in a bitter blow to the fast-fading hopes of rebels that they can succeed in toppling Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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South Africa: Ruling Party Retains Power In Two Key Cities
As results continue to come in a day after Election Day, results in Port Elizabeth which includes the Nelson Mandela Metro have revealed that the African National Congress (ANC) is in the lead.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201105191076.html
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Fire sweeps Egypt's Interior Ministry building as police protest outside to demand higher pay
CAIRO - An Egyptian security official says police protesting in front of Egypt's Interior Ministry have set fire to part of the downtown complex.
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Thursday 19 May 2011
U.S., allies' jets poised to fly over Libya as other nations mull strategy
Fighter aircraft from France, Britain and the United Arab Emirates converged on bases in and around Italy late Friday to begin operations over Libya under the command and control of the United States at its naval base in Naples, according to U.S. and European officials.
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Ethiopia name Saintfiet as coach
Belgian Tom Saintfiet is named as the new coach of the Ethiopian national team.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport2/hi/football/13453668.stm
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Obama visits Brazil with Libya on his mind
With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama stuck to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil, arriving Sunday morning in a once-notorious slum that Brazilian officials now hold up as a symbol of a rejuvenated country.
In Tunisia, first steps toward democracy
Three months after launching the first in a series of revolts across the Arab world, Tunisians must figure out how to rule themselves.
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Cicely Wolters: An unabashed advocate for the Peace Corps
FEDERAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK | A former Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua and now desk officer for Morocco and Jordan at headquarters in Washington, D.C., Cicely Wolters has watched as the Internet and cellphones have transformed the experiences of volunteers worldwide.
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Libyan Oil Minister Said to Defect to Tunisia
The minister?s departure appeared to be another high-level defection from the increasingly isolated government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
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Doctors Go Far Afield to Battle Epidemics
A rise in programs sending doctors to some of the world?s poorest countries has met with an outpouring of enthusiasm from many recent graduates.
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In Libyan capital, a revolution crushed
In Tripoli, Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold, the real battle for Libya appears already to have been fought and won by a regime that was willing to use live ammunition against its opponents.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism
With security still scant, violence in Cairo between Muslims and Christians raises the prospect of a deepening sectarian divide.
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Egypt's leaders seek police force's speedy return to duty
CAIRO - Responding to public alarm over escalating lawlessness and sectarian violence, Egyptian political leaders urged police Thursday to return to the streets as soon as possible, saying their absence threatens to undermine the country's fledgling democracy.
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Thinking 2020: The Future of Mobile in Africa
A few months back Rudy de Waele got in touch with Ken Banks and myself about helping to curate a collaborative outlook on the mobile industry in Africa, called “Mobile Trends Africa 2020“. Our task was to gather the mobile minds from across the continent and the world and ask them to vision out what [...]
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Top intelligence official says Gaddafi likely to prevail; U.S., Europe weigh responses
The top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is likely to "prevail" in his battle against rebels without foreign intervention or some other major change, as European governments and U.S. lawmakers sought ways to aid Gaddafi's increasingly beleaguered opponents.
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Israel intercepts ship it says carried Iranian weapons bound for Gaza
The Israeli navy on Tuesday intercepted what officials alleged was a ship carrying Iranian weapons destined for Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip.
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Puntland
A profile of the Somali region which declared autonomy in 1998
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Tuesday 17 May 2011
A look at the 17 nations holding more than 850 Somali pirate suspects for prosecution
A look at the 17 nations prosecuting more than 850 pirates captured off East Africa. The overwhelming number of pirate suspects are Somali.
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Gadhafi tells rebels 'surrender or flee' as his forces gain in east and west Libya
TOBRUK, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's forces struck the rebellion's heartland with airstrikes, missiles and artillery on Tuesday, trying for the first time to take back a city that serves as a crucial gateway for the band of fighters who threatened his four-decade hold on power. Rebels rushed to the fro
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Unrest Continues as Libya Mourns Dead
Protests broke out across the country even as Libyans buried victims.
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African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In
Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up large expanses of arable land.
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Monday 16 May 2011
VIDEO: Tensions running high in Egypt
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen on tensions on the streets of Cairo following Egypt's revolution.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13356230
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U.S. and European officials say initial assault on Gaddafi's forces 'very effective'; Libyan leader pledges 'long, drawn-out war'
After 24 hours of strikes on air defenses and ground forces, Gaddafi calls foreign forces "Nazis," promises drawn-out war
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China, after abstaining in U.N. vote, criticizes airstrikes on Gaddafi forces
China on Monday stepped up its criticism of the U.S.-led airstrikes against Libya, using the Communist Party's main media organs to say the military intervention undermines the United Nations charter.
Clinton visits Cairo's Tahrir Square, decries violence in Bahrain
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hails the "power of the human spirit" in a surprise visit to Cairo's Tahrir Square, a bright spot in a trip mostly focused on ominous developments elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Sunday 15 May 2011
Google man behind Egypt protests signs book deal
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive seen as a key figure in the protests in Egypt that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, signs a book deal.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-13351284
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