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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, left, is congratulated on his prize by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi Joachim Gauck, center, after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.
Germany   Islam   Media   Photos   Wikipedia: Kurt Westergaard  
Merkel honours Mohammad cartoonist at press award
| POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to freedom of speech on Wednesday at a ceremony for a Dane whose cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad provoked Muslim protests that led ... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen, pool) The Star
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.
Independence   Photos   Sudan   Violence   Wikipedia: Southern Sudanese independence referendum, 2011  
Clinton calls Sudan referendum 'ticking time-bomb'
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan is a "ticking time-bomb" ahead of a January vote on possible independence for the south and the international community must redouble efforts to head off violence, U.S. ... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) The Star
A young girl passes by posters of Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali, Rwanda, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a rally for the upcoming presidential elections which will be held on Aug. 9 2010 The Kagame Dilemma
| No one is quite sure what to make of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame. Since his re-election this month with 93 percent of the vote, the United States has reacted warily. The White House cited &... (photo: AP / Marc Hofer) The New York Times
Elections   Photos   Politics   Rwanda   Wikipedia: Paul Kagame  
Obese Women  61% obese in SA - survey
| Sixty one percent of South Africans are overweight, according to a survey released on Wednesday. | Cape Town was the worst affected with 72 percent of those surveyed there overweight, obese or morbi... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Independent online
Exercise   Obesity   People   Photos   Wikipedia: South Africa  
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Ruling party presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo gestures as he discusses election results being shown on a TV in his office, in Accra, Ghana Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Official results, which were still being tallied on Tuesday, showed Akufo-Addo with a narrow lead over his main rival, opposition candidate John Atta The NPP's Akufo-Addo Bites The Bullet In Cape Coast
Some problematic aspects of the human element in our democracy were on full display at Cape Coast on Saturday when the NPP's Akufo-Addo was marginalized (downgraded, beli... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) Peace FM Online
Akufo-Addo   Cape   Democracy   Human   Photos  
Rice - Grains - Food - Commodity STC pegs its food prices in spite of global increases
| The Seychelles Trading Company said yesterday it will not raise its food prices now, despite global price rises caused by disasters like floods in Pakistan and fires in... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Nation
Consumers   Food   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Inflation  
UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than do... (photo: WN / John Sahid) The Times Of India
Congo   Photos   Rapes   UN   Wikipedia: Republic of the Congo  
Al-Shabaab fighters provide security during a demonstration in Suqa Holaha neighborhood in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 5, 2010. 'Slow genocide' in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
The sound of gunfire echoes through almost every street in Mogadishu. | Residential areas frequently come under heavy, indiscriminate shelling, corpses litter the alleywa... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor) BBC News
Genocide   Government   Mogadishu   Photos   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War  
A Congolese government soldier (FARDC) stands guard by a UN truck at the Kibati checkpoint north of Goma, eastern Congo, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Government forces stopped a UN convoy they claim was infiltrated by CDNP rebels in Goma, and took them into custody. UN officials say they were transporting 10 Mai Mai militiamen who had surrendered to the UN demobilisation prog UN peacekeepers 'failed' DR Congo rape victims
UN peacekeepers have "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said. | Atul Khare told the Security Council that the scale of system... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) BBC News
Congo   Photos   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Congo Civil War  
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon listen to a speech of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila, not seen, during a gala dinner in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo UN actions 'not adequate' in preventing DRC rapes
2010-09-08 06:40:17.0UN actions 'not adequate' in preventing DRC rapesUN,mass rapes,DRC,rape,Atul Khare,peacekeeping11004220Global General2@webnews/enpproperty--> | UNITE... (photo: AP / Olivier Pollet, pool) China Daily
Photos   Rapes   UN   Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo   Women  
Financial analyst George Soros  pauses during a news conference at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Soros gives $100 mn to Human Rights Watch
WASHINGTON: Billionaire George Soros said on Tuesday he is giving Human Rights Watch up to 100 million dollars to help transform it into a global organisation. “It’s ... (photo: AP / Jose Luis Magana) The Times Of India
Human Rights   Money   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Human Rights Watch  
Politics Business & Economy
Robert Fisk: The lie behind mass 'suicides' of Egypt
Web: Cosatu warns of the dangers of ‘a predatory elite’
Suspected Islamists free inmates in Nigerian jail attack
Palestinians not to recognise Israel as a Jewish state
A young girl passes by posters of Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali, Rwanda, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a rally for the upcoming presidential elections which will be held on Aug. 9 2010
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Web: Cosatu warns of the dangers of ‘a predatory elite’
The Kagame Dilemma
Youth Employment; Right Direction
Device Schemes to Wean Ghana Off Donor Support
A young girl passes by posters of Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali, Rwanda, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a rally for the upcoming presidential elections which will be held on Aug. 9 2010
The Kagame Dilemma
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Education Health
Government to invest more in non-formal education to reduce
Distribution of Key School Supplies Starts With UN And Donor
No High School, No Hope in Gedo
Education more important than knowledge in stopping spread o
Students - Teacher - Classroom - Education - Philippines
Students Blame Teachers, Government For Poor Results
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Papua New Guinean fisherman rescued after three weeks at sea
South Africa's minister of sport hits out over Caster Se
Ramadan takes its toll on Senegal sex workers
Secretary Clinton's Speech to the Council on Foreign Rel
Obese Women
 61% obese in SA - survey
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Environment Human Rights
UN Joins "One Day On Earth"
UN environment agency backs action to regulate e-waste in Ke
Termites can predict climate change in African savannahs
Effects of Climate Change - How Secure Are the Women of Ghan
Rebels loyal to Laurent Nkunda's movement patrol in Rutshuru, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Goma, in eastern Congo, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. An upsurge in fighting between rebels loyal to Laurent Nkunda and the army since August has displaced more than 220,000 people in a region already home to about 800,000 more displaced. Nkunda's fighters advanced to the doorstep of Goma Wednesday, forcing U.N. peacekeepers and the bedraggled army to retreat in tanks and commandeered civilian
Climate shifts 'not to blame' for African civil wars
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We have failed, admits UN, as fresh wave of Congo rapes emer
The Kagame Dilemma
Secretary Clinton's Speech to the Council on Foreign Rel
Secretary-General concludes visit to Rwanda to discuss human
A young girl passes by posters of Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali, Rwanda, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a rally for the upcoming presidential elections which will be held on Aug. 9 2010
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Sport Agriculture
Three UAE amateurs for Egypt event
Racing: 1000 Guineas prospects spring into action
Cricket: Zimbabwe cricket link to be renewed
A Night to Purge Memories of South Africa
African National Congress presidential candidate Jacob Zuma reacts as the result board shows the number of parliaments seats the ANC won at the Independent Electoral Commission result center in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 25, 2009. South Africa's long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not get the two-thirds of the vote it won with ease in the last elections, according to the final tally released Saturday. The victory puts party leader Jacob Zuma in line for the presidency.
Zuma's two bad calls
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Rare Sierra fox may ignite political battle
From Kenya, with love
A Home Powered By Guinea Pig Waste
 Man gets 17 years for robbery
UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
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