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Nigeria military seizes Islamist areas
NIGERIA'S military says it has re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory. It is involved in a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. Several thousand troops were last week deployed across three states in the volatile region and fighter jets have pounded Boko Haram camps as the military tries to rid the country of ...
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US Sees Climate of Intolerance on Global Religious Freedom
The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is ...
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Ugandan Police Shut Down Newspaper Offices
NAIROBI -- Police in Uganda's capital have closed down the offices of the Daily Monitor. According to the Daily Monitor's senior correspondent, police have declared the premises of their publication a crime scene and are doing a thorough search of the building. Earlier this month, the Daily Monitor published a series of stories about Uganda's coordinator of intelligence ...
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Russian Billionaire Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty in Court
MOSCOW -- Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has pleaded not guilty to charges of hooliganism motivated by political hatred. Lebedev says that he is being targeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin because Putin believes he is funding the opposition. Alexander Lebedev, co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, Russia's leading opposition newspaper, went on trial Monday in a Moscow court. Lebedev ...
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Indias Weak Congress Ponders Early Elections
NEW DELHI -- India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling coalition or have it serve a full term. Officially, the Congress party says the government - which has been battered by a series of corruption scandals and now ...
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Deadly Tornadoes Tear Through US Midwest
Zach Champion walks through the rubble of his mobile home looking for his belongings, in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed in Sunday's tornado, near Shawnee, Oklahoma, May 20, ...
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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples to Seek Action on Africa Youth Health Education Culture as Twelfth Session Opens at Headquarters 20 May
More than 2,000 indigenous participants from all regions of the world are expected to attend the twelfth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at New York Headquarters from 20 to 31 May, where members will engage with indigenous peoples, Member States and agencies of the world ...
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DR Congo UN voices concern as fighting resumes between Government and M23 forces
Print 20 May 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced its concern about renewed clashes between rebels from the 23 March Movement (M23) and the national armed forces in the eastern city of Goma. Fighting broke out early this morning in Kibati and Rusayo, some 12 kilometres from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, ...
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Kenya Nduku The untold story of my dream life with Mutula
Nduku Musau and a workmate took notice of the smartly dressed lawyer, always in a blue or black suit with an office in Atlas House on Moi Avenue, across the road from what used to be the US ...
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Kenya Encounter with MRC top brass
But nothing had prepared me for my first meeting with the top brass of the group. "How many are you in the car. Do you have a policeman with you?" a man who refused to introduce himself asked as soon as I picked my phone on my third day of the investigation. If there was time when I wanted a source to call me for a story, this was it. I had been expecting the call for more than 48 ...
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Kenya Senate advised to work closely with county assemblies
Senate and various levels of Government during a senators' retreat in Mombasa over the weekend. CIC chairman Charles Nyachae among other speakers addressed participants. Prof Wanyande said in playing an oversight role in the counties, ...
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Kenya FBI find terror suspects DNA in toothbrush
Mombasa, Kenya: A toothbrush found in a bag containing ammunition has the DNA of the sole suspect in the terrorist attack on a nightclub in Mombasa, an FBI detective told a court ...
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Clashes in DR Congo ahead of Ban visit
REBELS from the M23 movement and the army are fighting north of Goma just two days before UN chief Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The volatile mineral-rich region was rocked by hours of fierce fighting with mortars and rocket launchers in the first clashes involving M23 since December. The rebels briefly occupied the regional capital of Goma in ...
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Opinion Kenya has right to secure borders against traffickers
It is hard enough to keep track of legal aliens within the borders of the Republic without worrying about the thousands willing to ferret themselves under the rug, whether intending to melt into the general population or in transit to third ...
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Tunisia prime minister vows firm action after Islamist unrest
TUNIS--Tunisia's Islamist premier, Ali Larayedh, vowed tough action against Ansar al-Sharia on Monday after bloody clashes between police and members of the radical Salafist group, hinting at a shift in government ...
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HandM considering production in South America and Africa CEO
STOCKHOLM--Swedish fashion giant H&M is considering starting production in South America and Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson told the Financial Times in an interview published on ...
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Chad Johnson In Custody Claims It’s A “Misunderstanding”
released from the Miami Dolphins last summer, was arrested early this morning on a probation violation. Johnson is on probation after a domestic violence dispute with his ex-wife, Evelyn Lozada, and has been placed in jail on $1,000 bond. Prosecutors are asking that he spend a minimum of 60 days in jail after he failed to report to his probation officer. However, Johnson says it was all just a ...
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NASAs 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
series of 56 images shortly thereafter. NASA stitched the pictures together into one long strip, which you can tour in the video above. As always, satellite images testify to the wonder of the biosphere. This particular set of pictures, though, is a simple meditation on the diversity of conditions on Earth, and the mark that humanity has left on the ...
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Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their ...
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Former Dolphin Chad Johnson arrested on probation violation
Chad Johnson was arrested Monday morning after twice not reporting to his probation officer, court records said. A warrant was issued after Johnson left the Miami area and missed two check-ins, in February and March. The Broward County Sheriff's Office confirmed Johnson appeared in court Monday to answer to his probation violations, and was subsequently ordered to jail. His Twitter ...
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UPDATE 1-Congos army clashes with rebels near Goma
Mon May 20, 2013 2:14pm EDT * City was seized and briefly held by rebels last year * U.N.'s Ban due to visit Goma this week (Adds army use of attack helicopters, government spokesman's comments) By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA, May 20 (Reuters) - Congo's army used combat helicopters to bombard rebel fighters on Monday near the city of Goma in the first clashes in nearly six months, days ...
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Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease
Coffee lovers have another reason to rejoice as a new study claims that regular consumption of the popular beverage can reduce the risk of a rare but serious liver disease. According ...
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Tunisias moderates lose patience with Ansar Al Sharia
Ansar Al Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry banned their annual conference in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near ...
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Kenya CIC to challenge MPs pay demand in court
Justin Muturi insisted MPs will be paid their "previous salaries" of Sh851,000 by the Parliamentary Service Commission and not the Sh532,000 set by SRC. CIC ...
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Ghana holy water stampede kills 4
An unexpectedly large crowd overwhelmed police in Ghana on Sunday when thousands showed up at TB Joshua's church for holy water, creating a stampede that killed four ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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