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Breaking News Thu, 17 May 2012
Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood  Mohamed Morsi, right, and Essam el-Erian hold a press conference on the latest situation in Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011.
Egypt   Election   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
 France24 
Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
| AFP - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent network of activists it counts on ... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid)
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat.
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
 The Daily Telegraph 
Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and threatening them if they refused. ... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.  The Daily Telegraph 
'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya after announcing that he would f... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
Islamist   Libya   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war  
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity.  Independent online 
Zille speech interrupted
DA leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday. | Tension was in the air as she took the ... (photo: AP)
Johannesburg   Photos   Politics   Protest   Wikipedia: Helen Zille  
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A man holds the Ghana flag, during celebrations to commemorate Ghana's 50 years of independence at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Graphic
Veep Urges Ghanaians To Promote National Unity
The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians, irrespective of their political and cultural differences, to pursue activities that will promote national... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
Cultural   Ethnic   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Culture of Ghana  
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths Novosti
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths
| MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year. | The ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Libya   Nato   Photos   Rights   Security   Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council  
For the festival of the fiftieth birthday of the independence of Togo and much other African countries. Inauguration du nouveau sige social de la direction gnral des impts du Togo. Pour la fte du cinquantime anniversaire de la indpendance du Togo et de beaucoup autres pays africains  le president faure The Boston Globe
Togo opposition leader threatens poll boycott
| LOME, Togo-Togo's opposition leader is threatening to boycott an election slated for October if the president doesn't seek consensus on electoral reforms. | Jean-Pierre... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Elections   Lome   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Togolese parliamentary election, 2012  
Local health workers remove earth contaminated by lead from a family compound in the village of Dareta in Gusau, Nigeria Thursday, June 10, 2010. Foreign health workers and local volunteers are working to clean up villages affected by lead poisoning, after 160 people died and hundreds more fell sick. Al Jazeera
Aid group slams Nigeria for lead poisoning
| A deadly lead poisoning outbreak that began two years ago in northern Nigeria continues to claim young victims even today, an aid agency official has said. | Ivan Gayto... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Health   Mining   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Zamfara State lead poisoning epidemic  
Gay rights pioneer Lilli Vincenz, 74, right, and her life partner Nancy Ruth Davis, 75, pose intheir home in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 10, 2012. At the birthplace of the gay rights movement, patrons at New York City's Stonewall Inn said they felt like they were living history. CounterPunch
Gay Marriage – It May Destroy Western Civilization, But It Sure is a Wonderful Fundraiser
| It started with lesbian couples in Vermont in the mid-90s, freaked out they’d lose their babies. Vermont Freedom to Marry was born, and is now the most powerful Dem... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Culture   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Same-sex marriage in the United States  
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. Obama is traveling to the West Coast for a series of campaign fundraisers. Peace FM Online
Obama Raises $1M Within 90 Min of Endorsing Gay Marriage
*In the first 90 minutes after news of President Obama's support of gay marriage Wednesday, his campaign banked $1 million in spontaneous contributions, according to Buzz... (photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill)
Government   Obama   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
A statue of Egypt's Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz is back dropped with an electoral poster of presidential candidate Amr Moussa and Arabic writing which reads, "Egypt's reconstruction needs the effort of all Egyptians," in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Chicago Tribune
Egypt presidential candidates clash in TV debate
CAIRO — Egyptians gathered in living rooms and cafes Thursday night to mark another first in their troubled political odyssey toward a new democracy: a televised pr... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Democracy   Egypt   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
Workers at a polling station count ballots at a polling station in the Bab el-Oued neighborhood, Algiers, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Independent online
Voter apathy hits Algerian election
Algiers - As parliamentary elections unfolded across Algeria on Thursday, voting was light for much of day in the capital, despite these contests being billed as the most... (photo: AP / Paul Schemm)
Africa   Algeria   Election   Photos   Wikipedia: Algerian legislative election, 2012  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
- Carter Center to 'Witness' Egyptian Presidential Ele
- John Derbyshire Is Pretty Sure That The Vast Majority Of Bla
- Election watcher releases report on Ghana’s biometric
- Algeria elections look good abroad, bad at home
Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood  Mohamed Morsi, right, and Essam el-Erian hold a press conference on the latest situation in Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011.
Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
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- Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
- Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
- Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
- Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
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International Relations Education
- USPS to close or consolidate 140 mail sites
- Conservative group rejects ads targeting Obama's former
- U.S. Senate Republicans block new Iran sanctions bill
- U.S. senators flame Facebook's Saverin on taxes
Greek President Karolos Papoulias arrives for a Political party leaders meeting at the Presidential Palace in Athens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.
Greece to decide on interim government
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- Venda university upgrades facilities
- Criminal Investigators End Training
- First Lady Inspects MCI Education Projects In Kumasi
- State to Spend Sh1.4 Billion On New School Milk Plan
Indian-origin educator named UNESCO goodwill ambassador
Indian-origin educator named UNESCO goodwill ambassador
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Syrian rebel stronghold shelled, watchdog says
- Election 2012 is about poverty, corruption…
- Education department violated human rights, judge rules
- Algeria: The revolution that never was
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012.
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
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- Algerian singer Warda dies in Egypt at 71
- ‘After the Battle’ brings Egypt uprising to Cann
- Afrikaans Festival of Best Sellers
- S.Africa’s ANC fumes over art ridiculing president
Cargo Ships
India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
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Aids Terrorism
- Ghana -- A Most Excellent Adventure
- Funding Hitch Hampers HIV Tribunal Operations
- 30,000 At Risk As Taso Closes Treatment Centers
- Bringing Water and Sanitation to Ethiopian Children
A girl suffering cholera symptoms receives treatment at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Nov. 12, 2010.
20 per cent of Ghanaian children are not immunised
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- Trials of Politicians, Journalists Test Ethiopia's Anti-
- 11 to face Ethiopia terror charges
- Man Charged Over Nairobi Church Terror Blast
- Ethiopian court says 11 will face terror charges
Pakistanis check local newspapers, featuring on the front pages former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, displayed for sale on a roadside in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 19, 2011.
How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life
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