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Breaking News Sat, 13 Mar 2010
Former South African President Nelson Mandela eats birthday cake
Africa   London   News   Photos   President  
 Joy Online 
Winnie denies maligning Mandela
Winnie Mandela, the former wife of ex-President Nelson Mandela, has denied giving an interview accusing him of letting down black South Africans. | Ms Madikizela-Mandela said the article, published in... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
 Civilians in Sudan´s troubled Darfur region say they are being routinely imprisoned or harassed by Sudanese authorities for talking to foreigners about the conflict in the remote western area bordering Chad.   sa1
Darfur   Election   People   Photos   Politices  
 BBC News 
Darfur's election dilemma
| Six years ago, as he fled the fighting in Darfur that killed one of his brothers, Adam Mahmoud felt utterly powerless. | Swept this way and that by a conflict that the UN estimates has killed 300,00... (photo: WN)
 Naguib Mahfouz - Recent file shot of the 1988 Nobel Prize winner for Literature. (AP-Photo) 1993 hf1   Gulf News 
Egypt's political storyteller
| Were it not for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who signed Naguib Mahfouz to join her growing repertoire of developing world writers at Doubleday, few English-readers would have discovered the Arab Hono... (photo: AP Photo )
Arab   Egypt   English   Photos   World  
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, center, leaves Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport upon his arrival in Iran as he is welcomed by Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, second right, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. ElBaradei arrived in Tehran early Friday to discuss remaining questions about Iran's disputed nuclear program.  m&c 
Egypt to investigate officer accused of beating ElBaradei supporter
| Cairo - Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday decided to open an investigation into accusations that a state security officer tortured a supporter of former UN nuclear chief Mohammed ElBaradei, judi... (photo: AP Photo / Vahid Salemi)
Cairo   Egypt   Mideast   Photos   Politics  
Top Stories
 Reese Witherspoon arrives for the gala screening of her movie, nf2  Denver Post
Witherspoon: First lady is D.C.'s top fashionista
| Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods | WASHINGTON — Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods, left, has been ousted as the most stylish... (photo: APphoto)
Actress   Celebrities   Entertainment   Fashion   Photos  
The al-Fakkah oil field in southern Maysan province south of Baghdad, Iraq is seen, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Joy Online
Fire officer asks government to protect oil fields
Divisional Officer 1 Anthony Donkor of the Cape Coast office of the Ghana National Fire Service, on Wednesday called on the government to provide well equipped fire stati... (photo: AP / Nabil Al-Jurani)
Agriculture   Ghana   Industry   Oil   Photos  
African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma speaks about South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at the 2008 Darryl G. Behrman lecture on Africa Policy, at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Joy Online
President Zuma invites President Mills for a visit
South African President Jacob Zuma has invited President John Evans Atta Mills for discussions on investments for mutual benefits. | The invitation was made in a message ... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Africa   Ghana   Photos   Politics   Southafrica  
Press Conference: H.E. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania; H.E. Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda; Sandra Torres de Colom, First Lady of Guatemala; Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP); Howard G. Buffett, Chairman of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation; and Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to launch a joint initiative to empower small farmers Zeenews
N India has greatest needs and most difficult challenges: Bill Gates
Washington: Bill Gates, engaged in a large number of social projects in India, has told US lawmakers that the northern parts of the south Asian country face difficult cha... (photo: UN / Ryan Brown)
Challenges   Engaged   Gates   Photos   Social  
A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. The Times
Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists
| Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religion   Society   Violence  
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie Zeenews
Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
Abuja: Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the Presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks ... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   Saudi  
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1) Khaleej Times
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's close... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Egypt   Mubarak   Photos   President   World  
 Chen Feng, chairman of Hainan Group, left, shows an airplane model of Grand China Air to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, center, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, during a news conference at Logan International Airport in Boston, Thursday, March, 8, 2007 The Guardian
Deval Patrick is not Barack Obama
| Think Scott Brown's victory in liberal Massachusetts – for Ted Kennedy's seat, no less – has become an overworked metaphor to describe Barack Obama's political plig... (photo: AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Brown   Deval   Liberal   Photos   Political  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
- Mo Ibrahim calls on President Mills
-  Winnie vs Nadira: what did happen?
- Allegations of fraud surface as election results trickle in
- Court Nullifies Dangote's Election as Stock Exchange Pre
 Civilians in Sudan´s troubled Darfur region say they are being routinely imprisoned or harassed by Sudanese authorities for talking to foreigners about the conflict in the remote western area bordering Chad.   sa1
Darfur's election dilemma
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- Experience: I was reunited with my childhood sweetheart
- I stowed away in a ship from Sudan to come here. But it'
- Taking Stock in the Testimony of the Crowd
- UN agency begins airlifting food aid for refugees uprooted f
Woman carry plastic sheeting on their heads that they received from the World Food Programme, during the distribution of aid at a camp for displaced people, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 in Bulengo near Goma in eastern Congo. Congolese soldiers fought pro-government militiamen Tuesday deep in rebel-held territory, exposing the deepening breakdown of the country's army as it flees a steady rebel advance, witnesses said
UN agency begins airlifting food aid for refugees uprooted from DR Congo
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International Relations Education
- Heavy security in Tibet ahead of protests' anniversary
- China should respect Tibetans' human rights: HRW
- Police, army continue to patrol Lhasa on eve of riot anniver
- Obama’s job approval rating nosedives to all time low of 4
In this photo taken Tuesday, March 2, 2010, Chinese paramilitary police guard the entrance to a paramilitary police camp in Lhasa, western China's Tibet region.
Heavy security in Tibet ahead of protests' anniversary
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- SCS offers Dh 190,000 for education centre in Egypt
- President Stops Soldier From Evicting School
- No Teachers for Schools Yet
- DSTV Education Bouquet for Namibian Schools
Pregnancy - Woman
Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Sports And The Nation
- US Dismayed After Morocco Expels Americans
- US airs 'dismay' over American expulsions from Moroc
- UN expert group urges Nigeria to address core issues behind
 Former Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss (dn1)
Domestic violence focus of women’s day conference
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- Star Fame Land Welcomes 36 Wannabees
- Sylva Mobilises for AMAA 2010
- International Artistes Invade Capital Joints
- New Arts Regulatory Association Formed
The remains of a burnt pharmacy smolder following days of clashes in Jos, Nigeria Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. Troop reinforcements on foot and in armored personnel carriers appeared Sunday to have quelled two days of ethno-religious violence that left more than 300 people dead in Jos, apparently ending the worst violence in the West African nation since 200
Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence
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Aids Terrorism
- Straight Talk with Global Fund Director Michel Kazatchkine
-  Officials target WC price cowboys
- Zimbabwe faces critical food shortage
- HIV/Aids Test - Lawmakers Say It's Necessary for Long Li
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
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- Taxi Thugs Turn Terror to Women
- My rape terror at hands of Somali pirates: New ordeal for Br
- Rebels Now Terrorize Central African Republic
- Prosecutors say Eritrean confessed to terror links
An unidentified man stands in front of a burned home in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
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