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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
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
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   Saudi  
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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 after he returned from a Saudi... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)
Egypt   Mubarak   Photos   President   World  
 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 closest ally in the Middle East. | ... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton  BBC News 
Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
| Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killings hundreds of people nea... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   US  
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (podium) opens the UN's World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy. Mr. Ban discussed various measures to combat the hunger which afflicts one billion people worldwide, from providing food aid to investing in agricultural development.  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for calm as 500 Christians slaughtered in Nigeria
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint today after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims. | Funerals... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Christians   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   UN  
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Togo riot police face off supporters of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre protested in Lome, Togo. Tuesday March 9, 2010. The New York Times
Togo Police Seal Off Opposition Headquarters
| LOMÉ, Togo (AP) — Anti-riot police officers on Monday sealed off the alleyways leading to the headquarters of Togo’s largest opposition party, strand... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Election   Fraud   Photos   Police   Togo  
Condoms The Guardian
Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup
| • Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV/Aids among adults | • Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend | A teenage prostitute holds on to he... (photo: Creative Commons / peachy92)
Africa   Britain   Condoms   Disease   Photos  
Two displaced Sudanese women carry water supplies at the al Salam refugee camp, background, near the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Daily Star Lebanon
Sudan Army says it controls strategic Darfur plateau
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | KHARTOUM: Sudan said Monday its army had taken control of the strategic Jebel Marra plateau in ... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Darfur   Military   Peace   Photos   Sudan  
In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. The New York Times
Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Kills 500, Officials Say
| DAKAR, Senegal — Officials and human rights groups in Nigeria said Monday that about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, ... (photo: AP / NTA TV)
Nigeria   Photos   Police   Religion   Violence  
 Nelson Mandela The Daily Mail
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife accuses former President of 'betraying' the blacks of South Africa
| Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie has turned on her ex-husband and accused him of 'betraying' the blacks of South Africa in a scathing attack. | Mrs Mandela, 73, said... (photo: WN)
Africa   Leader   Photos   President   Woman  
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, Mexico's Secretary of Finance Agustin Carstens, center, who serves as chairman of the Development Committee, and World Bank President Robert Zoellick, left, talk with reporters during a closing news conference after several days of meetings focused on healing the global financial crisis, at IMF headquarters in Washington, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Syracuse
IMF suggests how to raise climate change funds
| (AP) - NAIROBI, Kenya - The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday proposed a plan for the world's governments to pool together to raise money needed to adap... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Climate   Funds   IMF   Photos   Proposed  
Togo security forces block off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters in Lome, Togo, Monday March 8, 2010. The Boston Globe
Togo security blocks opposition headquarters
| LOME, Togo-Security forces on Monday blocked off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters a day after the group had staged protests claiming presiden... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Elections   Photos   Protests   Security   Togo  
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech as part of a New Year ceremony to the army in Vannes, Western France, Friday Jan. 8, 2010 All Africa
Country's Economy Down As Sarkozy Visits
Rwanda's economy significantly suffered a 50.9% drop to 5.5% in 2009 from historical 11.2% growth registered in 2008. | ... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
Economy   France   Government   Photos   Sarkozy  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
-  Zuma submits list of gifts, benefits
-  Winnie not justified in slamming Madiba
-  Malema under fire for 'kill the boer' song
-  ANC 'undecided' on Malema
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009.
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
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- DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help "forgotten"
- UGANDA: Health fears follow deadly mudslides
- United Nations seeks $59 mln for refugees in Congo
- Chile students built refugee camp after earthquake
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
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International Relations Education
- China seeks to annihilate Tibet's Buddhism - Dalai Lama
- EU president Van Rompuy 'pities' Farage for tirade
- Torture and the crimes of history: not too much masochism pl
- Iran leader: U.S. playing 'double game' in Afghanist
The Dalai Lama delivers his annual address from exile in India marking the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Dharamsla, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
China seeks to annihilate Tibet's Buddhism - Dalai Lama
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- Education Official Highlights U.S. Scholarships for Needy Ch
- Rep Donates 500 Books to Students
- Education Council Restores Junior School to Unity Colleges
- 1GOAL Welcomes Education Summit At World Cup
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt
 Head of al-Azhar dies
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Nigeria's security chief replaced over violence
- Muwonge Gets His Freedom, Sserumaga Out
-  Gunfire causes panic in Jos
- Nigerian army 'ignored warning of massacres' in Jos
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
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- Chihupi Follows Dembo's Footsteps
- 37 years of solitary confinement: the Angola three
- Tunisia's 'feminist' Muslim scholar commemorated
- 'Smoko' Lives On
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
- Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
- KENYA: Hungry and HIV-positive in Nairobi's slums
- Donor HIV/Aids Funding Declines
- UK gives one million pounds to S. Africa for condoms
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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- Rebels Now Terrorize Central African Republic
- Prosecutors say Eritrean confessed to terror links
- Sleeper agent terrorism threat overblown: expert
- Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
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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