Abducted UN Aid Workers Released In Sudan
INO News - Mon Dec 14, 7:56 pm ET(RTTNews) - Kidnappers have released two UN aid workers abducted over three months ago in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, said Sudanese and UN officials on Monday.
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Defectors want Kim Jong-Il to be tried for crimes against humanity
World Tribune - 2 hours 52 minutes agoA group of civic activists and North Korean defectors have urged an international tribunal to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the Stalinist country and put dictator Kim Jong-Il on trial.
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Lawmakers Pressure Obama To Act On Sudan
NPR - Tue Dec 15, 6:03 pm ETThe much-heralded peace agreement that ended a decades-old conflict between North and South Sudan is unraveling, according to U.S. lawmakers. They are accusing President Obama of dropping the ball on Sudan despite his campaign promise to make it a priority.
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Sudan Yet Again Proves Capable as it Resolves Outstanding Issues
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 5:23 pm ETReferendum, Abyei, People's Consultation, and Historic Voters Registration
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New York, 14 December 2009 - Secretary-General's press conference - full transcript
United Nations - Tue Dec 15, 2:00 pm ETSG: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to meet you in Conference Room 4. I understand that Room 226 is going to be renovated. I hope you will bear with this inconvenience for better facilities, better conditions.
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Area Basketball Scores
Plainview Daily Herald - Tue Dec 15, 1:25 pm ETMonday’s Games GIRLS Monterey 69, Coronado 68; Ama. High 55, Tascsoa 50; Canyon 54, Caprock 22; Randall 45, Dumas 34; Palo Duro 67, Pampa 44; Lub. Trinity 59, Sudan 58; Panhandle 69, Perryton 58.
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The Year In Review: A Month-by-Month History of 2009
Blogcritics.org - Tue Dec 15, 12:02 pm ETOne amateur historian's attempt at picking the most significant event of each month.
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Clinton Defends Human Rights Approach
New York Times - Tue Dec 15, 10:03 am ETRejecting bipartisan criticism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday detailed an administration human-rights approach that she called “pragmatic and agile.”
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20-year sentence set in fatal beating
The Buffalo News - Tue Dec 15, 8:09 am ETJulian L. Christopher was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for fatally beating his roommate, a 15-year-old Sudanese immigrant whose body was found along the bank of the Buffalo River last spring.
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Sudan opposition face charges over banned rally
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 8:08 am ETUp to 48 Sudanese opposition supporters will face charges for taking part in a banned rally close to parliament calling for democratic reforms, officials said on Tuesday.
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France moves Africa summit to avoid Beshir invite
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 8:05 am ETA France-Africa summit will be held in France instead of Egypt to avoid inviting Sudanese President and indicted war criminal Omar al-Beshir, French development minister Alain Joyandet said Tuesday.
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SUDAN: Magwi returnees struggle for survival
IRIN - Tue Dec 15, 7:45 am ETMAGWI TOWN, 15 December 2009 (IRIN) - Post-war returnees in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria have had relatively little help compared with those in other areas of Southern Sudan, say aid workers. Well after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement put an end to the war in 2005, Lord's Resistance Army guerillas from neighbouring Uganda remained active in this prime bush territory, stymieing any ...
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Increasing tension as major powers scramble for energy security
Resource Investor - Tue Dec 15, 6:41 am ETChina’s completion of an historic natural gas pipeline with Kazakhstan bypassing Russia this week tightens the Asian behemoth’s grip on energy resources needed to fuel a burgeoning economy.
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Thailand to Hold Crew That Was Transporting Weapons
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue Dec 15, 2:26 am ETBANGKOK -- Five crew members of an aircraft carrying weapons from North Korea were denied bail here on Monday and ordered held for at least 12 days while the police investigate the origin and destination of the mysterious shipment of arms.
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Angelina Jolie wants Obama administration to take more action in Darfur
WTOL 11 Toledo - Tue Dec 15, 1:45 am ETAngelina Jolie wants to see the Obama administration take greater steps in bringing peace to Darfur.
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Mid-State doctor featured in documentary film
WKRN Nashville - Tue Dec 15, 12:06 am ETA local doctor is the subject of a new documentary that followed physicians working for the non-profit group Doctor's Without Borders.
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