Gunmen kill Sudan MP in Darfur
AFP - Thu Dec 10, 4:22 pm ETGunmen in the western Sudanese region of Darfur shot and killed an MP from the ruling party on Thursday, a police official told AFP.
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Obama delivers humble words as he accepts Nobel Prize for peace this morning
Reno Gazette-Journal - Thu Dec 10, 10:14 am ETOSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”
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A Nation's Shaken Ego Seen in a Soccer Loss
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 10, 2:26 am ETCAIRO -- Of all the events in contemporary history, it is the soul-shattering military defeat of 1967, when Arab armies lost land to Israel, that some Egyptians have pointed to for comparison as the nation struggles to come to terms with the debacle that followed their loss to Algeria in a soccer game.
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Prince Charles visits training center
The Record and Herald News - Wed Dec 9, 6:03 pm ETBritain's Prince Charles exits an African hut that is to be shipped to Southern Sudan as part of a new school construction during a visit to the Weymouth Training Centre in, Dorchester, England.
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Press Releases: Remarks With Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic After their Meeting
U.S. Department of State - Thu Dec 10, 3:42 pm ETRemarks With Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic After their Meeting Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC December 10, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: It is a pleasure to welcome the foreign minister and to have this opportunity for an extended discussion about a number of issues. Croatia is a valued friend and ally of the United States, and this is a very ...
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Gunmen kill 3 peacekeepers in Darfur ambush
Deseret News - Sat Dec 5, 10:36 am ETCAIRO (AP) — A spokesman for the peacekeeping force in Darfur says gunmen have killed three Rwandan soldiers in an...
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Obama Nobel Speech: 'War Is Peace'
CommonDreams.org - Thu Dec 10, 9:12 am ETby Ben Feller OSLO, Norway - President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war on Thursday, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be." Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third ever to win the prize - some say ...
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Arts & Entertainment calendar
The Star Press - Thu Dec 10, 3:31 am ETEuchre , 6:30-10:30 p.m., VFW Post 651, 1801 W. Kilgore Ave., Muncie. Tenderloins available for sale, $2. Cirque Dreams Illumination , 7:30 p.m., Emens Auditorium, Ball State University,, Muncie. Cost: $35-$45 adult and $15-20 youth.
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Smaller Nations Weigh Power of the Walkout
New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 6:36 pm ETIt is one of the grim paradoxes of climate change that nations on the front line of global warming are among those with the least political clout at the United Nations conference in Copenhagen.
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War zone could be new Serengeti
CNN - Tue Dec 8, 10:10 am ETFlying high above the dry, sweeping plains of southern Sudan, Paul Elkan is a man on a mission.
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US lawmakers attack Obama's Sudan policy
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:27 pm ETPresident Barack Obama's administration Thursday defended a new policy of engagement with Sudan in the face of withering attacks from lawmakers who said Washington is placating war criminals.
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Connecticut's Majok will finally debut for Connecticut after difficult journey
The Daily Orange - Wed Dec 9, 4:09 am ETAfter fleeing his Sudanese home and moving across the world, Big East play can't seem too intimidating to Ater Majok. Majok, a 6-foot-11, 233-pound freshman on the Connecticut basketball team, has had many stops along the way to landing in Storrs to play for legendary coach Jim Calhoun.
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Sudanese Church Leaders: Peace Process Has Reached Critical Point
The Christian Post - Tue Dec 1, 9:36 am ETWith less than five months before national elections, leaders of Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) said the 2005 Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement is on the brink of collapse.
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Press Releases: U.S. Department of State Launches Open Government Initiative
U.S. Department of State - Wed Dec 9, 12:12 pm ETU.S. Department of State Launches Open Government Initiative Washington, DC December 9, 2009 The Department of State is releasing unprecedented new information about conflicts in Africa, making it possible to analyze sub-national and transnational areas of armed conflict, inter-communal strife, and political violence. This work represents only the beginning of an ongoing commitment across all ...
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Guantánamo judge won't expand Sudanese captive's war crimes case
Miami Herald - Thu Dec 3, 3:08 pm ETA military judge dealt the Pentagon a double-barreled blow Thursday, rebuffing a bid to include al Qaeda 's 1992-96 founding era in a Sudanese captive's war crimes case and separately ordering the government to put on a show-cause hearing Jan. 6.
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Annan calls for faster election reform to prevent violence in Kenya
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 11:31 am ETNairobi - Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan urged Kenya's leaders Tuesday to quicken the pace of reforms considered crucial to avoid a repeat of the violence that followed disputed presidential elections in December 2007. Annan broke...
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Kouchner praises Sudan woman who fought trouser law
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Egypt gears up for decisive match with Algeria
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Egypt secure last-gasp World Cup lifeline
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