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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(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.
Officials from an international medical group say more than 2,000 people have died and 250,000 have fled their homes this year because of fighting in southern Sudan.
Associated Press - December 14, 2009 6:04 AM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The board that controls billions of dollars in Minnesota government investments is receiving a special update on those...
Sudan does not have a very dynamic mobile market and developments in the past three months have not been dramatic. There are three national mobile operators and a new regional player in Southern Sudan.
KASSALA, 14 December 2009 (IRIN) - Samuel, a 65-year-old Eritrean, father of two sons, escaped to Sudan in August when the government threatened to detain him unless he brought back his 37-year-old son, who fled forced conscription to the army.
Sudan's government has reached agreement with the country's semi-autonomous southern region on an independence referendum, authorities say.
Two civilian members of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur who have been held hostage for more than 100 days have been released, the U.N. said Sunday. The two staffers, a man and a woman, were abducted at gunpoint in West Darfur on Aug. 29.
Several protesters from the southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement were beaten by police on Monday as they tried to reach parliament for a planned pro-democracy rally, an AFP reporter said.
A $20 million "Museum of Tolerance" proposed at Chandler's East Valley Jewish Community Center could bring more than $16 million a year in tourism to the local economy, city officials say.
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