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Newsday - Fri Nov 20, 4:54 am ET
China's CNPC agrees to expand Sudan refinery, swap oil production assets
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Scientific American - Mon Nov 23, 4:18 pm ET
Some experts call the genocide in Darfur the world's first conflict caused by climate change. After all, the crisis was sparked, at least in part, by a decline in rainfall over the past 30 years just as the region's population doubled, pitting wandering pastoralists against settled farmers for newly scarce resources, such as arable land. [More]
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 10:08 am ET
On November 12, an assortment of representatives from the worlds of publishing, journalism, new media, finance, micro-finance, philanthropy, and NGOs gathered at the Synergos Institute's offices atop the NY Life building to celebrate the release of Enough to Go Around - Searching for Hope in Afghanistan, Pakistan & Darfur, the new title by documentary filmmaker and photojournalist Chip Duncan ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 15, 6:40 am ET
Qatari-hosted talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels due to begin on Monday in Doha have again been postponed, a mediator said on Sunday, amid a lingering split in rebel ranks.
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Tue Nov 24, 3:37 pm ET
LOS ANGELES — Shareholders at American Funds have rejected a measure that seeks to screen out ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 2:25 pm ET
Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 16, 2:48 pm ET
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Sudanese opposition parties will take part in next April’s parliamentary elections, the head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement’s northern sector said.
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Time Magazine - Mon Nov 23, 5:09 am ET
The Egyptian President helped whip up national fervor over World Cup qualifying matches with Algeria. Now he's got a little extra turmoil on his hands
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 7:41 am ET
Windhoek - As Namibians head to the polls this weekend, 20 years to the month they first got a vote, political parties and candidates in the country's fifth presidential and parliamentary elections hav...
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 8:41 am ET
The Hague - Two former rebel leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo pleaded not guilty on Tuesday at the start of their trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Germaine Katanga, 31, an...
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Stillwater Gazette - Sun Nov 22, 1:10 am ET
A student reads "They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky" in Sara Damon's AP Human Geography class Friday at Stillwater Junior High. The book is about the "Lost Boys of Sudan" orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Benjamin Ajak, co-author and one of the main characters of the book, will be speaking at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Stillwater Junior High. A limited number of tickets to the presentation ...
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Sat Nov 21, 2:21 am ET
SUDAN - Lacee Logan scored 24 points, and Sudan outlasted Cooper 56-55 Friday night in an early season showdown of No. 1-ranked teams.
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The GW Hatchet - Mon Nov 23, 7:57 am ET
Despite a growing national trend toward socially conscious investing, University officials say the school has no plans to change its investment policies to mandate such guidelines.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 12:11 am ET
Paris/Nairobi - Two French nationals working with a charity in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been kidnapped, the French Foreign Ministry said. The incident was the latest in a series of kidnappings of French citizens in the region. ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 19, 12:14 am ET
Nairobi/Juba, Southern Sudan - At least 47 people have died in a clash between the Mundari and Dinka tribes in Southern Sudan - the latest in a series of cattle raids that is threatening a fragile peace. Army spokesman Kuol Deim Kuol said late Wednes...