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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Uganda , where commercially viable crude deposits have been found, will send oil workers to Cuba for training, New Vision reported, citing a statement from the president’s office.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
Alicia Keys says her first visit to Africa was so emotional and inspiring that she is ready to take others there to experience something similar.
Three representatives from the Cumberland Valley School District will soon depart for China for an educational trip through the Chinese Bridge for American Schools.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Uganda’s population may more than triple by 2050 to 103 million people because of a high growth rate, the country’s Population Secretariat said.
Gender discrimination, sexual violence and poverty are undermining global progress in tackling HIV/Aids, Amnesty International said on World Aids Day.
Five Stanford alumni will be heading to universities in London, and Limerick, Ireland, for graduate study programs this fall.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After 25 years doing the English-language commentary for the pope's Christmas midnight Mass, U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley is stepping away from the microphone and hanging up the headphones.
Calls for an end to discrimination against sufferers rang out on World AIDS Day on Tuesday as South Africa, the country worst affected by the pandemic, rolled out a new battleplan to beat the virus.
TORIT, 2 December 2009 (IRIN) - An ancient tradition of community governance in Southern Sudan could encourage peace-building among warring communities, say researchers.
It's safe to say Wonkette, "the D.C. gossip blog," is no fan of Rick Warren. The Saddleback Church pastor's Twitter page tweet above generated the following response:Here we have the most r...
UNCA's 2009 14th Annual Awards Dinner and Dance will be held on Friday, December 4, 2009 at the UN Delegates Dining Room in New York. Guest of Honor UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present awards with prizes totaling over $40,000 to journalists from all over the world for the best media coverage of the UN and its agencies.
ARNOLD - Stanislaus National Forest officials have announced a public meeting to be held in January in Arnold at which they will answer questions on the soon-to-be-finalized motorized travel management plan for the forest.
Never mind the eternal debate over whether money can buy happiness. Dan Austin not only has repeatedly proven it can, he also has figured out the exact price: $88. Austin,...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday reversed a decision to release the former vice president of Congo from custody, ordering him to stay in jail until he is tried for allegedly commanding a brutal militia.
International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday reversed a decision to release former Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba from custody, ordering him to stay in jail until his trial.
