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SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of grieving Bosnian Muslims attended a somber burial ceremony on Saturday for 534 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, one of the bloodiest events in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. Read more
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ACCRA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance and urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and disease plaguing the continent. Read more
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US President Barack Obama, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny in the world. Read more
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LONDON (AFP) – Stocks in London ended the week lower on Friday as investor confidence was shaken by an IEA report which predicted little recovery this year from the financial crisis. Read more
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AP – President Barack Obama smiles before he addresses the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, … Slideshow:President Barack Obama Play Video Barack Obama Video:Raw Video: Obama tours castle used for slavery AP Play Video Barack Obama Video:A Strong Statement FOX News By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – 13 mins ago ACCRA, Ghana – [...]
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REBEKAH Wade, Rupert Murdoch‘s new chief executive-elect, accused ‘The Guardian’ newspaper yesterday of irresponsible and misleading reporting of allegations of phone tapping. Read more
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ACCRA, Ghana (July 11) – An American president who has “the blood of Africa within me” praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise. “Yes you can,” Barack Obama declared, dusting off his campaign slogan and adapting it for [...]
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Eight British soldiers lost their lives with several more left critically wounded in a bloody day in Afghanistan yesterday. Read more
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The artist who created the “Hope” poster of President Barack Obama has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to three vandalism charges in Boston. Prosecutors dropped 11 other charges. Read more
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Definition: Uighurs are Sunni Muslims in Central Asia who speak Turkic. Simply put, they’re China’s Muslims. The majority of the world’s 20 million Uighurs live in Xinjiang province. China accuses the Uighurs of seeking separatism, resulting in strict controls on the Uighur people and even the executions of accused nationalists/separatists. Read more
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Catching up on my reading tonight I see where my former colleague Steve Daley recently penned this tribute to cartoonist, Jeff MacNelly, who died 9 years ago at 52. Read more
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10:31am UK, Saturday July 11, 2009 Emma Hurd, Africa correspondent South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has told Sky News Barack Obama must use his first presidential trip to Africa to get tough on the region’s leaders. [...]
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Emma Watson has admitted that she hopes that her college roommate isn’t a diehard fan of the Harry Potter franchise. Read more
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The head of Britain’s armed forces has insisted that the Taliban is “losing” the fight in Afghanistan. Read more
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L’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations want to finally seal a long-delayed world trade deal next year and head off trade wars that could hit world economies as they struggle to emerge from recession, according to a draft of a joint declaration obtained by The Associated Press. Read more
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Now here’s a twist: A Republican Congressional candidate who has admitted he may have been hiring undocumented workers? But..as much as 40 percent of the workforce? GOP Lodi grape grower Brad Goehring… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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WASHINGTON — The United States and Mexico reached a historic milestone this week in their ongoing journey toward trade integration. As established 15 years ago by NAFTA negotiators, this New Year’s Day was the deadline to eliminate the final export-import barriers between the two nations — specifically those that protected the most contentious products such [...]
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LONDON, July 9 — The Guardian newspaper said yesterday that reporters at Rupert Murdoch’s British news subsidiary illegally tapped the phones of politicians, sports stars and celebrities. Read more