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Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top left, is hugged by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Bombing   Libya   Lockerbie   Photos   Wikipedia: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi  
 The New York Times 
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news agencies on Sunday, three yea... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
The opening of the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the mountain Mokattam in Cairo Egypt,Saturday, May 21, 2011.
Egypt   Election   Islamist   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
 Herald Tribune 
Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
| CAIRO - Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. | The voting that begins Wednesday is the greatest prize w... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors  The Guardian 
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
| Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in Sudan A mother and her child shelter from ... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Africa   Doctors   Health   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: Nuba Mountains  
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful.  BBC News 
Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread poverty and crippling corruption. ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Revolution   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
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Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011.  Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry. The Independent
G8 summit: The hunger game
| One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serio... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
Africa   Aid   Famine   Photos   Wikipedia: Sahel drought  
Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood  Mohamed Morsi, right, and Essam el-Erian hold a press conference on the latest situation in Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. France24
Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
| AFP - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent netw... (photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid)
Egypt   Election   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat. The Daily Telegraph
Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Court   Crimes   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012. Al Jazeera
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore)
Human Rights   Mali   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état  
UN warns Somali leaders on deadline Independent online
UN warns Somali leaders on deadline
New York - United Nations heavyweights on Tuesday expressed concern that Somalia's transitional administration is behind on a timetable to set up a permanent government b... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Leaders   Photos   Security Council   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: Somalia  
Libya former rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj, second left, speaks with Libya fighters prior to the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. The Daily Telegraph
'Rendition' Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj to form his own party
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a prominent Islamist commander suing MI6 over his alleged rendition by the CIA in 2004, is poised to emerge as a powerful political force in Libya af... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
Islamist   Libya   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Libyan civil war  
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity. Independent online
Zille speech interrupted
DA leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday. | Tension w... (photo: AP)
Johannesburg   Photos   Politics   Protest   Wikipedia: Helen Zille  
In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The Independent
Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Refugees
- Incredible!!! Is Ghana For The Rawlingses? Kwesi Pratt Asks
- Egypt Islamist warns against vote fraud ahead of election
- Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi freed by conniving politicians i
- Palestinians Sign Deal to Set Up Elections
President Barack Obama stands with his head bowed in prayer during a ceremony to award posthumously the Medal of Honor to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., US Army, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Sabo was killed in 1970 in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
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- Netanyahu: Israel could be overrun by African infiltrators
- Netanyahu pledges 'action' on Africa migrants
- Holocaust through the eyes of a refugee in SA
- Israel PM: illegal African immigrants threaten identity of J
	AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
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International Relations Education
- Nick Clegg proposes student premium to help poorest entering
- David Cameron says he is driven like Margaret Thatcher
- Serbs Vote in Presidential Runoff Election
- Greek vote for 'cranky extremists' would be disastro
Serbian President Boris Tadic addresses the media in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Kosovo won a major victory on the world stage Thursday as the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest court, said its 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia was legal.
Serbs Vote in Presidential Runoff Election
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- 18 years post-apartheid, S.Africans struggle for education
- Volta University to Take Off in September
- How release of Lockerbie bomber caused international backlas
- School desperate after six-year wait
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Fresh tension in Lebanon after troops kill cleric
- Fighting breaks out in restive Damascus district
- UN human rights chief visits Zimbabwe
- Gunbattle in Beirut amid fears of Syria spillover
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
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- Chad Harbach: a heavy hitter from left field
- Highlife Great, Ochonma Stages a Come-Back
- lockerbie bomber who killed 270 is dead
- UAE group conducts 500 eye surgeries in Somalia
Cargo Ships
India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
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Aids Terrorism
- King and queen of Lesotho arrive for three-day visit
- Joy News channel, Actionaid to promote women’s right
- The Unsung Heroes of African Health Systems
- Inspired In New York invites you to Inspired in New York May
A girl suffering cholera symptoms receives treatment at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Nov. 12, 2010.
20 per cent of Ghanaian children are not immunised
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- Lockerbie bomber's death reminder of Gadhafi's '
- >Ethiopian court says 11 will face terror charges
- US mulls Nigeria's Boko Haram for terror watch list
- Hwedza Reign of Terror Ends
Pakistanis check local newspapers, featuring on the front pages former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, displayed for sale on a roadside in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 19, 2011.
How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life
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