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Chad arrests suspected member of elephant slaughter gang
ReutersN'DJAMENA, June 18 (Reuters) - Authorities in Chad have arrested a suspected member of a poaching gang accused of slaughtering nearly 200 elephants and killing five Cameroonian park rangers, the environment minister said on Tuesday. Rising demand for...Tags: Cameroon, Libyan Civil War (2011), United Nations, Butterfly Ballots, Murder
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Central African Republic rebels still in control of cabinet despite reshuffle
ReutersBANGUI (Reuters) - A cabinet reshuffle in Central African Republic requested by the international community to reduce the dominance of rebel leaders who seized power in a March coup has left the representatives of the SELEKA coalition in most of the top...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Crime, Law and Justice, European Union
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ANALYSIS-Africa defence force never more needed but still a paper tiger
Reuters* At 50, pan-African body still striving for own peace force * French Mali intervention was painful dent in African pride * Rest of world foots bill for most of Africa's peacekeeping * Somalia mission a possible model, but human cost high By Pascal...Tags: Ghana, Politics, France, Paris (France), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: National Government, Human Rights Watch, Burma, Government, China
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C. African Republic suspended from world diamond body
ReutersJOHANNESBURG, May 27 (Reuters) - Central African Republic has been suspended from the Kimberley Process, a global watchdog set up to halt the trade in 'conflict diamonds', after a rebel coalition seized power there in March, a diplomatic note said on...Tags: Francois Bozize
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Coup thwarts search for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Uganda's military has suspended its hunt for notorious warlord Joseph Kony after rebels toppled the president of the Central African Republic last month. Kony, indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of...
Tags: International Court or Tribunal, International Law, International Criminal Court, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations
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News of the Weird: Monopoly Money
In March, Microsoft was fined 561 million euros (about $725 million) by the European Commission after, apparently, a programmer carelessly left out just one line of code in Microsoft's Service Pack 1 of European versions of Windows 7. That one line...
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Cyprus wakes to bailout hangover
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below and at the bottom for details.ATHENS -- Defending a last-resort deal with international lenders, bleary-eyed officials on Cyprus said Monday that they had managed to avert a devastating default for the tiny Mediterranean nation and kept it from being forced out of Europe's single-...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Vladimir Putin, European Union, Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
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Myanmar on edge after new eruption of interreligious violence
As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country. Riots in the central city of Meiktila,...
Tags: Politics, Human Rights Watch, Islam, Burma, United Nations
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African Union suspends Central African Republic after president ousted
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The African Union on Monday suspended the Central African Republic and imposed sanctions after rebels ousted President Francois Bozize. South African President Jacob Zuma condemned the rebels as “bandits.”...
Tags: Politics, National Government, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Syrian rebel commander badly hurt in car bombing
BEIRUT -- A Syrian rebel commander who led the opposition Free Syrian Army for more than a year was wounded by a bomb planted in his car Sunday. Col. Riad Asaad, who defected from the country's air force and fled to Turkey in 2011, was in the eastern...
Tags: Free Syrian Army, Riad al-Asaad, Turkey, Rebellions, Skype
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