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Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist | MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday, the second day of riots caused by soarin... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay) The Star Economy Mozambique Photos Protests Wikipedia: Mozambique |
Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas reach for a lasting peace | BARACK Obama says a lasting Middle East peace deal is possible within a year after Israeli and Palestinian leaders recommitted to finding a two-state solution. | Raising hopes of a result that has e... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The Australian Israel Palestine Peace Photos Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict |
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Ehud Barak hints at likely Israeli concessions | WHILE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been standing alongside US President Barack Obama talking about peace in vague terms, his Defence Minister, Ehud Bar... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon) The Australian Israel Palestine Peace Photos Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict |
Sudan's north-south faultline, a land of oil, worries about possible war ahead of freedom vote | AGOK, Sudan - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the ex... (photo: Public Domain / BanyanTree) Star Tribune About Freedom Photos Vote Wikipedia: Sudan |
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October | GENEVA - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights o... (photo: Public Domain / Joonasl) Houston Chronicle Attacks Congo Geneva Photos Wikipedia: Genocide |
Activist group promotes Egypt's intelligence chief for president | CAIRO - A group of activists have hung up posters around Egypt's capital supporting the country's intelligence chief as a possible candidate in next year's presidential... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill) Star Tribune Arab Egypt Election Photos Wikipedia: Omar Suleiman |
Mpiani: Workers of Ghana Airways are partly to blame for demise of national carrier Former Chief of Staff, Kojo Mpiani says former workers of the defunct Ghana Airways are partly to blame for the collapse of the erstwhile national carrier. | Speaking to ... (photo: Public Domain / Denniss) Joy Online Airlines Ghana Photos Transport Wikipedia:Ghana Airways |
Official: South Sudan lawmakers may vote to secede | NAIROBI, Kenya - Southern Sudan's parliament may vote to secede from the Khartoum-based north if an independence reference scheduled for January is delayed, a former to... (photo: Public Domain / Sven-steffen arndt) Houston Chronicle Lawmakers Nairobi Photos Vote Wikipedia: Sudan |
Egypt postpones visit by Iranian FM | CAIRO - Egypt said Thursday it has postponed a visit to Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki over comments criticising the role of some Arab leaders in ... (photo: insignia. / F l a n k e r) Middle East Online Arab Cairo Comments Photos Wikipedia: Egypt |