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 World Player of the Week: Didier Drogba - Chelsea
| More On : Chelsea FC, Didier Drogba 0 Comments World Player of the Week | Didier Drogba | AGE 34 POSITION Forward FOR Chelsea | WEEK IN NUMBERS | APPS (GOALS... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Goal
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 When might is not right
THE name Muammar al-Jarud, for many across the globe, means little, if anything. In Libya, al-Jarud represents a victim of misuse of global power by Nato, a loose associa... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Independent online
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 UK rules out further Lockerbie inquiries after Al-Megrahi's death
| The prime minister said the court case, which convicted Megrahi, was properly conducted and news of his death on Sunday should “be a time to remember the 270 peop... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany) Mail Guardian South Africa
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 Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Joy Online
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 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... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) The New York Times
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 Families of Lockerbie victims still seek answers
| NEW YORK — The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims' relatives relieved and others raising questions about his guil... (photo: EC / EC) Dayton Daily News
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 Fresh fighting erupts in DRC
Kinshasa - Fresh clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and a group of mutineers erupted on Sunday in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, defectors said, ... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti) Independent online
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 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 Wed... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Herald Tribune
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 Lockerbie: David Cameron criticises al-Megrahi release
David Cameron has reacted to the death of the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing by saying he should not have been released. | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60,... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) BBC News
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 Netanyahu: African migrants could overrun Israel
| JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that Israel could be swamped by illegal migrants from Africa. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu g... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Atlanta Journal
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 AU Pushes for Sudan Talks
By NICHOLAS BARIYO | KAMPALA, Uganda—The African Union has mounted pressure on oil-producing Sudan and South Sudan as it seeks to bring the two back to the negotiat... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti) Wall Street Journal
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 UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Scoop
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 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 moth... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy) The Guardian
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 Thousands flee DR Congo violence
| Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | The fighting has been mo... (photo: UN) Al Jazeera
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 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 pove... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) BBC News
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 South Africa targets rainbow tourists
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across th... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) BBC News
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 Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
| LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) The Guardian
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 US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (ÂŁ1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
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 US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenyaâ€... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews
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 US mulls 'terrorist' designation for Boko Haram
Zeenews Bureau | Washington: The US State Department may designate Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, as a "foreign terrorist organisation”, a news agency s... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Zeenews
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