Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and knives, demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear “Muhammad.”
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Archive for the ‘africa’ Category
Sudanese demand schoolteacher’s execution
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Worldwide rallies held for Darfur
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Protests took place in 30 countries to bring attention to the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region.
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Chaos in Darfur rises as Arabs fight with Arabs
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Arab tribes in Darfur were fighting over the spoils of war, killing hundreds of people and displacing tens of thousands.
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Study: Washing your penis might give you HIV
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Researchers in Uganda said that washing the penis after sex increases the risk of HIV infection. “Don’t just finish and jump out of bed,†advised Dr. Ronald Gray, co-author of the study. “There ought to be a little time left for postcoital cuddling.â€
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UN approves hybrid force for Darfur
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The UN Security Council has approved a joint UN-African Union force of up to twenty-six thousand troops for Darfur.
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Prostitutes lose HIV immunity
Monday, July 30th, 2007A group of prostitutes thought to be immune to HIV have now become infected, causing dismay to scientists hoping to develop an AIDS vaccine.
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Geologist: Underground lake in Darfur probably dry
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007A French geologist stated that a newly discovered underground lake in Darfur, which was expected to help bring peace to the water-starved region, likely dried up at least 5,000 years ago.
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Zimbabwe president imposes nation-wide extreme price-cuts
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe ordered all shop prices to be cut by at least half, and sometimes several times more, sparking a crazed shopping spree, which economists say will only increase the economic crisis “Operation Reduce Prices” is attempting to alleviate.
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Scientists look for AIDS cure in African prostitutes
Friday, June 29th, 2007Scientists are studying African prostitutes that don’t have AIDS.
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World failing Darfur, says Rice
Monday, June 25th, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the world has failed Darfur.
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France holds conference on Darfur
Monday, June 25th, 2007France is holding a 15 nation conference in Paris to try and figure out what to do about Darfur. The African Union is not attending.
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UN: Darfur conflict beginning of climate wars
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007A UN reported warned that the Darfur conflict heralds era of wars triggered by climate change.
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Iraq ranked second among world’s failed states
Monday, June 18th, 2007Iraq was rated the world’s second most unstable country, behind Sudan.
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Museveni calls climate change a modern attack on Africa
Friday, June 15th, 2007Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday called global warming a form of external aggression against Africa as the impact of the phenomenon is felt more acutely on the continent than elsewhere.
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Zimbabwe to ‘collapse in six months’
Thursday, June 14th, 2007Zimbabwe will collapse within six months, possibly leading to a state of emergency, according to a leaked briefing report for aid workers in the country.
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Nigerians sue Pfizer over test deaths
Monday, June 11th, 2007A group of Nigerian families has sued the drugs giant Pfizer following the deaths of 11 children and injury to others who are said to have taken part in tests of a drug to treat meningitis.
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Bush Requests $30 Billion to Fight AIDS
Thursday, May 31st, 2007President Bush called Wednesday for Congress to spend $30 billion to fight global AIDS over the next five years, a near doubling of financing that is part of a White House effort to burnish Mr. Bush’s humanitarian credentials before he meets leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized nations next week.
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Central African Republic to release 400 child soldiers
Friday, May 18th, 2007United Nations officials said on Friday that rebel leaders in the Central African Republic had agreed to begin sending 400 child soldiers home to their families.
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UN: Somalia worse than Darfur
Friday, May 18th, 2007The United Nations top humanitarian chief is saying the refugee situation in Somalia is now worse than Darfur.
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New research supports common ancestry theories
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Researchers have produced new DNA evidence that almost certainly confirms the theory that all modern humans descended from the same small group of people.
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