Archive for the ‘africa’ Category
Monday, March 31st, 2008
A Wall Street Journal editorial falsely asserted that "the Senate Intelligence Committee found" former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV "had lied in claiming his wife [former CIA agent Valerie Plame] had played no role in sending him to Niger."Read the full story
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
MUNICH, Germany -- Scandal-scarred Siemens AG paid millions of euros in bribes to cabinet ministers and dozens of other officials in Nigeria, Russia and Libya as it sought to win lucrative contracts for telecommunications equipmentRead the full story
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
A man caught with a backpack containing explosives, nails and Islamic literature has been arrested after trying to enter the US Embassy in Austria, police say.Read the full story
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Harare - Aids drugs - some of them contaminated, diluted or faked - are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, says the health ministry.Read the full story
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
LONDON: Nelson Mandela paid tribute to the anti-apartheid struggle Wednesday as Britain's prime minister pulled a rainbow-striped veil from a statue in the South African's honor and lionized him as one of the best-loved statesmen of all time.
Speaking to thousands of supporters as African hymns echoed from the walls of ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
"The health department yesterday recalled all condoms supplied by Zalatex, after concerns about the quality of its products. Zalatex supplies condoms produced by Latex Surgical Products (LSP), and was alleged to have bribed an official at the South African Bureau of Standards to approve condoms that had failed to meet ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Eight children under the age of five die every minute in Africa from diseases which have cures, figures unveiled by the UN reveal.
A statement released at a meeting between representatives of Portuguese-speaking governments in Africa, the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF, said the children mainly died as a ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - At least eight soldiers were killed Saturday when a suicide attacker struck a military convoy with his explosive-laden vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, the army spokesman said.Read the full story
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
A mass rally will be held in Melbourne on Saturday 14 July, 12:30 pm, as part of an International Day of Action in opposition to the government's escalation of attacks on Indigenous communities and the denial of justice for Mulrunji and other Indigenous people who have been killed in police ...
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