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Angola: Protect Press Freedom for Africa Cup
17 Dec 2009 15:44:21 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York) - The Angolan government should ensure freedom of the press as host of the Africa Cup of Nations, Human Rights Watch said today. The football tournament will take place January 10 to 31, ... 
FACTBOX-Latest H1N1 swine flu death tolls
17 Dec 2009 15:42:35 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds details) Dec 17 (Reuters) - Here are the numbers of deaths from the H1N1 flu virus, according to the latest European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC) tallies. The data ... 
BOTSWANA/ZIMBABWE: Cross-border shoppers disappear
17 Dec 2009 15:39:16 GMT
Source: IRIN
Relative silence has replaced the bustle that Francistown, on the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe, used to experience during the peak shopping period at Christmas.  
Sudan buys arms, slides back to war - reports
17 Dec 2009 15:38:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
* North, south Sudan, militias engaged in "arms race" * Sudan needs time to pass reforms, avoid violent split * Civilians have 2 million weapons, dwarfing army stockpiles KHARTOUM, ... 
COLUMN-Burning borrowed money in America's wars: Bernd Debusmann
17 Dec 2009 15:29:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has an evocative term for the level ... 
GLOBAL: Not quite "Hopenhagen"?
17 Dec 2009 15:17:59 GMT
Source: IRIN
When you are a small NGO from a poor country in the South, how can you hope to make yourself heard at the climate change talks in Copenhagen? One answer is to get more influential NGOs in the North to do it for you – engaging public opinion tand urging their governments to help the poor cope with increasingly erratic weather. 
Quake jolts eastern Japan - government agency
17 Dec 2009 15:16:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
TOKYO, Dec 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 jolted eastern Japan on Thursday, a government agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no ... 
Guinea's Camara can be blamed for stadium crimes-HRW
17 Dec 2009 15:12:18 GMT
Source: Reuters
* HRW calls Guinea abuse crimes against humanity * Says junta chief Camara implicated By David Lewis DAKAR, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The killings and abuses directed against pro-democracy ... 
Copenhagen climate deal must be transparent-U.S.
17 Dec 2009 15:06:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Any deal reached at climate change talks in Copenhagen must include a mechanism to ensure transparency and that all parties are fulfilling their obligations, the White ... 
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