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Zimbabwe soldiers attack money changers in capital

Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 2 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by thapaprajwal

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Gunfire has broken out in downtown Harare when rampaging, unpaid soldiers attacked money changers and clashed with police. Associated Press reporters have seen running skirmishes between unarmed soldiers and police wielding guns and riot sticks. Monday's violence...

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Libyan ship's Gaza mission blocked:Libya.

Ġaryān :: Libya | about 1 hour ago | No category

Posted by aarana

The ship, Al-Marwa, sailed instead to a port in neighboring Egypt. It left Libya last Monday, carrying 3,000 tonnes of food, medicine and other aid. A Libyan ship trying to deliver aid to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday turned...

11 news stories / 7 blog posts / 22 images / 13 videos / 0 voices

A luxury cruise ship having British passengers has come under attack ...

Oodweyne :: Somalia | about 9 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

American, British and Australian passengers on a 32-day cruise from Rome to Singapore. The cruise ship, which carries 690 passengers and 386 crew, was sailing past several groups of fishing boats when two small skiffs tried to intercept it. Two...

9 news stories / 7 blog posts / 9 images / 16 videos / 0 voices

At least 65 killed in ongoing Nigerian political clashes

Abuja :: Nigeria | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Seven students were among those killed Saturday in Jos, the capital city of central Nigeria's Plateau State, as the death toll from two days of political clashes rose to 65. Reports said more than 75 people have been killed since...

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The fire of lawlessness spreads in Zimbabwe: Brutaly beaten a Briton ...

Kwekwe :: Zimbabwe | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Mary Austen, a 74-year-old Briton, was murdered on her farm near Kwekwe, in the centre of the country, and her body discovered two days later. By then her husband, Neville a 77-year-old Zimbabwean, could not move or speak. A HOUSEWIFE...

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The bravely recued security guards jumped in to sea,as Somali pirates ...

Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Both France and Germany, which have ships in the area as part of an international anti-piracy coalition, sent the aircraft after receiving a distress call just after dawn. Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of...

13 news stories / 3 blog posts / 14 images / 3 videos / 1 voice

Riots kill hundreds in Nigeria

Jos :: Nigeria | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Tokun Lawal, reporting for Biodun Iginla @ BBC News, from Lagos, Nigeria (Biodun Iginla's Note: My mother, Adunni Iginla, was born in Jos, Nigeria, and that's where she and my dad met years before I was born, before they...

26 news stories / 6 blog posts / 12 images / 7 videos / 0 voices

Orders shoot on sight ;raising the death toll to at least 153:Jos, ...

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Twenty bodies bearing fresh wounds were prepared for burial at the Jos central mosque as troops sent to restore calm received orders to shoot any troublemakers on sight. Mobs behind Nigeria's worst sectarian fighting in years burned homes, churches and...

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Saudi king says oil should be $75 per barrel

Cairo :: Egypt | 2 days ago | Business News

Posted by kalex

Saudi Arabia's king says the price of oil should be $75 a barrel, much higher than it is now, but his oil minister indicated Saturday that no measures will likely be taken until OPEC meets again next month. Saudi Oil...

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Egypt is willing to intervene militarily against piracy in the Gulf of ...

Cairo :: Egypt | 2 days ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Nasra Ismail, reporting for Biodun Iginla @ BBC News, from Nablus, Palestine Sat 29 Nov 2008, 9:24 GMT [ - ] Text [ + ] CAIRO - Egypt is willing to intervene militarily against piracy in the Gulf of...

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