Region hit by Sandy struggles to resume daily life
Firefighters look at flood waters left from Hurricane Sandy at the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough in New York October 30, 2012. Millions of people were left reeling in the aftermath of the whipping winds and heavy rains of the massive storm Sandy on Tuesday as New York City and many parts of […]
Read More →New York area’s JFK, Newark airports reopen
Lower Manhattan is plunged into darkness by a planned power outage as the giant storm Sandy descends on New York. The John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports, both of which serve New York City, are reopening Wednesday morning after being closed for days by Hurricane Sandy, the local port authority said. “Newark Liberty International […]
Read More →IMF eases restrictions on help for Zimbabwe
Sapa-AFP | 31 October, 2012 08:23 Zimbabwean flag Image by:Â Gallo Images/Thinkstock The IMF has relaxed its restrictions on providing consulting support to Zimbabwe. The International Monetary Fund said easing its restrictions, set after Zimbabwe fell behind in repayments to the fund, would allow its staff to advise the government on its economic program and monitor […]
Read More →Somali comedian shot dead after poking fun at al Shabaab
Somali al Shabaab fighters. File photo. Image by:Â AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Abdiwahab Gunmen assassinated a well-known comedian and musician who poked fun at al Qaeda-linked Shabaab insurgents in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and colleagues said Tuesday. Warsame Shire Awale, a famous composer who had worked with Somalia’s national army band before joining Radio Kulmiye […]
Read More →2,700 Ugandan troops dead in Somalia: official
The Ugandan contingent of African Union Mission in Somalia Image by:Â HANDOUT / Reuters The number of African Union troops killed while battling Somali militants has always been a tightly held secret, but a top Kenyan official says more than 2,700 troops have died there. Richard Onyonka , Kenya’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, said on […]
Read More →Villagers in Morocco Drive Out Prostitutes By SUZANNE DALEY
AIN LEUH, Morocco — For years, this mountain village with its crumbling whitewashed walls was known locally as the place to go for sex. Women — some dressed in tight jogging suits, some in dressing gowns — dallied in the tiled doorways off the main square, offering a Moroccan version of Amsterdam’s red-light district. Enlarge […]
Read More →U.S. and Algeria Discuss Ousting Mali Militants
European Pressphoto Agency Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, right, discussed ways to counter a regional crisis. ALGIERS — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton soughtAlgeria’s backing on Monday for an emerging international effort to push Islamic militants out of northern Mali, in a meeting here with the president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. […]
Read More →Rwanda Opposition Leader Sentenced to 8 Years
KIGALI, Rwanda (Reuters) — Rwanda’s high court on Tuesday sentenced a leading opposition politician to eight years in prison, in a case widely viewed as a test of the nation’s democratic limits and the independence of the judiciary. Shant Fabricatorian/Associated Press The opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, had faced six charges and was found guilty of […]
Read More →Mining code reforms: state wants bigger share
Mining code reforms: state wants bigger share Kinshasa is revising its 2002 mining code in the hope of getting a fatter share of profits from the sector. This forms part of a wider trend in Africa that worries mining operators. According to information gleaned on the sidelines of a conference staged by the Chambre de […]
Read More →MIDDLE EAST Bashar exacts revenge on Bandar in Lebanon
MIDDLE EAST Bashar exacts revenge on Bandar in Lebanon The Beirut car bombing that killed Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, the head of the intelligence branch of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces’ (ISF), on October 19, robbed Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Directorate and its chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, of their principal ally in the eastern […]
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