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  • Brazil throws Africa a lifeline Brazil throws Africa a lifeline

    Brazil has decided to forgive $900 million of African debt. 12 African countries will be the beneficiaries of the loan write-off following the plans, in which the government of Brazil will cancel or restructure the debt as part of a strategy to boost ties with the continent, which is seen as an upcoming trade heavyweight. President Dilma Rousseff, while visiting the Ethiopian capital Addis ...

  • Joint efforts critical to achieve peace in eastern DR Congo 8211 UN chief Joint efforts critical to achieve peace in eastern DR Congo 8211 UN chief

    26 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that African countries have a "historic opportunity" to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and underlined that joint efforts will be critical to stabilize the region. "A genuine and collaborative political effort must now take place at the regional level," Mr. Ban said in his remarks at the 114 ...

  • Syrian Opposition Disputes Prevent Decision on Peace Talks

    Syria's main opposition coalition has held an unscheduled fourth day of meetings in Istanbul (Turkey) as internal disputes prevent it from deciding whether to join a U.S. and Russian-backed peace conference with Damascus. Syrian National Coalition members on Sunday said the main dispute concerns whether to grant Saudi Arabia a bigger role in the group, by expanding its membership to ...

  • Somali Militants Attack Kenyan Police

    MOGADISHU The Somali militant group al-Shabab said on Sunday its fighters had killed eight Kenyans, including policemen, in a cross-border raid and had taken two captives back into Somalia. A Kenyan official confirmed two policemen had been killed and two were missing but could not confirm if they were kidnapped during the attack on Saturday night. "We have gone 35 km into ...

  • Serbia Gives State Funeral to Former King Family

    OPLENAC Serbian government officials and hundreds of mourners attended the reburial of King Petar II Karadjordjevic and other members of the deposed Yugoslavian royal family on Sunday decades after their deaths in exile - an event seen as an important act of national reconciliation. The bodies of Petar, his wife Queen Aleksandra, mother Queen Maria and brother Prince Andrej, had been ...

Movie Review

Bringing Up Baby

When I watch screwball comedies like "Bringing Up Baby," there is a certain part of me that laments the fact that our culture has become so jaded and cynical that a movie like this could never be made again. Oh sure, there have been some attempts in the last ten to twenty years, most notably two Madonna vehicles: "Desperately Seeking Susan" (1985) and "Who's That Girl?" (1987), the second of which ... ...

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  • Obama Surveys Oklahoma Tornado Damage

    U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to the midwestern state of Oklahoma Sunday to view the damage from last week's devastating tornado. Obama will meet with and console residents of the town of Moore, where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others were injured. Monday's tornado registered at an EF-5 - the strongest U.S. tornado measurement. It obliterated schools, ...

  • Kerry Hopeful on Palestinian Economic Plan

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says an economic plan to revive the ailing Palestinian economy could expand output by up to 50 percent in the next three years. The top U.S. diplomat, speaking Sunday at the World Economic Forum in Jordan, said the plan could also cut unemployment by almost two-thirds and average wages could jump 40 percent. But he said improvements depend on parallel ...

  • Nigeria Police Rescue Four Kidnapped Oil Workers

    ABUJA Nigerian police say they have rescued four expatriate oil workers who were held hostage for a month. The men have been released in good health, but the kidnappers remain at large. The men, two Russians and two Ukrainians were kidnapped on April 22 off the coast of Bayelsa in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Police say they are still searching for the kidnappers. Security ...

  • Swaziland Vote Will Be Credible Says Elections Chief

    The chairman of Swaziland's Elections and Boundaries Commission says he is confident that this year's national elections would be transparent and credible. "I am confident it would be very credible like the one we had before, and judging by the interest of the people, I am 100 percent confident that it is going to be a credible election,rdquo; said Prince Gija. He said the ...

  • Great Lakes Security Accord Reviewed at AU Summit

    ADDIS ABABA African leaders from the Great Lakes region met Sunday at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa to discuss progress bringing peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Security is high on the summit agenda, as is a proposal that could be a game-changer for the International Criminal Court case against Kenya's president. Fresh from celebrations for the 50th anniversary of ...

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