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  • International community must help Darfur become self-sufficient 8211 UN official International community must help Darfur become self-sufficient 8211 UN official

    22 May 2013 150 The United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the international community must do more to ensure the people of Sudan's Darfur region can better provide for themselves. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, who is currently on a four-day visit to Darfur, said she was disappointed that after 10 years of humanitarian operations, the region is ...

  • Obama Speech Attempts to Fulfill Pledges For More Transparency

    WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged the killing of four Americans in drone strikes. This came on the eve of a speech by President Barack Obama about the legal principles supporting use of drones against terrorist suspects, and about detention policies. The use of drone warfare and targeted killings, including of Americans helping al-Qaida or ...

  • World motorsport chief to visit Botswana

    The president of the world motorsport governing body, Federation Internationale de I' Automobile (FIA), Jean Todt is scheduled to visit Botswana in August, Botswana Motorsport Association (BMSA) has confirmed. BMSA secretary general Joseph Khengere said Tuesday they had been in consultations with the FIA since affiliating to them earlier this year and the president will pay a visit to Botswana, ...

  • Uganda signs new national football coach

    Serbia-born Sredojevic Milutin has been confirmed as the new coach of Uganda's national football team. He signed a two-year contract Tuesday and will start his work with an away friendly game to Libya June 1, reports Xinhua. The Federation of Uganda Football Association, the country's football governing body, unveiled the coach at its headquarters in the capital here. The appointment follows ...

  • Indian vice president visit to Ethiopia

    Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari will visit Ethiopia to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union (AU) on May 25. The visit is indicative of the systemic improvement of trade and political relations between India and Africa, an official of the Ethiopian foreign ministry said. "India has been a great support in Africa's development and it ...

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Cop Out

Cop Out

Its no secret that Kevin Smith has been trying to reboot the Fletch franchise for the better part of the past decade, and the fact that Cop Out features a suspiciously similar synth score by Fletch composer Harold Faltermeyer and ends with Stephanie Mills Bit by Bit (Theme Fr ... ...

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  • Questions raised over valuation dropping Guptas property price in S. Africa

    An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation of a property owned by the well-connected Indian family in Johannesburg. Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the Gupta family. According to news 24, Maphologela was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the properties' value ...

  • IP Theft Costs US $300 Billion Per Year Report

    A private advisory panel says growing intellectual property theft, mainly by China, is costing the United States more than $300 billion each ...

  • UN Nuclear Agency Says Iran Expanded Nuclear Activity

    The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has taken a significant step toward building a reactor that Western experts say could provide a second path to producing material for a nuclear ...

  • Kenya tells Britain to apologise for abuses

    Kenya was responsible for unspeakable and horrific gross violations of human rights", including "massacres, torture and sexual violence".The four-volume report recommended that the Kenyan government enter into negotiations ...

  • EU backs mission to secure Libya’s borders

    Leaders of the European Union's 27 member states yesterday (22 May) agreed to establish a mission to help Libya secure its borders, reflecting concern both about the terrorist threat in the region and migration to the EU.The two-year mission, which will start its work next month, will be led by Antti Hartikainen, the director-general of Finland's customs service, and should include ...

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