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Coup attempt in G.Bissau, attack on PM's residenceBissau (AFP) April 13, 2012 Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late Thursday, attacking the prime minister's residence and taking over ruling party headquarters and the national radio station. Gunshots and rocket-propelled grenades were fired in the darkened streets of the capital of the putsch-prone former Portuguese colony, which is in the middle of a bitterly disputed two-round presidential election. Soldiers attacked the residence of the winner of the first round, outgoing Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, wh ... read more |
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![]() Yemen slides into chaos amid new clashes Strife-battered Yemen is sliding deeper into chaos amid a power struggle that's ripping the army apart while U.S. Special Forces and the CIA step up their largely secret war against al-Qaida as it battles government forces for control of the south. ... more | .. |
![]() Canada's aid overhaul ignores the needy: critics Canada is radically changing how it doles out foreign aid, funding partnerships with chosen mining giants and development groups while ignoring those most in need, critics say. ... more | .. |
![]() G.Bissau army says coup bid over secret deal with Angola The Guinea-Bissau army said Friday it launched a coup bid in the notoriously unstable west African state because of an alleged secret military deal signed by the government with Angola. ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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![]() Nigeria Islamists 'get looted Libyan arms' Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants appear to be gaining strength and firepower from an alliance with al-Qaida in North Africa amid reports dozen of them are in Mali with Tuareg rebels while weapons looted in Libya have turned up in Nigeria. ... more | .. |
![]() South Africa issues shark warning around washed-up whale South African coastal authorities on Friday warned beachgoers around the tourist town of Knysna that sharks were moving into the area, feeding on the remains of a whale that ran ashore two days ago. ... more | .. |
![]() Coup attempt in G.Bissau, attack on PM residence Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late Thursday, attacking the prime minister's residence, arresting politicians and taking over the ruling party headquarters amid a media blackout. ... more | .. |
![]() Researchers Use Game to Change How Scientists Study Disease Outbreaks It may seem like a game of tag, but it's an innovative tool for teaching the fundamentals of epidemiology, the science of how infectious diseases move through a population. An international te ... more |
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![]() Foreign 'pressure' will not force Ntaganda arrest: DR Congo Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila said Wednesday he would not order the arrest of war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda "under pressure" from the international community. ... more | .. |
![]() East Africa is world's new energy frontier Not long ago the ramshackle former Portuguese colony of Mozambique on the east coast of Africa was written off as a basket case. ... more | .. |
![]() South Sudan's Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops South Sudan's President Salva Kiir rejected calls Thursday to pull out from contested border regions, but said he did not want war with Khartoum, whose warplanes bombed a Southern town for the first time. ... more | .. |
![]() Indonesian quake reawakens 2004 fears in Asia In nations around the Indian Ocean, thousands scrambled for higher ground Wednesday after powerful quakes triggered fears of a disaster in a region all too familiar with the power of a tsunami. ... more |
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![]() Airstrikes, artillery shelling on Sudan-S.Sudan border Sudan on Tuesday carried out new airstrikes inside South Sudan, as rival armies exchanged artillery fire in the latest round of fierce fighting in contested border regions. ... more | .. |
![]() Forced recruitment on South Sudan's border with rival Sudan Staring into the distance of South Sudan's volatile and sun-blasted borderlands with foe Sudan, Nyrop Nyol recounts the day soldiers came to her home and took her son away at gunpoint. ... more | .. |
![]() Sudan oil war heats up, north mobilizes The oil conflict between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan is flaring dangerously after the infant state accused the Khartoum regime of building an illegal pipeline into its oilfield and the north declared a general mobilization. ... more | .. |
![]() UN calls for funds for drought-hit Sahel Children's aid organisation UNICEF on Tuesday led a cross-agency appeal for funds for the Sahel region where 15 million are suffering from malnutrition, it said. ... more |
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![]() W. Africa must define scope of Mali intervention Mali's regional neighbours are wary of sending a military mission to the chaotic nation without a clear mandate, after Islamist extremists and Tuareg rebels seized the country's vast north, security sources say. ... more | .. |
![]() Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of 'dictatorship' Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, Kurdish leader Massud Barzani charged in an interview published on Sunday. ... more | .. |
![]() Anonymous leaks emails hacked from Tunisia's leaders Activists claiming affiliation with the hacking group Anonymous published about 2,700 emails Sunday purportedly between Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and other members of his government. ... more | .. |
![]() DR Congo army hunts ex-rebel deserter Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo closed in on a former rebel colonel Sunday and were trying to disarm him, a military official said. ... more |
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![]() Egypt army 'neutral' towards candidates for president Egypt's ruling military is not fielding a candidate in next month's presidential election, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi said on Monday. ... more | .. |
![]() Volcanic plumbing exposed Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions. International teams of researchers, led by the University of Leeds, ... more | .. |
![]() DR Congo leader visits region of army defectors President Joseph Kabila arrived Monday in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the current home of an ex-warlord wanted by the world court and where hundreds of former rebels have defected from the army. ... more | .. |
![]() African turmoil boosts Sahel famine threat The political upheavals that have swept Africa in recent months, especially Libya's civil war, have accelerated a food crisis in the Sahel, a drought-plagued, semi-desert region that spans the continent. ... more |
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![]() Iraqi head of controversial TV station to be tried The head of Arrai TV, famed as the mouthpiece of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi before his death, will appear in an Iraqi court on May 13 on charges of "stealing state property," his lawyer said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
![]() Soldiers guard Malawi TV, radio: spokesman Soldiers on Saturday took over security at Malawi's state radio and television in the commercial hub Blantyre to ensure a "peaceful transition" following the president's death, an army spokesman said. ... more | .. |
![]() In move to cut Iran oil sales, Nigeria can offer little help As the United States seeks to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme by cutting off the Islamic Republic's oil trade, Africa's largest oil producer will be of little help in replenishing world supply, officials and analysts say. ... more | .. |
![]() Burtele Foot Indicates Lucy Not Alone A new fossil discovery from Eastern Africa called the Burtele foot indicates Australopithecus afarensis, an early relative of modern humans, may not have been the only hominin to walk the plains and ... more |
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![]() Scientists find evidence that human ancestors used fire one million years ago An international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood ash, alongsi ... more | .. |
![]() Israeli alarm over treaty with Egypt grows Israel's concerns that its historic peace treaty with Egypt could be in peril amid the political upheaval in Cairo have intensified with the announcement by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood it will contest presidential elections next month. ... more | .. |
![]() Commentary: Mideast imbroglio The Egyptian revolution has led to economic bankruptcy, says Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a former U.N. secretary-general. Factories are closed and Egyptian workers are no longer wanted abroad, he lamented. ... more | .. |
![]() 159 rhinos poached in S.Africa this year: minister Almost 160 rhinos were poached in South Africa in the first three months of this year as trade in the animals' horns drives up the illegal killings, a minister said Wednesday. ... more |
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