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December 25, 2012

Iraq minister's guards held on terror charges
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 21, 2012
At least nine of the Iraqi finance minister's guards are being held on terrorism charges, officials said on Friday after the minister demanded the premier's resignation following their arrest. The dispute threatens to reignite a long-running feud between the secular, Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, of which Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi is a member, and Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Higher Judicial Council spokesman Abdelsattar Bayraqdar told AFP that nine of Essawi's guards were detained u ... read more

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Iraq finance minister demands PM's resignation Iraqi Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi demanded that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki resign after a "militia force" allegedly raided the ministry and detained its guards on Thursday. ... more		Commentary: Geopolitical malignancy The only democracy Egypt has known in 5,000 years of recorded history lasted six years - from 1946, when the World War II British protectorate came to an end, until 1952 when Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser and his Free Officers movement dethroned and exiled King Farouk. ... more		Pirates attack ship off Nigeria, kidnap Italian sailors Pirates attacked an Italian ship off Nigeria and kidnapped four sailors, including three Italians, in the latest such incident off the country's oil-producing southern coast, officials said Monday. ... more
				Chad lifts expulsion order against critical Italian bishop Chad on Monday said it had lifted an expulsion order against an Italian Catholic bishop who had been ordered to leave after criticising the mismanagement of oil revenues in the impoverished central African country. ... more		Iraq calls for Arab action on climate change Iraq's most senior energy official called for coordinated Arab action on climate change while Egypt's environment minister proposed a regional green fund at a conference in Baghdad on Monday. ... more

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Mali Islamists destroying more Timbuktu mausoleums Armed groups occupying Timbuktu in northern Mali used pickaxes on Sunday to smash up any remaining mausoleums in the ancient city, an Islamist leader said. ... more		Outside View: Tunisia's path ahead Two years after the revolutions, Arab Spring nations continue to face turbulent transitions as they try to forge ahead through new challenges and old legacies. ... more		AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department		Gunmen attack military targets in I. Coast: army, UN Armed men attacked a gendarmerie barracks in the main Ivory Coast city of Abidjan overnight, while a separate armed group attacked an army post to the north, military and UN sources said. ... more
				Peacekeepers warn of potential catastrophe in Darfur Peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region warned on Friday of a potential humanitarian catastrophe after reports of renewed displacement of civilians by alleged air strikes and other attacks. ... more		Sudan jails 4 for life for killing Chinese: media Four Sudanese have been sentenced to life in prison for killing a Chinese worker in oil-producing South Kordofan, state-linked media reported on Monday. ... more

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Iraq agrees to extend oil pipeline through Jordan Iraq and Jordan agreed on Monday to extend an oil pipeline to the Red Sea city of Aqaba for the export of Iraqi crude, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said after a fleeting visit to Amman. ... more		Trina Solar Improves Medical Treatment for 85,000 People in Malawi Trina Solar has announced the donation of solar modules to three health care centres in Malawi servicing over 85,000 people. Together with partner Innovation: Africa, Trina Solar will make clean ene ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Exxon extends Africa's energy enterprise Exxon Mobil's plan to begin exploring for oil and natural gas in 2.8 million acres off South Africa's east coast greatly expands the energy boom along Africa's Indian Ocean flank. ... more
				Zimbabwe and China ink $400 mn electricity deal Zimbabwe signed a $400 million deal with China's state-owned SinoHydro on Thursday to increase electricity production and ease daily blackouts. ... more		New Mali PM crafts unity government to win back north Mali's new Prime Minister Diango Cissoko started drawing up a new unity government Wednesday that could bring the consensus needed to launch a foreign military intervention in the Islamist-occupied north. ... more

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	New Mali PM has 'respect' of US The United States on Wednesday described the new prime minister of Mali as a man respected by US officials and urged him to move swiftly to form a new government to lead the troubled country. ... more		UN, US lead condemnation of Mali PM's ouster The UN and the US are condemning the forced resignation of Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, which Washington called a "setback" in the West African nation's efforts to restore democracy. ... more		S.Africa offers cash rewards to curb poaching With killings at "crisis levels", wildlife authorities in South Africa's Kruger National Park announced on Wednesday they would give substantial cash rewards for tipoffs about rhino poaching. ... more		More F-16s for Egypt fuels arms debate The U.S. decision to send Egypt 20 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets as the new Islamic president in Cairo is making dictatorial moves will fuel growing criticism in the United States and Europe of arming regimes that shun democracy. ... more

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Israel, Iran vie for control of Red Sea		EU to fund Djibouti desalination plant		South Africa rhino poaching toll jumps to 633		Africa's elephant slaughter funds wars		Future of PNG deep sea mining uncertain
Brazil, S. Africa collaborate on missile		Russia and Libya: will they restore military and technical cooperation?		Kenyans brace for another violent election		Zuma landslide predicted as ANC voting ends		Tracing humanity's African ancestry may mean rewriting 'out of Africa' dates

French push Algeria to join Mali incursion

Troops patrol Nigeria city after death of governor

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Mali PM resigns after being arrested by troops

US general in Nigeria after warning over African Islamists

Egypt army calls for Morsi, opposition to solve crisis

Mali crisis deepens as PM quits under pressure from ex-junta

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Malaysian customs seize record 24 tonnes of ivory

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