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PDP to pick presidential candidate

ABUJA, Jan 13 – Nigeria\’s ruling party picks a presidential candidate Thursday for April\’s landmark elections amid a surge in violence and divisions between...

January 13, 2011

Africa

I.Coast curfew after 11 killed in Abidjan

ABIDJAN, Jan 13 – Parts of Abidjan were under a curfew imposed by Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo Thursday, in districts loyal to his...

January 13, 2011

Africa

South Sudan rulers hail valid independence vote

JUBA, Jan 12 – South Sudan\’s ruling party said on Wednesday that the 60-percent turnout threshold required for a landmark independence vote to be...

January 13, 2011

World

Tunisia tense after fresh clashes

TUNIS, Jan 13 – Troops patrolled the streets of the Tunisian capital after an overnight curfew, as the government tried to quell weeks of...

January 13, 2011

World

India angered by China visa policy

NEW DELHI, Jan 13 – India reacted angrily Thursday to an extension of what it views as a provocative Chinese visa policy towards Indians...

January 13, 2011

World

Ship carrying acid overturns in Germany

BERLIN, Jan 13 – A ship carrying 2,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid overturned Thursday in the Rhine river near Sankt Goar, northwest of Mainz,...

January 13, 2011

World

Carter says south Sudan independence vote valid

UBA, Jan 13 – Ex-US president Jimmy Carter, who is heading an observer mission for a south Sudan independence vote, said Thursday that the...

January 13, 2011

World

Obama leads memorial for Tucson shooting

Arizona, Jan 13 – President Barack Obama led a national outpouring of grief while calling for unity at an emotional memorial after a shooting...

January 13, 2011

World

US opposes new trial in embassy bombings

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 – The US government strongly opposes holding a new trial for Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani, who was convicted of just one of...

January 13, 2011

Kenya

AU backing for Ocampo Six rubbished

NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 13 – The International Centre for Transitional Justice says it is unlikely that African Union member states will support the call...

LABAN WANAMBISIJanuary 13, 2011