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Opinion: A final word on the Obama Nobel

Now that the ruckus has subsided over the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama, the time has come to examine an issue largely overlooked in recent years.
Oct 24, 2009 by  John David Powell in Politics - 4 comments

Italian police arrest priest for role in Rwanda genocide

Just weeks after the arrest of a top accused of planning, executing and participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Italian police arrested another suspect. A priest, this time. The man is accused of ordering for the deaths of 80 students aged 12-20.
Oct 22, 2009 by  Miriam Mannak in World - 2 comments

Suspected Rwandan genocide leader pleads not guilty

Idelphonse Nizeyimana, a top suspect accused of planning, executing and participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, pleaded not guilty at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania.
Oct 15, 2009 by  Miriam Mannak in World

Suspected Rwandan genocide leader arrested in Uganda

Fifteen years after Rwanda was ravaged by one of the most gruesome genocides in history, one of the brains behind the atrocities has been detained in a UN detention facility in Arusha, Tanzania, home of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Oct 7, 2009 by  Miriam Mannak in World - 2 comments

UN Secretary-General says action needed on climate change

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to take action on climate change and save the planet.
Sep 22, 2009 by  Bob Ewing in Environment

African Sickle-Cell Anemia Deaths Heighten By Vaccine Shortage

Despite readily available vaccines, death rate of sickle-cell anemia in African children remains to be a growing concern, researchers said Thursday.
Sep 11, 2009 by  John Louie S. Ramos in Health - 1 comment

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested

Gregoire Ndahimana, who is a suspect in the Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Aug 15, 2009 by  Bob Ewing in World - 1 comment

A Spotlight on the Work of the American Refugee Committee Special

When I visited the World Refugee Day celebration that was held in Minneapolis on June 20, one of the people I met was Therese Gales, the Public Affairs Manager with the American Refugee Committee (ARC).
Jul 21, 2009 by  Chris Dade in World - 2 comments

Children of Conflict:The Real Victims

Around the world children are suffering from direct consequences of war. They find themselves alone and vulnerable without their families or being directly recruited as a child soldier.
Jun 21, 2009 by  Natalie Peart in World

Oil-rich Uganda faces massive land-wars and population explosion

Land battles are expected to escalate in at least 30 districts in oil-rich Uganda, which also is the African country with the world's third-highest population growth. A 'time-bomb in waiting', warns a local USAID-funded non-governmental organisation.
Apr 25, 2009 by  Adriana Stuijt in Environment - 4 comments
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