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Annan: Congo forces top abuses vs. kids
Jun 20 2006 9:48PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Congo's armed forces and police are responsible for the majority of documented abuses against children in the chaotic country, sometimes abducting kids to carry equipment or for sex, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report Tuesday.
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Chad accuses Sudan of cross-border attacks
Jun 20 2006 9:31PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Chad on Tuesday accused Sudan of cross-border attacks and urged the Security Council to meet over its neighbor's alleged "aggression and destabilization."
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U.N. official welcomes Liberians home
Jun 20 2006 6:41PM (CT)
SINJE, Liberia (AP) - A senior U.N. official marked World Refugee Day Tuesday by welcoming home 125 Liberians from Sierra Leone where they lived for years seeking haven from Liberia's civil war.
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Former Liberia president put in Dutch jail
Jun 20 2006 5:46PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was taken to a Dutch prison Tuesday to await a U.N. war crimes trial for the killing, rape or mutilation of hundreds of thousands in West Africa.
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Timber sanctions against Liberia lifted
Jun 20 2006 1:03PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to lift timber sanctions against Liberia to help spur economic growth in one of Africa's poorest nations, but said it will review the decision in 90 days.
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Ex-Liberian president leaves Sierra Leone
Jun 20 2006 7:55AM (CT)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor left West Africa on Tuesday for the Netherlands for a long-awaited trial on charges of backing brutal rebels in Sierra Leone.
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Islamic group under scrutiny in Somalia
Jun 20 2006 7:01AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Allegations that al-Qaida terrorists have been hiding in Somalia revolve around an old cleric, a young warrior, a desecrated cemetery and a lot of uncertainty. President Bush and other Western leaders have expressed concern that Somalia could become a safe haven for Osama bin Laden's terrorist network _ worries heightened by the victories of a militia vowing to bring Islamic rule to the Horn of Africa nation.
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East Timor orders arrest of ex-minister
Jun 20 2006 6:31AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor prosecutors ordered the arrest of the former interior minister Tuesday for supplying weapons to a hit squad tasked with eliminating the prime minister's political opponents, the United Nations said.
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Somalia Islamic leaders deny terror ties
Jun 20 2006 3:13AM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Allegations that al-Qaida terrorists have been hiding in Somalia revolve around an old cleric, a young warrior, a desecrated cemetery and a lot of uncertainty.
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