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War tribunal to seek Darfur prosecutions
Dec 13 2006 10:29PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The International Criminal Court expects to finalize by February its first case against suspects who bear the greatest responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur conflict, the chief prosecutor said in a report Wednesday.
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Envoy reports progress in Sudan meetings
Dec 13 2006 8:22PM (CT)
KHARTHOUM, Sudan (AP) - A White House special envoy reported progress in a meeting with Sudan's president Wednesday, saying the two agreed on certain steps to improve the situation in Darfur.
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Sudan economy booms as Darfur crumbles
Dec 13 2006 7:03PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - New office blocks are popping up across the capital and the country's first shopping mall is packed. Nearby, cell phone and computer stores line city streets that just a few years ago were dusty lanes.
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London nabs controversial Kenya pastor
Dec 13 2006 5:57PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A self-styled preacher who claimed to help couples conceive "miracle babies" through prayer was arrested Wednesday on a warrant to face kidnapping charges in his native Kenya.
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U.N. to send investigators to Darfur
Dec 13 2006 5:46PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. Human Rights Council, under strong pressure to act against atrocities in Darfur, voted Wednesday to send a team of investigators to the war-torn region of western Sudan to report on civilian deaths, rapes, mass flight and destruction of villages.
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Court: Botswana Bushmen wrongly evicted
Dec 13 2006 4:06PM (CT)
LOBATSE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana's High Court ruled Wednesday that the country's Bushmen are entitled to live and hunt on their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a decision hailed as a victory for indigenous peoples.
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South Africa to ban hunting of animals
Dec 13 2006 2:47PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The hunting of lions and other big cats bred in captivity purely to die at the barrel of a gun will be outlawed under legislation that comes into force next year, the government said Wednesday.
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EU delegation pushes Somalia peace talks
Dec 13 2006 12:25PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A European Union delegation visiting Somalia's capital urged the country's increasingly powerful Islamic militia to resume peace talks with the government amid fears of war, an Islamic official said Wednesday.
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U.S. executives tour the Horn of Africa
Dec 13 2006 6:42AM (CT)
DJIBOUTI (AP) - Business executive Peter Thoren rode in the cockpit of the C-130 cargo plane as it raced over barren scrubland in the Horn of Africa, surveying a battlefield in the war on terror that most Americans know nothing about.
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Food, basic aid said not reaching Darfur
Dec 13 2006 5:44AM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Food and other basic relief is not reaching thousands in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, despite what the United Nations calls the world's biggest humanitarian effort.
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