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Witness Say Ex-president Samuel K. Doe’s Body Was Burnt, Thrown Into Sea
The founder of the erstwhile Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) told a jam-packed Truth and Reconciliation Commission Thematic and Institutional hearing that the body of the late president Samuel K. Doe was burnt and the ashes thrown...
The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction
Sunday, August 31, 2008 The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction Following up on yesterday’s attempt to examine the role (or lack thereof) of the United States in the current tensions between the European Union and Russia, it would appear that we...
Mandatory Evacuation Ordered in New Orleans Ahead of ‘mother of All Storms,’ Hurricane Gustav
Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city ahead of Hurricane Gustav. Nagin states that residents “need to be scared” in what he calls “the mother of all storms”. Residents are...
Tanzania Government Confiscates Property Worth $25m in Bank Fraud
Tanzania’s government has confiscated property worth over $25 million from 13 firms in a massive crackdown against people involved in the multi-million External Payment Arrears Account (EPA) scandal, APA learned Sunday.
Investigation Continues Into Last Weeks French Helicopter Crash in Cote D’Ivoire
Investigations continue into the causes of the crash of a gazelle-type helicopter of the French force, Unicorn, that injured two on Thursday evening at about 15km in the south of Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire. How People Arrived Here: french helicopter...
Venezuela Increases Economic Cooperation with Argentina And Ecuador
Advocating South American integration, President Hugo Chávez oversaw the signing of contracts with Argentine firms to construct “Socialist Factories†in Venezuela on Thursday and inaugurated joint oil exploitation in the Orinoco River Belt...
Traditional Birth Attendants in Pakistan Could Help Curb Maternal And Infant Mortality
Until recently, 55-year-old Sabhai Bibi, a traditional birth attendant (TBA), known as a ‘dai’, used an age-old method of cleaning the vagina after birth. “I’d shape gur [clarified sugar cane] and some herbs into a ball and put...
Reports Claim South Africa’s Mbeki Ready to Announce Way Forward on Zimbabwe Talks
South African President Thabo Mbeki is expected to announce when Zimbabwe’s stalled power-sharing talks will continue after holding separate meetings with the country’s rival political parties, a state-owned weekly said on Sunday.
