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Baikal Environmental Wave protested in June against a paper factory on the shores of Lake Baikal, months after security forces seized its computers.
IRKUTSK, Russia — It was late one afternoon in January when a squad of plainclothes police...
By Mark Tutton for CNN
Liberian rebels in 2002. Liberia's civil war was partly funded by "blood diamonds."
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In many African nations natural resources have led to economic instability
Resource wealth can lead to corruption, cronyism and violence
Conflicts ...
Wide, long and not very satisfying was the yawn that greeted news that Israel and the Palestinian Authority will resume direct peace talks in Washington next month. After decades of fruitless negotiations interrupted by periods of stalemate or terror or both, expectations could scarcely be...
By Chico Harlan
Saturday, August 21, 2010
TOKYO -- The sour state of relations on the Korean Peninsula has led to equally sour relations on the Internet, with North and South Korea now engaged in a micro-battle over micro-blogging.
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Koreas in war of Twitter...
By RAPHAEL MINDER
Published: August 23, 2010
MADRID — Spain claimed two separate diplomatic victories in Africa on Monday with the release of two hostages held in Mauritania and an agreement with Morocco to strengthen police cooperation following a recent commercial blockade of Melilla, a...
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Relatives mourned Yanil Cemeño in Caracas, the fourth child in his family to be killed. Venezuela’s murder rate exceeds Iraq’s. More Photos »
By SIMON ROMERO
Published: August 22, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela — Some here joke that they might be safer if...
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Recevant à la Maison blanche exactement 115 jeunes africains venus de 40 pays subsahariens pour un forum à l’occasion du demi-siècle des indépendances africaines de 1960, mardi dernier, 03 juillet 2010, le président...
Par alain.noah.awana | Mercredi 28 juillet 2010 | Le Messager
« Nous avons encore, je dois le dire, un grave problème de morale publique. Malgré nos efforts pour les combattre, la fraude, les détournements de deniers publics, la corruption continuent de miner les fondements...
Au pouvoir depuis vingt-huit ans, le président Paul Biya a modifié la Constitution camerounaise afin de pouvoir briguer un nouveau mandat en 2011. Régulièrement condamné par les organisations de défense des droits humains, M. Biya peut compter sur le soutien diplomatique de Paris mais...
