Posts Tagged ‘languages’
Israel begins deporting migrants from Africa
Israel is deporting a first planeload of African migrants back to their home country.
Israel says the deportation of 120 Africans to South Sudan is the first step toward expelling thousands more. More than 4,000 migrants who ...
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Liberia closes border with Ivory Coast
Liberia has closed its border with Ivory Coast, after gunmen allegedly crossed into Ivory Coast and killed seven United Nations peacekeepers.
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African leaders want UN support for Mali military intervention
African leaders meeting in Ivory Coast are calling for United Nations backing for military intervention in northern Mali, which is currently controlled by rebels.
Rights group: Liberia fails to stop cross-border mercenary attacks
Human Rights Watch says mercenaries in eastern Liberia are running deadly cross-border raids into Ivory Coast and recruiting child soldiers. The international rights group reports Liberia has failed to investigate and prosecut...
Study details political caste system in North Korea
A U.S.-based human rights group has released a report detailing how North Korea ranks its citizens based on their family's loyalty to the Kim dynasty in what it says amounts to an oppressive political caste system.
The study r...
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South Sudan accuses Khartoum of ‘bad faith’ ahead of Ttalks
ADDIS ABABA - South Sudan's chief peace negotiator has accused Sudan of bad faith as the two countries sit down for direct talks on security issues. An air of mistrust hung over the luxury hotel where the two Sudans began th...
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In Egypt, Thousands Protest After Mubarak Sentencing
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's life prison sentence for complicity in the killings of anti-government protesters has failed to appease some Egyptians who have taken to the streets in protest. Thousands of demonstrat...
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Annan Warns of Looming ‘All-Out War’ in Syria
Arab League leaders are trying to increase the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while the international envoy on Syria warned "the specter of all-out war" in the country grows by the day. Arab League members met...
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UN Urges Full Sudan, South Sudan Troop Withdrawal from Abyei
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of the military of Sudan and South Sudan from the disputed Abyei area.
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‘A miniature Christian bookstore’ in the palm of your hand
God may hold the whole world in his hand, but persecuted Christians can now hold an entire seminary library on a fingertip. Bible League International is working with the Digital Bible Society to carry the thumbnail-sized chips...