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28/04/2012 - Report: Rwanda

Rwandan opposition leader loses appeal against four-year prison sentence

Rwanda's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by opposition politician, Bernard Ntaganda, against a four-year prison sentence

Kony video goes viral
09/03/2012 - African news explained

Kony video goes viral

A campaign by US activists to capture the fugitive head of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels has gone viral on the Internet.

US conservationists chase Kenya's Samburu tribe off land
16/12/2011 - African news explained

US conservationists chase Kenya's Samburu tribe off land

In Kenya Samburu herdsmen were in court this week over alleged police harassment.

25/09/2011 - Iraq

Nine killed in Karbala bombings

A series of blasts at a passport and ID card office in the Iraqi city of Karbala killed at least nine people and injured 99, while violence elsewhere claimed another three lives.

19/07/2011 - China

Twenty dead in clashes in Xinjiang region


Twenty protesters from China's minority Uighur community are reported to have been killed in a clash with police in the ethnically tense northwestern region of Xinjiang.

 

Supporters of political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) burn an effigy representing provincial minister Zulfikar Mirza during a protest in Karachi 14 July 2011.
14/07/2011 - Pakistan

Fresh violence kills 14 in Karachi

Hundreds of paramilitary policemen were assigned to the streets of Pakistan’s biggest city on Thursday after a fresh night of political and ethnic violence killed 14 people.

Capital's Chinese communty breaks silence over attacks
04/07/2011 - On-the-spot France

Capital's Chinese communty breaks silence over attacks

The Rue de Belleville that runs through the east of Paris is home to the French capital's largest Chinese community.  Lately, small business owners and community members have called attention ...

12/06/2011 - Syria

Violent clashes as Syrian troops storm into Jasr al-Shughur

Reports on Syrian state television say troops have fought violent battles with armed gangs in the flashpoint town of Jisr al-Shughur near the Turkish border.

19/05/2011 - Iraq

Three bombs in Kirkuk kill at least 25

A series of attacks against police in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed at least 25 people and wounded 79 others on Thursday.

01/05/2011

French weekly magazines review

The beatification of the late Pope John Paul II in Rome takes pride of place in the French weeklies with publications taking the opportunity to review the life of a man who is taking the first ...

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