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16/06/2010 - Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone a success story, says Ban Ki-moon in Freetown

Wrapping up his two-day visit to Sierra Leone, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has praised the west African ...

04/06/2010 - Uganda - RFI interview

Ugandan opposition accuses government of crimes against humanity

In an interview with RFI, the leader of Uganda’s opposition, Olara Otunnu, who once served as a UN undersecretary general, has accused the country’s President Yoweri Museveni of crimes ...

29/05/2010 - Afghanistan - United States

US military admits killing 23 Afghan civilians

The US military has admitted killing 23 civilians and has reprimanded six operators of a pilot-less drone that attacked a convoy of civilians.

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24/05/2010 - koreas

South Korea halts trade with North, demands apology over sinking

South Korea has cut trade links with North Korea and demanded an apology from its President after a report from the blamed Pyongyang for torpedoing one of its warships.

Sir John Chilcot chairs a public hearing on Britain's role in the Iraq war.

18/05/2010 - Iraq war inquiry

British Iraq war investigators quiz French, US officials

Britain’s Iraq war inquiry plans to include evidence from officials in France and the United States in its report on Britain’s decision to invade Iraq, the committee announced on ...

13/05/2010 - US - Afghanistan

Karzai to visit US military cemetery after show of unity with Obama

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to visit the graves of US soldiers killed in his country on Thursday, on day three of his visit to Washington.

11/05/2010 - Afghanistan - US

Karzai calls for help with economy at start of US visit

Afghan President Hamid Karzai pleaded for foreign help in reconstructing his country’s war-ravaged economy after arriving in Washington for a fence-mending meeting with US President Barack ...

05/05/2010 - Afghanistan

Taliban attack south-western Afghan town

Taliban insurgents launched a surprise attack on the city of Zaranj in south-west Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least three people.

29/04/2010 - Koreas

Funeral held for South Korean sailors killed in blast

South Korea has held a military funeral to honour the 46 sailors who died after a blast

28/04/2010 - Sudan

Loser to challenge south Sudan presidential vote in court

The leader of a breakaway faction of Sudan's Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has accused his former comrades of rigging the presidential poll in the semi-autonomous south.