November 2011
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Aid Group Says Refugee Camp in Somalia Was Hit by... →
October 2011
208 posts
La Unesco aprueba la adhesión de Palestina como... →
París (EFE).- La Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP) intentará hoy ser aceptada como miembro de pleno de derecho de la Unesco , durante la XXXVI Conferencia General de esa organización de la Naciones Unidas que se celebra en París . La admisión, que debería…
Shabab Identify American as Bomber in Somalia... →
La fiebre por la tierra de cultivo perturba África →
Si Dimitri Medvédev deja como legado al abandonar el Kremlin el último intento de modernizar Rusia, el próximo presidente ruso también ha dejado grabado negro sobre blanco la hoja de ruta de la política exterior para los próximos seis años….
MOGADISHU, Somalia — An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group on Sunday posted a tape allegedly made by an American citizen who blew himself up during an attack on an African Union base in Somalia’s capital that left at least 10 people dead.
The young man, who would be at least the fourth American to become a suicide bomber in Somalia, urges other young people not to “just chill all day” and...
South Sudan Turns Toward British Heritage →
"Yo capturé a Gadafi" →
Teherán. (EFE).- La Policía de la provincia de Irán de Azerbaiyán Occidental inmoviliza los vehículos de las conductoras que no llevan bien cubierta la cabeza con el “hiyab” ( pañuelo ), informó hoy la agencia local Fars. El jefe provincial de…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A spokesman for the African Union force in Somalia says gunmen have attacked one of their bases in the Somali capital.
Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda says the gunmen tried to enter the base on Saturday but were stopped by AU troops. He says the gunfight was still going on and casualties were unclear.
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Libyan Leader’s Remark Favoring Polygamy Stirs... →
Western Companies See Libya as Ripe at Last for... →
Criminal Court Cites Indirect Talks With Qaddafi... →
JOHANNESBURG — An international human rights group is condemning the detention of its secretary-general in Senegal’s capital.
The International Federation for Human Rights, known by its French acronym FIDH, said in a statement Friday that Paul Nsapu was detained at Dakar’s airport upon arrival. The group says he was detained Thursday to prevent him from speaking at a press conference for the the...
U.N. Votes to End Libya Intervention on Monday →
Hay estafas ante las cuales hasta un magistrado alemán se quita el birrete. Wilhelm Kremer, presidente de la sala siete del tribunal de Colonia no pudo evitar ayer cierta admiración, al condenar a Wolfgang Beltracchi , su mujer Helen y otros dos cómplices, a un total de 15…
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is giving sweeping powers to a new commission set up to investigate a decades-old multibillion-dollar arms deal bribery scandal that implicates senior politicians and three European companies.
The justice minister says the panel of judges will have search and seize powers and can compel witnesses. It has a $5 million, two-year budget.
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Khaled Said’s Killing Draws 7-Year Sentences for 2... →
Libya Leader Wants NATO Presence Through 2011 →
Me cuesta imaginar un retroceso de grandes dimensiones en la configuración de las instituciones europeas. Desde hace meses vivimos tiempos anómalos, tensos, en los que las finanzas están acaparando los discursos y la política se limita a administrar las consecuencias de…
JOHANNESBURG — Relations between Washington and oil-rich Equatorial Guinea may cool now that U.S. authorities say they intend to seize property in California allegedly bought with money looted by the heir-apparent to Africa’s longest-serving dictator.
In the strongest signal yet sent to corrupt leaders, the United States said it would seize a luxury mansion, jet and sports cars belonging to...
3 Danish Refugee Council Workers Kidnapped in... →
Tunisia Liberals See a Vote for Change, Not Just... →
Trípoli (Efe).- El Gobierno interino libio aseguró hoy en un comunicado que “desaprueba” el asesinato o los malos tratos contra prisioneros y que hubiera querido que Gadafi respondiera ante los tribunales por sus crímenes. El comunicado se publica un día después…
Sirte (AFP).- Más de 100 personas murieron y al menos 50 personas resultaron heridas en la explosión de un tanque de combustible el lunes por la tarde en Sirte , según explicó Leith Mohamed , un comandante del Consejo Nacional de Transición . “Hubo una gran…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Witnesses: Second explosion has gone off in Kenya’s capital; AP reporter sees at least 1 dead.
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Islamist Party, Ennahda, Heads Toward Victory in... →
Jerusalén (Efe).- Israel anunció hoy que ha alcanzado un acuerdo de canje con Egipto por el que este país dejará en libertad a un israelí sospechoso de espionaje a cambio de 25 egipcios que cumplen condena en sus prisiones. “En el marco de los esfuerzos de…
UNITED NATIONS — All U.N. member states should make piracy a crime as the problem surges in Somalia, the Security Council said Monday.
Council members unanimously agreed to ask all U.N. member states to issue reports before the end of the year on measures they have taken to criminalize piracy, and to support prosecution of people suspected of piracy off the coast of the eastern African...
Man in the News: Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz:... →
NAIROBI, Kenya — A police official says a suspected grenade blast at a Nairobi pub has wounded 13 people.
The attack came two days after the United States warned of an imminent threat of a terror attack in the Kenyan capital. Last week Somalia’s most dangerous militant group, al-Shabab, warned of reprisal attacks inside Kenya for a Kenyan military incursion into Somalia.
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Tunisians Hold First Vote Since Revolution →
Túnez. (Reuters).- Las elecciones celebradas este domingo en Túnez , las primeras tras el derrocamiento del presidente Zine el Abidine Ben Alí , han tenido una participación de en torno al 70 por ciento, según ha informado el presidente de la Alta Autoridad…
