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51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:19 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan - Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said Monday.

S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders hospital ruined

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:22:53 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed.

War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:13:30 -0400

AMSTERDAM - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands - says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation.

Carlos the Jackal: Ex-enigma now mired in court

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:28:23 -0400

PARIS - Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his life sentence for orchestrating bombings in France two decades ago. Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is serving two life sentences in France for a triple murder in 1975 and for the bombings in 1982 and 1983 that killed 11 people and injured more than 140. He's been jailed since 1994 after French agents whisked him out of Sudan in a sack.

In CAR, diamonds are a rebel's best friend

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:06:44 -0400

NDELE, Central African Republic - Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic's president six weeks ago are solidifying their control over the country's lucrative diamond industry and have even been selling some of the stones, witnesses here in the isolated and violent north say.

Sudan: At least 20 die in shootout in border area

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:54:05 -0400

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan and the U.N. say a shootout in a disputed oil-rich border region has left at least 20 people dead, including at least one Ethiopian U.N. peacekeeper and a tribal chief traveling with them.

World Press Freedom Day: Authors say protests help

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:10:42 -0400

NEW YORK - Exiled Chinese author Yu Jie joined other writers including Salman Rushdie on the 20th observance of World Press Freedom Day in appealing to China to live up to its own constitution and laws guaranteeing freedom of expression, and calling on the public to put pressure on governments that crack down on writers.

Official: 11 Sudan traders killed in South Sudan

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:01:40 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan - At least 11 Sudanese traders were killed earlier this week by unknown gunmen as they crossed into South Sudanese territory, a military official said Friday, blaming the attack on militiamen who want to shatter the prevailing peace between the two Sudans.

Liberia FA president banned for using meet minutes

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:19:14 -0400

CAIRO - The Confederation of African Football fined the Liberian Football Association $10,000 and banned its president for six months on Thursday because he used the minutes from a CAF executive committee meeting without permission.

Murdock: U.S.-Mexican border welcomes terrorists

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:37:34 -0400

NEW YORK - By DEROY MURDOCK

To find mass graves, scientists will study other burial...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:26:35 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - By MEGAN BOEHNKE

Victims of atrocities in Uganda may be exhumed

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:25:27 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - By MEGAN BOEHNKE

Senior Sudanese delegation invited to Washington

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:32:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is preparing to welcome a senior Sudanese delegation to the United States for some rare highest-level diplomacy between the countries.

Sudanese man in KC wants to go visit mom in Africa

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:56:12 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A man who left Africa as a child nearly 30 years ago with other "Lost Boys of Sudan" has recently learned that his mother is still alive, and he wants to return to Sudan to see her.