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Rwanda genocide: Ex-army chief Augustin Bizimungu given 30-year sentence

AUGUSTNI BIZIMUNGU LISTENS TO COURT PROCEEDING IN THE UNITED NATIONS TRIBUNAL IN ARUSHA TANZANIA
Over 100 days in 1994, after the assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana the 6th April 1994, Rwanda's Hutu majority led by the government carried out the organized slaughter of the country's Tutsi minority and any Hutus who sympathized with them, killing an estimated 800 000 people in the space of three months. In July of the same year, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) finally managed to gain hold of the country and the killings started to decrease.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou

Eurozone talks to focus on Greece

Eurozone financial ministers are to continue their talks in Brussels, with discussions now expected to focus mainly on the poor state of the crumbling Greek economy. Greece got a 110bn euro (£94bn) bail-out in 2010, but leaders are now coming to the realisation that this was not enough to fix the county’s economy. Greece however is not the only European country in trouble since on Monday ministers approved a 78bn euro bail-out for Portugal while the IMF has also approved 1.58bn euros in new assi...
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Libya: A conflict that divides the International community?

While the headlines surrounding the Libyan conflict are becoming more and more political with The ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo seeking the arrest of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and two others for crimes against humanity, and Russia and America taking opposite positions over NATO’s strategy, how is the Libyan conflict really evolving, if at all, and will NATO keep its hard-line policies?
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Highs and lows of his political career

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, on the 25th of April 1949 he spent part of his childhood in Agadir, Morocco. He was raised by socialist parents and accumulated diplomas from France's most prestigious schools including from Paris' top business and political schools, HEC and Sciences-Po but failed the entrance exam to l'ENA, which grooms France's future presidents. He went on to get a degree in public law and a PHD in economics.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn undergoing tests over sex assault charges

After being arrested on Saturday over allegations of serious sexual assault, Dominique Strauss-Khan has made his first public appearance handcuffed and surrounded by policeman. He was taken to an unknown location while waiting for his hearing to start in a Manhattan court later on today.
Queensland floods

A clear-up goes on

One of the "forgotten" former headline stories was the catastrophic flooding in Queensland, Australia. Here is a snippet of what has been happening.
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Nuclear Neurosis

Politicians, not least in the USA and Europe, are espousing greener energy and advocating massive reductions in carbon emissions in the relatively near future, whilst doing little to allay the fears of a generally ill-informed public on a practical means to bring this energy policy about. An obvious practical means but the one most prolific in doomsday scenarios, is the development, expansion and more intensive use of nuclear power.
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi poses after an interview with TRT Turkish television reporter Mehmet Akif Ersoy at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli March 8, 2011. P

Air strike flattens building in Gaddafi compound

NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.
Idi Amin

Libya: A Sub-Saharan Viewpoint

Makwaia wa Kuhenga writing for Tanzania's leading English language newspaper, The Citizen, on Sunday 17 April 2011, tells us he witnessed the Libyan troops of Colonel Qaddafi being mowed down, scores of them being buried and the rest rounded up and returned home. This was during a little known war in October 1978, now almost forgotten in the West, when Colonel Qaddafi gave military support to General Idi Amin of Uganda on his invasion and annexation of the Kagera salient in Tanzania.
Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara

"Final assault" on Laurent Gbagbo underway in Ivory Coast

Soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara, who has been recognised as the victor of last November's presidential election in the Ivory Coast by the United Nations, have begun what they hope is the final assault that will help bring Mr Ouattara to power.
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Libya - Awkward Clause, Awkward Precedent

Looking at the Sun and Daily Star newspapers on Thursday, 31 March 2011, one could be forgiven for being totally unaware of any conflict taking place in Libya. For any news on the current war, the Sun managed an article on page 13. The Daily star was bereft of any comment on the topic.
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Do Egypt's Copts have any future in the country, or should they join a now well established Diaspora?

The Houston, Texas Spero News reported on Saturday 05 March 2011, that on the previous day a priest and three deacons are believed missing from the Coptic Christian community in the town of Soul (Sol), about 20 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. This followed after a mob, estimated at 4,000, attacked the homes of Coptic Christians and set fire to the Saints Mina and George Coptic Church in the town. After desecrating the Cross, the crowd set about pulling down the domes of the church building. Cent...
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen waves as he leaves the residence of President Mary McAleese, after announcing the dissolution of parliament and setting February 25 as the date for Ireland's general election, Dublin February 1, 2011.

Ireland's Election - Some loose ends and losers

At 06.27 on Tuesday, 01 March 2011, RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, reported: "So that's it, 161 of 166 seats have been filled in the Thirty-first Dáil, with the final five TDs (MPs) of Galway West deemed elected, but not yet confirmed.
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