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By Moses Mulondo Newvison AFRICAN Anglicans do not need the Pope's intervention over consecration of gay bishops, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi, has said. Pope...
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Look below - African Leaders At The UN summit They started dozing after discussion on developmental aid. When they were deliberating on energy and power, they were sleeping. When they...
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Hopes rise of end to impasse as Iran gets two days to back nuclear deal Enriched uranium would be processed in Russia Julian Borger...
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By Cyprian Musoke NewVision AFRICAN Union (AU) member states will only refer cases to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a last resort when the African Court of Justice is established...
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Israel Wants Law of War Changed ISRAEL'S Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his government to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on...
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Iran's Missile Program Potential Greater Than N.Korea's - Expert MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti) Iran's missile potential is greater today than North Korea's, the former head of a Russian defense...
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The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Wednesday ruled that Israel will extradite to the United States eight Israelis accused of defrauding U.S. senior citizens of $2 million. The defendants, all...
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Two Indonesian Churches Receive Bomb Threats Islamic groups demand halt to threatened congregation’s worship. JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 13 (CDN) — Two churches in the greater Jakarta...
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You're a terrorist' Tony Blair taunted by young Palestinian in West Bank mosque By Matthew Kalman Tony Blair had to be rescued by bodyguards as he visited a West Bank mosque yesterday when a...
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Presidents of Zanzibar and Djibouti address UNESCO’s General Conference Paris, 19 October © UNESCO/Danica Bijeljac Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti President Amani Abeid Karume of...
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Irina Bokova elected Director-General of UNESCO © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard Irina Bokova Director-General of UNESCO The 35th Session of the General Conference today Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as the...
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'Iran and Russia Propose Oil Trade Without USD' Venezuela's president has said that countries including Venezuela, Russia and Iran have proposed the US dollar should be replaced as the currency...
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Mandela denies writing book intro South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has denied writing a foreword to a book by the Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...
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Countries With The Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor By Bruce Einhorn October The U.N. Development Program recently came out with a report looking, among other things, at income inequality...
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Wakuu, Juzi juzi niliwasilisha thread ilioongelea kuhusu the discovery of an AIDS vaccine which had been tried in Thailand. Now that the dust has died down kuna comment moja iliotolewa na the...
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Hilda Kawuki holds her son Amamu yesterday upon her arrival from captivity in Darfur, Sudan By Henry Mukasa NO ransom was paid for the release of the Ugandan aid worker and her Irish...
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Gerald Bareebe & Emmanuel Gyezaho Kampala The Executive Council of the African Union yesterday piled pressure on African leaders to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and...
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By TOM MALITI, Associated Press Writer – Mon Oct 19, 3:44 pm ET KASESE, Uganda – For years, Charles Wesley Mumbere worked as a nurse's aide in Maryland and Pennsylvania, caring for the elderly...
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BBC News Online Mo Ibrahim: "There may be years where no winner is chosen, and this is such a year" A prize of $5m (£3m) for African ex-leaders who have shown good governance is not being...
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The government yesterday moved to deny a report in an international newsletter indicating that President Museveni was snubbed by US President Barack Obama on a recent trip to New York. The Indian...
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