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Jimmy Carter: Sudan ready to pull troops out of contested region
By Ian Timberlake KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan says it is ready to pull its soldiers out of the contested Abyei region, former US president Jimmy Carter said after meeting Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir on Sunday. “He has notified the negotiators he’s ready to withdraw troops from Abyei, which we believe…
UK may bar Syrian officials from Olympics over human rights abuses
By Andrew Sparrow, guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg has said that the government would stop Syrian military figures accused of human rights abuses from visiting the UK during the Olympics. He said on Sunday that the government had recently changed the rules so that there was now a presumption that those individuals…
Black market in human kidneys grows to 10,000 operations a year
The illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually, or more than one an hour, World Health Organisation experts have revealed. Evidence collected by a worldwide network of doctors shows that traffickers are…
Bradley Manning lawyers charge Army with withholding evidence
Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of being behind the biggest leak of state secrets in US history, is being denied a fair trial because the army is withholding from him crucial information that might prove his innocence or reduce his sentence, his defence team is arguing. With Manning’s court-martial approaching…
Women on the rise in Mexican drug cartels
The high mortality rate in Mexico’s drug war has seen women progress quickly in the shadowy underworld of the cartels and they are increasingly taking on key management roles, a new book says. “Female Bosses of Narco-Traffic,” by Arturo Santamaria, a researcher at the Autonomous University of the State of Sinaloa, traces the…
Tens of thousands protest against Morocco government
Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Casablancaon Sunday in the largest opposition protest since an Islamist-ledgovernment took office, reflecting mounting tensions over unemployment and other social woes. The protest was organised by trade unions which accuse Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane of failing to deliver on the pledges ofsocial justice that brought…
Panetta says no need for U.S. boots in Yemen
The United States can deal with Al-Qaeda’s spreading presence inYemen without US forces on the ground, relying instead on targeted operations, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday. Panetta, in an interview with ABC television’s “This Week,” defended the use of drones as “the most precise weapon we have” in the campaign against Al-Qaeda.…
IMF chief angers Greeks as crisis election looms
Political leaders in Athens rounded on IMF chief Christine Lagardeon Sunday for branding Greeks tax-dodgers as parties went on the campaign trail for next month’s elections. Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos accused Lagarde of trying to “humiliate” the debt-stricken country, which is facing its second election in six weeks seen as crucial to…
Afghan officials: NATO air strike kills six children
A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it hit their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said on Sunday. Saturday night’s incident in Paktia province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers and will likely enrage Afghan civilians weary of years…
Bodies of 10 illegal miners recovered in S. Africa
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 10 illegal diamond minerswho were killed in a disused mine tunnel earlier in the week in theNorthern Cape province, officials said. “By Saturday night 10 deceased diggers had been recovered from the collapsed tunnels,” said a statement issued late on Saturday by the DeBeers company which…
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