Eritrea-Ethiopia border deadline looms amid war fears
środa, Listopad 28th, 2007It’s hard to see the looming threat of war with Ethiopia as you walk Eritrea’s tree-lined boulevards or enter its Italian-style cafes.
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Book Happenings
niedziela, Listopad 25th, 2007Book launch: John “Robbie” Robertson launches An Ageless Company, My Time in the Canadian Infantry at the Sergeants’ Mess in the Cartier Square Drill Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. on Nov.
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Rwanda says "au revoir" to French, hello to English
wtorek, Listopad 20th, 2007On a muddy hillside in the Rwandan capital Kigali, about 40 students are learning cricket.
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Dallaire still waging war against genocide
wtorek, Listopad 20th, 2007Senator Romeo Dallaire continues to wage his one-man war against genocide more than a decade after he stood impotent as the UN military commander in the midst of the slaughter in Rwanda.
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Films focus on human-rights abuses
czwartek, Listopad 8th, 2007Myanmar, the southeast Asian country nestled between India and Thailand that was once called Burma, recently made headlines when Buddhist monks joined street protests to try and topple the country’s military rulers.
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VIPs to speak at aid summit
środa, Listopad 7th, 2007Organizers of the 2007 Montreal Millennium Summit are expecting some pretty heavy hitters to speak out at the Centre Mount Royal and the Palais des congres Thursday and Friday: a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, two actor/activists with Academy Awards on their mantel, a former Canadian Prime Minister, and Sting’s wife.
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