UNITED NATIONS U.N. peacekeepers are spread too thinly through eastern Congo to protect civilians or quell the fighting between rebel and government forces, U.N. officials warned Thursday.
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UNITED NATIONS U.N. peacekeepers are spread too thinly through eastern Congo to protect civilians or quell the fighting between rebel and government forces, U.N. officials warned Thursday.
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Rebels advanced on the eastern Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday, scattering civilians and soldiers and threatening to overwhelm a 17,000-strong U.N. force trying to halt a return to all-out war.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It was just another day on the road for motorcycle enthusiast Ewan McGregor and his best mate Charley Boorman — except, of course, when the road disappeared entirely.
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Corruption is rife in Afghanistan a ‘ old school mafia-style corruption. While ita TMs always been a massive problem in this part of the world, over the last five years the situation has deteriorated.
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BUTARE, Rwanda-While American voters assess the final weeks before they elect their 44th president, one of the candidates has inspired a new generation in East Africa.
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Based on the popular novel by Sue Monk Kidd, “The Secret Life of Bees” doesn’t bother with the annoyances of character development, explication or too much of the period in which its period piece is set.
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The thing about honey is that it’s not just sweet, but awfully gooey. That goes for the new film The Secret Life of Bees, too.
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Almost an hour and a half of trekking though thick bamboo forest on the slippery slopes of central-African volcanoes had left us sweaty, dirty and anxious beyond belief.
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With the establishment of the Pentagon’s new regional command for Africa , AFRICOM , addressing the complex political and social challenges of the African continent moves from diplomatic afterthought to shrewd …
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