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  • A New Strategy for a New World
    by Barack Obama, Washington D.C
    Sixty-one years ago, George Marshall announced the plan that would come to bear his name. Much of Europe lay in ruins. The United States faced a powerful and ideological enemy intent on world domination. This menace was magnified by the recently discovered capability to destroy life on an unimaginable scale. The Soviet Union didn't yet have an atomic bomb, but before long it would. Conscience Daily International
     

  • Nelson Mandela at 90
    From prisoner to president - the extraordinary life of South Africa's best known statesman BBC
     

  • Vitamin-rich Baobab fruit promise huge job boost for Africa
    An unusual fruit from a native African tree, the baobab, is to be available in the UK after being approved by the EU. BBC
     

  • Tsvangirai seeks wider mediation
    Zimbabwe's opposition leader tells the BBC of his frustration at mediation efforts. BBC
     

  • Nigeria Struggles with Sharing Huge Oil Profits
    As oil prices and profits soar, Nigeria is struggling with how to share the wealth for the benefit of the country.VoiceOfAmerica
     

  • Health Workers Encourage Child Spacing in Northern Nigeria
    Health workers in northern Nigeria say a lack of information and awareness has led to poor family planning practices in the region. VoiceOfAmerica
     

  • Bush Wants to Keep Working With Sudanese President
    U.S. President George Bush says the United Nations should keep working with the Sudanese government to get more African Union peacekeepers into the troubled Darfur region, despite Monday's arrest warrant for Sudan's president from the International Criminal Court. VoiceOfAmerica
     

  • Bush calls for more pressure on Zimbabwe
    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush and his international policy team pushed on all fronts Tuesday to increase pressure on Zimbabwe's government after an attempt to impose U.N. sanctions on the regime failed last week. CNN
     

  • Obama cartoon 'insult to Muslims'
    Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, has spoken out about the satirical depiction of him and his wife on a magazine cover, calling it an insult to Muslims. Aljazeera

 

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