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Mandela at 90 makes call for poor
Nelson Mandela, the man credited with ending apartheid in South Africa,
has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the
poor.
BBC
EU's 'spare 1bn euros' for Africa
The European Commission has backed a plan to give 1bn euros (£800m) of
unspent EU farm subsidies in aid to farmers in Africa.
BBC
Diplomats aid Mbeki with Zimbabwe
South Africa's Thabo Mbeki agrees to work with a group of diplomats in an
effort to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis.
BBC
Kenyans reject circumcision plan
Elders from Kenya's Luo group reject a plan to promote circumcision to
stem Aids.
BBC
South Africa Joins Nelson Mandela in Celebrating
90th Birthday
Former president urges compatriots to put human solidarity, concern for
others at center of their values
VoiceOfAmerica
Anti-Graft Group Ranks Kenyan Police Most Corrupt
in Country
An anti-corruption group says Kenya's police force has
been ranked the most corrupt institution in the country.
VoiceOfAmerica
Rice: 'Iran is a difficult, dangerous state'
On the eve of one of her top diplomats meeting with an Iranian official,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States is sticking to
its policy that Iran must suspend its nuclear program before negotiations
can proceed.
CNN
Iran talks set to begin in Geneva
US decision to send senior diplomat to attend Jalili-Solana meeting seen
as a major policy shift.
Aljazeera
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