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 August 07, 2008


    

 
 

  • Mauritanian army coup condemned
    There is widespread international condemnation of the military takeover announced in Mauritania. BBC
     

  • Zimbabwe parties call for peace
    Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties issue a joint call for an end to post-election violence. BBC
     

  • Huge boost for lowland gorillas
    A gorilla census in the Republic of Congo shows populations doing much better than expected. BBC
     

  • Guinea minister sacked twice in four days by the president
    A minister in Guinea has been sacked for the second time in four days. BBC
     

  • AU Commission to Meet Over Mauritania Coup De’tat
    The Peace and Security Mission of the African Union (AU) will be holding an emergency meeting today to find ways of addressing the military coup de'tat in Mauritania after soldiers ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. VOA
     

  • Former Mauritanian General Takes Over State Council
    Hours after the Mauritanian president fired top military officials on Wednesday morning, three of the fired officials seized the presidential palace and established a new state council. VOA
     

  • Mugabe To Meet Tsvangirai to Resolve Zimbabwe Crisis
    Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and the leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai will meet today (Thursday) in the capital Harare as part of peace negotiations between the government and the opposition. VOA
     

  • U.S. warns of 'punitive' action on Iran
    BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Iran may face "punitive" measures because of its insufficient response to an incentives package offered in return for a cutback in its nuclear program, a senior White House official said Wednesday. CNN
     

  • Mauritanian military stages coup
    President Abdallahi held prisoner by sacked army commanders in bloodless takeover. Aljazeera
     

  • A World that Stands as One
    by Sen. Barack Obama
    Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome. Conscience Daily International
     

  • 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

 

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