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 August 10, 2008


    

 
 

  • AU plans to suspend Mauritania
    The African Union announces it will suspend the West African nation until it restores democracy. BBC
     

  • Mbeki arrives in Harare for talks
    South Africa's president arrives in Harare to broker talks on a power-sharing solution for Zimbabwe's political crisis. BBC
     

  • Around Africa in a Phoenician boat
    On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia. BBC
     

  • African Union: Will Suspend Mauritania's Membership Due to Coup
    AU chief issues statement condemning military coup that overthrew Mauritania's democratically elected government VOA
     

  • S. African President  Arrives in Zimbabwe for Inter-Party Talks
    South African President Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Zimbabwe to meet with President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, in an effort to broker a power-sharing deal between them. VOA
     

  • Zimbabwe power-sharing deal 'close'
    HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- A power-sharing deal between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is just "one or two sticking points" away, sources close to the negotiations said Saturday. CNN
     

  • Russian warplanes target Georgia
    Dozens of Russian warplanes bombed civilian and military targets in the former republic of Georgia on Saturday, and a Russian ambassador said that as many as 2,000 people had been killed in in the capital of separatist Georgian province South Ossetia. CNN
     

  • Hopes raised for Zimbabwe unity
    Mugabe and Tsvangirai to meet as official claims power-sharing deal has been agreed. 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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