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 August 14, 2008


    

 
 

  • Nigeria set for Bakassi handover
    Nigeria prepares for the final handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, amid tight security. BBC
     

  • Home from home?
    Nigeria's Bakassi resettlement fuels more tensions BBC
     

  • Mugabe rival 'needs to reflect'
    Power-sharing talks in Zimbabwe adjourn to give opposition leader Mr Tsvangirai time to reflect, South Africa's leader says. BBC
     

  • Sudan 'launches attack in Darfur'
    Sudan's government launches a major offensive against rebel bases in Darfur, rebels say. BBC
     

  • Nigerians Express Frustration Over Credible Elections
    Nigerians are reportedly frustrated and worried that ongoing efforts by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's administration to reform the electoral system significantly will not succeed. VOA
     

  • Scientists Dispute Role of Wildlife Migration in Advancing Nigeria's Latest Bird Flu Outbreak
    Scientists are doubtful that the latest disease-producing strain of avian flu detected in Nigeria originated with wild migratory birds that annually migrate there from Europe or Central Asia. VOA
     

  • U.S.: Russian forces bolstered in Georgia
    Russia has likely moved additional troops into Georgia and its disputed provinces over the past several days, several U.S. administration officials tell CNN. The officials said Russia probably has at least 15,000 troops in the region. The U.S. government had estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Russian troops had moved into Georgia when fighting began last week. CNN
     

  • Doubts grow over Zimbabwe talks
    Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, has left Zimbabwe after failing to secure a power-sharing deal between its main rivals during marathon talks, adding to doubts that an agreement will be reached. 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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