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 August 16, 2008


    

 
 

  • Nigeria rebels 'rescue' hostages
    A militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region has handed over two German hostages kidnapped last month. BBC
     

  • Summit to target Zimbabwe crisis
    Southern African leaders are set to start a two-day summit, with the continuing crisis in Zimbabwe top of the agenda. BBC
     

  • Chad ex-leader sentenced to death
    A Chadian court sentences to death exiled ex-President Habre for planning an overthrow. BBC
     

  • Zimbabwe Talks Resume on Fringes of SADC Summit
    Meanwhile, Botswana president Ian Khama  withdraws from the summit in protest at the presence of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe VOA
     

  • Kenya to Develop Bio-Fuel Industry
    Kenya is joining a long list of countries planning to produce diesel fuel from the poisonous-but-oil-rich seeds of the jatropha tree, a plant indigenous to South America. VOA
     

  • Zimbabwe power-share talks set to resume
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- Talks between Zimbabwe's political rivals will resume Friday afternoon and continue on the fringes of this weekend's regional summit in Johannesburg, George Sibotshiwe, the spokesman for Zimbabwe's opposition leader, said Friday. CNN
     

  • U.N. escorts Georgians through battle lines
    The U.N. refugee agency this week helped evacuate more than 700 Georgians from the Abkhazia region with the cooperation of the Russian and Georgian forces. CNN
     

  • Nigerian navy 'repels delta attack'
    At least 12 armed men reported killed in gunbattle in the oil-rich region. Aljazeera
     

  • Botswana leader snubs SADC summit
    Seretse Khama Ian Khama, Botswana's president, has boycotted a weekend summit of southern African leaders because his country does not recognise the re-election of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, the foreign ministry said. 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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