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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:10 AM

Africa

Type: Continent

Name: Africa

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 14 Documents

Egypt recalls Algeria envoy after attacks

CAIRO Egypt recalled its ambassador in Algeria for consultations on Thursday after attacks against Egyptian football fans in Sudan and businesses in Algiers, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.An Egyptian foreign ministry official confirmed that the ... [Oman Tribune - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Egypt, Algeria, Algiers

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 9 Documents

2010 African Cup of Nations - Tunisia in Group D

Tunis — The drawing of lots for group pairings in the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola took place in Luanda on Friday. Tunisia is in group D, alongside Cameroon, Gabon and Zambia.Here are the results of the other groups:Group A (Luanda): Angola, ... [AllAfrica.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Tunisia, Luanda (Angola), Angola

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 29 Documents

East African Community

East African Protocol ratified in Arusha

Finally the East African Community Common Market Protocol was Friday signed in Arusha, Tanzania.Five heads of State of the partner states that make the EAC regional economic community put pen to paper resting the myth that has done the rounds over whether ... [Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Arusha, East African Community, Common Market

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 4 Documents

Ghana, Ivory Coast clash in African Nations Cup

World Cup qualifiers Ghana and Ivory Coast will clash in the first round of the African Nations Cup after the draw here Friday placed them in Group B with Burkina Faso and Togo.Defending champions Egypt, seeking a record third consecutive title in the ... [France24 - Middle East - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nationalism

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 15 Documents

Egypt recalls Algeria ambassador

Cairo - Egypt recalled its ambassador in Algeria for consultations on Thursday after attacks against Egyptian football fans in Sudan and businesses in Algiers, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.An Egyptian foreign ministry official confirmed to AFP ... [News24.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Egypt, Algeria, Algiers, Cairo, Khartoum

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 12 Documents

Egyptians clash with police at Algeria's Cairo embassy

Protestors hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier.The interior ministry said 11 officers were hurt and ... [France24 - france - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Cairo, Algeria

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Tajikistan lingers practically at the bottom of the 2009 CPI

The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranked Tajikistan, with a score of 2.0, 158th among 180 countries.Kazakhstan (2.7) is ranked 120th, Kyrgyzstan (1.9) 162nd, Turkmenistan (1.8) 168th, and Uzbekistan (1.7) 174th.The 2009 Corruption Perceptions ... [Individual.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Corruption, Tajikistan, Transparency International, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 7 Documents

A Case That Sums up The Sahara Crisis

November 2009 Mohammad el-AshabWhen a person returns to their homeland, they should not be necessarily escorted by foreign journalists. But should this happen, like what took place with the return of Aminato Haidar to the Sahara provinces, the event becomes ... [Dar Al Hayat - 4 hours ago]

Entities: The Sahara Group, Polisario Front, Morocco, Crisis

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Politics)

West African bloc bans arms transfer by member states

ABUJA (AFP) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS Friday banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping operations, a senior official said.President of the Economic Community of West African ... [Yahoo! Canada - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Economic Community of W. African States, Small Arms, Togo

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 Documents

Growing tensions between Egypt and Algeria

Algeria's foreign minister summoned Egypt's envoy on Friday to reject accusations that his government failed to protect Egyptians from violent Algerian football fans during a World Cup play-off, state media said. Algeria's Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci ... [Albawaba - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Algeria, Egypt, Mourad Medelci

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 12 Documents

Algerians home and away cheer World Cup win

'One, two, three, viva Algeria' Antar Yahia's goal gives Algeria a 1-0 victory over Egypt, place at South Africa 2010 World Cup.ALGIERS - Algerians at home and abroad exploded with joy as the final whistle sounded in Khartoum to send the north African ... [Middle East Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Algeria, Antar Yahia, Cairo

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)

Over 30 000 DRC refugees flee to Congo

AFPBRAZZAVILLE. More than 30 000 refugees from ethnic clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have crossed the border into the Republic of Congo, aid agencies said yesterday. 'Today, the figure is 30 600' refugees, said Rufin Mafouta, head of the ... [Zimbabwe Herald - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Refugees, Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville, Kinshasa

Quotes

...fossils tell us is that in the time of dinosaurs, crocodiles filled in a lot of ecologic niches later to be filled by small mammals,' Sereno said. "We're discovering a menagerie of fossil crocodiles in Africa, and they did a lot of things that crocodiles don't do today" he said.BoarCroc, RatCroc and PancakeCroc are three new species introduced in a paper by Sereno and Larsson, published Thursday in the research journal...

Ancient crocodiles filled different, often scary, niches [Los Angeles Times - 51 mins ago]

In closing the indoor event, Pam Africa, with the MOVE organization and International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, stated, "Mumia was railroaded and the evidence is there. Mumia is not on trial here-the movement is. It's up to us to stand up for what's right."

D.C. protest demands ‘Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal’ [Emerging Minds - 57 mins ago]

...think it will be something of a relief," Professor Richard Whitman of the respected London think-tank Chatham House told AFP, citing two reasons. "The first being the consequences which it would have had for him financially, in terms of loss of earnings... but the second reason would be that he wouldn't have had anything like the freedom to speak his own mind." Hours after leaving Downing Street in June 2007, Blair was named envoy of the so-called Middle East Quartet, representing the United States, European...

Blair 'will bounce back' [The News International - 1 hour ago]

...The report cited several officials at the forefront of climate issues. "We made some studies on the Middle East and Africa and they are among the most vulnerable apart from the small islands in the oceans" said Denmark's diplomat in charge of climate issues, Niels Pultz, speaking about sea level rise...

Global warming to hit Arab states [The News International - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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Football fury [CNN International - YouTube - 8 hours ago]
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