The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Doha - Qatar, which hosts talks between the government of Sudan and rebels from its western Darfur region, has expressed hope that a peace deal can be reached soon between the warring sides, media reports said Sunday. Minister of State for Foreign Af...
IOL (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum, but has since promised not to execute them, according to a senior United Nations official.
From On High (Free subscription) | yesterday
" Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing [by] the Zionists is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don't want Barack talking like that because that's anti-Israel. "The Jewish vote, the A-I-P-A-C vote, that’s controlling him, that would not let him send representation to the Darfur Review Conference, that’s talking this craziness on this trip, cause they’re...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The South African Police Service has signed a R55 million agreement with the Norwegian embassy to support a police-training project in Sudan.
Bokutachi no BLOG (Free subscription) | yesterday
Using my l33t hacking skills, I have worked my way into THAT Anime Blog and started to deface their blog by rambling on about Honey and Clover. OK, not strictly true. I was invited by one of the authors to join him in a joint, ani-blogging project to discuss our alternate opinions on this widely praised Josei series. Though [...]
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is a copy of an article published at IslamOnline.net (IOL) : Al-Qaeda Moving to Africa: Sources Aamir Latif, IOL Correspondent, Sun. Nov. 22, 2009 "Somalia is the next possible front, where current conditions suit Al-Qaeda network," Professor Rizvi told IOL. ISLAMABAD/ KABUL – Amid ongoing back-door talks between the emboldened Afghan Taliban and the US and full-scale Pakistani...
Blog Absolute Point (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Blanche Lincoln Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama s top domestic initiative. In long-awaited speeches, Senators Blanche Lincoln of … see more. See also: mary landrieu | mary landrieu email | blanche lincoln contact | [...]
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Zeina Mvemba 4:59 PM 11/21/09 Fifteen years later conflict in Ethiopia has remained, and is proving to be very devastating. The ongoing conflict has already claimed thousands of lives, stemming from conflict between separatists in the Somali region. The Somali region of Ethiopia is the home to many Muslim people, mainly ethnic Somali nomad tribes. The separatist movement which refers to members of...
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Director Steven Spielberg is planning to bring Stephen King’s latest novel, Under the Dome, to television, reports CBC. DreamWorks TV announced Spielberg will be executive producer for a mini-series based on the novel, which hit stores Nov. 10. Under the Dome is the story of a town that has an invisible force field descend around it, [...]
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Would you like to pay for another Uwe Boll video game adaptation on DVD? We didn't think so. How about we give you the DVD for the low-low price of entertaining us with a photo caption?
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The following news report by Sudan Radio Service says 'the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed in 1989, guarantees children the right to life, education, the right to play and to be protected from abuse'. Report received by email from Sudan Radio Service : Friday, November 20, 2009 (Nairobi) - The United Nations has marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Rights...
Jabal al-Lughat (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Following up on the preceding post, I've been looking at Greenberg's (1966) Nilo-Saharan comparisons - specifically, the 29 ones involving Songhay that have reflexes in Kwarandzyey, the Songhay language least likely to be involved in recent contact with Nilo-Saharan. Of these, 20 have comparanda in Saharan (Kanuri/Kanembu + Teda/Daza + Berti + Beria/Zaghawa), 17 in Eastern Sudanic (Nubian, Nilotic,...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Today, the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) is still having technical difficulties. At the moment its news pages and archives are blank, Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:22 AM GMT UK. Here is a news report by SRS, received by email from SRS. Note that it quotes Ismail Khamis Jallab as saying that the Nuba people in the SPLM will remain in the SPLM forever and that there is no room for talk about...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Prince William and Prince Harry have taken one of their most important steps together in public life by setting up their own charitable foundation. From The Daily Telegraph Prince William and Prince Harry set up charitable foundation By Andrew Pierce Published: 7:30AM GMT 21 Nov 2009 The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the brothers have invested a substantial six figure sum of their own personal...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
In its “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) raised issues on the Saudi Arabia – East African Partnership Forum, the preparation of Africa's Committee for the Copenhagen Conference, Ethiopia-Djibouti High Level Joint Commission, a controversial conference on Eritrea and the need of action in Somalia. Source: (Ethiopia) Waltainfo.com - Government statement...
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