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The National Congress Party has won the students' union elections at the University of Khartoum

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Student elections in the University of Khartoum have been suspended for the past two years. Report by Sudan Radio Service , Friday, November 20, 2009: (Khartoum) - The National Congress Party has won the students' union elections at the University of Khartoum. The chairman of the Students' Union High Elections Committee, Prof. Abubakar Abu Jokh, spoke to Sudan Radio Service on Thursday in Khartoum....

Hugo Chávez defends Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Venezuelan president courts outrage with praise for Carlos, Mugabe and Amin at gathering of leftist political parties Hugo Chávez has defended the jailed Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter and said his life sentence for murder was an injustice. Venezuela's president said Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, was a champion of the Palestinian...

Sudan delays elections by six days

Reuters (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country.

Sudan punished children for rebel raid - UN

IOL (Free subscription) | 2 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.

Mubarak adds fuel to fire as riots spread

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

President vows to defend Egyptians abroad as violence spreads across Cairo and Algiers Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak ratcheted up the diplomatic tension with Algeria yesterday as football-related violence continued to spread across both countries. In a statement to parliament, he told cheering MPs that "Egypt will not be lax with those who harm the dignity of its sons". It is the president's...

Why French Algerians' football celebrations turned into a battle

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

As the French nation prepared for the crucial World Cup qualifying match against Ireland on Wednesday evening, the streets of Paris were already in carnival mood long before the kick-off in the Stade de France. From 8.30pm onwards, throughout the city football fans waved flags, blocked traffic, hooted horns and sang songs of celebration. The party atmosphere clearly bemused newly arrived tourists...

Senior SPLM official from the Nuba Mountains, Ismail Khamis Jallab, says 'the Nuba people in the SPLM will remain in the SPLM forever'

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...

Bilateral Relations: Algeria, Egypt relations worsen after football match

i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Relations between Egypt and Algeria have been taking a serious turn for the worse in the aftermath of Algeria's World Cup playoff qualifying victory over Egypt's national football (soccer) team in Khartoum on Wednesday.Relations between Egypt and Algeria have been taking a serious turn for the worse in the aftermath of Algeria's World Cup playoff qualifying victory over Egypt's national football

South Sudan: Speaker of the National Assembly suspended the salaries and allowances of 10 SPLM MPs on Wednesday

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

The SPLM caucus in the National Assembly walked out of the parliament in October, accusing the NCP of willfully delaying the introduction of key CPA legislation. Report by Sudan Radio Service , Friday, November 20, 2009: (Khartoum) - The speaker of the National Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim El-Tahir, suspended the salaries and allowances of 10 SPLM MPs on Wednesday. The move is seen as a bid to put pressure...

The soccer outrages — thank God the Brits weren’t playing

Carson's Post (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

At times, the Beautiful Game has less than beautiful fans, as this week so clearly demonstrated, “When you insult my dignity… I will beat you on the head.” That was the Egyptian president’s son Alaa Mubarak who attended the Egypt-Algeria soccer match in Khartoum, capital of the Sudan for the last World Cup qualifying spot from [...]

South Sudan Governer of Upper Nile State was relieved of his duties last Sunday

Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Note that news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) are currently unavailable due to technical problems. Here is a copy of an untitled report, received by email, from SRS, Thursday, November 19, 2009: (Khartoum) - The former governor of Upper Nile state, Dak Duop Bichok, has described retired Brigadier, Galuak Deng Garang’s refusal to relinquish power in Malakal as an act of rebellion....

And You Wonder Why Israel Can't Make Peace With Arabs?

My Right Word (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Forget "occupied territory", ignore a "right of return", turn a blind eye to a "Palestinian people". Can you imagine even playing soccer with them? Here:- Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria over soccer violence Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria after Egyptian soccer fans were attacked by their Algerian counterparts following the two countries' playoff match in...

• Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria amid soccer row - L. A. Times Dodgers Blog

China's oil producer signs agreements with Sudan on refinery expansion, asset swap

People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's biggest oil and gas producer, has signed agreements with Sudan to expand a refinery and swap oil production assets. according to a statement on the company's website Friday. The refinery, based in Khartoum, in which CNPC and Sudan each have equal stakes, would undergo a second expansion, but the statement did not give details. The refinery was established...

Sudan summons Egyptian ambassador in Khartoum

People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned Thursday the Egyptian ambassador in Khartoum Afify Abdul-Wahab to protest against Egyptian media's accusations of Sudan's failure to protect the Egyptian soccer fans. Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti conveyed to the Egyptian ambassador Sudan's complete rejection of the words adopted by some Egyptian media organs to offend Sudan in an unacceptable...

Algeria beats Egypt, and Algerians beat Egyptians

Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The rivalry between the Egyptian and Algerian soccer teams, which caused so much violence last week, is over for this year, as Algeria prevailed in a tiebreaker in Khartoum, 1-0: Silence and despair loomed over Egypt Wednesday night as the national football team lost their tiebreaker against Algeria in Sudan in a bid to secure a qualification ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer. Algerian...