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The Afrofunk Festival 2006: Benefit For Kids Affected By War and Famine in Darfur, Sudan, Kenya and Niger Expands to Three Nights Across Three Cities, July 27-29, 2006
PRWeb (Press Release)
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The Afrofunk Festival, which sold out its debut last July to critical acclaim, is the first and only Afrobeat Festival in the world. This year’s festival will feature electrifying musical acts from Guinea, Algeria, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and the Bay Area, all coming together to bring down the
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UN warns of conflict risk due to desertification
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
From Australia to Zambia, activists mark World Environment Day on Monday with the United Nations warning that desertification was a main obstacle to ending poverty and can trigger
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Morocco wants UN to probe violence in Sahara camps
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Morocco has urged the United Nations to conduct an inquiry into what it called "bloody repression" in camps in neighbouring Algeria housing refugees from the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan state news agency
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Western Sahara conflict spawns disillusionment
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara Keltoum El-Khayat left home barefoot at age 15 with five other teenagers, telling her parents she was going to stay the night with her aunt.xxxxxx Instead, she joined a war against
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French plot to kidnap Abu Hamza and save the World Cup
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
By Sean O'Neill and Daniel McGrory in an extract from their new book Exasperated by Britain's failure to silence the Islamic preacher of hate, France considered drastic measures to protect itself from a terror
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Two Algerian policemen injured in bomb attack
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
A bomb injured two policemen in a town near Algeria's capital on Tuesday, residents said, in an attack suspected to have been carried out by al Qaeda-linked Islamic
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New Algerian government formed
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Algeria's new government led by Abdelaziz Belkhadem was formed on Thursday, with only one new minister appointed while the rest remaining unchanged, the president's office said in a
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Algeria's new premier vows reform, pay raises
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- Sunday, August 13, 2006
ALGIERS: Algeria's new Prime Minister Abdel-Aziz Belkhadem has promised constitutional reform and an increase in public workers' salaries after he was appointed on Wednesday
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Algeria Sides with Turkey on Armenian Genocide Issue
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Bouteflika agrees with Turkey, which "proposes a joint study of history by academics." The Prime Minister reportedly said a European Union decision to reject Turkey's possible membership would threaten global
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Algerian PM dismissed
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
ALGERIAN President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dismissed Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia today and replaced him with one of his most loyal backers, the president's office said in a
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- Sunday, August 13, 2006
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A Savage War of Peace
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
For nearly three years U.S. military authorities have been investigating evidence of torture at American prisons in
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U.K.-Algeria Deal to Deport Suspects Is Fig-Leaf for Torture
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The United Kingdom cannot deport security suspects at risk of torture to Algeria without violating international law. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said after official talks in Algiers on February 16 that “good progress” had been made on a deportation agreement and that both countries wanted to sign “as soon
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lgeria: New Amnesty Law Will Ensure Atrocities Go Unpunished
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Muzzles Discussion of Civil Conflict
A presidential decree in Algeria will consecrate impunity for crimes under international law and other human rights abuses, and even muzzle open debate by criminalizing public discussion about the nation’s decade-long conflict, four human rights groups cautioned
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Cartoon Controversy: Drop Criminal Charges for Publication
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Jordan, Yemen, Algeria Must Free Journalists
The governments of Jordan, Yemen and Algeria should immediately drop criminal charges against editors and journalists who reproduced controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in their publications, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on Yemen, Algeria and Malaysia to immediately lift
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.K.: Detention Plan Amounts to Punishment Without Trial
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Draft Antiterrorism Law Raises Serious Human Rights Concerns
The British government’s proposal to extend the period that terrorism suspects can be detained without charge will undermine the rule of law and human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposal is one of several problematic measures contained in draft counterterrorism legislation
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Algeria: Impunity Should Not be Price of Reconciliation
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
President’s Peace Plan Would Amnesty Atrocities, Bury Truth
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s new “Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation,” unveiled on August 15, offers more to perpetrators of human rights violations than it does to victims, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Algeria: Justice at Risk for Abuses Past and Present
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Government Should Avoid Any Amnesty Plan that Ratifies Impunity
The Algerian government’s proposal to a general amnesty for grave human rights abuses threatens the rights of victims to truth and justice and could undermine the authorities’ goal of national reconciliation, Human Rights Watch said
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Algeria: Amnesty Law Risks Legalizing Impunity for Crimes Against Humanity
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s proposal of a general amnesty for human rights abuses committed in the country’s brutal internal conflict may permanently deprive victims or their families of their right to truth, justice and reparation, a group of international human rights organizations warned
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Algeria: 'Disappearances' Commission Needs Broader Powers
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Algeria's commission on "disappearances" needs greater investigative powers and a broader mandate if it is to be credible and effective, Human Rights Watch said in a report released
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