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U.S. Interested in Countries Maritime Security
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
he United States of America is much interested in Angola's maritime security, particularly in its economic and oil producing ... more
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Paulo Tjipilica at African Ombudmen General Assembly
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
ngola will be represented at the general assembly of the executive commission of the Association of African Ombudsmen and Mediators (AOMA), to happen on 22-25 November, in Tripoli, ... more
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U.S. Agency Official Praises Health Fair Initiative
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
he United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) acting director, Victor Duarte, over the weekend considered as positive the promotion of Health Fair that serves to strengthen the population's disease prevention ... more
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UK: Miliband Should Press Syria on Rights
Human Rights Watch - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
p>(London, November 16, 2008) – The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, Miliband should urge the Syrian government to release activists detained solely for exercising freedom of expression and association.
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UN envoy, Angola discuss establishment of ceasefire zone in DRC
Topix - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
p>Visiting UN Special Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo said here on Friday the United Nations plans to establish a ceasefire zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo to restore peace in the central African country. ... more
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Prime Minister Optimistic About Future
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
ngolan prime minister, António Paulo Kassoma, Monday in Luanda, said that the current state of the country encourages "high optimism and hope", both for its economic and social performance and for the consolidation of national unity and ... more
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University Signs Accord With Brazilian Faculty
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
he "Universidade Independente de Angola" (UnIA), signed recently an international academic accord with the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of Catanduva ... more
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Move by US, Others to Support Cluster Munitions Fails
Human Rights Watch - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
p>(Geneva, November 14, 2008)– An effort by some countries to legitimize the ongoing use, production, trade, and stockpiling of cluster munitions failed today, in the lead-up to a comprehensive legal ban on the weapon that more than 100 other nations plan to sign in Oslo, Norway on December 3.
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India: Hold Torturers Accountable
Human Rights Watch - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
p>(New York, November 17, 2008) – The Andhra Pradesh state government should prosecute police officials responsible for the torture of 21 Muslims after a series of bomb blasts in Hyderabad in May and August 2007, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Burundi: Detentions of Political Opponents Threaten Rights
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
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DR Congo: New Attacks on Civilians
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(Goma, November 6, 2008) - Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's forces and government-backed Mai Mai militias deliberately killed civilians in Kiwanja, North Kivu province, on November 4-5, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. UN peacekeepers based in the area were apparently unable to protect civilians from attack.
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Zimbabwe: End Ruling Party’s Abuses
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
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DR Congo: Civilians Under Attack Need Urgent Protection
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
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SADC must take stronger stand
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>November 9, 2008
Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting at an emergency summit in South Africa today will be hoping that their intervention will finally break the political deadlock between Zimbabwe's two main parties, Zanu-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
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European Governments Should Resettle Guantanamo Detainees
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(Berlin, November 10, 2008) - European governments should provide humanitarian protection to those Guantanamo detainees who will not be charged with a crime but cannot be returned to their countries of origin for fear of torture or other serious human rights violations, five leading human rights organizations said today.
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UN: World Leaders Should Press Saudis on Intolerance
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(New York, November 11, 2008) - World leaders should press King Abdullah to end systematic religious discrimination in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today. The leaders will gather on November 12 at the United Nations for an interfaith meeting spearheaded by Saudi Arabia to foster the culture of peace.... more
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Burma: US Consumers Should Avoid Banned Gems
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(Washington, DC, October 27, 2008) - Consumers should support a new US law banning Burmese gems by refusing to buy from jewelers unless they ensure their gems are not from Burma, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Burma: Free Activists Sentenced by Unfair Courts
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(New York, November 11, 2008) - Burma's military government should immediately exonerate and free about 70 activists who are being tried by unfair courts for their peaceful participation in the protests in September 2007, Human Rights Watch said today. A court inside Rangoon's notorious Insein prison today sentenced 14 of... more
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Award to Saudi Human Rights Lawyer
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(New York, November 11, 2008) - Human Rights Watch today honored Abd al-Rahman al-Lahim, a Saudi human rights lawyer, with the 2008 Human Rights Defenders Award in London.
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DR Congo: Increase Peacekeepers in Eastern Congo
Human Rights Watch - Monday, November 17, 2008
p>(New York) – The United Nations Security Council should urgently increase the number of peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to protect civilians in the face of new fighting and mounting civilian deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. The Security Council is meeting today with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping... more
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