Somali pirates die in Ukraine ship shootout
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rival Somali pirates arguing over what to do with a hijacked Ukrainian ship and its cargo of 33 tanks engaged in a shootout on board, killing three of their number, a maritime group said on Tuesday.
Nations:Somalia Kenya Sudan Sierra Leone Source:(Reuters)
2008-09-30
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
A Sudanese jetliner landed in a thunderstorm and veered off the runway late Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing dozens of people, Sudanese officials said.
Nations:Sudan Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
China's influence spreads around world
For nearly three decades, Chinese peasants have left their villages for crowded dormitories and sweaty assembly lines, churning out goods for world markets. Now, China is turning the tables.
Nations:U.S. Brazil China Sudan Bolivia Venezuela People:Mia Farrow Hu Jintao Deng Xiaoping Activities:2007 China Toothpaste Crisis Darfur Genocide Crisis
2007-09-02
China's Hu rejects 'colonial' tag on South Africa visit
Chinese President Hu Jintao has refuted any suggestion that Beijing was forming neo-colonialist ties with Africa in its bid to access the vast natural resources of the world's poorest continent.
Nations:South Africa China Zambia Namibia Sudan Mozambique People:Hu Jintao Activities:2007 Hu Jintao Africa Visit African-American Slavery
2007-02-07
China courts Africa with aid, projects
China paid for the marble and tile parliament building soaring above the crumbling homes of this former Portuguese colony, and is also promising a dam and a military hospital -- all with none of the political strings Western donors might attach.
Nations:Guinea Eritrea Central African Republic France Chad China People:Li Zhaoxing
2007-01-04
China, Africa set up new partnership, sign trade deals
China and Africa have signed trade deals worth 1.9 billion dollars on the final day of a historic summit that saw the Asian giant deepen economic and political ties with the resource-rich continent.
Nations:China Zambia Sudan Nigeria Zimbabwe Ghana People:Robert Mugabe Li Zhaoxing Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:2006 China-Africa Forum
2006-11-05
China's Hu pledges loans, aid to Africa
China will offer $5 billion in loans and credits, and double aid to Africa by 2009, President Hu Jintao said on Saturday, seeking to bolster his country's influence in the under-developed but resource-rich continent.
Nations:Sudan Zimbabwe China Ghana People:Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:2006 China-Africa Forum
2006-11-04
WHO says cancer killed 7.5 million people in 2005
Seven and a half million people worldwide died from cancer in 2005 and the number of cases in the Middle East is expected to soar over the next 15 years, Moroccan news agency MAP quoted the World Health Organization as saying.
Nations:Somalia Bahrain Libya Sudan Afghanistan Palestine
2006-09-16
Bin Laden planning Somalia, Iraq message
A tired-sounding Osama bin Laden praised slain Iraq insurgent Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an audiotape released Friday, and a Web site later said the terror leader would soon post a message about the fight by Islamic militants in Somalia and Iraq.
Nations:Somalia Sudan Afghanistan Jordan Pakistan Egypt Activities:2005 Somalia Civil War Fighting in Iraq
2006-07-01
China resource demand changes economic map
China's huge hunger for energy and other resources needed to feed its juggernaut economy is creating a profitable bond with commodity exporters, helping to refashion global markets and trading alliances.
Nations:Sudan Kazakhstan Myanmar Australia Saudi Arabia Brazil People:Wen Jiabao
2006-06-27
Doublespeak undermines war on terrorism: Amnesty
Doublespeak by nations like the United States and Britain has undermined their own war on terrorism and increased human rights violations from Colombia to North Korea, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Nations:Sudan Afghanistan Syria Uzbekistan Iraq Cuba People:Alberto Fujimori Activities:Darfur Genocide Crisis CIA Prison Scandal Global War on Terrorism
2006-05-23
Government, Main Rebels Sign Peace Accord
Thanks in part to last-minute U.S. diplomacy, two years of Darfur peace talks beset by setbacks and frustration ended with a signing ceremony between the government and the largest rebel faction Friday.
Nations:Sudan Activities:Darfur Genocide Crisis
2006-05-05
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