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LIBREVILLE — Regional foreign ministers are meeting in the Gabonese capital Libreville to discuss a new mechanism to restore security in Central African Republic, according to official sources. The extraordinary meeting of the Central African Peace and Security Council
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico held a military parade Mondayto mark the 203rd anniversary of independence and the 100th birthday of the Army, with the participation of Honour Guard from China and other 17 countries. President Pena Nieto toured aboard a military
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KIGALI – The ruling party of Rwandan President Paul Kagame was headed for a widely-predicted landslide win in parliamentary elections, officials saidTuesday, cementing its nearly two-decade-old grip over the central African nation. The National Election
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BEIJING – China on Tuesday refused to say whether a United Nations report into a sarin gas attack in Syria showed that government forces had used the banned weapons. The United Nations on Monday revealed details of the attack, which the United States, Britain and
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MBABANE – Swaziland’s King Mswati III has chosen an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant as his 14th wife, a palace spokesman said Tuesday, days before a much-criticised parliamentary vote. “I can confirm that the king has introduced to the nation a new liphovela
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WASHNGTON – A gunman killed a dozen people as the workday began at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, creating an improbable moment of horror at a military facility with armed guards at every gate and leaving investigators seeking clues about
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KIGALI. — Rwandans were voting yesterday in parliamentary polls seen as a shoo-in for President Paul Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front, the party that has held sway over the central African state since ending the genocide 20 years ago. Voters cast ballots in polling booths that
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WASHINGTON — At least seven people were killed after as many as three shooters dressed in military-style uniforms opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard yesterday, police said, spreading fear and chaos across the region as authorities tried to contain the incident.
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UNITED NATIONS. — Banned chemical weapons have been used on a wide scale in the Syria war and there is clear evidence sarin killed hundreds of people in one major attack, UN inspectors said yesterday. Chemical arms have been used in the 30-month-old conflict “on a
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JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa is joining the international community in promoting Somali peace and reconstruction, the foreign affairs department announced yesterday. Bringing together the important members of the international community and the senior representatives of
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LUSAKA. — The Zambian and Egyptian governments have embarked on a joint pilot project of early maturing multi-purpose fruits for juice production, the Times of Zambia reported yesterday. “Among the fruit crops being piloted are citrus fruit trees. There is hope that the plants
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ISTANBUL – A court indictment by the Turkish prosecutors into the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian rebels has once again highlighted fears this week that sarin toxic gas was used by the opposition and not the Assad government.
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BERLIN. – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies scored a resounding win in a state vote yesterday, exit polls showed, giving her a strong boost one week ahead of a general election. The conservative ruling Christian Social Union, the Bavarian sister party of Merkel’s Christian
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BEIJING. – Five years on from the start of the financial crisis, many countries now face new challenges as the world economy slowly recovers. The Summer Davos Forum, which opens this week in Dalian, will be closely watched for signs of the state and strength of the Chinese economy,
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BRASILIA. – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been urged to cancel a planned state visit to the US following reports that Washington spied on Brazil. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and former cabinet minister Franklin Martins urged Rousseff to cancel her trip to Washington, a