African leaders reach a compromise
The Authority will have power to “co-ordinate the positions of the African Union on questions of common interest for the continent and its people”.
France vigilant after al-Qaida warning (The World)
PARIS (AP) – French officials were on guard today after an al-Qaida affiliate threatened vengeance for President Nicolas Sarkozy’s criticism of the face-covering veils worn by some Muslim women.
4 firefighters injured in Algiers blaze (KATC 3 Lafayette)
Associated Press – July 5, 2009 1:34 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Four New Orleans firefighters were injured Saturday night while battling a blaze in Algiers and investigators are trying to…
Zuma jokes about Gaddafi
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had his own ways of conducting meetings, SA President Jacob Zuma said jokingly in Durban.
Commentary: Waiting for al-Qaida’s Godot (Space War)
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 – It’s no longer a war on transnational terrorism? Before Dr. Emile Coue’s method of psychotherapy, self-improvement based on the healing power of optimistic autosuggestion, becomes our national security comfort blanket, it would behoove us all to take a deep breath and snap out of creeping amnesia.
US activists heading for Gaza arrive in Egypt (Deseret News)
About 100 U.S. activists arrived in Egypt Sunday on their way to Gaza, hoping to deliver medical aid, trucks and support for…
TV: Al-Qaida says it killed American in Mauritania (AP via Yahoo! News)
Al-Jazeera TV said Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch claimed responsibility Thursday for the killing of an American aid worker who was shot dead this week in Mauritania’s capital.
Al-Qaida claims responsibility for killing of Cleveland aid worker in Africa (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Al-Jazeera TV said Al-Qaida s North Africa branch claimed responsibility today for the killing of an American aid worker who was shot dead this week in Mauritania s capital.
