Somalia Islamist group bans video games (Mail and Guardian) Somalia’s Hezb al-Islam insurgent group on Thursday slapped a ban on video games in areas under its control. Somalia : Somali Government Welcomes UN’s Decision for Amisom’s Presence in Somalia (AllAfrica.com) Somalia Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad better known as (Inda’adde), the state minister of transitional government…
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Somalia – Somalia Islamist group bans video games (Mail and Guardian)
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Russian News Monitor – Russia to sell about $2 billion worth arms to Libya: Putin (New Kerala)
Russia to sell about $2 billion worth arms to Libya: Putin (New Kerala) Moscow, Jan 31 : Libya has struck a deal to buy Russian arms worth almost two billion dollars, Russian news agencies reported. Russian protesters angry with Putin (Calcutta News) A protest against the leadership of Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, attracted around…
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Koreas – Thailand seized N. Korea arms shipment to Iran in December (Thailandnews.net)
Thailand seized N. Korea arms shipment to Iran in December (Thailandnews.net) A shipment of weapons from North Korea seized by Thai authorities in December was headed for Iran, according to a confidential report the Thai government sent to a UN Security Council committee.Thai a… ROK leader ready for nuclear talks with DPRK’s Kim (China Daily)…
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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Posted: 30-01-2010 , 21:00 GMT (Al Bawaba)
Posted: 30-01-2010 , 21:00 GMT (Al Bawaba) According to the London daily Elaph, the Moroccan artist Hasna appeared as a guest on the entertainment show “Qismah Wa Nasib” (Brides Show) in January. The show is presented by the Lebanese artist Razan Maghribi and aired on LBC satellite channel. Salvage crews hunt for Ethiopian plane black…
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Pakistan – Pakistani army investigates reported death of Pakistani Taliban leader (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
Pakistani army investigates reported death of Pakistani Taliban leader (Kitchener – Waterloo Record) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January. Pakistan Taliban chief likely targeted by drone (AlertNet) Source: Reuters PESHAWAR,…
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Kosovo Crisis Watch – Blair’s Monstrous Consistency – American Conservative Magazine
Blair’s Monstrous Consistency – American Conservative MagazineBut the failure to achieve a second, explicit, U.N. resolution was a political problem, not a legal obstacle. Few of the anti-war movement care to recall that the Kosovan War was, if anything, predicated upon a flimsier legal case than the Iraqi … Glas Javnosti: Plan on North Kosovo…
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Afghanistan – A street vender boy waits for customers in Kabul, Afghanistan (The Record and Herald News)
A street vender boy waits for customers in Kabul, Afghanistan (The Record and Herald News) A street vender boy waits for customers to sell cauliflowers in Kabul, Afghanistan. A street vender boy waits for customers to sell cauliflowers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Few see progress in flurry of Taliban talks (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) KABUL,…
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Somalia – OIC speakers meet in Uganda on challenges to Islamic world (People’s Daily)
OIC speakers meet in Uganda on challenges to Islamic world (People’s Daily) Speakers of Parliament of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries on Saturday started a two-day meeting here aimed at pacifying their region which has faced decades of bloodshed. On top of the agenda include conflicts mainly in the Middle East’s Iraq,…
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India – Third Edition of India Art Summit Announced (Art Daily)
Third Edition of India Art Summit Announced (Art Daily) An interesting installation from Pallette Art Gallery at India Art Summit. NEW DELHI.- India Art Summit announced its 3rd edition, from 20 23 January 2011 in New Delhi. Hockey India woes increase (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: In what could amount to a rebuff to Hockey India…
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South Africa Politics and News Monitor – Gandhi’s Ashes Scattered off South Africa (ABC News)
Gandhi’s Ashes Scattered off South Africa (ABC News) 62 years after assassination, Gandhi’s ashes scattered off South Africa’s coast Gandhi ashes scattered off South Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News) Ashes of Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, kept for decades by a family friend after his assassination, were scattered Saturday off South Africa’s coast, his family…
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