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After Kenyan Stalling, the ICC Will Investigate Post-Election Riots
Nov 7 2009, Mykses

Kenyans have rarely been disappointed in the ability of their political leaders to be disappointing. So it’s not all that surprising that little has been done for the past two years to hunt down those responsible for the ethnic violence that wracked the..

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Now, he and hundreds of other successful farmers are replanting trees as part of an ambitious initiative to reduce deforestation. Their goal — to set aside...
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Hugo Chávez asking for international hostilities, defends the ‘bad guys’ of the world
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Kids smuggle food for cents along war border
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Sabar Mina is cloaked in a light green shawl tinged with dirt. She is holding an empty flour sack that she plans on filling with firewood. Her eyes are soft and kind,...
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Human rights concerns raised as Rwanda set to join Commonwealth
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More Journalists to get treason charges
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21 dead in Philippines hostage slayings
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The wife of a candidate for governor and about 30 others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines — with at least 21 of them later killed, army...
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Shame as 24 inmates die of Cholera.
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Operation in Orakzai Agency Unnerves Hanguwaals
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Iran begins largescale war games to protect nuclear sites
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Political Fallout in Egypt and Algeria's Soccer War
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Nation Building in Afghanistan, How about your own country, Mr. President
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Obama adopts carrot and stick on Sudan, Kenya
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As Kenyans mark Christmas, IDPs continue to suffer in camps
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