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Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:44
Nigeria: Gunmen 'dressed as soldiers' fire in pub
Ten civilians have died after gunmen stormed a pub in central Nigeria's Plateau state and opened fire on customers, authorities say. The attackers wore military uniforms according to eye witness reports, but the army has denied…
Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:43
Egypt: Tension high in Cairo after mass protests
Police and protesters clash after thousands rally overnight against President Morsi's assumption of expanded powers. Egyptian police have fired tear gas into Cairo's Tahrir Square, where several hundred protesters spent the night after a mass rally…
Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:41
India: Extremists in most violent state follow Christians to hospitals
Christians in India's most religiously intolerant state have witnessed heightened violence in the past weeks, including Hindu extremists attempting to slit the throat of a pastor as he lay hospitalized from a previous attack, sources said.…
Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:40
Congo: Oxfam steps up response to growing crisis
As the humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo worsens, with thousands of people fleeing new fighting, Oxfam is stepping up its supply of aid to more than 80,000 people in and around Goma. Deliveries of vital clean…
Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:33
Uganda: Fishing communities missing out on HIV treatment
Fishing communities in Uganda do not have adequate access to life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), posing a possible setback to the country’s fight against HIV, new statistics reveal. As of June 2012, just 15 percent of 6,225…
Friday, 16 November 2012 12:40
Iran: IMF sending ‘Currency Team’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will send a team to Iran in 2013 for regular consultations regarding its crashing currency. However, an American advocacy group ‘United Against Nuclear Iran’ (UAN) said the UN and IMF should…