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Challenge from the Sahel Challenge from the Sahel
Is the Sahel about to become the new Afghanistan? A band of territory immediately south of the waterless Sahara, it has become a lawless haven for smugglers, kidnappers,... (photo: UN / Fardin Waezi) Gulf News
Afghanistan   Challenge   Photos   Sahara   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Sahel
Manchester City's Yaya Toure, celebrates his goal during their English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at the Sports Direct Arena, Newcastle, England, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Toure hails Mancini belief
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has heaped praise on 'unbelievable' manager Roberto Mancini as the club close in on the Premier League title. City, who sit top of... (photo: AP / Scott Heppell) Sky Sports
League   Manchester City   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Yaya Touré
Chelsea's Didier Drogba celebrates his goal against Stoke City during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London, Saturday, March 10, 2012. Drogba weighs up Chelsea deal as Blues fend off China interest
Didier Drogba is set to be offered an improved contract as Chelsea ramp up their bid to pin down the Ivorian international. The 34-year-old is out of contract at the end... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) The Daily Mail
League   Photos   Soccer   Sport   Star
African heads clamp down to get back to civilian rule African heads clamp down to get back to civilian rule
DAKAR: West African presidents have threatened tougher action against coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau who have resisted efforts to fully restore civilian rule.... (photo: EC / EC) Independent online (SA)
African   Dakar   EU   Leaders   Photos   Wikipedia: West Africa
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Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name tool goes here By Greg Cox - Correspondent By Greg Cox... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The News & Observer
India   Photos   Restaurant   Vegetarian   Wikipedia: Restaurant
Military loyal to junta chief Capt. Amadou Sanogo return from the parachutists military camp, after taking control in fighting against anti-junta forces, in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Gunfire echoed across the capital Tuesday as Malian government troops battled each other, killing at least 12 people as one side tried to oust soldiers who seized power in a coup over a month ago. Mali's coup leaders, who ostensibly handed over power to an interim civilian government on April 12 but who still wield power, said they control the state broadcaster, the airport and a military base, fending off attacks by opposing forces. Sanogo told a private radio station Monday night that the countercoup had failed and that his soldiers have captured foreign fighters. Why were regional institutions unable to avert Mali's political crisis?
Burkina Faso and Niger look likelier to resolve Mali's problems than Ecowas, a reality the international community should note Soldiers and security forces gather at the... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) The Guardian
Africa   Bamako   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mali
a well arranged garden landscape - nature What’s Bugging You? A Guide to Natural Pest Control for your Garden
If there’s anything that Gulf coast gardeners can depend upon it is that if you build a garden, they will come – pests, that is. With all the work put into that beautiful... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Examiner
Garden   Insect   Photos   Vegetable   Wikipedia: Garden
Petr Cech Torres and Drogba are double trouble! Cech urges Di Matteo to play both Chelsea's star strikers
Petr Cech has urged Roberto Di Matteo to unleash both Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba on Chelsea's opponents in their triple pursuit of glory. Torres left caretaker... (photo: Creative Commons / John Dobson) The Daily Mail
Chelsea   Photos   Soccer   Sportstar   Wikipedia: Petr Čech
Soldiers line the route as the coffin of slain army chief Gen. Batista Tagme na Waie is transported to the cemetery in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Sunday, March 8, 2009. Waie's death one week ago in a bomb blast sparked the assassination of President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira by unidentified attackers hours later in an apparent revenge attack. West Africa bloc hits Bissau with sanctions, threatens force
BANJUL (Reuters) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS slapped sanctions on Guinea-Bissau's military rulers on Monday and threatened to use force to dislodge them, after... (photo: AP / Mamadu Alfa Balde) The Star
Africa   Bissau   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Economic Community of West African States
FILE- In this March 21, 2012 file photo, ruling party presidential candidate and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior gestures after the electoral commission announced provisional election results giving him the lead in the first round of presidential voting, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau: Deposed Leaders Are Freed and Sent to Ivory Coast
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Soldiers on Friday released two leading... (photo: AP / Tanya Bindra, File) The New York Times
Carlos Gomes Junior   Guinea-Bissau   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Carlos Gomes Júnior
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan - Meals Ready-To-Eat are prepared to be transported to a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma March 13. The supplies will be delivered to mainland Japan to be used humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan, March 11. The proximity of Marine aviation assets at MCAS Futenma has allowed Marines from III MEF to rapidly deploy critically-needed supplies and aid to support the relief effort. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Megan Angel/Released) US to remove 9,000 Marines from Okinawa
WASHINGTON — About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the... (photo: US Navy / Cpl. Megan Angel) Atlanta Journal
Japan   Okinawa   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
West Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau West Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it would send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to help swiftly reinstate civilian rule after... (photo: EC / EC) The Star
Africa   EU   Guinea   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Bissau
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor argues with a photographer as he awaits the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam February 8, 2011. Charles Taylor convicted of 'aiding and abetting war crimes' in historic ruling at ICC
International judges in The Hague were delivering verdicts against the 64-year-old warlord-turned-president. Presiding Judge Richard Lussick said prosecutors have proved... (photo: AP / Jerry Lampen) The Independent
Court   Crimes   Photos   Sierra Leone   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, center rear, is flanked by a security guard, right, as he waits for the start of a hearing to deliver verdict in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. Charles Taylor aided and abetted Sierra Leone war crimes, Hague court finds
Former president of Liberia is found to have supported rebels during reign of terror in neighbouring Sierra LeoneLive reaction to Charles Taylor war crimes verdict... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) The Guardian
Africa   Liberia   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Special Court for Sierra Leone
** FILE ** Former Liberian President Charles Taylor makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, in this April 3, 2006 file photo. Judges prepare to deliver Charles Taylor verdicts
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Judges at an international war crimes tribunal will deliver landmark judgments Thursday in the trial of former Liberian President Charles... (photo: AP / George Osodi, Pool) Herald Tribune
Africa   Crime   Liberia   Photos   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberia)
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina, front, goes for the ball during their Spanish La Liga soccer match, against Real Madrid, at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday April 21, 2012. Real Madrid won 2-1. Messi makes a mess of things for Barcelona
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetBarcelona forward Lionel Messi looks dejected after losing to Chelsea during the UEFA Champions League second leg semifinal match at the Camp Nou... (photo: AP / Alvaro Barrientos) The Times of India
Barcelona   League   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Lionel Messi
Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke speaks to people at a fund raising campaign for American presidential candidate Barack Obama in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday Aug. 11 2008. The event, held by a group calling itself "Africans for Obama 08," drew hundreds of people from the Nigerian business elite. Each paid more than $2,000 to munch on grilled snails, sip from flutes of Veuve Cliquot and Moet & Chandon and join in a lively, if poorly executed, series of the "fist bumps" popularized by Obama and his wife, Michelle. 'Africa Needs Common Stock Exchange Platform'
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, has urged African countries to establish a common stock exchange... (photo: AP / George Osodi) Graphic
Africa   Business   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Stock exchange
Ferrero Rocher Ferrero sets date to end cocoa slavery
Chocolate maker Ferrero has pledged to eradicate slavery from farms where it sources its cocoa by 2020, as part of a growing movement by the multi-billion dollar industry... (photo: Public Domain / Lluis tgn) CNN
Business   Food   Industry   Photos   Wikipedia: Ferrero Rocher
Chelsea's Didier Drogba reacts after scoring a goal against Barcelona during their Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Di Matteo refutes Drogba criticism April 20, 2012
Roberto Di Matteo insisted on Friday that there was no need to "have a word" with Didier Drogba about his antics in Chelsea's Champions League win over Barcelona. PA... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) ESPN
Barcelona   Chelsea   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Didier Drogba
Dortmund's Lukasz Piszczek of Poland, rear, challenges for the ball with Arsenal's Gervinho during the Group F Champions League soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal London in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Gervinho reveals Arsenal pride
Arsenal forward Gervinho feels the club's poor start to the season has made them stronger and they should be proud if they clinch third place in the Premier League. After... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein) Sky Sports
Arsenal   League   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Gervinho
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