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Middle East

U.S. Reiterates Support for Lebanese Government

04/12/2006 ANA 0

Washington, 2 December, 2006— The United States fully supports Lebanon’s government for its commitment to peace, security, and efforts to represent all Lebanese communities, says R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. under secretary of state for political […]

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Europe

United States Welcomes Progress in Northern Ireland

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Washington, 1 December, 2006— The United States welcomes recent progress by the British and Irish governments and local political factions on sharing power in Northern Ireland. “The United States fully supports the agreed way forward […]

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News

Justice Delayed, Justice Denied?

04/12/2006 ANA 0

Sometime last week, I came across a news item on the Modern Ghana web site that was quite distressing, not in terms of the alleged crimes which were reported, but how those who were involved […]

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Africa

MADAGASCAR: Opinion divided over Ravalomanana

01/12/2006 ANA 0

Antananarivo, 30 November, 2006— Four and a half years after being elected president of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana is set to seek a second term in the election on Sunday. Although lauded for rehabilitating the infrastructure, […]

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United Nations

GLOBAL: Tough-minded new UN chief

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Johannesburg, 30 November, 2006— Ban Ki-moon, who will fill Kofi Annan’s shoes at the helm of the United Nations, has been described in the media as “uncharismatic” and a “career diplomat”. But a former colleague […]

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Middle East

COTE D IVOIRE: Anti-Gbagbo demonstrations erupt

01/12/2006 ANA 0

Abidjan, 30 November, 2006— Acrid smoke drifted through Abidjan early on Thursday morning as demonstrators erected barricades with burning tyres in several neighbourhoods, as well as in the interior cities of Toumodi, Yamoussoukro and Dabou, […]

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