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An armed Islamist and Somali women, one of them carrying the Somali flag, at right, are seen during a rally to mark the swearing in of President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Somali rage at grave desecration
By Mohamed Mohamed BBC Somali Service... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor) BBC News
Africa   Conflict   Photos   Religion   Somalia
Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, died on 2 June 2009 at the age of 73.  Africa's longest-serving ruler dies: source
Paris - Gabon President Omar Bongo Ondimba, whose reign as Africa's longest-serving leader was overshadowed by allegations of massive corruption, has died aged 73, a source close to the French... (photo: European Community / © EC) Independent online (SA)
Africa   Gabon   Paris   Photos
Vancouver is the business capital of British Columbia Vancouver world's easiest city to live in, Harare worst: Poll
              Text: LONDON: Vancouver is the world's easiest city to live in while Harare is the toughest, a survey said on Monday putting Europe and north... (photo: European Community / Kaveh) The Times of India
Economy   Media   Photos   Vancouver   World
Ben Wulloo Ikari, far right, a member of Nigeria's Ogoni community, leads a rally to raise awareness of the upcoming New York trial of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company charged with complicity in the death of countryman Ken Saro-Wiwa and human rights abuses in Nigeria, New York, Wednesday May 27, 2009. Shell settles Nigeria rights suit
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of human rights activists in Nigeria for $15.5m, the families of those killed have said.... (photo: AP / Bebeto Matthews) Al Jazeera

Human Rights   Law   Nigeria   Photos   Royal Dutch Shell
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, left, who won at the parliamentary elections on Sunday, addresses supporters during a rally in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 8, 2009. Lebanon Begins Test of Forming New Government
By CHIP CUMMINS and NADA RAAD BEIRUT -- A Western-backed coalition here now must form a new government after widening its majority in parliamentary elections, a task almost as fraught as the election... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari) Wall Street Journal

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