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Johann Hari: Amid dark times, meet the most inspiring people of 2009
Gaza   Israel   Mideast   Palestinian   Photos		  The Independent 
Johann Hari: Amid dark times, meet the most inspiring people of 2009
Wed 30 Dec 2009
It was a dark year, 2009, sealing a dark decade. It began with the world in economic free-fall and the Gaza Strip being bombed to pieces (again). We watched the vicious crushing of a democratic... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Tibetans used to wear skins of many different types of wild-animals, like tiger, Leopard, fox, and sea Leopard, now banned after Tibetan leader openly advised them.
Animals   Elephants   Photos   Tibet   Wildlife		  The Star 
Jumbos in jeopardy
Tue 29 Dec 2009
The Chinese are buying up huge quantities of ivory carvings, a demand that bodes ill for wild elephants. TUCKED into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Chinese master carvers chip away at... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Villages torched in volatile Congo  Independent online (SA)  Mon 28 Dec 2009
 Villages torched in volatile Congo
Kinshasa - Nineteen civilians have been killed since December 17 in the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where villages have been torched, several sources said on Monday. On... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Civilians   Congo   Democratic   Kinshasa   Photos
DR Congo: UN-backed health insurance plan provides coverage for refugees  United Nations  Mon 28 Dec 2009
DR Congo: UN-backed health insurance plan provides coverage for refugees
Medical staff at a major referral hospital in the DRC which is taking part in the health insurance programme28 December 2009 – A $6,000-per-month United Nations investment in a pioneering health care... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Congo   Insurance   Kashmir   Photos   Refugees
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Air Italia, Kotoka Airport, Accra-Ghana Wall Street Journal Sun 27 Dec 2009
Concerns Rise Over African Airport Security
By DANIEL MICHAELS African airports could face new scrutiny for their security standards following the attempt to detonate an explosive onboard a Delta Air Lines Inc.... (photo: Creative Commons)
Africa   Photos   Security   Terrorism   Travel
Pope Benedict XVI waves to worshipers on his arrival to celebrate a Mass at a stadium in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 10, 2009. The Himalayan Sat 26 Dec 2009
Pope gives Christmas message after assault

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict has delivered his traditional Christmas message at the Vatican, hours after a woman leapt at him and dragged him to the ground. The Pope spoke... (photo: AP / Nader Daoud)
Christmas   Holiday   Leaders   Photos   Vatican
In this image made available in London Wednesday Dec. 23, 2009, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II poses prior to the recording of her annual Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth, in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday Dec. 20, 2009 The Independent Sat 26 Dec 2009
Queen's sadness over deaths in Afghanistan

The Queen paid tribute to the Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan in her annual Christmas message yesterday. The monarch spoke of her sadness at the heavy death toll... (photo: AP / John Stillwell, pool)
Christmas   Military   Photos   Society   UK
A member of the Indian battalion of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic of the Congo (MONUC) and the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo deploy to Kirotshe, the scene of the latest combat with the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple. The Star Thu 24 Dec 2009
UN website details peacekeeper sex abuse claims
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations unveiled a website on Thursday aimed at improving transparency about sexual misconduct allegations and other charges leveled... (photo: UN / Marie Frechon)
Abuse   Photos   Rights   Sex   UN
Stockpiled ivory is seen in an auction room in Windhoek, Namibia, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Namibia sold 7,226 kilograms of ivory tusks for the first time in nearly 10 years as the four one-off auctions of ivory stockpiles to Chinese and Japanese buyers kicked off in southern Africa. The Himalayan Tue 22 Dec 2009
Africa set for new fight over ivory sales
NAIROBI: Three months from a major international conference on endangered species, African countries are divided over whether a fresh round of ivory sales should be... (photo: AP / Francois Poolman))
Africa   Elephant   Ivory   Photos   Sales
Ugandan soldiers march in two single files in the northern Pader District on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. The troops were deployed for operations against rebels who mutilate civilians and abduct children in the course of Africa´s longest-running civil Modern Ghana Tue 22 Dec 2009
Ugandan rebels murder, rape, mutilate, displace thousands in DR Congo, Sudan – UN
21 December - In a 10-month rampage of killings, rape and mutilation in neighbouring countries that may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, the rebel... (photo: AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
Congo   Murder   Photos   Rape   Rebels


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United Nations peacekeepers, right, pass near a Rwandan Hutu rebel, left, as they patrol near a U.N. peacekeeping encampment in the heart of territory held by Rwandan Hutu rebels, the FDLR, near the village of Kimua, eastern Congo, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. The west has lost its way in Congo The Guardian
A Congolese government soldier (FARDC) stands guard by a UN truck at the Kibati checkpoint north of Goma, eastern Congo, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Government forces stopped a UN convoy they claim was infiltrated by CDNP rebels in Goma, and took them into custody. UN officials say they were transporting 10 Mai Mai militiamen who had surrendered to the UN demobilisation prog U.N. mulls exit strategy for Congo troops - diplomats The Star
Big Hole, Kimberley, South Africa Failing Kimberly Process paving the way for illegal diamond trade - campaigners Mineweb
US president Barack Obama Africa bishops speak of Obama in religious terms The Miami Herald
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC April 21, 2009. Clinton Pushes UN Resolution to Curb Violence Against Girls Voa News
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