HARARE, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) South Africa said Zimbabwean power-sharing talks would resume on Friday although President Robert Mugabe's top negotiator said there was no need for further negotiations. ... > full story
TRIPOLI, Aug. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Hijackers who forced a Sudanese airliner to land in Libya have demanded fuel to fly on to Paris, Libya's state news agency Jana said on Wednesday. ... > full story
ISTANBUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court moved to indict him for war crimes, on Tuesday denied that his forces had committed genocide in Darfur. ... > full story
LUSAKA, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, a favorite of Western donors and strong critic of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, died in a French hospital on Tuesday nearly two months after suffering a stroke. He was 59. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) Sudan has warned the United Nations of "serious consequences" for its staff and facilities if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over Darfur, a U.N. envoy said on Monday. ... > full story
TRIPOLI, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) Libya and the United States signed a deal on Thursday to compensate all U.S. and Libyan victims of bombings or their relatives, clearing the way for the former foes to improve faltering ties. ... > full story
HARARE, Aug. 13, 2008 (Reuters) Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday he was still committed to power-sharing negotiations after three days of talks with President Robert Mugabe broke off without a deal. ... > full story
HARARE, Aug. 8, 2008 (Reuters) South African President Thabo Mbeki, mediating in Zimbabwe's post-election crisis, will go to Harare on Saturday amid growing optimism a power-sharing deal can be reached between the ruling party and the opposition. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2008 (Reuters) Suspected Muslim separatists with homemade bombs killed 16 police in western China on Monday, state media said, reporting one of the worst attacks by militants on Chinese soil just four days before the Olympics. ... > full story
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Olympics Officials 'Surprised' By Games Web Censorship Aug. 4, 2008 (Information Week) The media should have been told they would not have total Internet freedom before arriving for the Beijing Olympics, a senior IOC official said on ...
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