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Mauritania coup leaders stay put despite E.U ultimatum

The ruling military junta in Nouakchott is still doggedly refusing to abide by constitutional legality despite international pressures for the reinstatement of deposed Mauritanian President Ould Cheikh Abdellahi.
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NATO to bolster flotilla to counter rising piracy off Somali coasts

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization-NATO- is intent on beefing up a warship flotilla, already deployed off the coasts of Somalia, to check the nefarious scourge of piracy in the area, according to a NATO spokesman. ...
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Israel ignores Un decisions onto Gaza blockade

The UN High Commissioner for human rights, South African Navi Pillay called on Tuesday on the Israeli government to lift the stringent blockade imposed on the Palestinian Gaza strip. ...
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Tsvangirai calls on E.U to supply emergency relief aid to distressed Zimbabweans

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had warned in Strasbourg on Sunday that negotiations with his rival, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, were in danger of going on "indefinitely." ...
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Ending Food crisis in Africa relies on women in agriculture

Former Secretary General in management and Executive Director of World Food Program (WFP) at the United Nations, now senior fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Keynote speaker at the symposium titled “Gender and Agriculture: Unlocking Africa’s Potential”, Catherine Bertini, said “Investing women in Agriculture is one of the best opportunities we have to fight hunger, advance global development, and end extreme poverty. ...
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Iraq-US security pact triggers Iraqi opposition's discontent

Iraq's cabinet approved a pact that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. ...
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Russia –E.U showdown over missile deployment issue

The European external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner blasted on Monday Moscow's decision to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave surrounded by European Union member countries. ...
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Obama intent on shutting Guantanamo

US President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to shut down the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay when he assumes office in January. ...
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"Inter-Palestinian reconciliation has not failed", Amr Moussa says

The Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has said that the Inter-Palestinian reconciliation, under Egypt's mediation, has not failed contrary to certain 'hasty" conclusions drawn by some ill-advised quarters. ...
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Obasango starts peace mediation drive in strife-torn eastern DR Congo

Renegade General Laurent Nkunda affirmed Sunday, after meeting with UN troubleshooter Olusegun Obasanjo, that he is intent on negotiating a ceasefire with the Kinshasa government in war-torn eastern DR Congo. ...
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