Ivory Coast First Lady Leads Death Squad, Report Alleges Nov 21, 2009
The U.N. Security Council established a commission of inquiry last summer to investigate human rights abuses by both sides during the country's civil war. The contents of the commission's 100-page report, which omits the names of the accused, were first leaked to the Ivory Coast press last month. (Yahoo News -- Ivory Coast)
Mbeki seeks to push Ivorian peace Nov 21, 2009
Former rebels in Ivory Coast have warned that a row over a controversial nationality law could rekindle the country's civil war ... South African President Thabo Mbeki met Mr Gbagbo on Tuesday in a further effort to end the civil war. (Yahoo News -- Ivory Coast)
UN chopper crash in Sierra Leone Nov 21, 2009
The UN has deployed about 11,000 peacekeepers in Sierra Leone since the country's 1991-2002 civil war. There have been no known attacks on UN officials since the fighting stopped. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
West Boxford Improvement Society multitasks with projects Nov 21, 2009
The group just recently finished with a project reviving the Civil War monument at the intersection of Washington Street and Main Street this past summer. Begun in spring of 2008, volunteers of the group have installed a walkway of cobblestones, which were taken from historic Lexington, painted the cannons, cleaned up the brush, hydro-seeded to grow fresh grass and planted day lilies. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Liberia: India's All-Female UN Police Unit Serves as Inspiration for Liberian Women Nov 21, 2009
UNMIL, set up by the Security Council in 2003, now numbers over 11,500 uniformed personnel and played a major role in restoring stability and a democratic government after more than a decade of civil war. But in a report to the Security Council in August, Mr. Ban warned that the gains remain fragile, especially with regard to security, rule of law and job creation. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: 'The New War is Rape' Nov 21, 2009
"The civil war is over," said Monrovia resident Tupee Kiadi. "But the new war is rape, especially targeting teenagers and babies. During the war we had peacekeepers to prevent further violence...but women do not have peacekeepers to stop rape.". (allAfrica.com)
Let women keep their abortion coverage Nov 21, 2009
For millions of people, protecting our unborn children is just like getting rid of slavery before the Civil War. The Supreme Court and those supporting slavery were wrong then and abortionists are wrong now. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women Nov 21, 2009
From the patriarchal days of the Spanish conquistadors to the military's systematic torture of women during its 36-year civil war, the country has long cultivated a reputation as one of the Western hemisphere's most brutal places for women. These days, Marisole and thousands of other victims of gang violence and a wave of street crime are giving that long-standing problem a new face. (Christian Science Monitor)
Kwame, My Brother, I am Sorry, But . Nov 21, 2009
I would refer readers to the piece titled The Man Died" which was an indictment of Governments and the Police handling of the Anlos crissis. The other side of the story also condemns the Government and the Police on the Teleku-Bokazzo mining crisis. I have taken the Asantehene on some issues I regarded as being detrimental to the growth and development of the country. Reader should read my write-ups on Manhyia Should Speak Up and Abolish this obnoxious Law, Okyeman. .... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
War still a key issue for troops Nov 21, 2009
At least, let us feel we've done something," says Broberg, 26, a U.S. Army reservist who was based in Taji in 2004 and now attends UW-Milwaukee. In recent weeks, debate over the war has receded as voters focus on the economy as the top issue of the campaign, according to exit polls from various primaries. But that doesn't mean the war doesn't still weigh heavily on voters, especially in Wisconsin. Since the war began in March 2003, thousands of Wisconsin troops, including Quillen and Broberg,... (Yahoo News -- FYI)
One cheer for...Oregon? Nov 21, 2009
However, the Civil War for 2009 could potentially be bigger than ever if Arizona loses to the Ducks on Saturday ... If now, for just a moment, you sit back and realize the possibilities that can come from winning such an epic Civil War, it may become more obvious what truly needs to happen this weekend at Arizona. (Oregon State Sports -- Rivals.com)
SCITUATE COMMENTARY: Celebration of the cannon Nov 21, 2009
The following are remarks from David Corbin, historian of Satuit Camp No. 3188, Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War, during the ceremony to rededicate the refurbished Civil War Whitworth Cannon Nov. 15 at the GAR Hall in Scituate ... Civil War in 1861 turned a nation and it s people upside-down ... In 1875, Scituate s Civil War veterans met within the doors behind me. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
GOP Governors Optimistic on Party's Future Nov 21, 2009
The New York Congressional race you lost (after holding the seat since the civil war) is the true indicator of how you're slipping into irrelevance by running to the extreme conservative right. Big mistake on your part. (CBS News -- Politics)
Beavs ready for the Cougars Nov 21, 2009
If the Beavers defeat WSU and does the same to , the Beavers will have a chance to get revenge against the Ducks because the Civil War will be for the Rose Bowl. And it could be even sweeter for the Beavers considering this year's Civil War game will be at Autzen Stadium ... That way they can get a big lead and start resting players for the bye week and Civil War game. (Oregon State Sports -- Rivals.com)
Sri Lanka former child soldiers' college Nov 21, 2009
The college in the Sri Lankan capital is a government rehabilitation center established exclusively for former child soldiers of the Tamil Tiger, a rebel group that was defeated by the government troops in May after a 30-year civil war in the southeastern Asian country. "There are 273 ex-child soldiers in the college, 154 boys and 119 girls coming from various camps in the north after October," Major Herman Fernando, who runs the college's rehabilitation program, told Xinhua. (Xinhuanet, China)
EU president wants Copenhagen to give us 'global management'... Nov 21, 2009
UN global management: umpteen million dead in Rwanda, civil wars in Europe, bunch of chooks while George W saves thousands in Iraq from torture and death ... we are going to have a civil war. (The Drudge Report)
Linking the poor and the powerful Nov 21, 2009
However, civil war and the sight of that childhood friend, Fajal, being forced from school because of class discrimination, then becoming a factory worker and, after a police beating, a disabled slum dweller, has made Khan wary of relying on intellectual arguments. This week, in her penultimate month as Amnesty head, the Cessna carried Khan 250 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs to listen to old Aboriginal stockmen and grandmother artists of Utopia, who still hunt and gather on traditional... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
In Algeria, Twin Bombs Kill at Least 52 Nov 21, 2009
Experts and local officials predicted that the final casualty count from the two explosions would rank them as the deadliest attack in the capital, Algiers, since the country descended into civil war in the 1990s, and perhaps the worst since Algeria won independence from in 1962 ... It was the most lethal attack in Algiers in a decade and stoked worries of a return to the civil war that claimed an estimated 200,000 lives across the country in the 1990s. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Algiers Attacks Show Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit Nov 21, 2009
The explosions were the first suicide attacks in Algeria since the 1990s, when the country was mired in civil war, and the worst violence in the capital in more than a decade. In September, bombers targeted a convoy carrying President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, missing him but killing 22. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Algerian suicide bomb kills four Nov 21, 2009
The group has its roots in the bitter Algerian civil war of the 1990s. Besides the 11 December bombing of UN offices, it said it carried out attacks that killed more than 50 people in early September, and blasts that killed at least 23 people in the capital in April. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Sri Lanka to free war displaced Tamils from Dec 1 Nov 21, 2009
The main battle between the government forces and the LTTE brought the country's 30-year-old civil war to an end in May. About 100,000 people were killed in the bloody civil war. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Liberia discovers 'ghost' workers Nov 21, 2009
Liberia, under the helm of Africa's first woman president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, is in the process of re-building following its 14-year civil war. Bookmark with. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Nov 21, 2009
Mr Taylor has been indicted on 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and violations of international humanitarian law over his alleged role in the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone ... Mr Taylor started Liberia's civil war in 1989 and became one of a number of warlords competing for control in the West African country. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Nov 21, 2009
Mr Taylor is accused of responsibility for the actions of rebels during the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone. That includes, among other crimes, unlawful killings, sexual slavery, use of child soldiers and looting. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Confederate Powderworks Chimney repairs start Nov 21, 2009
One of the South's most significant Civil War landmarks is getting a $192,000 face-lift ... The works supplied most of the gunpowder for the South during the Civil War. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Nov 21, 2009
The U.N.-backed special court in Sierra Leone, where Taylor faces an 11-count indictment for his role in that country's civil war, requested that the trial be conducted on the premises of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. The Sierra Leone court would retain jurisdiction over the case. (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
Police arrest parents of girl in gang-rape case Nov 21, 2009
Each of the boys' families also came to Arizona from African refugee camps in the wake of Liberia's bloody civil war. The formal charges against the girl's parents raised questions about the safety of the other children living at the apartment. (AZCentral -- News)
Oregon, Arizona meet in Game of Week Nov 21, 2009
An Oregon win would likely set up an epic Civil War matchup with Oregon State ... If the Ducks win and Oregon State beats 32 -point underdog Washington State, the Civil War on Dec. 3 would determine the conference champion. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Editorial: Thanksgiving Nov 21, 2009
The Civil War was raging, our republic was in grave danger as Americans fought fellow Americans, but a wise President Abraham Lincoln still saw that we all had so much for which to be thankful. He declared Thanksgiving a national holiday and that the fourth Thursday of November would be forevermore a time for all Americans to give thanks to God almighty. (KSBW 8, CA)
Shiite Militias Move Into Oil-Rich Kirkuk, Even as Kurds Dig In Nov 21, 2009
KIRKUK, Iraq -- Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city -- widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war -- vowing to fight any attempt to shift control over Kirkuk to the Kurdish-governed north, according to U.S. commanders and diplomats, local police and politicians. Until recently, the presence of the militias here was minimal. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)
Sierra Leone police enlist youths Nov 21, 2009
Sierra Leone is still recovering from a decade-long civil war that ended in 2002, in which child soldiers fought. The BBC's Lansana Fofana, in Freetown, says hundreds of boys have already agreed to sign up. (BBC News -- Africa)
Editorial: The price of Afghanistan troop buildup Nov 20, 2009
The U.S. and our allies are engaged in what may be a worthy goal, trying to bring better governance, economic development and security to a country that has suffered greatly through a 30-year civil war. But can we succeed at nation-building in a place that barely qualifies to be called a nation. (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)
AKC Adds Three New Breeds To Its Registry Nov 20, 2009
The Redbone dates back to red foxhounds brought over by Scottish immigrants in the late 1700s and red foxhounds imported from Ireland before the Civil War. Redbones possess a natural treeing instinct and will track game ranging from raccoons to cougars. (W-USA News, DC)
Liberia discovers 'ghost' workers Nov 20, 2009
Liberia, under the helm of Africa's first woman president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, is in the process of re-building following its 14-year civil war. Bookmark with. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
War still a key issue for troops Nov 20, 2009
At least, let us feel we've done something," says Broberg, 26, a U.S. Army reservist who was based in Taji in 2004 and now attends UW-Milwaukee. In recent weeks, debate over the war has receded as voters focus on the economy as the top issue of the campaign, according to exit polls from various primaries. But that doesn't mean the war doesn't still weigh heavily on voters, especially in Wisconsin. Since the war began in March 2003, thousands of Wisconsin troops, including Quillen and Broberg,... (Yahoo News -- FYI)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Nov 20, 2009
Mr Taylor has been indicted on 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and violations of international humanitarian law over his alleged role in the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone ... Mr Taylor started Liberia's civil war in 1989 and became one of a number of warlords competing for control in the West African country. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Nov 20, 2009
Mr Taylor is accused of responsibility for the actions of rebels during the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone. That includes, among other crimes, unlawful killings, sexual slavery, use of child soldiers and looting. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Syracuse Stage takes on musical adaptation of 'Little Women' Nov 20, 2009
The plot centers around four sisters who live in poverty with their mother during the Civil War. Though the original movie version of "Little Women" is not a musical, the two-and-a-half hour Syracuse Stage adaptation features more than 20 choreographed songs that go along with the story. (Daily Orange, NY)
Armscor CEO suspended Nov 20, 2009
"Sipho Thomo's divisive management and leadership style was a disaster and caused a virtual civil war between employees at Armscor," DA spokesperson David Maynier said. Opposition MPs have suggested that despite long-standing tension with Thomo it was his awkward disclosure that the cost of South Africa's contract to buy eight Airbus A400M heavy-lift planes had sky-rocketed to an "estimated" R47-billion that finally prompted the board to act. (Business Report, South Africa)
SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests Nov 20, 2009
The 10-year civil war has left many orphans and great poverty. Three people have been arrested and charged with smuggling 29 children to the United States for adoption, say police in Sierra Leone. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Rebels face Sierra Leone tribunal Nov 20, 2009
The RUF is blamed for killings, rapes and abductions during a decade of civil war that ended in 2002. But the first three defendants - who include the RUF's final military leader Issa Sesay - are refusing to acknowledge the court's legitimacy. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
After long decline, state's welfare rolls surge Nov 20, 2009
Dahabo Hassan was pregnant with her fifth child when her husband was hacked to death in their home as she watched during Somalia's brutal civil war. Hassan spent the next five years in a dusty refugee camp in Kenya, waiting for permission to enter the United States. (Yahoo News -- Welfare Reform)
S Leone war crimes court slammed Nov 20, 2009
After smiling during his 10-minute speech, Mr Norman took notes as a 52-year-old farmer, referred to as TF2-198, testified about the torture he says he underwent during the 10-year civil war ... Flashback: Sierra Leone civil war. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Game Of The Week APArizona's Nic Grigsby returns from injury, while Oregon's LaMichael James looks for his sixth straight 100-yard game.Arizona and Oregon still control their own destinies in the hotly contested Pac-10. Cory McCartney breaks down the Game of the Week and predicts which squad will be smelling roses. Nov 20, 2009
An Oregon win would likely set up an epic Civil War matchup with Oregon State ... If the Ducks win and Oregon State beats 32 -point underdog Washington State, the Civil War on Dec. 3 would determine the conference champion. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Football)
Strike suspended in Sierra Leone Nov 20, 2009
Trade Unions have suspended the first general strike in Sierra Leone to be held since the civil war ended three years ago ... Living standards are extremely low in Sierra Leone which is still struggling to rebuild itself after years of civil war. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
New on DVD: 'Gone With the Wind' looks great at 70 Nov 20, 2009
Generally regarded as the best Civil War movie (Disney played the raid straight for 1956's The Great Locomotive Chase), this tale of redemption remains a stunner. Extras, extras: Carried over from last year's Kino DVD, we get tours of locations and of the real General train; intros by and ; career montage of train gags. (USA Today -- Life)
UN chopper crash in Sierra Leone Nov 20, 2009
The UN has deployed about 11,000 peacekeepers in Sierra Leone since the country's 1991-2002 civil war. There have been no known attacks on UN officials since the fighting stopped. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Shiite Militias Move Into Oil-Rich Kirkuk, Even as Kurds Dig In Nov 20, 2009
KIRKUK, Iraq -- Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city -- widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war -- vowing to fight any attempt to shift control over Kirkuk to the Kurdish-governed north, according to U.S. commanders and diplomats, local police and politicians. Until recently, the presence of the militias here was minimal. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)
Dumbo Univeristy Nov 20, 2009
How tragic we had to have a devastating civil war over this issue when all the South had to do to keep their slaves was free them. Yes, free them. (Townhall.com)
JOHN CHAPPELL: North Notes: Big Weekend on Tap for Local Pottery Lovers Nov 20, 2009
" The Celebration of Seagrove Potters festival runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 at the door, and food is available on site from a number of vendors. A Broader Tent Over at the school, and in the big white tent on the grounds, the admission fee is $6 for the Seagrove Pottery Festival, which runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days, with the featured auction at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Bidders won't have to be present as sealed bids are accepted as late as 2 p.m.... (The Pilot Newspaper)
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Blount becomes sideshow in Oregons surge Nov 20, 2009
The Ducks finish the regular season by hosting Oregon State in the annual Civil War rivalry game. After the Ducks, Arizona visits the Sun Devils before playing the Trojans on Dec. 5. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Wenham Selectmens Notes Nov 20, 2009
Selectwoman Harriet Davis does not want signs on the Town Hall campus nor within the Civil War Monument fence. She would like to see signs as messages, not art, where legibility is the priority. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Africa's Mountain Gorillas Rebound, Says New Census Nov 20, 2009
Starting in 1990, civil war in Rwanda, and later the DRC, rendered the situation too dangerous for a full survey. "There are not many great success stories in conservation today this is tremendously gratifying," said Amy Vedder, former Virunga gorilla researcher and vice president of the Living Landscapes Program at the New York City-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). (Yahoo News -- Pan-Africa)
Letters to the Editor Nov 20, 2009
Not much has changed since the Civil War ... After reading the article "Large cities make one appreciate small town life" in the Nov. 16, 2009 edition, I realized that many of the same cultural differences between the North and the South are still apparent today, even after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery ... Although the South has come a long way since the Civil War, the North still holds the nation's bigger cities and usually more liberal citizens, and the South is still known for... (East Tennessean, TN)
Literary Technique: Oxymoron Nov 20, 2009
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Switzerland and the EUDefence Nov 20, 2009
Reformation and Counter-Reformation had before then swept across the country, ultimately leading to a brief civil war in 1847 ... The lessons of the "Sonderbund" or civil war were not lost on the founders of the new state. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Gauthier: Scouts share in Veterans Day remembrance Nov 20, 2009
The crowd was invited to stay for the Cub Scout Pack meeting featuring an explanation of the life of a Civil War soldier from reenactor David Grace of Gloucester. Then Captain Beckwith, father of Tiger Scout Jacob, spoke about his service in the Marine Corps and aspects of his uniform. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Militants' grip Nov 20, 2009
But unlike Somalia, there is no civil war here, no children walking around with guns, no warlords and none of the grinding poverty. So it seemed like a safe place for Zeinab Bihi to raise her son, Burhan, or so she thought. (BBC News -- Americas)
High Bridge Trail stops just short of Pamplin Nov 20, 2009
At High Bridge Trail State Park, visitors will have the opportunity to become aware of some aspects of Civil War history ... The bridge played an important role in Civil War history where skirmishes between the North and the South took place on April 6-7,1865. (Appomattox Times Virginian, VA)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Nov 20, 2009
The U.N.-backed special court in Sierra Leone, where Taylor faces an 11-count indictment for his role in that country's civil war, requested that the trial be conducted on the premises of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. The Sierra Leone court would retain jurisdiction over the case. (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
Cable Exclusive Nov 20, 2009
Well, inasmuch as you can go back to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II. We didn't do this. We had military tribunals. (Fox News)
UN confirms Tamil camps exodus Nov 20, 2009
The camps were set up to house Tamils who fled the final stages of a 25-year civil war between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended in May. Mr Holmes, who has just visited the area, said fewer than 135,000 out of 300,000 people were still in the camps. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Ivorian abuse 'rife', says report Nov 20, 2009
Liberation says the unpublished report accuses both sides in the Ivorian civil war of violations of human rights ... Liberation says the UN report documents a catalogue of human rights abuses and violence over more than two years of civil war. (Yahoo News -- Ivory Coast)
Lessons of Fort Hood Nov 20, 2009
Some Western commentators also assert that there is a "civil war" taking place within "the Muslim world." It would be simpler and more encouraging if that were the case. In reality, there are the many Muslims who look upon the West with disfavor but would not sacrifice themselves and their families to destroy it. (Townhall.com)
