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Botswana: BDF Major Accused of Applying Military Type Confession Tactics on Gardeners
'Tota Rra o mpolaelang! (why are you killing me?),' said desperate Kenaleone Sebolao to a muscular soldier, who seemed intent on chocking him to death. The alleged torture at the hands of Major Keratwaemang Mike Solomon of the Botswana Defence Force left

Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes (Reuters)

Reuters - President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad skepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months.

Heavy rainstorm to hit Ghana
- A heavy rainstorm is expected to hit the country in the next few hours, a report from the Ghana Meteorological Department indicates. The storm is expected to affect the eastern border towns of Aflao, Greater Accra, Koforidua, Nkawkaw and Konongo are

Africa's economy to grow by 6.0 percent this year: AfDB (AFP)

AFP - Africa's economy will grow by 6.0 percent this year and next, an acceleration from 2007, owing to high oil prices and demand for commodities, research from the African Development Bank (AfDB) showed Monday.

Best-selling book brings back painful memories for Simon (AP)

AP - Carly Simon didn't find it easy reading "Girls Like Us," the nonfiction best-seller which interweaves her life story with those of fellow singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Carole King.

Sudan cuts Chad ties after Darfur rebel attack (AFP)

AFP - Sudan on Sunday cut diplomatic ties with Chad, accusing its neighbour of supporting a first ever Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum where a curfew was extended indefinitely to capture remaining rebels.

Nigeria: Alao, 'Third Term Publisher,' Ordered to Quit NNN in July
The managing direc-tor of New Nigerian Newspapers Ltd, Mr. Ndanusa Alao, has been directed to proceed on retirement from public service by the end of July, this year. A source told LEADERSHIP in confidence last night that the directive was issued by the

Gen.Vang Pao’s Last War
The U.S. government relied on Vang Pao and his Hmong soldiers to battle Communism in the jungles of Laos. Why is the Justice Department now calling him a terrorist?

Hmong general who helped U.S. now accused of terrorism
Half a century ago, Vang Pao and his Hmong soldiers sided with the United States in the fight against communism. Last year, the United States indicted Vang Pao, 78, as a terrorist, accusing him of plotting to overthrow the Communist government of Laos.

37,019 people remained missing in Myanmar, down from 42,119 and the number of injured stood 1,403.
shows an aerial view of a badly stricken village in Irrawaddy, Myanmar. International relief aid from Japan, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Thailand, India and Singapore has been poured in Myanmar till Wednesday for the country's storm victims, according to

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In 1975 the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy. Initial closer ties to Vietnam and socialization were replaced with a gradual return to private enterprise, an easing of foreign investment laws, and the admission into ASEAN in 1997.

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