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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2176 world World - Africa en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2176 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa ap/20091107/ml_china_africa AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1a0d655003d3446aa6b94ba85bbd4b96.mideast_egypt_china_xan101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=CC5z5Iq73JjVqbNAJdCTIg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1a0d655003d3446aa6b94ba85bbd4b96.mideast_egypt_china_xan101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=CC5z5Iq73JjVqbNAJdCTIg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes ap/20091107/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:31:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5b64a9d8b1fa40379450365f419b90dc.west_africas_last_giraffes_ny332.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bFjUPTcO1Z5VjzyfESrtUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0" /></a>AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_west_africa_s_last_giraffes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5b64a9d8b1fa40379450365f419b90dc.west_africas_last_giraffes_ny332.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bFjUPTcO1Z5VjzyfESrtUQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_madagascar_crisis nm/20091107/us_madagascar_crisis Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_madagascar_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2071749314.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=1EYXhApnTUqqVw2g8cpyiA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina attends a meeting with ousted president Marc Ravalomanana (not in the picture) in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Irada Humbatova" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_madagascar_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2071749314.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=1EYXhApnTUqqVw2g8cpyiA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina attends a meeting with ousted president Marc Ravalomanana (not in the picture) in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Irada Humbatova" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_af/af_madagascar ap/20091107/af_madagascar AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:08:54 GMT AP - Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African Union statement said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/egyptchinaarabdiplomacyislam afp/20091107/egyptchinaarabdiplomacyislam AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/egyptchinaarabdiplomacyislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257607250900-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=E0UV5m8_NYaWAqFs.DOtPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured giving a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo -- has sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiaobao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/egyptchinaarabdiplomacyislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257607250900-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=E0UV5m8_NYaWAqFs.DOtPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured giving a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo -- has sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_africa_afp/egyptiraqdiplomacy afp/20091107/egyptiraqdiplomacy AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:47:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_africa_afp/egyptiraqdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257583680921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=2WpVz8xTGAz0nil1XISexw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Ghiet (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in Cairo after signing a diplomatic agreement. Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_africa_afp/egyptiraqdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257583680921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=2WpVz8xTGAz0nil1XISexw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Ghiet (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in Cairo after signing a diplomatic agreement. Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_africa ap/20091107/as_china_africa AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1c8da49bf7a04a4a9e5b8d9193ebff4b.egypt_china_xin801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4wLDc8agyZMrHfjsjZRT_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)" border="0" /></a>AP - China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1c8da49bf7a04a4a9e5b8d9193ebff4b.egypt_china_xin801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4wLDc8agyZMrHfjsjZRT_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuengrsa afp/20091107/rugbyuengrsa AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:03:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuengrsa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257587678498-1-0.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=7ajw2oT1brCUs4m4INsVhg--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Australia's Berrick Barnes (left) snatches the ball away from South Africa's Adi Jacobs during the rugby union Tri-Nations test match against in Brisbane in September. South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir has admitted he has never seen such a poor performance from a Springbok front five as the world champions went down to a shock defeat to Leicester.(AFP/File/Eddie Safarik)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir admitted he had never seen such a poor performance from a Springbok front five as the world champions went down to a shock defeat to Leicester.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuengrsa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257587678498-1-0.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=7ajw2oT1brCUs4m4INsVhg--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="Australia's Berrick Barnes (left) snatches the ball away from South Africa's Adi Jacobs during the rugby union Tri-Nations test match against in Brisbane in September. South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir has admitted he has never seen such a poor performance from a Springbok front five as the world champions went down to a shock defeat to Leicester.(AFP/File/Eddie Safarik)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_africa_afp/africanunionguineamilitaryunrestsanctions afp/20091107/africanunionguineamilitaryunrestsanctions AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:28:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_africa_afp/africanunionguineamilitaryunrestsanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257575565890-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=rIHB3vKczIdy2hygNbHZbQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Guinean military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (R) arrives at a ceremony in Conakry in October, flanked by General Sekouba Konate, minister in charge of national defence. The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday(AFP/File/Seyllou)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_africa_afp/africanunionguineamilitaryunrestsanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257575565890-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=rIHB3vKczIdy2hygNbHZbQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Guinean military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (R) arrives at a ceremony in Conakry in October, flanked by General Sekouba Konate, minister in charge of national defence. The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday(AFP/File/Seyllou)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_sudan_darfur_un nm/20091106/us_sudan_darfur_un Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:20:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_sudan_darfur_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ad394de2aa84406db7d87240061cfbb4.switzerland_human_rights_award_be108.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oo9Q8xDivpzd3SnIqKeQCA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Laureate Safaa Elagib Adam, one of the founding members for the Community Development Association (CDA), a Sudanese non-governmental organization working on sustainable development and peace with special focus on Darfur, speaks after having been awarded the prize for freedom and human rights in Bern, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two Iranian businessmen working at a Dubai-based firm were linked to video surveillance devices sold to Sudan and used in unmanned drones in Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a U.N. report said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_sudan_darfur_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ad394de2aa84406db7d87240061cfbb4.switzerland_human_rights_award_be108.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oo9Q8xDivpzd3SnIqKeQCA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Laureate Safaa Elagib Adam, one of the founding members for the Community Development Association (CDA), a Sudanese non-governmental organization working on sustainable development and peace with special focus on Darfur, speaks after having been awarded the prize for freedom and human rights in Bern, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/egyptuspoliticsus afp/20091106/egyptuspoliticsus AFP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/egyptuspoliticsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257541754668-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=B92B8Lp_xm_XUNa8p_BRaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Ayman Nur, Egyptian politician and head of Al-Ghad speaks during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Cairo in October 2009. The United States on Friday urged Egypt to reverse its ban on Nur's plans to travel to the United States.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States on Friday urged Egypt to reverse its ban on top political dissident Ayman Nur's plans to travel to the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/egyptuspoliticsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257541754668-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=B92B8Lp_xm_XUNa8p_BRaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ayman Nur, Egyptian politician and head of Al-Ghad speaks during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Cairo in October 2009. The United States on Friday urged Egypt to reverse its ban on Nur's plans to travel to the United States.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/cricketrsaeng afp/20091106/cricketrsaeng AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/cricketrsaeng"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525409782-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=YaMU3c4q3SQgyvU6PaEkOg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="England cricket captain Andrew Strauss attends a press conference in Johannesburg in September 2009. England started their tour of South Africa with a crushing 185-run over the Diamond Eagles franchise team in a 50-overs match in Bloemfontein on Friday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - England started their tour of South Africa with a crushing 185-run over the Diamond Eagles franchise team in a 50-overs match in Bloemfontein on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/cricketrsaeng"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257525409782-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=YaMU3c4q3SQgyvU6PaEkOg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="England cricket captain Andrew Strauss attends a press conference in Johannesburg in September 2009. England started their tour of South Africa with a crushing 185-run over the Diamond Eagles franchise team in a 50-overs match in Bloemfontein on Friday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/fblwc2010engcapelloramsey afp/20091106/fblwc2010engcapelloramsey AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:21:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/fblwc2010engcapelloramsey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257535271256-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=XglNLrALZSF_WlU4i447rg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="England coach Fabio Capello, seen here in 2008, was awe-struck as he unveiled a bust at Wembley of Sir Alf Ramsey, the man whose World Cup winning achievement he hopes to emulate in South Africa next year.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - England manager Fabio Capello was awe-struck as he unveiled a bust at Wembley of Sir Alf Ramsey, the man whose World Cup winning achievement he hopes to emulate in South Africa next year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/fblwc2010engcapelloramsey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257535271256-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=XglNLrALZSF_WlU4i447rg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="England coach Fabio Capello, seen here in 2008, was awe-struck as he unveiled a bust at Wembley of Sir Alf Ramsey, the man whose World Cup winning achievement he hopes to emulate in South Africa next year.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/af_zimbabwe_diamonds ap/20091106/af_zimbabwe_diamonds AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:55:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/af_zimbabwe_diamonds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ffe71d5e223246b49e2c7afd2b7dc515.zimbabwe_diamonds_joh801.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1e7FFzLMJKmVB8lddbam8A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, women take a break from digging for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. The world's diamond control body called Thursday Nov. 5, 2009 on Zimbabwe to clean up a lawless field, but has stopped short of suspending the country from a process meant to keep 'blood' gems off the market. Kimberley Process investigators had recommended Zimbabwe be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling diamonds from the field in the troubled country's east. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, Files)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/af_zimbabwe_diamonds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ffe71d5e223246b49e2c7afd2b7dc515.zimbabwe_diamonds_joh801.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1e7FFzLMJKmVB8lddbam8A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, women take a break from digging for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. The world's diamond control body called Thursday Nov. 5, 2009 on Zimbabwe to clean up a lawless field, but has stopped short of suspending the country from a process meant to keep 'blood' gems off the market. Kimberley Process investigators had recommended Zimbabwe be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling diamonds from the field in the troubled country's east. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, Files)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurwarcrimesturkeyioc afp/20091106/sudanconflictdarfurwarcrimesturkeyioc AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:51:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurwarcrimesturkeyioc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257528317004-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DreC1bsC2iqmfnArLh18Mw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Turkey on Friday rebuffed a European Union call to reconsider its decision to host Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur, saying it had no plans to arrest him.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Turkey on Friday rebuffed a European Union call to reconsider its decision to allow Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, who is accused of war crimes in Darfur, to attend a summit in Istanbul.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurwarcrimesturkeyioc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257528317004-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DreC1bsC2iqmfnArLh18Mw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Turkey on Friday rebuffed a European Union call to reconsider its decision to host Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur, saying it had no plans to arrest him.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/sudansouthdiseasehealthngo afp/20091106/sudansouthdiseasehealthngo AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:52:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/sudansouthdiseasehealthngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257523374844-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=TxKn3ALTiaelJ53DIQeD0w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Sudanese children recover from the kala azar disease in the grounds of a hospital in Malakal. Southern Sudan is facing a "serious outbreak" of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned on Friday.(AFP/Peter Martell)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Southern Sudan is facing a "serious outbreak" of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/sudansouthdiseasehealthngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257523374844-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=TxKn3ALTiaelJ53DIQeD0w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Sudanese children recover from the kala azar disease in the grounds of a hospital in Malakal. Southern Sudan is facing a "serious outbreak" of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned on Friday.(AFP/Peter Martell)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_turkey_sudan_eu_gul nm/20091106/us_turkey_sudan_eu_gul Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:48:10 GMT Reuters - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul accused the European Union on Friday of "interfering" after the bloc asked Ankara to reconsider a decision to invite indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to an Islamic summit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/nigeriacorruptioncourtbritain afp/20091106/nigeriacorruptioncourtbritain AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:55:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/nigeriacorruptioncourtbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257511699670-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=sw2F1aITfg9KNUxWHXr51A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="James Ibori, the former governor of Nigeria's oil rich Delta State, pictured in 2006. A Nigerian court has deferred a ruling to November 23 in the trial of the former governor of the oil-rich state, who is accused of stealing millions of dollars during his tenure.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Nigerian court on Friday deferred a ruling to November 23 in the trial of the former governor of oil-rich Delta State, James Ibori, accused of stealing millions of dollars during his tenure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/nigeriacorruptioncourtbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257511699670-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=sw2F1aITfg9KNUxWHXr51A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="James Ibori, the former governor of Nigeria's oil rich Delta State, pictured in 2006. A Nigerian court has deferred a ruling to November 23 in the trial of the former governor of the oil-rich state, who is accused of stealing millions of dollars during his tenure.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/fblwc2010rsabraparreira afp/20091106/fblwc2010rsabraparreira AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/fblwc2010rsabraparreira"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257487445605-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=BrNnnoruBghfMA.eivzwbA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira (pictured in 2008) says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/fblwc2010rsabraparreira"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257487445605-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=BrNnnoruBghfMA.eivzwbA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira (pictured in 2008) says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepolitics afp/20091106/zimbabwepolitics AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:46:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257497222340-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Bw4U.hvDyD9ikCQ9IlBZMA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (seen here on November 5) ended a boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes.(AFP/Carlos Litulo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ended a boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257497222340-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Bw4U.hvDyD9ikCQ9IlBZMA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (seen here on November 5) ended a boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes.(AFP/Carlos Litulo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)