Democratic candidate Barack Obama heads overseas next week for a whistle-stop series of meetings with Middle Eastern and European leaders, but with an eye firmly on the U.S. presidential race back home.
Sen. Barack Obama is expected to visit several world leaders over the next few weeks.
Obama’s trip, which includes visits to Jordan, Israel, Germany, France [...]
Kenya condemns move on Al Bashir
BY LAURA WALUBENGO and VPPS
NAIROBI, July 18 - Kenya has called on the international community to reject the indictment against Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir, by the International Criminal Court.
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka said the indictment for alleged genocide should be rejected, because it would compromise security in the war-torn [...]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush.
Israel’s Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said one of the suspects had used his mobile phone to film helicopters [...]
By Celean Jacobson, The Associated Press
QUNU, South Africa - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by urging the wealthy to share their prosperity with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid struggle.
In an interview at his home in [...]
Source: Reuters
PRETORIA, July 18 (Reuters) - The African Union, United Nations and a grouping of 14 southern African nations have endorsed South African President Thabo Mbeki’s mediation of Zimbabwe’s crisis talks, Mbeki’s office said on Friday.
“All parties agreed with the framework proposed by President Mbeki to facilitate a solution to the challenges in Zimbabwe,” the [...]
By Jeremy Smith
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission backed a plan on Friday to give 1 billion euros to farmers in Africa next year to help tackle high food prices and boost output, despite opposition by many EU states.
The EU cash, largely the result of underspending and leeway in the bloc’s massive agriculture budget, [...]
BY AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
BEIJING, July 17 - China on Thursday hit back at criticism of its approval as a licensed buyer of ivory, saying it had scored good results in the fight against illegal smuggling and sales of the product.
“The Chinese government attaches great importance to the protection of wildlife, including elephants,” foreign ministry spokesman [...]
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