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ICC rejects Kenya poll violence suspects appeal (5)
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) The International Criminal Court (ICC) in a statement released in Nairobi on Thursday rejected the appeal on jurisdiction of four Kenyans facing crimes against humanity in connection with the 2007 post- election violence which left over 2, 000 people dead. The Appeals Chamber unanimously rejected the jurisdiction challenge raised by deputy Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, former head of the civil service,
Another Somali journalist shot dead in MogadishuAnother Somali journalist shot dead in Mogadishu (5)
APA-Nairobi, (Kenya) -Assailants in Mogadishu on Thursday gunned down the host of a critical radio program, further punctuating what has already been a deadly year for the Somali press corps and for the journalist's employer, the Shabelle Media Network. According to a press release from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), quoting local journalists, four unidentified men fired repeatedly at
South Sudan as Fifas newest member (2)
APA Budapest (Hungary) The world football governing body has accepted South Sudan as its 209th member following an application for membership by Africas newest country which became independent in July 2011. A statement Friday from the Hungarian capital Budapest where Fifas annual congress was taking place on Thursday suggested that South Sudans membership was overwhelmingly voted for by delegates.
Kenya: British aristocrat was beaten to death: family claims (2)
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) A British aristocrat who died in police custody in Diani in Coast Province, along the Indian Ocean, was beaten to death, his family has claimed and dismissed police reports that say he died of a drug overdose, local media report here Friday. A family spokesman said Mr.
5 monuments to be protected (2)
Created on : 05/25/2012 3:50:13 PM (NORMAL ) Bhopal, May 25 (UNI) The Chhatris (cenotaphs) of the erstwhile Holkar rulers of Indore, the Behat fortress near Gwalior, Shiv temple and caves near Budhar in Shahdol district are among the five monuments to be conserved by the Madhya Pradesh government as places of historic and archaeological importance by declaring them as state protected. Buddhist Stupa of Muthaliya Mutt in Bhedaghat area of Jabalpur and Mughal
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