Kenyan leaders will negotiate to end a conflict over an allegedly rigged election that has cost over 1000 lives. President Kibaki will meet with opposition leader Odinga...Iranian ships were "unduly provocative" and almost earned an American bombardment today in the Middle East. The three boats were traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical strategic chokepoint for oil transportation and the "mouth", if you will, of the Persian Gulf...Turkey, in an effort to satisfy requirements to become an EU member, has agreed to alter its controversial law, article 301, which makes it illegal to "insult Turkishness", according to Al Jazeera. Many journalists have been jailed by the law...Al Qaeda gunmen killed eight village elders in southern Pakistan today in violence which started with the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto a week ago...The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur province of Sudan worsened today as forces from Chad bombed the provincial capital of Geneina. The two countries "accuse each other of backing rebel groups, destabilising the region around their common border", reports the BBC. The genocide in Darfur has killed at least 200,000 and left 2.5 million homeless.
Monday, January 7, 2008
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