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Disquiet over ENRC's purchase of Congo assets
FT.com, 7 minutes ago / Anger is growing among London's investor community over the decision by a FTSE 100 miner to buy a disputed copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Congo rapes worse than reported
Broadsheet - Salon.com, 16 minutes ago / Now, for some brutally bad news: The recent gang rape in the Congo was worse than we thought -- and at a reported 150 some victims, we already thought it was pretty horrific.
Congo Security Warnings; Niger Food Crisis; Drug Cost In Developing Countries; Measles Vaccination In China
China News.Net, 1 hour 25 minutes ago / "Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother," the Associated Press reports.
Human Atrocities in Congo: What Can We Do?
God`s Politics, 2 hours 46 minutes ago / Between July 30 and August 3, a reign of terror was released upon villages in the Congo's eastern mining districts.
Congo Gives Rights to Two First Quantum Mines to Hong Kong-Based Company
Bloomberg.com, 4 hours 7 minutes ago / Congo's government gave the rights to two mines previously operated by First Quantum Ltd. to Fortune, a Hong Kong-based company, Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu said.
Congo-Kinshasa: Rape Cases Rise to 242, Says NGO
AllAfrica.com, 5 hours 24 minutes ago / Suspected rebels have raped at least 242 women within a few days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province, according to an American medical charity.
UN: Congolese rape toll rises to more than 240
The Earth Times, 6 hours 49 minutes ago / The number of women and children raped during a four-day ordeal in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 240, the United Nations said Friday.
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
The Mercury - Pottstown PA, 9 hours 52 minutes ago / A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
Will United Nations Cover-Up Rwanda’s Congo Genocide?
Black Star News - NY NY, 15 hours 16 minutes ago / Let's see how Paul Kagame's chief apologists, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon, and Tony Blair help the co-architect of Rwanda's genocide spin his way out of the accusations in a yet-to-be published United Nations report, that his troops committed genocide in Congo during the 1990s. was assassinated --a dastardly deed which courts in France and Spain have pinned on Kagame-- Rwanda erupted in massacres and the country was overrun by an invading army from Uganda.
Bidding Farewell To The Congo's 'Mother And Father'
WBUR - 90.9 - Boston MA, 15 hours 43 minutes ago / Travel along the Congo River is not for the faint of heart or the thin of skin.
U.S. tries to curb looting of Congo
United Press International (UPI), Sep 02, 2010 / A little-noticed amendment in the new U.S. financial reform law requires U.S.-listed companies to disclose whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
U.N. Raises Congo Rape Toll To 240
The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ, Sep 02, 2010 / More than 240 women, children and infants may have been raped when rebel forces seized a town in the Congo, a U.N. report said.
China's First HIV Discrimination Case; Congo Mass Rape; S. Sudan Flooding; Kenya's Population Growth; Family Planning
China News.Net, Sep 02, 2010 / "A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday," the Associated Press reports (8/31).
Prison Rape, America's Torture
Counterpunch, Sep 02, 2010 / I n the same week in which the world was told about mass rapes taking place in the Congo, a report was released which detailed the prevalence of rape in prisons and jails across the United States.
UN 'ignored Congo rape warnings'
The Guardian - London - UK, Sep 02, 2010 / Community leaders begged UN officials for protection days before rebels raped more than 240 villagers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , they claimed yesterday.
Ashley Judd finds cause in Congo
CNN.com , Sep 02, 2010 / With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.
Congo leaders: We begged UN to protect civilians
Miami Herald - Miami FL, Sep 01, 2010 / Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother.
DR Congo rebel commanders could face war crimes charges
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 31, 2010 / They then began "an onslaught of sexual violence", said the International Medical Corps, the first aid agency to reach the area after the rebels left.
Notes from a Young American in Congo: Rape Continues
On the Ground - The New York Times, Aug 31, 2010 / When the 20 year-old woman sitting in front of me tells me her story, what I notice most are the frills on her white shirt.
Dissecting Rwandan criticism of UN report on Congo genocide
The Christian Science Monitor, Aug 31, 2010 / I've received some angry emails and comments about the posting on the UN mapping report.
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Somali MPs killed in suicide bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel
Telegraph - London - UK
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
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Plane crashes in Nepal; foreigners among 14 dead
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
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Cairn Energy narrows loss, sees Greenland promise
MarketWatch
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
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World stock markets fall as economy worries linger
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
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Two British hostages survive bus siege carnage as eight are shot dead by rogue cop
The Daily Mirror - London - UK
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
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Thursday 09/02/10 05:38 PM EDT
GENEVA -A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official
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JOHANNESBURG -Gunmen in eastern Congo fired Wednesday on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest and were later rescued, aid workers
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Congo leaders: We begged UN to protect civilians
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Wednesday 09/01/10 07:01 PM EDT
attacks now stands at 242 — a high number even for eastern Congo, where rape has become a daily hazard. The rebels occupied the area for more than four days until
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the Court of Final Appeal hears a case in March that has already placed local courts at odds with the central Chinese government. The court must decide whether the Congo government
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