The election of Mahmoud Abbas as new Palestinian Prime Minister with wide powers is not only a defeat for Chairman Arafat who wanted a Prime Minister with limited authority. By removing an important obstacle according to the U.S., it...
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26 January 2003
Mary Yoder is a Columbus native and member of the Columbus Mennonite Church. She currently serves as a member of the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) in Hebron. CPT reports from around the world are available on this website
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04 January 2003
LAGOS, Jan. 1 (GIN) - At a meeting of local Christian groups,
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo publicly apologised for the
killing of more than 200 unarmed civilians by the army in Benue
State in October 2001.
The army...
The army...
04 January 2003
ABIDJAN, Jan. 2 (GIN) -- A government attack by helicopter on
a rebel-held village in the center of embattled Ivory Coast was
condemned by the French military detachment which has reportedly
been assigned to preserve a fragile ceasefire in...
04 January 2003
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (GIN) - More than 20 years after he was
toppled from power and forced into exile in Saudi Arabia, Idi
Amin wants to return to Uganda - the country where, during his
eight-year dictatorship, at least 300,000 people were...
04 January 2003
New York, Dec. 30 (GIN) -- The Togolese parliament yesterday
changed the constitution in a way that will allow President
Gnassingbe Eyadema to seek re-election in next year's June
elections.
As it stood, the 1992 constition...
As it stood, the 1992 constition...
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