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 The Guardian
How China is driving the grim rise in illegal ivory
| Demand from Asia is driving the killing of Africa's elephants for their tusks, with seizures hitting a record high in 2011 following a ban in 1989 2011 saw the highest ... (photo: Creative Commons / Excel23)
Animals Asia China Ivory Photos Wikipedia: Ivory |
 Al Jazeera
France to vote on Armenia 'genocide' bill
| French senators are set to vote on a bill that would make it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago amounted to ... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
Armenia France Genocide Photos Wikipedia: Armenian Genocide |
 BBC News
Prominent Kenyans await court ruling over poll violence
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is due to rule whether two Kenyan presidential hopefuls and four other officials should stand trial over violence after the 2007 el... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi)
Africa Election Kenya Photos Wikipedia: 20072008 Kenyan crisis |
 The Washington Times
Officials: U.S. drone strike kills Somali insurgent
| MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A U.S. drone strike killed an al Qaeda official of Lebanese origin fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said late Saturda... (photo: US Navy / Mass communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky ()
Insurgency Mogadishu Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Insurgency |
 Al Jazeera
AU troops battle al-Shabab in outer Mogadishu
| Intense fighting has raged in Somalia's capital with African Union (AU) peacekeepers encountering fierce resistance from al-Shabab fighters as they ... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Fighting Mogadishu Photos Somalia Troops |
