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 Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
| Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died in Libya, family members told news agencies on Sunday, three yea... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) The New York Times
Bombing Libya Lockerbie Photos Wikipedia: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi |
 Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
| CAIRO - Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. | The voting that begins Wednesday is the greatest prize w... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Herald Tribune
Egypt Election Islamist Photos Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012 |
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 UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violence in Hargeisa
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 11:12 am | Press Release: United Nations | UN Envoy in Somalia Concerned Over Violent Clashes in Hargeisa | New York, May 19 2012 5:10PM | The United... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Scoop
Civil Photos Somalia UN Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 South Africa targets rainbow tourists
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across th... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) BBC News
Africa Market Photos Tourism USA Wikipedia: South Africa |
 Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
| LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality ha... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine) The Guardian
Africa Photos Refugees Somalia Violence Wikipedia: Somalia |
 Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
| Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
Economy Eurozone Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis |
 G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger
| AFP - Anti-poverty campaigners are urging leaders of rich nations to commit at a weekend summit to feeding the world's poor, warning that hunger is taking a devastating... (photo: EC / European Commission 2012) France24
Humanitarian Hunger Leaders Photos Poverty Wikipedia: Hunger |
