AP - A U.N. staff member was shot during a clash that broke out as officials met to discuss a weekend cattle raid massacre that left 78 people dead, including many women and children, U.N. officials said Friday.
2012-02-04 07:04
2012-02-04 07:04
U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released (Reuters)
Reuters - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody a few hours later, security sources said.
2012-02-04 07:04
Sudan bombs US-funded Bible school, US condemns (AP)
AP - Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state.
2012-02-04 07:04
Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflict (Reuters)
Reuters - South Sudan's oil minister was riled when he discovered production from one of his remote oil fields was out by 40,000 barrels per day, and immediately knew who to blame.
2012-02-04 07:04
Street battle rages near Egypt's Interior Ministry (Reuters)
Reuters - Rock-throwing protesters fought riot police through clouds of tear gas near Egypt's Interior Ministry on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths in Port Said of 74 people - the country's worst soccer disaster.
2012-02-04 07:04
Sudan's Bashir says tensions with South could spark war (Reuters)
Reuters - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Friday tensions with South Sudan over oil transit payments could lead to war between the two countries.
2012-02-04 07:04
South Sudan shoot-out kills 37, wounds U.N. policeman (Reuters)
Reuters - A shoot-out among South Sudanese security forces using truck-mounted machineguns killed 37 people and injured a United Nations policeman Wednesday, U.N. and government officials said Friday.
2012-02-04 07:04
Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid (Reuters)
Reuters - A leading senator warned Egypt's military-led government on Friday that "the days of blank checks are over" as an Egyptian army team huddled with State Department officials to discuss the future of $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.
2012-02-04 07:04
Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese (Reuters)
Reuters - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight.
2012-02-04 07:04
Libya enjoys political flowering ahead of elections (Reuters)
Reuters - As explosions reverberated from the hills near Gharyan, a group met in a college auditorium to hear how one party wants to ensure democracy takes root in Libya.
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- UN says cattle raiding behind South Sudan massacre (AP)
- U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released (Reuters)
- Sudan bombs US-funded Bible school, US condemns (AP)
- Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflict (Reuters)
- Street battle rages near Egypt's Interior Ministry (Reuters)
- Sudan's Bashir says tensions with South could spark war (Reuters)
- South Sudan shoot-out kills 37, wounds U.N. policeman (Reuters)
- Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid (Reuters)
- Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese (Reuters)
- Libya enjoys political flowering ahead of elections (Reuters)
- Libyan diplomat dies after torture: rights group (Reuters)
- Gunmen kidnap two U.S. tourists in Egypt's Sinai (Reuters)
- Street battle rages near Egypt's interior ministry (Reuters)
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