Monday, 1 August 2011

Blasts target sect critics in central Nigeria (AP)

Nigeria's president has nominated World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, pictured in 2010, for a post in his new cabinet following his April election win, the leader of the senate said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/John Thys)AP - A group critical of feared Islamic militants say weekend blasts targeted their leaders in a tense central Nigerian city.



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Gaza children claim kit

Palestinians prepare to fly kites during an event organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), as they seek to achieve a world record for flying kites, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 28, 2011. The event was part of the 'Summer Games', a six-week summer camp organized by UNRWA to provide a recreational outlet for children in the Gaza Strip. AP Photo /Hatem Moussa)AP - Thousands of Gaza children sent a sea of colorful kites soaring into the sky Thursday in an attempt to break a world record.



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UN Council rejects Serbia calls for Kosovo meet (AFP)

KFOR soldiers serving as part of NATO led mission in Kosovo, seen here guarding the main bridge in the divided town of Mitrovica, on July 28. The UN Security Council has rebuffed calls by Serbia for a special meeting on heightened tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.(AFP/Armend Nimani)AFP - The UN Security Council rebuffed calls by Serbia for a special meeting on heightened tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.



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U.N. adds Pakistani Taliban to sanctions list (Reuters)

Reuters - The United Nations on Friday slapped sanctions on the Pakistani Taliban -- thought to be behind last year's failed bombing attempt on New York's Times Square -- for having links with al Qaeda.


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Africa reemerging as heroin trafficking hub: U.N. (Reuters)

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China jailing Liu Xiaobo broke international law: UN (AFP)

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia in 2002. A United Nations panel has called for the release of Liu and his wife, saying their detention breaks international law.(AFP/File)AFP - A United Nations panel has called for the release of jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife, saying their detention breaks international law.



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Mother of Iraqi Kurdish leader dies of cancer (AP)

AP - Hamayel Khan, the mother of the president of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region, has died at the age of 85.


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