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Egypt scours bed of Lake Qarun in search of antiquities

AFP - Wednesday, July 21 05:47 pm

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian experts have begun to explore the depths of Lake Qarun south of Cairo using remote sensing radars in search of sunken artefacts, antiquities officials told AFP on Wednesday.More »

AU to advise members not to arrest Bashir - draft
Reuters - Saturday, July 24 05:49 pm
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) will advise member states not to detain Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, according to a draft AU resolution seen by Reuters. More »
Britain's Hague says Megrahi release 'wrong'
AFP - Saturday, July 24 12:09 pm
The decision to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi from a Scottish prison last year was "wrong and misguided", British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a letter to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. More »
Analysis - Chad, Sudan cement ties with defiance of world court
Reuters - Thursday, July 22 05:39 pm
DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad's red-carpet welcome for Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir cements a new-found detente between the former foes with an act of brazen defiance towards Bashir's international indictment for genocide and war crimes. More »
Sudan leader has 'nothing to fear' in Chad: minister
AFP - Wednesday, July 21 09:34 pm
N'DJAMENA (AFP) - Chad reassured Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir he had nothing to fear Wednesday as he began a visit in defiance of an international warrant for his arrest for genocide and war crimes in Darfur. More »
Sudan's Bashir defies court with Chad trip
Reuters - Wednesday, July 21 06:52 pm
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Chad on Wednesday, his first visit to a full member state of the International Criminal Court, which is demanding his arrest for genocide. More »
Bashir to visit Chad despite arrest warrant - sources
Reuters - Tuesday, July 20 12:06 pm
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will travel to Chad on Wednesday, presidential sources said, in his first visit to a member state of the global court demanding his arrest for war crimes and genocide. More »
Migrants attacked in South Africa
Reuters - Tuesday, July 20 06:19 am
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African residents have attacked migrants from African countries in a Johannesburg township, injuring at least five people and increasing concerns of a wave of xenophobia after the soccer World Cup. More »
Darfur rebels and U.N. to sign deal to protect children
Reuters - Monday, July 19 12:12 pm
GENEVA (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region and the United Nations will sign a deal this week to protect children, an independent mediation group said on Monday, in a move that appears aimed at stopping the use of child soldiers. More »
Sudan army: 300 rebels, 75 troops killed in Darfur
Reuters - Saturday, July 17 10:54 am
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army said it has killed more than 300 fighters from Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in recent clashes in which 75 of its own soldiers also died, state media reported on Saturday. More »