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  • July 2008

    • Aid Worker Murders Cripple Somali Relief

      New York Times  |  Jul 20, 08 11:21 AM CDT

      Aid Worker Murders Cripple Somali Relief

      (Newser) - Aid workers are fleeing Somalia, even as global food prices soar and a full-blown famine is feared, in response to what officials say is an organized campaign of violence. Messages posted in the capital and sent to aid organizations threaten: “We know all the so-called aid workers. We promise to kill them, wherever they are.” At least 20 workers have been killed and 17 abducted since January. More »

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      murder  • violence  • civil war  • Somalia  • aid workers  • malnutrition  • United Nations Relief and Works Agency  • aid programs

  • June 2008

    • Mugabe: Opposition Will Never Rule, Even If It Wins

      Independent (UK)  |  Jun 14, 08 10:05 AM CDT

      Mugabe: Opposition Will Never Rule, Even If It Wins

      (Newser) - As an opposition leader arrested on charges of treason appeared in court in Zimbabwe today, President Robert Mugabe was declaring that his competitors in the Movement for Democratic Change would never be allowed to rule the country, even if they win the upcoming runoff presidential election, the Independent reports. "We will return to the bush to fight," he told a crowd of youth members of his party. "We can't allow the British to dominate us through their puppets." More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Zanu-PF  • Movement for Democratic Change  • civil war

  • May 2008

    • Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      (Newser) - Ethanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal . According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in an “annual economic benefit” of $30 billion. More »

    • Lebanon Pays High Price to Avert Civil War

      Washington Post  |  May 22, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      Lebanon Pays High Price to Avert Civil War

      (Newser) - The agreement that ended Lebanon's 18-month political crisis is nothing less than a sea change for the country, writes the Washington Post , strengthening Hezbollah and dealing a blow to America and its Middle East allies. The US-backed government in Beirut said that the last-minute deal averted a civil war, but gives Hezbollah many of its demands—including a veto over any cabinet decision. More »

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      Middle East  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • civil war  • Beirut  • Saad al-Hariri  • Michel Suleiman  • Rafiq al-Hariri

    • Lebanon Forges Peace Deal

      BBC  |  May 21, 08 3:32 AM CDT

      Lebanon Forges Peace Deal

      (Newser) - A civil war in Lebanon may be averted by a new agreement reached in Qatar, reports the BBC. The deal includes fresh elections next year, a power-sharing government, a new president, and a pledge by Hezbollah not to use weapons in Lebanon. The pact was reached after five days of talks between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah following Beirut clashes that claimed 65 lives. More »

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      Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • civil war  • Qatar  • Emile Lahoud  • Gen Michel Suleiman  • mediators

    • Deal Brings Lebanon Thaw, Promise to Talk

      Reuters  |  May 15, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Deal Brings Lebanon Thaw, Promise to Talk

      (Newser) - As Beirut International Airport welcomed the first commercial flights in a week, the Arab League announced today a deal that would end the worst fighting in Lebanon since the civil war and lead to talks aimed at ending the 18-month political crisis, Reuters reports. The talks, set for tomorrow in Qatar, will continue “until agreement is reached," the Qatari prime minister said. More »

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      Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • airport  • civil war  • Beirut  • Qatar  • Arab League

    • Hezbollah Chief: Beirut 'War Has Started'

      CNN  |  May 8, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Hezbollah Chief: Beirut 'War Has Started'

      (Newser) - What began as a strike yesterday is now “open war” in Lebanon, according to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, CNN reports. Open violence continued for a second day today, with loyalists and opposition fighters clashing after the US-backed government tried to muscle through measures against Hezbollah on Monday, including a crackdown on the Syria- and Iran-friendly group’s communications network. More »

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      Iran  • Syria  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • sectarian violence  • civil war  • Fouad Siniora  • Saad al-Hariri  • Hassan Nasrallah

  • April 2008

    • McCain Advisers Big on Loyalty, Dissension

      New Republic  |  Apr 11, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      McCain Advisers Big on Loyalty, Dissension

      (Newser) - John McCain’s inner circle is a hotbed of animosity and infighting among his fiercely loyal advisers, Jason Zengerle writes in the New Republic . Years of Freudian feuding by John Weaver and Rick Davis created a team divided not only on personal lines, but also on philosophical ones, between a top-down campaign and a nimbler, decentralized effort. More »

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      John McCain  • civil war  • Vicki Iseman  • Rick Davis  • Straight Talk Express  • John Weaver

    • Sri Lankan Blast KIlls Minister

      Reuters  |  Apr 6, 08 9:13 AM CDT

      Sri Lankan Blast KIlls Minister

      (Newser) - The Sri Lankan highway minister and at least 11 others gathered for a marathon were killed today by a suicide bomber believed to be a member of the Tamil Tigers rebel group. More than 100 people were also wounded in the blast near the capital, reports Reuters. The minister is the second killed since January, when the government ended a 2002 ceasefire. More »

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      suicide  • suicide bomber  • civil war  • Sri Lanka  • Tamil Tigers  • attack

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • 45K Dying Each Month in Congo

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 23, 08 2:34 PM CST

      45K Dying Each Month in Congo

      (Newser) - The civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo officially ended in 2002, but it's still killing 45,000 people a month, a new study concludes.  Malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition caused by 10 years of conflict—not to mention continuing armed skirmishes in the east—have left 5.4 million dead in the most lethal conflict since World War II, the Guardian reports. More »

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      war  • civil war  • malaria  • Democratic Republic of Congo  • infant mortality  • pneumonia  • diarrhea  • malnutrition

  • November 2007

    • Mogadishu Residents Flee

      Reuters  |  Nov 12, 07 11:30 AM CST

      Mogadishu Residents Flee

      (Newser) - Civilian exodus from Mogadishu continued today as government forces and Ethiopian allies fought Islamist rebels in the Somalian capital, sparking a humanitarian crisis. Tens of thousands of residents have fled the city in the past week as troops try to root out insurgents and their weapons stockpiles. "We had to run," a mother of eight told Reuters. More »

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      civil war  • Somalia  • Mogadishu