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  • August 2008

    • Foreign Adoption Getting Harder

      USA Today  |  Aug 14, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Foreign Adoption Getting Harder

      (Newser) - Heightened awareness of child trafficking and improving economies abroad are making it harder for Americans to adopt foreign kids. US officials are taking a closer look at visa applications and discouraging adoptions from countries that don’t comply with a new international adoption agreement, USA Today reports. At the same time, China, Russia, and South Korea have begun encouraging more domestic adoptions. More »

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      China  • Russia  • Africa  • South Korea  • adoption  • Ethiopia  • foreign adoptions  • Liberia  • human trafficking  • foster homes

  • March 2008

    • Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

      BBC  |  Mar 10, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      Pygmy Hippos Found in Liberia

      (Newser) - Rare pygmy hippos have been videotaped in the forests of Liberia, proving to a team of zoologists that the rare and elusive mammal has survived through two civil wars, illegal logging, and poaching thought to have wiped it out. Less than 3,000 pygmy hippos, which look like normal hippos only smaller, still live in their natural habitat, the BBC reports. More »

    • Thais Nab 'Merchant of Death'

      New York Times  |  Mar 6, 08 5:18 PM CST

      Thais Nab 'Merchant of Death'

      (Newser) - The Russian arms dealer branded "the merchant of death" was apprehended in Thailand today after US intelligence linked him to Colombia rebels, the New York Times reports. Victor Bout is on international most-wanted lists for allegedly using his private air fleet to supply al Qaeda and the Taliban—plus war-torn African countries—with weapons. The US plans to seek his extradition. More »

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      Colombia  • FARC  • Rwanda  • weapons  • Liberia  • arms trafficking  • Sierra Leone  • arms

  • February 2008

    • Bush Pushes Abstinence in AIDS Program

      Associated Press  |  Feb 17, 08 1:21 PM CST

      Bush Pushes Abstinence in AIDS Program

      (Newser) - President Bush urged Congress today to “stop squabbling” and renew his global AIDS program, which provides medication and treatment for millions and earmarks funds for abstinence efforts. In Tanzania, his African tour’s second stop, Bush signed a $700 million aid package, saying, “We don’t want people guessing on the continent of Africa whether the generosity of the American people will continue.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • aid  • HIV/AIDS  • Rwanda  • Tanzania  • abstinence  • US Congress  • abstinence education  • Liberia  • AIDS prevention  • Ghana  • Benin

    • Bush Signs $700M Grant for Tanzania

      Reuters  |  Feb 17, 08 6:35 AM CST

      Bush Signs $700M Grant for Tanzania

      (Newser) - During the second stop on his whirlwind African tour, President Bush heaped praise on Tanzania's president and signed over a $698 million grant for infrastructure development. "We like dealing with honest people and compassionate people," Bush said of his trip, which is avoiding current hot spots like Kenya in favor of countries with strong democratic leaders in stable nations. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Africa  • Rwanda  • Tanzania  • foreign aid  • Liberia  • Ghana  • Benin

  • January 2008

    • 'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 7, 08 3:29 AM CST

      'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

      (Newser) - The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor is set to begin in The Hague after months of costly delays—forcing the court to ask for financial handouts to complete the proceedings. Taylor, 59, trained Sierra Leone's notoriously violent Revolutionary United Front in exchange for "blood diamonds," so called because of their cost in human lives,  He is charged with crimes against humanity, murder and rape. More »

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      murder  • rape  • war crimes  • Liberia  • blood diamonds  • crimes against humanity  • Sierra Leone  • Charles Taylor

  • November 2007

    • IMF Agrees to Cancel Liberia's Debt

      BBC  |  Nov 13, 07 9:20 AM CST

      IMF Agrees to Cancel Liberia's Debt

      (Newser) - Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf got a huge vote of confidence yesterday when the International Monetary Fund agreed to begin eliminating Liberia's debt, the BBC reports. Donor nations have pledged $842 million to get the West African country back on track after 14 years of civil war. "Liberia has established an encouraging track record of macroeconomic management and reforms," said the IMF's new chairman, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. More »

  • October 2007
  • June 2007

    • Charles Taylor Skips War Crimes Trial

      BBC  |  Jun 4, 07 4:46 AM CDT

      Charles Taylor Skips War Crimes Trial

      (Newser) - Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, didn't show up for the opening of his  war-crimes trial in The Hague today, the BBC reports. He is accused of fostering a long bloody civil war in Sierra Leone marked by crimes against humanity, terrorism, rape and the use of child soldiers. The trial is the first of an African former head of state. More »

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      Africa  • trial  • war crimes  • civil war  • The Hague  • Liberia  • Sierra Leone  • Charles Taylor

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