DailyNation on the Web-Nairobi — Some 396 victims of the 2007 election violence have formally given information to The Hague.The International Criminal Court (ICC) also revealed that it is protecting an unspecified number of witnesses.Not all witnesses will testify against the perpetrators of the chaos, the registrar of the court, Ms Silvana Arbia, said."We are already protecting witnesses and we will never ask a witness to testify if this puts them at risk," said Ms Arbia.
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IRIN-analysis:Abidjan — Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as excuses to justify poor governance and the lack of investment in public services, say civil society groups and public sector workers.Presidential elections are scheduled for 31 October, according to the latest announcement, but this follows six aborted elections over the past five years."The current political crisis is often used to justify a lack of investment in public services," Traoré Drissa, an Abidjan-based human rights lawyer and head of the Ivoirian Movement for Human Rights, told IRIN.
VOA NewsTop officials in Pakistan are urging majority Sunni and minority Shiite Muslim communities in the country not to hold outdoor religious meetings. The appeal comes a day after suspected Sunni militants linked to al-Qaida and Taliban extremist networks attacked a Shiite religious procession in an eastern city, killing at least 35 mourners and wounding more than 200 others.
VOA News-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday visited U.S. troops in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the spiritual homeland of the Taliban and the center of the latest U.S. efforts to oust Islamic militants.Gates met with about 100 soldiers at a U.S. military base near Kandahar City, saying their success in the area will make a difference to NATO's campaign to secure the region. He offered condolences to the troops for the recent loss of eight comrades in insurgent attacks and warned there will be more tough days ahead.
By RFI:Twenty-five gang members have been killed in a clash with the army at a ranch near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey.Two soldiers were wounded and three people the gang had kidnapped were set free in the action near Ciudad Mier, on the US border, said the regional military command.Officials say the clash happened Thursday as soldiers were on patrol in the town of General Trevino, in Nuevo Leon state, which has seen an increase in drug-related violence.
By RFI:Philippine authorities have acknowledged errors leading to the deaths of eight hostages and are considering compensation for the victims and their families. Hong Kong police are also studying bullets over suspicions the tourists may have been killed by the police during the operation.Phillipine President Benigno Aquino formed a cabinet-level committee to look into possible compensation for the victims.Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, a member of the committee, expressed sympathy to the victims but would not be drawn on an amount nor a timetable for any possible compensation.
VOA News-The front-runner in Guinea's presidential runoff says some local officials are unfairly campaigning for his rival ahead of this month's vote.Cellou Diallo won more than 40 percent of ballots in Guinea's first round of presidential voting. So he is considered the front-runner in this month's runoff, especially as he has expanded his political coalition to include former rivals.But in campaigning for the September 19 election, Diallo says some local government officials are unfairly favoring his opponent, Alpha Conde, who won just over one-quarter of the first-round votes.
The trio of Pakistan players at the center of fixing allegations dominating world cricket will not continue in their series against England. Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif vowed to clear their names in a meeting in London with Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt and Wajid Hasan, Pakistan's ambassador to Britain.The scandal began with a grainy video of a man counting cash that a London tabloid, the News of the World, alleges is a cricket agent taking bribes to help fix a cricket match between England and Pakistan. British and Pakistani investigators are looking into three Pakistan cricket team players who are suspected of involvement in the scheme.
Aljazeera-Finance for flood-ravaged nation from bank reaches $1bn as aid workers warn of "second wave of death".The World Bank has raised its funding for Pakistan's flood disaster recuperation to $1bn.An additional $100 million has been pledged, the bank said on Wednesday, to help with the worst disaster in the country's history.Robert Zoellick, the World Bank president, was quoted in the statement as having said to Hafeez Shaikh, Pakistani finance minister, in Washington DC: "The World Bank is committed to helping the people of Pakistan during this time of need and has made US$1 billion available to finance immediate recovery needs and longer-term reconstruction."
Aljazeera-Tens of thousands of people evacuated as catergory four storm closes in on US Atlantic coast.Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate islands off the eastern coast of the United States, as Hurricane Earl closes in on a large swath of the Atlantic region.Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for visitors of North Carolina's barrier islands, where Earl, a powerful category four storm, was on course to wreak havoc as it moves north.Lastest News
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