First seven political detainees walk to freedom day after President Omar al-Bashir announced amnesty. Sudanese authorities have freed the first seven political prisoners under a presidential amnesty, party officials have said.The prisoners were freed on Tuesday a day after President Omar al-Bashir said all political prisoners would be released.The six men and a woman are […]
Côte d’Ivoire begins grim task of exhuming mass graves
4 April 2013 by
Ivorian authorities have begun exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country’s 2011 post-election violence. The exercise started on Thursday as a new report accused Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s president, of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly presided over […]
Not a phone but total integration of your phone
4 April 2013 by
Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t lying: Facebook isn’t building a phone. Instead, it’s building Facebook into your Android phone. Facebook on Thursday unveiled Facebook Home, “a family of apps” designed to integrate Facebook more closely with Android’s operating system. “Today, our phones are designed around apps, not people,” Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, said during the event. […]
Court upholds Kenyatta win.
30 March 2013 by
Unanimous decision declares March 4 presidential poll credible, dismissing fraud charges and prompting limited clashes. [Reuters] Last Modified: 30 Mar 2013 19:48 Kenya’s chief justice has announced that the country’s Supreme Court has upheld the result of the country’s March 4 presidential poll, won by Uhuru Kenyatta. The six-member bench in Nairobi was hearing legal challenges to Kenyatta’s win […]
Cheating the bonus. Former Atlanta school superintendent indicted for leading corrupt organization.
30 March 2013 by
By Rhonda Cook and Mark Niesse Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall was the leader of a corrupt organization that used students’ test scores to earn bonuses if they rose, or intimidation and termination if they fell, according to a 65-count indictment returned Friday. Grand jurors have been meeting for months, sorting out the […]
War in the Middle East? Israel fires on Syria.
24 March 2013 by
(Reuters) – Israel said it fired into Syria on Sunday and destroyed a machinegun position in the Golan Heights from where shots had been fired at Israeli soldiers in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war along a tense front. It was not immediately clear whether Israel held Syrian troops or rebels responsible for […]
Has Obama lost advantage over G.O.P. on economy?
23 March 2013 by
Recent poll numbers seem to indicate that the American public is pretty evenly split on who can best handle the economy going forward. Most economic indicators show that we are in a recovery. Is this in spite of the gridlock or because of it? Read the New York time column here.