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    SOUTH AFRICA: SA weighs in on Libyan crisis 

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    BuaNews
    Published on 7th July 2011 05:21 PM

    Pretoria - South Africa has reiterated its position with regards to the conflict in Libya, saying an immediate ceasefire should be the first order of business to allow for deliberations.

    South Africa also believes that a political, and not a military solution, is the only way out of the Libyan crisis.

    "Efforts should immediately ...

    AFRICA: Zuma arrives in Libya for crunch talks 

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    BuaNews
    Published on 31st May 2011 07:20 AM

    Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Tripoli, Libya, for high-level talks with that country's leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

    Zuma, who is engaged in the talks in his capacity as a member ...

    AFRICA: South Africa, Libya Hold Inconclusive Talks as Officers Defect 

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    VOA News
    Published on 31st May 2011 05:27 AM
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    South African President Jacob Zuma made little progress towards brokering a Libya peace deal in talks with leader Moammar Gadhafi as eight army officers became the latest senior figures to break with the Libyan government.



    South African President Jacob ...

    Progress at a price: China's new enemies 

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    Mie1
    Published on 20th October 2009 12:03 PM

    So from the headwaters of the Brahmaputra to the cave refuges of al-Qaida, and from the Indian border to the ditches that irrigate the rice paddies of ...

    U.S. policy for resolving the conflicts in Sudan 

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    Mie1
    Published on 20th October 2009 11:01 AM

    Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a "comprehensive" U.S. policy for resolving the conflicts in Sudan, focused ...

    China rushes in where others fear to tread 

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    Mie1
    Published on 13th October 2009 09:06 AM

    China tightens grip on Africa with $4.4bn lifeline for Guinea junta

    Chinese businesses in Angola have built roads and rehabilitated railways ...

    Zimbabwe's Deadly Diamonds 

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    Mie1
    Published on 12th October 2009 09:51 PM

    Life in remote eastern Zimbabwe has changed little over the centuries. That is, until a startling discovery here three years ago. Some of the rocks littering ...

    GLOBAL: Climate change - heating up conflict 

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    Admin
    Published on 10th December 2007 05:46 PM

    BALI, 10 December 2007 (IRIN) - Increasing pressure caused by climate change on essential resources like water could not only trigger domestic conflicts but also have a destabilising effect globally, warn UN officials.

    "It is not far-fetched to begin to see growing tensions; not far fetched to think climate change will globally have a destabilising effect," said Achim Steiner, Executive Secretary of the UN Environment ...