‘The president still says ‘wall.’ Oftentimes frankly he’ll say ‘barrier’ or ‘fencing,’ now he’s tended toward steel slats,’ says John Kelly
A Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy has given birth in jail, effectively giving her a two-year reprieve to nurse her child.
The economic recovery of Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur needs about $6-billion, a top official has said, appealing for international support.
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/ 7 February 2012
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped in South Sudan 11 days ago by rebels have been freed and flown to Kenya.
Vietnam has announced it will hold a naval drill next week in the South China Sea as an escalating maritime dispute fuels tensions with Beijing.
A global association of lawyers says Vietnam’s ”arbitrary” arrest of a human rights lawyer contravenes international legal standards.
Disasters like the earthquake in China have highlighted the need for countries to develop better emergency communications plans, experts say.
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/ 25 October 2007
The days of cursing the passenger in front of you could be over. On the world’s biggest airliner, the Airbus A380, it is the little things that will make travel more comfortable for ordinary flyers, said Tom Ballantyne, senior correspondent for the industry publication <i>Orient Aviation</i>.
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/ 28 December 2006
The chaos in Asia’s internet service sparked by an undersea earthquake shows the region’s cable network is too fragile and overly reliant on connections to the United States, industry observers said on Thursday. Millions of people across Asia were enduring a second day without full internet services after a 7,1-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan late on Tuesday.
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/ 12 October 2006
Kerzner International’s bid for a Singapore casino licence will proceed despite the death in a helicopter crash of the firm’s chief executive officer, the company said on Thursday. ”The company is fully committed to continuing its bid for the integrated resort in Sentosa,” Kerzner said in a statement after the death of Butch Kerzner (42).