Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 12 July 2010

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Monday, 12 July 2010


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At Least 64 Killed in Uganda Bombings

Officials say Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab rebel group is suspected of carrying out Sunday's twin bombings

Burundi Says It Will Not Withdraw Peacekeepers from Somalia

Burundi has taken measures to prevent a similar attack in the central African nation, and will continue its support
Tanks of the African union peacekeepers in Somalia  rolls on the street of Mogadishu, Somalia, to assist government forces during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Karan neighborhood, 1 Jul 2010.

Hunger Rates for Niger's Children Reach 'Alarming' Levels

Worsening food shortage in eastern Sahel threatens about half of nation's 14 million people
A Nigerien woman cooks millet paste as children eat breakfast from a shared bowl in the village of Tamou, Niger, 26 Feb 2010

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Talks Begin

Over 190 countries negotiate controls of conventional weapons

Archaeologists Discover Double Tomb at Saqqara, Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists hope discovery indicates larger trove of tombs dating back to Old Kingdom