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Man guilty of murder in Vancouver blazeMore than two years after the fact, neighbours are still haunted by the screams of the children they couldn't save - the children who struggled at an upstairs window as flames engulfed their Vancouver home and ...
Source : Topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 10:20
UN Calls For Unconditional Release Of 90 LRA - Abducted Children In The DRC
Two weeks ago, the Lord's Resistance Army attacked a number of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and abducted 90 children from their schools.
Source : Topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 13:09
UN wants more troops in Congo as violence mounts
The United Nations' top official in the Democratic Republic of Congo asked the U.N. Security Council on Friday for extra troops to help halt the spread of violence in the country's eastern provinces.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 13:46
Hundreds Of Congolese Flee Attacks By Rebels
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 12:01 pm Press Release: United Nations Hundreds of Congolese flee attacks by notorious rebels – UN refugee agency 1 October 2008 – About 1,200 Congolese have sought ...
Source : Topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 21:54
Military and Defence Issues: Rocket-Firing UN Helicopters Attack Rebels In DRC
Friday, 3 October 2008, 10:10 am Press Release: United Nations Rocket-firing UN helicopters attack rebels in eastern DR Congo 2 October 2008 – United Nations attack helicopters firing rockets went into ...
Source : Topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 13:37
First human case of HIV '100 years ago' GENETICISTS have pinpointed...
GENETICISTS have pinpointed the origin of the Aids virus to the turn of the 20th century, decades earlier than it was previously believed to have emerged.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 05:16
Congo-Brazzaville: 'Irresponsible Officials' Put Patients at Risk
Health officials in some hospitals in Congo are putting patients' lives at risk by engaging in unethical practices, local human rights groups have warned.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Oct-2008 21:35
Congo-Kinshasa: Suspected LRA Rebels Displace 1,200 Congolese From Country
More than 1,000 refugees from northeastern Congo have fled to neighbouring south Sudan after suspected Lords Resistance Army rebels attacked their camp, the UN refugee agency has said.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Oct-2008 13:29
'Irresponsible Officials' Put Patients at Risk
Health officials in some hospitals in Congo are putting patients' lives at risk by engaging in unethical practices, local human rights groups have warned.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Oct-2008 07:59
Makita Gets Congo Call-Up
Orlando Pirates defender Destin Makita has again been called up to play for Congo in their World Cup qualifier in Sudan next week.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Oct-2008 07:25
HIV/AIDS Pandemic Began Around 1900
The estimated period of origin, considerably earlier than the previous estimate of 1930, coincides with the establishment and rise of urban centers in west-central Africa where the pandemic HIV strain, HIV-1 ...
Source : Topix.net | 02-Oct-2008 05:10