| | US opens trade office in Libya
11:33AM CT
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United States has opened a trade office in Libya, the latest in a concerted push to normalize relations after three decades of confrontation and sanctions. | | |
Prosecutor calls for Uganda rebel's arrest
10:00AM CT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called Monday for renewed efforts to arrest a notorious Ugandan rebel leader following reports of a new wave of attacks. | | |
Algerian officials: Baby found alive after floods
Oct 5 2008 12:24PM CT
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - A baby was found alive by rescuers after spending four days in a pool of mud following flash floods that killed at least 41 people in central Algeria this week, a local official said Sunday. | | |
 Developed countries push back vs. pirates
Oct 5 2008 2:35AM CT
DEAUVILLE, France (AP) - Armed pirates aboard fast-moving skiffs have increasingly turned the shipping lanes off Somalia into a lucrative hunting grounds: commandeering vessels large and small and leaving the world's maritime powers frustrated about how to stop the seafaring bandits. | | |
Somalia deaths climb, insurgents reject aid groups
Oct 3 2008 11:29PM CT
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Help for hundreds of thousands of Somalis is in jeopardy, two international aid groups said Friday after Islamic insurgents forced one to suspend some operations and threatened the other. | | |
UN envoy says Congo fighting could escalate
Oct 3 2008 11:23PM CT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The top U.N. envoy to Congo warned Friday that renewed fighting in eastern Congo has heightened ethnic tensions and could lead to the renewal of a wider conflict in central Africa. | | |
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