Police sweep in Kigali nets about 1000 people
Rwandan police and paramilitary units cordoned a Kigali neighborhood on Sunday and rounded up roughly 1,000 residents. Officers detained men women and children lacking ID cards as part of a security operation to curb armed robberies arms traffic and violence blamed on criminal activity. Interior Minister Sheikh Abdul Harerimana said similar sweeps will extend to other parts of Kigali in coming days.
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Kigali
Nyami- Tambo
Ane
Abdul Harerimana
Grenade attacks disrupt business in Georgetown Guyana
Grenade strikes hit an appliance store owned by Reeaz Khan, a supporter of President Janet Jagan, as seven weeks of public worker unrest pummel the country. Another grenade hit Kaieteur News offices but did not explode. roads were blocked by police and army. Separately, Holocaust survivors may apply for a $59 million Swiss fund, with 60,000 potential beneficiaries in Israel. Eritrean forces fight near Badme. Ethiopia reports casualties and captives amid renewed clashes.
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Guyana
Janet Jagan
Georgetown
Floyd McDonald
Associated Press
Reeaz Khan
Jagan
Kaieteur News
Glen Lall
Khan
Israel
Switzerland
Avraham Burg
World Jewish Restitution Organization
Selome Tadesse
Badme
Ethiopia
Neighor
Mandela and Gadhafi share warm farewell visit in South Africa
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi arrived in Cave Town for a first official foreign trip since sanctions were lifted, receiving a 21 gun salute and a warm greeting from retiring President Nelson Mandela. Gadhafi will attend Thabo Mbeki's inauguration amid Libya's Congo mediation and talks of renewed Libya-South Africa trade.
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Nelson Mandela
Cave Town
South Africa
Muammar Gadhafi
Gadhafi
Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Clinton
Gaddafi
Libya
Zambia
Congo
Uganda
Gav
Laurent Kabila
Freeom
Pan Am
Netherlands
U.N
Tripoli
Muammar Gaddafi
Cape Town
Egypt unearths vast Greco Roman tombs near Bahariya Oasis
Archaeologist Ayadi leads a six year dig at Bawiti three miles from the Bahariya oasis uncovering 106 Greco Roman tombs with 105 mummies found in four tombs. Some chambers, including No 54, reveal ornate cartonnage and rich family burials, with public access planned for some within months.
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Bawin
Ecver
Mohammed Ayadi
Egypt
Bahariya
Bawiti
Ayadi
Zahi Hawass
No. 54
AP Prora
Cairo
Dalai Lama Hosts Interfaith Conference in Jerusalem
The Dalai Lama brought together leaders of five faiths in an unofficial Jerusalem gathering to foster unity among Muslims Christians Jews Hindus and Shintos. He said the visit is purely spiritual and not an official Israeli reception amid China concerns. Jerusalem officials and dignitaries attended the event despite diplomatic sensitivities.
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Dalai Lama
China
Israel
Ehud Olmert
Olmert
San Francisco
William Swing
India
Beijing
Tibet
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