Congo rebels push toward Kinshasa as Kabila flees
Congo leader Laurent Kabila has fled Kinshasa as rebel forces advance from the west and east aided by Rwanda backed fighters. With power, water and communications cut, the capital braces for further rebel gains as international evacuations and diplomatic moves unfold. Rebels claim control of Inga, 135 miles from Kinshasa, where the main power transformer sits.
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Laurent Kabila
Congo
Kinshasa
Mobutu Sese Seko
Kabila
Associated Press
Paris
Lubumbashi
Trento Congo
Congo River
Jean-Pierre Mwenge
Kasangalu
Rwanda
Mobutu
Uganda
United States
Pentagon
Kenneth Bacon
Atlantic
U.S
France
Germany
Brazzaville
Republic of Congo
Inga
Blame game over embassy bombings sparks global suspicions
After twin African embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, no solid evidence or claims of responsibility emerged. Experts speculated about Middle East links, with Iran and Sudan named as possible suspects. Tanzania rounded up 14 foreign suspects, but officials cautioned not to read too much into it.
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Kenya
Tanzania
Harry Summers
Africa
United States
Robert Kupperman
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Sudan
Iran
Islamic Jihad
Washington
National Council of Resistance of Iran
State de Department
Council
State Department
Patrick Clawson
Washington Institute For
Kamal Karrazi
Mustafa
Qsman Ismail
Libya
Syria
Iraq
North Korea
Cuba
Eighteen activists convicted in Yangon deportation planned
Eighteen foreign pro democracy workers including six Americans were sentenced to five years hard labor for handing out leaflets. A later order commuted the sentence and ordered deportation by Saturday with strict good behavior. Diplomats arranged escape and support from families as U S officials confirmed all would depart Yangon soon.
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Yangon
Myanmar
Ministry of Home Affairs
Burma
Deporta
Insein
Callie Keegan
Michele Keegan
Early heat wave evidence found in Africa two millennia ago
Weizmann Institute researchers report a rapid seven degree Fahrenheit warming of East Africa’s Hausberg Tarn between 350 BC and 450 AD, based on carbon dating and algae isotopes. The study, published in Science, shows natural climate cycles independent of human activity and informs understanding of future warming.
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Africa
Washington
Weizman Institute
Aldo Shemesh
Environmental Sciences
Rehovot
Israel
Science
Shemesh
Hausberg Tarn
Mount Kenya
Kenya
East Africa
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Ford
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Pontiag Bonneville
Alacra
Lawrence
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