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NYC Trial for Accused 'Merchant of Death' Set to Start
By Carolyn Weaver / New York/ -- The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed by security experts the “merchant of death” is underway in New York. Jury selection wass held in the federal trial...
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
Sudan: SPLA accuses Khartoum of bombing Unity State
Sudan's military has bombed a village in an oil-rich southern region, southern officials say, as tensions increase ahead of the south's independence next month. Three people were killed in the raid on Unity State, in a move to take control of the region...
Sudan referendum official urges parties to accept outcome
The chairman of South Sudan’s Referendum Commission has called on both the governing National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) to accept the outcome of the landmark referendum that will determine the...
Sudan warns relations with Uganda eroding
A prominent member of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has warned relations between Khartoum and Kampala are set to deteriorate. His comment came after Uganda’s government said it would not invite President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir...
EU scrapping South Caucasus, Moldova envoys
The reported decision by the EU's foreign policy chief would seem to signal a downgrading of the bloc's involvement in its eastern neighborhood. In a signal of waning interest in its eastern neighborhood, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Cathering...
