17 Dec 2009 17:01:00 GMT Insecurity, disease and political uncertainty put Sudanese lives at risk NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Increased attacks on relief workers, ethnic violence and simmering political tensions ahead of elections next year are hampering efforts to deliver aid to millions of Sudanese, putting more lives at risk, aid agencies said.
This year has been the most violent period since the war ended in Sudan in 2005 and hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the country are trapped in a worsening crisis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said.
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17 Dec 2009 16:57:53 GMT Grimm times call for a fairy-tale ending
AS Gordy was sorting out rottenness in the state of Denmark and attempting to save planet earth, it was left to that font of political correctness, Harriet Harperson, to man/woman the parliamentary custard pies.
17 Dec 2009 16:57:38 GMT FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates Dec 17 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released the Greek-owned ship MV Delvina, a Kenyan maritime official said on Thursday. The bulk carrier shipping wheat was seized on Nov. 5, northwest of ...
17 Dec 2009 16:55:46 GMT Iraq security forces involved in bombings - PM (Corrects Dec. 16 story to eliminate references in lead and paragraph four to a number of Iraqi security force members involved in the Dec. 8 attack, and replaces quote in paragraph five with a new ...
17 Dec 2009 16:48:29 GMT US military drone security breach "fixed"-official * Iraqi insurgents hacked into drone video feeds
* $26 software used to intercept real-time video
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has closed a security breach that allowed insurgents ...
