Several top officials of the al-Qaeda-linked group have either defected or have been killed in recent months Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab has killed by firing squad four men accused of spying for the CIA and other intelligence agencies. The men, who included two government soldiers, were shot in front of a large crowd in
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Business Insider By Armin Rosen Last week, the US announced additional sanctions on North Korean government officials and state-owned entities in response to the cyber-attack on Sony, which both the FBI and President Barack Obama have attributed to Pyongyang. The Kim regime should be well-versed with US and international sanctions by now. UN Security Council
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Because they’re using a different calendar. Why do the Orthodox branches celebrate the Christmas holiday on a different day from Western Christians? Because they’re still using the Julian calendar. Like the Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia, the Copts still use the Julian calendar adopted by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The Julian calendar has 365
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Because they’re using a different calendar. Why do the Orthodox branches celebrate the Christmas holiday on a different day from Western Christians? Because they’re still using the Julian calendar. Like the Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia, the Copts still use the Julian calendar adopted by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The Julian calendar has 365
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The National By Naser Al Wasmi ABU DHABI // A church is more than just a place of worship for Ethiopians living in the UAE – it is where immigrants can go for community bonding, a social life and even work. Asamenew Abera, an Ethiopian who came to the country seven months ago on a
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The construction of a huge dam in Ethiopia and the introduction of large-scale agricultural businesses has been controversial – finding out what local people think can be hard, but with the help of a bottle of rum nothing is impossible. After waiting several weeks for letters of permission from various Ethiopian ministries, I begin my
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The trial of Ethiopian bloggers known as Zone 9 was adjourned yet again Monday after prosecutors failed to amend terrorism charges as ordered by the court. The development raises the likelihood that some charges against the young bloggers and journalists may be dropped. The six members of the Zone 9 blogging collective and three affiliated
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By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN, Silicon Africa When tourists visit sub-Saharan Africa, they often wonder “Why there are no historical buildings or monuments?” The reason is simple. Europeans have destroyed most of them. We have only left drawings and descriptions by travelers who have visited the places before the destructions. In some places, ruins are still visible. Many
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By CHRISTINE MUNGAI, Mail & Guardian Africa Digitisation is allowing for virtual restitution of stolen artworks, and could even open the door to recreating slices of historic cultures in Africa. Benin bronze sculpture in the British Museum, London. (Photo: Flickr). AFRICA’S colonial experience not only displaced people, but histories, memories and cultural artefacts too. In the Congo, the
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By CHRISTINE MUNGAI, Mail & Guardian Africa Digitisation is allowing for virtual restitution of stolen artworks, and could even open the door to recreating slices of historic cultures in Africa. Benin bronze sculpture in the British Museum, London. (Photo: Flickr). AFRICA’S colonial experience not only displaced people, but histories, memories and cultural artefacts too. In the Congo, the
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