Archive for February 9th, 2008
Terrorists Strike at Election Rally as Fear Sweeps Across Pakistan
Posted on February 9, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Pakistan
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The Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist group based in Pakistan’s North West Frontier, was hosting an election rally today when a bomb exploded near the stage. There are reports of at least 15 dead, although that number is expected to climb.
The leader of the Awami National Party, Afrasiab Khattak, who was addressing the rally […]
Can Kofi Save Kenya?
Posted on February 9, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been in Kenya for several weeks in an attempt to broker a peace agreement between the government and the opposition party - the source of the violence that has now killed over 1,000 people and threatened to destabilize one of Africa’s more stable nations. Annan is in search […]
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