African leaders have refused to adopt a democracy charter that would have made it more difficult for unpopular presidents to stay in office. The charter was supposed to strengthen the electoral process, end military coups and stop constitutional changes to let leaders stay in office. But ministers refused to agree to the last point, says South Africa's foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. The African Union summit is still set to discuss Sudan and Somalia. At a summit in the Gambian capital, Banjul, the AU will try to persuade Sudan to allow the United Nations to take over the stretched AU peace mission in Darfur. The situation in Somalia is also to be discussed, after an Islamist group took control of the capital, raising fears of conflict with the weak government. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk censor News |
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Man to Get New Trial on Child-Rape Charges |
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Bosnian Muslim guilty but freed |
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Palestinian PM condemns Gaza raid |
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Guardian finds Afghan witnesses US couldn't |
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Ruling echoes overseas to Gitmo critics, skeptics |
| Some saw the beginning of the end for Guantanamo Bay, others a vindication for Europeans who have condemned the U.S. prison camp in Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling yesterday that President Bush overstep.. full News |
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