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OLD FANGAK, 3 May 2012 (IRIN) - In the dusty courtyard of a crowded clinic in Old Fangak, in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, throngs of people, some of them under mosquito nets strung between trees, wait to get tested for kala-azar, amid the worst continuous outbreak in three decades. full report BENGHAZI, 3 May 2012 (IRIN) - In one of the many rooms where detainees are held at Ganfouda detention centre in Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, Suleiman Mansour*, a young Somali from Mogadishu, spends his days locked up along with 15 other migrants. They lie on mattresses propped against the walls, which are scribbled with names and slogans: one says “I love Somalia”. full report GAZA CITY, 2 May 2012 (IRIN) - From factories to the fishing industry, the Gaza Strip economy is being affected by more than two months of fuel shortages and power outages, taking a toll on the livelihoods of its 1.6 million inhabitants. full report
IRIN
The American crocodile, a salt-water species once reduced to a few hundred reclusive reptiles hidden among the mangroves of the deep Everglades, remains a rare creature. But the population has multiplied nearly 10-fold since the 1970s, with numbers now estimated at around 1,500.
Miami Herald
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12:54 pm ET - Staff Sgt. Robert Bales joined the Army shortly after the 911 terrorist attacks, and he served three tours in Iraq before being sent to Afghanistan. Now he sits in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, charged with killing 16 Afghan villagers.
Christian Science Monitor
The Scotsman Scottish independence: Nationalists anonymous spark new referendum dispute THE Scottish Government is under pressure to ditch its independence referendum consultation, after it emerged that submissions could be made anonymously. In deep water: Gormley’s statues disappear THEY cost £400,000 and took three years of planning by one of Britain’s leading sculptors, the National Galleries of Scotland and Edinburgh’s planning officials. Woman battling to ‘protect’ St Andrews may save thousands after court win
Scotsman
by Philippe Leymarie The military coup which ousted Mali’s president Amadou Toumani Touré in late March has only added to the confusion across the Sahara-Sahel region, caught between Tuareg rebellions and acts of terrorism by North Africa’s al-Qaida (...) by Alain Gresh The Syrian people, like the Egyptians and others across the Arab world, are reviving the desires and ambitions that they abandoned after the Arab defeat in the 1967 war. The outcome, and who will influence it, can’t be (...)
Le Monde
ČeskéNoviny
Camp David (USA) - Spojené státy a ostatní účastníci dnešního summitu skupiny G8 v Camp Davidu vyjádřili naději, že Řecko zůstane v eurozóně a "dostojí svým... celý článek Helsinky - Čeští hokejisté prohráli v semifinále mistrovství světa v Helsinkách se Slovenskem 1:3 a budou hrát v neděli o bronz s domácím Finskem. Svěřenci českého... celý článek Praha - Ústřední výkonný výbor ČSSD dnes vyzval bývalého hejtmana Středočeského kraje Davida Ratha obviněného z korupce, aby složil poslanecký mandát. Vyhověl... celý článek Praha - Senátor Jiří Dienstbier získal dnes nominaci ČSSD pro kandidaturu na Hrad.
Minister Fornero says no going back, the only way is forward. Confident that magistrates will provide safeguards. Bishops warn that workers are not goods
della Sera
Today Against the backdrop of high profile corruption scandals that have rocked the PSOE regional Government in Andalucia and resulted in prison sentences for top administration officials, Spain’s most heavily populated region goes to the polls at the weekend expecting to bring to a close 33 years of uninterrupted rule by the socialist party. It will be PP regional leader Javier Arena’s fifth attempt at wresting power from the left which has long considered the region its own backyard, a training ground for its party cadre and an inexhaustible granary of votes. Leader of the Opposition Peter Caruana was presented with a copy of the revised second edition of the book ‘Una Mirada Desde La Verja’ a history of Gibraltar police force and other law enforcement agencies, by La Linea Policia Local Ernesto Perez Vera.
Gibraltar Chronicle
Cyprus Mail
IN AN apparent change of heart, the administration said yesterday it plans to ask the European Union’s consent to lower the VAT levied on electricity here from 17 to 8 per cent. Less than a month ago, the government said there was no chance of that happening. But during a session of the House Commerce Committee yesterday, Finance Ministry officials told MPs that the government would be requesting a consultation with the EU VAT Committee to discuss the matter.Critiques Upbeat CAIRO - After writing about music for so many years, I sometimes look for something else to review for you. My choices are limited in a way,...