“Yesterday [Tuesday] was chaos because nobody knew what was going on”

Travel agent Flight Centre said it was “blindsided” by the sudden closure of Nationwide Airlines and had gone into a crisis meeting to decide how to deal with the matter, with no information forthcoming from … via Mail & Guardian

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“If Israel says no, it will pay a heavy price”

Israel may have 200 nuclear warheads, but Hamas has 200,000 people who want to blow themselves up inside Israel, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said Tuesday. via Free Republic

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Zimbabwe Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has threatened MDC secretary general Tendai Biti with unspecified action when he returns to Zimbabwe.

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Ethiopian troops backing Somalia’s government opened fire killing nine civilians on today, after being targeted by insurgents in the central town of Baidoa where parliament sits, residents said. via SABC News

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“If Robert Mugabe cannot accept the real results now, what’s the guarantee he’ll accept the real results after a runoff?”

Women and children from Nyamapanda attend a press conference in Harare, Tuesday, April, 29, 2008. via The Macon Telegraph

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“In marriage, we demanded health certificates and if one turned out positive we would tell them it was pointless to bless their union. ‘After all, you are going to die soon’, we would say.”

When Bishop James Otieno Okombo revealed he was HIV-positive in 1996, his archbishop summarily dismissed him, calling him a sinner and a disgrace to his church. via PlusNews.org

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After several months of trade negotiations in the joint Russian-Ethiopian economic commission, Russia is considering allowing Ethiopia to bring in its different brands of aromatic coffees on a preferential … via Inter Press Service

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“Based on this Tuskegee experiment and based on what has happened to Africans in this country, I believe our government is capable of doing anything.”

Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ and the former pastor of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. via MyFOX Atlanta

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“However, our people on the ground are saying this is likely to be because there is not really a shortage of drugs on the ground and other organisations have filled gaps in treatment.”

Thousands of Kenyans who dropped out of HIV treatment programmes in January as a result of the country’s post-election violence are gradually returning to clinics and the antiretroviral drugs that help prolong … via PlusNews.org

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“The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has noted with grave concern the menacing and unprofessional behaviour of the Minister of Trade, Industry, Presidential Special Initiatives and Private Sector Development, “Honourable”

AFTER SUCCESSFULLY serving as the chairman for the just ended United Nations Conference on Trade and Development , the Minister of Trade, Industry and President’s Special Initiative, Mr. via The Ghanaian Chronicle

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