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February 19, 2013 (TSR) - Following the 9/11 attacks and the launch of the Global War on Terror, many humanitarian policy wonks spoke of a new era of heightened aid…
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February 19, 2013 (TSR) - Who or what do you blame when the price of maize seems to keep going through the roof? If you did not mention fuel subsidies,…
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February 18, 2013 (TSR) - Angola wants to rely on Brazilian support to create its national military industry and strengthen its defence industry with a view to reducing the dependence…
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February 9, 2013 (TSR) - At least 35 small pyramids, along with graves, have been discovered clustered closely together at a site called Sedeinga in Sudan. Discovered between 2009 and…
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How DeBeers conquered the diamond market: A great case study of how clever propaganda shaped much of the mindset in our generations which seem to consistently equate LOVE with…
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by Tony Cartalucci January 18, 2013 (TSR) - A deluge of articles have been quickly put into circulation defending France’s military intervention in the African nation of Mali. TIME’s article,…
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by R. Teichmann January 18, 2013 (TSR) - The French government has stated that: “it would send 2,500 troops to support Malian government soldiers in the conflict against Islamist rebels.…
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January 2, 2013 (TSR) - Zimbabwe plans to halve mining levies in 2013 after companies including Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. complained that increases this year are hindering development, Deputy Mines…
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by Finian Cunningham, Irish journalist and writer January 2, 2013 (TSR) - The UN Security Council approval this week of a French-led resolution for military intervention in Africa’s vast Sahel…
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December 25, 2012 (TSR) - The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three-dozen African nations in the coming year. Soldiers based out of Fort Riley, Kansas’ 2nd…
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December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Five Iranian armed groups have become the first to sign up to new covenant aimed at reducing sexual violence in conflict situations, a pledge developed…
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December 22, 2012 (TSR) - More people from the Horn of Africa region, especially Ethiopia and Somalia, are crossing international borders as irregular migrants - lacking official documentation or approval…
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