PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname’s new president, former dictator Desi Bouterse, reassumed power Thursday after being sidelined for a week by an illness that he now confirms was a bout of dengue fever.
Bouterse said he also was exhausted from the grueling political campaign that led to his election by parliamentary vote in July.
Dengue, a [...]

KABUL (AFP) – Ten Afghan civilians were killed Thursday in a NATO air strike on three vehicles carrying election campaign workers in northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said in a statement.
Karzai strongly condemned the incident in his statement, confirming earlier reports of an air strike that killed election workers in Takhar province.
“Three vehicles [...]

CAIRO – Activists on Thursday hung posters across Cairo supporting Egypt’s intelligence chief as a candidate in next year’s presidential elections, the latest campaign to try to undermine a possible father-son succession in the Arab world’s most populous nation.
Gamal Mubarak has for the past decade been widely thought to be expected to succeed his [...]

KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s president says he wants to extend his rule to 30 years by running for a fourth term in 2011.
President Yoweri Museveni said late Saturday he will seek the nomination of the ruling National Resistance Movement Party. The party will meet next month to choose their candidate for the 5-year presidential [...]

LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian police have freed a prominent supporter of the president believed to be the son of an ex-prime minister after a gun battle with his abductors, authorities said Sunday, months ahead of elections.
The victim, Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, heads a prominent support group for President Goodluck Jonathan, who has not yet declared [...]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Former President Jimmy Carter and an American who had been jailed after crossing into North Korea landed at Boston's Logan International Airport on Friday after the reclusive state released the prisoner.
Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who was raised in Boston and had been working as an English teacher in South Korea, was arrested [...]

NAIROBI (AFP) – Sudan's genocide-accused President Omar al-Bashir arrived Friday in Kenya, which is obliged to cooperate with the International Criminal Court seeking his arrest for crimes in Darfur.
The veteran Sudanese leader, who is wanted by The Hague-based court to face charges of genocide and war crimes in Sudan's western province of Darfur, was [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan.
Karzai’s statements were made during a meeting with visiting U.S. congressmen and come at a time [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan.
Karzai’s statements were made during a meeting with visiting U.S. congressmen and come at a time [...]

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname’s newly elected president — former dictator Desi Bouterse — is ailing from an undisclosed illness and has temporarily ceded power to his vice president in the South American country.
Vice President Robert Ameerali announced Thursday in Parliament that he will be in charge until Sept. 2 while Bouterse rests at home.
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