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Sudanese women carrying sacks of relief food in Boro Medina, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese women carrying sacks of relief food in Boro Medina, in south Sudan, in 2008. Sudanese authorities were trying on Saturday to establish contact with kidnappers who snatched two foreign aid workers from their offices in Darfur, a foreign ministry official said. Photo:Bosire Bogonko/AFP

Rebel fighters drive their armoured battle wagon at an unknown ...

(AFP) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Rebel fighters drive their armoured battle wagon at an unknown location on the Sudan-Chad border in northwest Darfur, in 2007. Sudanese authorities were trying on Saturday to establish contact with kidnappers who snatched two foreign aid workers from their offices in Darfur, a foreign ministry official said. Photo:Stuart Price/AFP

A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed or damaged in conflict. Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP. Photo:Francis Nallier/AFP

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives to attend the 13th ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives to attend the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, east of Tripoli. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 13th African ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP

A photo from Albany Associates shows fighters from the Justice ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A photo from Albany Associates shows fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) riding in the back of an armoured vehicle in west Darfur, 2008. Darfur's most active rebel group has joined with a leading Sudanese opposition movement in calling for democracy in the country and a transitional government until next year's presidential election. Photo:Stuart Price/AFP

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny

Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi (L) and Sudanese President Omar ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi (L) and Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir arrive for the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, east of Tripoli. African leaders hold talks Thursday on Somalia and a slate of other conflicts at a continental summit hosted byKadhafi, who is lobbying for a powerful pan-African government. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP

An unidentified guest kneels by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:39:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - An unidentified guest kneels by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as she arrives to attend the opening session of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Wednesday, July 1, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Nasser Nasser)

A displaced southern Sudanese woman walks at a cattle camp outside ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - A displaced southern Sudanese woman walks at a cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting in Tehran. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting in Tehran. Iran on Wednesday stepped up its campaign against dissenters, shutting down a reformist newspaper, but presidential election runner up Mir Hossein Mousavi continued to challenge the results. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

International mediation aimed at ending Madagascar's political ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - International mediation aimed at ending Madagascar's political crisis will resume this month, the African Union's commissioner for peace and security Ramtane Lamamra, seen here in 2008, told AFP Wednesday. Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) welcomes Central African Republic's ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) welcomes Central African Republic's President Francois Bozize before the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi poses with Tanzania's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi poses with Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (R) and his wife Mama Salma Kikwete before the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has cancelled ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has cancelled a visit to Libya, where he was due to have a addressed a summit of African leaders in seaside town of Sirte at the invitation of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) greets Somalia's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) greets Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed before the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) welcomes Senegal's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) welcomes Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade before the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) greets Algeria's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) greets Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika before the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stands before the opening of ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stands before the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech during the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed attends the opening ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed attends the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the opening ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) and Algeria's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) and Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (2nd R) attend the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani delivers a speech ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani delivers a speech during the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa delivers a speech during ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa delivers a speech during the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi delivers a speech during the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi delivers a speech during the opening of the African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, about 600km (370 miles) east of Tripoli, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA POLITICS)

Libyan leader and African Union Chairperson Moamer Kadhafi speaks ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Libyan leader and African Union Chairperson Moamer Kadhafi speaks during the 21st summit of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) Steering Committee in Sirte. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a visit to Libya where he was due to address the African Union summit, a source in the presidency said. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP

African Foreign Ministers attend the opening of the of the African ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - African Foreign Ministers attend the opening of the of the African Union third ordinary session in Sirte, ahead of the African Union summit. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP

File photo shows Rwandan soldiers serving with the African Union ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows Rwandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Darfur. The African Union is also under pressure to drop its resistance to the international war crimes warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, who will also be attending. Photo:Stuart Price/AFP

Children play at a cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children play at a cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. Heavy clashes between rival Nuer groups, the Jikany and the Luo, have left over a hundred dead and many more wounded in the past two months. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Children are seen near huts at cattle camp outside the southern ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children are seen near huts at cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. Heavy clashes between rival Nuer groups, the Jikany and the Luo, have left over a hundred dead and many more wounded in the past two months. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

A woman is seen at a cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - A woman is seen at a cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. Heavy clashes between rival Nuer groups, the Jikany and the Luo, have left over a hundred dead and many more wounded in the past two months. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Children play in a Nuer cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children play in a Nuer cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. Heavy clashes between rival Nuer groups, the Jikany and the Luo, have left over a hundred dead and many more wounded in the past two months. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Southern Sudanese paddle on the Sobat river, a tributary of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - Southern Sudanese paddle on the Sobat river, a tributary of the White Nile, near the town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. The region has seen heavy clashes between rival groups, including a recent attack on a UN food aid convoy on the Sobat river. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Children stand outside huts in a Nuer cattle camp outside the ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children stand outside huts in a Nuer cattle camp outside the southern Sudanese town of Nassir in Upper Nile state. Heavy clashes between rival Nuer groups, the Jikany and the Luo, have left over a hundred dead and many more wounded in the past two months. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

A Sudanese official sits behind ballot boxes at a polling station ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Sudanese official sits behind ballot boxes at a polling station in Khartoum in 2000. Sudan's presidential election, which had been set for February, has been put back until April because of a delay in completing a national census, the electoral commission announced on Tuesday. Photo:Marwan Naamani/AFP

Abousfian Abdelrazik, left, smiles as he returns to Canada at ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:38:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Abousfian Abdelrazik, left, smiles as he returns to Canada at Pearson International airport in Toronto after a six-year exile in Sudan on Saturday, June 27, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Sudanese soldiers shout slogans during the visit of President ...

(AFP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese soldiers shout slogans during the visit of President Omar al-Beshir (posters) to the town of Majlad in the south Kordofan province in May 2009. Six people were killed in weekend tribal clashes in Sudan's South Kordofan region, which borders Darfur, a lawmaker from the oil-rich area told AFP on Sunday. Photo:Ashraf Shazly/AFP

Abousfian Abdelrazik (R) gestures as his step-daughter Wafa ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik (R) gestures as his step-daughter Wafa Sahnine speaks to the media after arriving in Montreal, June 28, 2009, after six years of exile in Sudan. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA POLITICS)

Abousfian Abdelrazik speaks to the media as he arrives in Montreal, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik speaks to the media as he arrives in Montreal, June 28, 2009, after six years of exile in Sudan. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA POLITICS)

Abousfian Abdelrazik (top R) is accompanied by his 6-year-old ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik (top R) is accompanied by his 6-year-old son Kouteyba Abdelrazik (front) and his step-daughter Wafa Sahnine as he arrives in Montreal, June 28, 2009, after six years of exile in Sudan. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA POLITICS)

Abousfian Abdelrazik (top) accompanied by his 6-year-old son ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik (top) accompanied by his 6-year-old son Kouteyba speaks to the media as he arrives in Montreal, June 28, 2009, after six years of exile in Sudan. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA POLITICS)

Abousfian Abdelrazik gestures as he is welcomed home in Montreal, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik gestures as he is welcomed home in Montreal, June 28, 2009, after six years of exile in Sudan. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA POLITICS)

Abousfian Abdelrazik smiles as he returns to Canada at Pearson ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:44:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Abousfian Abdelrazik smiles as he returns to Canada at Pearson International airport in Toronto after a six-year exile in Sudan on Saturday, June 27, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Abousfian Abdelrazik arrives at Pearson International Airport ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, ending six years of exile in Sudan June 27, 2009. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Abousfian Abdelrazik (L), accompanied by his lawyer Yavar Hameed, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Abousfian Abdelrazik (L), accompanied by his lawyer Yavar Hameed, arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, ending six years of exile in Sudan June 27, 2009. The Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan on Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Abdelrazik, born in Sudan, has spent the past year taking refuge in Canada's embassy in Khartoum, fearing arrest over his suspected links to militants. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Canadian-Sudanese citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik (R) and his lawyer ...

(AFP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian-Sudanese citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik (R) and his lawyer Yavar Hameed (L) pose for a picture at Khartoum airport. Abdelrazik, stranded in Khartoum for the past six years over his alleged links to Al-Qaeda, arrived in Canada Saturday, his supporters said. Photo:Ashraf Shazly/AFP

Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen who had been detained ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:52:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen who had been detained in Sudan, is seen in this family photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO