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South African military flexes muscles ahead of Congo mission
By Ed Cropley ROODEWAAL ARTILLERY RANGE, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa's air force showed off its military might on Thursday with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented “peace enforcing” deployment to eastern Congo. Two months after 13 troops were killed by rebels in Central African Republic in South Africa's heaviest military losses since the end of apartheid, Pretoria is gearing up to send 1,000 soldiers to Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda Continue reading
Syria Reports Israeli Bombing Sunday
DAMASCUS, Syria (TheStreet) — Explosions reportedly rocked the outskirts of the Syrian capital early Sunday, and Syria’s state news agency said they resulted from Israeli air attacks. If Israel did indeed carry out an airstrike, it would be the second in three days and would mark a heightening of Middle Eastern tensions as Syria’s civil war escalates Continue reading
Saxena White P.A. Files Securities Fraud Class Action Against UniTek Global Services, Inc.
BOCA RATON, FL — (Marketwired) — 04/19/13 — Saxena White P.A. Continue reading
American Airlines grounds all flights after reservation system goes offline
American Airlines grounded all its flights Tuesday afternoon after experiencing nationwide outages in its reservation system.All fights on the ground will be held at their gates until the computer glitch is fixed, the airline said. Continue reading
Mojo Organics, Inc. announces distribution agreement with Eastern Distributors, Inc.
JERSEY CITY,N.J., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Mojo Organics, Inc. (OTCBB: MOJO) announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Eastern Distributors, Inc Continue reading
New Cold Snap Warning: Expect More Snow
Forecasters predict wintry conditions in eastern and central parts of the UK, as the Met Office issues yellow “be aware” warnings. Continue reading
Gran Colombia Gold announces upcoming webcast to provide business update and 2013 outlook
TORONTO, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM) will host a webcast and conference call on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Continue reading
Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans. Continue reading
African leaders sign deal aimed at peace in eastern Congo
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African leaders signed a U.N.-mediated deal on Sunday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and paving the way for the deployment of a new military brigade to take on rebel groups. Congo's army is fighting the M23 rebels, who have hived off a fiefdom in North Kivu province in a conflict that has dragged Congo's eastern region back into war and displaced more than half a million people. Continue reading
