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Front Page: Vladimir Putin Might Return as Russian President
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is taking steps to allow Vladimir Putin to return as president in 2009. According to Russian sources, Medvedev may push for changes to the constitution so former President Putin can return to power. — Reuters
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has traveled to the Middle East.
Mass Exodus in the Congo Has Roots In Rwandan Genocide
I know the math on the picture=1,000 words shtick, but these words on the refugee exodus in the Democratic Republic of Congo combined with these pictures is almost a novel I can't even fathom:Along the red dirt roads looping in and out of the jungle, they trooped in their thousands. The women clutching infants to their chests and balancing rolled-up mattresses, blankets and pots on their heads. Any child old enough to walk carried a jerry can of water or dragged a sack of food.
Front Page: Strike Kills Taliban Leader, Protesters Attack UN in Congo, AIDS Treatment Should Start Sooner
- Strike Kills Taliban Leader: An missile strike thought to be from the US has killed 20, including a top Taliban commander in Pakistan. Mohammed Omar was killed when the missile, fired from a pilotless drone, hit his compound in South Waziristan. Omar fought with the Taliban in the late 1990s.
Ninety Children Held Hostage in the Congo, UN Makes Appeal
Ninety children are being help hostage by Ugandan rebels in the north-east region of the Democratic Republican of Congo. In simultaneous attacks carried out by the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) last week, 40 children were abducted from a primary school and 50 from a secondary school. Three people died, and the village chief and three Italian missionaries were also taken.
Front Page: Plane Crash, Bombings, Berlusconi, Airline Merger
- Plane Crash: Moments ago a DC-9 plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in the eastern Congo town of Goma. CNN is reporting at this moment, 78 have died in the crash.
- Bombings: More than 50 people have been killed in car bomb explosions in two Iraqi cities. At least 40 people were left dead and another 70 were injured in a blast outside a restaurant in Baquba, north of Baghdad.
Headline: Peace Treaty in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has faced crippling unrest. Following a 32-year reign seized by Mobutu Sese Seko, a subsequent overthrow by Laurent Kabila's rebellion in 1997 and the next year, an insurrection by rebels that sparked a war affecting six other nations, the DR Congo held its first democratic elections in July 2006.
Now following those elections, the DR Congo is on the brink of signing a historic peace treaty between the new government and rebel dissident groups.
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Ben Affleck Debuts His "Gimme Shelter" Congo Video to UN
Ben Affleck went in front of the UN yesterday to present a short film he directed, with the help of Mick Jagger and cinematographer John Toll, to launch a new $23 million initiative to help Congolese refugees. The short, "Gimme Shelter" is set to the classic Rolling Stones song used with permission, and was shot last month when Affleck made a trip to visit refugee camps in the Congo. From here, the film will be released worldwide to help raise awareness about UNHCR and the needs of the 1.3 million displaced people in the area.Sienna's All Smiles in Shorts at Store Opening
Sienna Miller is currently starring on Broadway in After Miss Julie, alongside Jonny Lee Miller, but yesterday the actress and clothing designer headed to something a little more fashionable — the opening of Rag & Bone in New York. Wearing shorts that must have been freezing in the cold weather, Sienna checked out the clothes and posed for photographs. Earlier this year she traveled to the Congo to make a short but powerful documentary about the lives of women living in treacherous conflict, and the result is now online to watch.
Ambassador Sienna Won't Be Reuniting With Jude
Sienna Miller wore her favourite hooded coat as she took her pooch Bess for a walk in New York yesterday. She was without her NY-based buddies and it doesn't sound like she'll be taking romantic walks with her ex Jude Law any time soon, as Sienna's sister Savannah has responded to rumours that Sienna and Jude are getting back together by saying: "I think that would be a completely ridiculous assumption considering the way that man has conducted himself recently. That's all I'm saying."
Ben Affleck Brings His Good Will Back to the Congo
As Jennifer Garner dealt with some scary stuff back home, Ben Affleck was across the world in the Congo yesterday. This is Ben's fourth trip as he continues to raise awareness about the crisis afflicting the nation. While in the city of Goma, the actor spoke out about this violent situation in Central Africa, and expressed his feelings on how people need to step up and help.
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