221 missing after Sierra Leone boat capsizes
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - More than 200 people, including many schoolchildren returning from holidays, remained missing Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea and left at least eight dead, police said.
Nations:Sierra Leone Source:(AP)
2009-09-10
Liberia's Taylor rejects war crimes charges
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Charles Taylor retraced his rise to power in Liberia to war crimes judges Wednesday, casting himself as an anti-corruption fighter who ousted the military in a coup to restore democracy.
Nations:Sierra Leone Liberia Netherlands Activities:Charles Taylor War Crimes Source:(AP)
2009-07-15
Liberia's Taylor: War crimes case built on lies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor testified at his war crimes trial Tuesday that the case against him was built on lies and misinformation, and he denied he had commanded and armed rebels who killed and tortured tens of thousands of civilians.
Nations:Sierra Leone Liberia Netherlands Activities:Charles Taylor War Crimes Sierra Leone 1991-2002 Civil War Darfur Genocide Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-07-14
Somali pirates die in Ukraine ship shootout
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rival Somali pirates arguing over what to do with a hijacked Ukrainian ship and its cargo of 33 tanks engaged in a shootout on board, killing three of their number, a maritime group said on Tuesday.
Nations:Somalia Kenya Sudan Sierra Leone Source:(Reuters)
2008-09-30
Africa's failed health plan seen costing 40 mln lives
African governments' failure to deliver on a 2001 vow to spend 15 percent of budgets on health has cost the continent 40 million lives, activists including Nobel winners Desmond Tutu and Wangari Maathai said on Sunday.
Nations:Eritrea Libya Sierra Leone Nigeria Ethiopia South Africa
2007-01-22
'Apocalypto' wins with modest opening
Mel Gibson's bloody epic "Apocalypto" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie, proving the filmmaker still can deliver a winner despite his drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic rant last summer.
Nations:Sierra Leone People:Mel Gibson Jack Black Jude Law Cameron Diaz Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio
2006-12-10
West, Keys, Carey Lead 'Image' Nominees
Mariah Carey was poised to keep her comeback going Saturday as a leading contender for the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, including best song and album.
Nations:Sierra Leone U.S. People:Kanye West Terrence Howard Don Cheadle Mariah Carey Thandie Newton
2006-02-25
Spread of Bird Flu Boosts Pandemic Chances
The spread of bird flu from Asia to eastern Europe and now west Africa has increased the chance the virus will mutate and set off a pandemic, the U.N. bird flu chief said.
Nations:Togo Sierra Leone Liberia Nigeria Ghana Activities:Bird Flu Crisis
2006-02-11
Jolie, Pitt tour poverty-stricken Haiti
Star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt joined musician Wyclef Jean in Haiti during a visit that included meeting with children in jail.
Nations:Dominican Republic Sierra Leone Tanzania Haiti Colombia Pakistan People:Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt
2006-01-26
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