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SAfrica to end amnesty for illegal Zimbabweans (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, Zimbabweans queue at Home Affairs offices in Musina, South Africa, close to the Zimbabwean border, to seek  refugee status. South African government says Zimbabwean nationals in the country without proper documents will be arrested and deported early next year. Government spokesman Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 said the special dispensation implemented April 2009 to allow Zimbabweans to stay in the country even when they have no proper papers, will end on Dec 31. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, file)AP - South Africa’s government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country’s economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said Thursday.


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Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur

June 8th, 2010

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Featuring songs by the iconic John Lennon newly recorded by some of today’s biggest as well as emerging artists, Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur is a major…

Nigeria: Car bombs explode during amnesty talks (AP)

March 15th, 2010

A Total employee inspects facilities on an oil drilling platform near Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Nigeria's main armed group MEND threatened to attack oil firms such as French group Total in renewed violence in the country's restive oil-rich Niger Delta region.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP - Twin car bombs rocked a government building in Nigeria’s restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, a government spokesman said, only minutes after a militant group promised to…