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		<title>African Union leaders refuse to extradite Sudan&#8217;s president, denounce international court</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — After bitter wrangling, Africa&#8217;s leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan&#8217;s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

The decision at the African Union summit says AU members &#8220;shall not cooperate&#8221; with the court in The Hague &#8220;in the arrest ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-union-leaders-refuse-to-extradite-sudans-president-denounce-international-court-99003/" title="African Union leaders refuse to extradite Sudan&#8217;s president, denounce international court">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>African Union leaders approve continent-wide rebuttal of ICC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan&#8217;s President Omar al-Bashir.

The final decision by the African Union heads of state summit says AU members &#8220;shall not cooperate &#8230; in the arrest and transfer of the President of Sudan to the ICC.&#8221;
Bashir has ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-union-leaders-approve-continent-wide-rebuttal-of-icc-98980/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : African Union leaders approve continent-wide rebuttal of ICC</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>African leaders launch Libya-led &#8216;African Unity&#8217; as step to envisaged continental federation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — Concluding marathon talks held late into the night, African leaders agreed Friday to a Libyan-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers.

The change was materialized by morphing the African Union&#8217;s executive body, the commission, into an &#8220;African Authority.&#8221;
The draft document adopted at 4 a.m. at the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-leaders-launch-libya-led-african-unity-as-step-to-envisaged-continental-federation-98447/">Source article &nbsp;: African leaders launch Libya-led &#8216;African Unity&#8217; as step to envisaged continental federation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>African leaders launch &#8220;African Unity&#8221; as first step to hypothetic continent-wide federation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — Concluding marathon talks late into the night, African leaders agreed Friday to a Libyan-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers.

The change was materialized by morphing the African Union&#8217;s executive body, the commission, into an &#8220;African Authority.&#8221; The draft document adopted at 4 a.m. local time .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-leaders-launch-african-unity-as-first-step-to-hypothetic-continent-wide-federation-98432/" title="African leaders launch &#8220;African Unity&#8221; as first step to hypothetic continent-wide federation">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>African leaders at AU summit focus on security, world justice and boosting body&#8217;s powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — Africa&#8217;s leaders were locked in a heated debate Thursday over a draft African Union summit decision that would give Sudan&#8217;s president continent-wide impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

African officials said the surprise new draft was circulated by Libya, which is hosting the 13th African Union summit of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-leaders-at-au-summit-focus-on-security-world-justice-and-boosting-bodys-powers-97722/">Read : African leaders at AU summit focus on security, world justice and boosting body&#8217;s powers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>African Union summit convenes amid looming problems for Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — African leaders and Brazil&#8217;s president called for greater cooperation to boost peace and development efforts as the 13th African Union summit of heads of state opened Wednesday.

The leaders had a host of issues to address, including coups and civil wars to the backlash of the economic crisis and the challenges of global ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-union-summit-convenes-amid-looming-problems-for-africa-97057/">African Union summit convenes amid looming problems for Africa</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian president pulls out of African Union summit in Libya</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIRTE, Libya — Iran&#8217;s president canceled a last-minute call to attend an African Union summit in Libya on Wednesday amid a stir among African delegates, who complained the contentious Iranian leader would divert the conference&#8217;s attention from Africa&#8217;s pressing problems. There was no immediate explanation from Iranian or Libyan officials present at the AU summit ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-president-pulls-out-of-african-union-summit-in-libya-96430/" title="Iranian president pulls out of African Union summit in Libya">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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