http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295593,thirty-five-injured-as-football-fans-riot-in-cairo--summary.html Cairo - Roughly a thousand people rioted in the streets around the Algerian Embassy in Cairo in the early hours of Friday to vent their anger at attacks against Egyptian fans in Sudan the previous night. Angry crowds converged on the embassy, chantin... Africa,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295593,thirty-five-injured-as-football-fans-riot-in-cairo--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295571,bedouins-protest-in-sinai-alleging-police-killed-man.html Cairo - Bedouins in the Sinai desert blocked major trade routes Friday, alleging Egyptian police killed a man and injured others in the early morning, witnesses said. The protesters were blocking a major highway, attacking passing cars and setting ti... Africa,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295571,bedouins-protest-in-sinai-alleging-police-killed-man.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295556,three-children-killed-in-mozambique-mortar-bomb-blast.html Maputo - Three children were killed and two seriously injured in northern Mozambique after accidently exploding a mortar bomb left over from the country's past wars, a local newspaper reported Friday. Noticias daily reported that the children in Nias... Africa,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:10:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295556,three-children-killed-in-mozambique-mortar-bomb-blast.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295483,arctic-sea-finally-reaches-destination-in-algeria.html Moscow - The Arctic Sea , the Finnish-owned, Maltese- registered ship believed to have been captured by pirates in early August has reached its destination in Algeria, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. The ship was due to deliver its load of w... Africa,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295483,arctic-sea-finally-reaches-destination-in-algeria.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295466,witchcraft-murderers-leave-east-african-albinos-living-in-fear.html Nairobi - Dozens of witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have left the albino populations of both nations living in fear, a report released Thursday said. The report, Through Albino Eyes, by the International Federation of Re... Africa,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:04:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295466,witchcraft-murderers-leave-east-african-albinos-living-in-fear.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295464,football-match-strains-algerian-egyptian-relations.html Cairo - Egypt on Thursday said it would summon the Algerian ambassador in Cairo to protest attacks against Egyptian fans after Wednesday night's World Cup playoff in Sudan. The ambassador will receive a strong message about securing the Egyptian pre... Africa,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:58:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295464,football-match-strains-algerian-egyptian-relations.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295415,army-withdrawing-from-zimbabwe-diamond-field-says-investor.html Harare - Zimbabwe's military has begun to withdraw from a contentious diamond field as private investors move in, the head of a South African mining company investing in the area was quoted Thursday as saying. The state-controlled daily Herald newspa... Africa,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:28:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295415,army-withdrawing-from-zimbabwe-diamond-field-says-investor.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295370,almost-50-dead-in-latest-southern-sudan-tribal-clash.html Nairobi/Juba, Southern Sudan - At least 47 people have died in a clash between the Mundari and Dinka tribes in Southern Sudan - the latest in a series of cattle raids that is threatening a fragile peace. Army spokesman Kuol Deim Kuol said late Wednes... Africa,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:10:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295370,almost-50-dead-in-latest-southern-sudan-tribal-clash.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295351,african-kangas-colourful-wraps-with-something-to-say.html Stone City, Zanzibar - They shimmer in bright colours, have patterns in multiple hues and they are adorned with messages written in Swahili. They are called kangas and are part of every day life for the women of east Africa, particularly Kenya and Ta... Africa,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:10:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295351,african-kangas-colourful-wraps-with-something-to-say.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295264,thousands-displaced-by-anti-foreigner-attacks-in-western-cape.html Johannesburg - In scenes reminiscent of last year's deadly campaign of xenophobic violence, residents of a South African informal settlement this week attacked migrants living in their midst, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. Around 3,... Africa,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:04:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295264,thousands-displaced-by-anti-foreigner-attacks-in-western-cape.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295249,germany-condemns-alleged-attack-by-zimbabwe-soldiers-on-priest.html Harare - The German government has sent a written protest to the Zimbabwean over an alleged attack by Zimbabwean soldiers on a German priest last weekend, it was disclosed Wednesday. In a letter to the ministry dated Tuesday, the German embassy expre... Africa,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:58:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295249,germany-condemns-alleged-attack-by-zimbabwe-soldiers-on-priest.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295248,hostage-drama-ship-alabama-escapes-second-capture-by-somali-pirates.html Nairobi/London - The Maersk Alabama, a container ship at the centre of a dramatic hostage drama earlier this year, Wednesday narrowly avoided being captured by Somali pirates for a second time, the European Union's anti-piracy mission off Somalia sai... Africa,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295248,hostage-drama-ship-alabama-escapes-second-capture-by-somali-pirates.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295193,somali-insurgents-stone-woman-to-death-for-adultery.html Mogadishu - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a 29-year-old married woman to death for adultery, the second such execution this month, officials said. Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Abdirahman, an al-Shabaab judge, also ordered the woman's sexual p... Africa,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295193,somali-insurgents-stone-woman-to-death-for-adultery.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295119,draft-kenyan-constitution-foresees-slashing-presidents-powers.html Nairobi - A draft of Kenya's long-awaited new constitution unveiled Tuesday foresees dramatically cutting the powers of the president. A new constitution is considered vital to attempts to prevent a repeat of the bloodshed that followed 2007's disput... Africa,World Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:46:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295119,draft-kenyan-constitution-foresees-slashing-presidents-powers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295113,somali-pirates-seize-tanker-with-28-north-korean-crew.html London/Nairobi - Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying 28 North Koreans - but failed in an attack to seize a Ukrainian vessel following a firefight, the European Union's anti- piracy mission off Somalia NAVFOR said Tuesday. NAVFOR said that ... Africa,World Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:46:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295113,somali-pirates-seize-tanker-with-28-north-korean-crew.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295107,somali-pirates-free-spaniards-on-4-million-dollar-ransom--summary.html Madrid/Mogadishu - Somali pirates who held the 36 crew of a Spanish fishing vessel for 46 days released them Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said. The pirates received a ransom of about 4 million dollars (2.3 million euro... Africa,World Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295107,somali-pirates-free-spaniards-on-4-million-dollar-ransom--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295092,1stleadsomali-pirates-expected-to-release-spanish-ship-crew.html Madrid - Spain's government Tuesday was expecting the imminent release of the crew of a Spanish fishing vessel held by Somali pirates for 46 days after the shipowner agreed to pay a ransom of 2.3 million euros (4 million dollars), Spanish media repor... Africa,World Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:46:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295092,1stleadsomali-pirates-expected-to-release-spanish-ship-crew.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295069,situation-escalating-after-egyptian-factory-in-algeria-burned.html Cairo - Naguib Sawiris, the chairman of Egypt's giant Orascom Telecom, on Tuesday said the situation was escalating, after Algerian football fans attacked his company's compound there. Thousands of fans burned down Orascom's compound in Algiers and... Africa,World Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:10:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295069,situation-escalating-after-egyptian-factory-in-algeria-burned.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294970,zambian-editor-says-porn-ruling-a-coup-for-media-freedom.html Lusaka - A leading Zambian journalist who was acquitted Monday of distributing obscene material over photographs she circulated of a woman giving birth during a medical strike claimed the ruling as a victory for media freedom. Chansa Kabwela, 29, a... Africa,World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:25:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294970,zambian-editor-says-porn-ruling-a-coup-for-media-freedom.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294938,zambian-editor-cleared-of-porn-charges-over-strike-birth-snaps.html Lusaka - A leading Zambian journalist, who was put on trial for distributing obscene material in the form of photographs of a woman giving birth outside a hospital, was found not guilty on Monday. Chansa Kabwela, 29, a news editor at Zambia's priva... Africa,World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:30 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294938,zambian-editor-cleared-of-porn-charges-over-strike-birth-snaps.html