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Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Rangers return to Congo gorilla park after a year
GOMA, Congo, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Park rangers returned to a reserve that is home to nearly a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas on Friday, more than a year after fighting forced them to abandon the area, a park chief said. Fri, 21 Nov 2008
ANALYSIS-Congo's Kabila has few options but talk to rebels
KINSHASA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Congo's battered government has little choice but to open unpopular talks with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, but the rebel leader himself faces a challenge converting his military upper hand into political capital. Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Rwanda's growth may hit 10 pct in '08 - c.bank
* Growth could reach 10 pct in '08 Fri, 21 Nov 2008
New York Times cuts dividend, 'reevaluates' assets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co slashed its dividend by almost three-quarters and plans to cut spending and reevaluate its assets to cope with an advertising decline that is gouging U.S. newspaper publishers. Thu, 20 Nov 2008
WRAPUP 2-UN council approves increase in Congo peacekeepers
* U.N. Congo peacekeepers to be increased by some 3,000 Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Rwanda to lay 2,300 km of fibre in 09
KIGALI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Rwanda plans to lay 2,300 km (1,429 miles) of fibre-optic cable costing $38 million in 2009 to extend a network throughout most of the central African nation, its information communication technology (ICT) authority said on Thursday. Thu, 20 Nov 2008
UN council approves increase in Congo peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to send some 3,000 additional U.N. peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help prevent a new war in the country's east. Thu, 20 Nov 2008
ANALYSIS-Will tariff cuts hurt poor countries' revenues?
GENEVA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Governments in many developing countries rely heavily on import taxes for revenue, so proposals to cut tariffs in a new global trade deal have raised fears that the spending power of poor countries could also be curtailed. |
