http://iafrica.com iafrica.com's world news updates Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +0200 A former Rwandan official has been sentenced to life for his part in the 1994 genocide.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/5-uAbjtO6Xs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/5-uAbjtO6Xs/1789820.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1789820.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:44:00 +0200 One of the two US reporters jailed in North Korea made a phone call to her US-based sister.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/ofCZB0JOVF0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/ofCZB0JOVF0/1789422.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1789422.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:26:00 +0200 The UN has extended the period of time in which a tribunal may try Rwandan genocide cases.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/BJbDpKXtk2w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/BJbDpKXtk2w/1789382.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1789382.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:00 +0200 A Khmer Rouge survivor told the court of her brother who was forced to kill their father.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/wYWjs22EDYU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/wYWjs22EDYU/1789041.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1789041.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:38:00 +0200 Barack Obama has picked Ghana for his maiden presidential venture into sub-Saharan Africa.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/e68yrOk8dXY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/e68yrOk8dXY/1789181.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1789181.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:20:00 +0200 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe announced that some white farmers would be spared.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/aazA8jFzZ5k" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/aazA8jFzZ5k/1789140.htm http://iafrica.com/news/specialreport/zimbabwe/1789140.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:41:00 +0200 A French woman survived 11 days lost in the mountains with nothing but a picnic to eat.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/fBnuDsS3_d0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/fBnuDsS3_d0/1788980.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1788980.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:20:00 +0200 A truck rigged with explosives blew up near Kabul, killing 25 people including many students.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~4/DvrS4o87F8I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iafrica/uGIK/~3/DvrS4o87F8I/1788920.htm http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/1788920.htm