Topic: Tanzania
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-25 17:10:53
<div><p>African nations on Monday urged European governments to resist calls for a new round of legal ivory sales and protect the world's elephant population.</p><p>Representatives of the 17-country Coalition for the African Elephant came to Brussels seeking support after Tanzania and Zambia each requested fresh authorisations from ...
isnare | 2010-01-24 15:46:42
Tanzania is a country with an impressive array of archeological and historical heritage sites. The Leakey family dedicated their lives to unearthing the mystery of evolution here, and confirmed the East African region as the cradle of mankind. This makes Tanzania the oldest continuously inhabited area on Earth with fossil remains of humans and pre-human hominids found dating back over ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-12 01:10:16
<div><p> Lawyers for the first detainee transferred from Guantanamo to civilian trial in the United States urged a court to drop charges because he was tortured and blocked from a speedy trial.</p><p>Prosecutors, however, argued that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian accused of involvement in bloody 1998 attacks on ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-01-11 22:10:29
<div><p>The first detainee to be transferred from Guantanamo to New York for trial was to argue Monday in New York that his rights have been violated during five years of detention.</p><p>Lawyers for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian accused of helping to plot bloody 1998 attacks on US ...
