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- Authors of "false news" may face jail under new Gambian law
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's parliament has made sweeping changes to the country's information law, introducing new legislation that threatens those who spread "false news" with 15 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. The government said the changes were needed to ensure stability and prevent "unpatriotic behaviour" but they are likely to deepen Gambia's reputation as one of West Africa's most ...
July 5, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
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- Hillary Rodham Clinton in Asia Times Online
I hope we will be able to discuss the Darfur issue with the president of Sudan, with the other leaders who have gathered in Banjul and, hopefully, come to some understanding as to how we move forward on the transition from the African Union force... Kofi Annan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Annan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGrYnnQZab6ngDH3ZLdL095P4wzzg ReliefWeb (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKEE-6R8N7L%3FOpenDocument&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE_SnSyk_7gMO61_8JZKPu0MC_Sxg Jun 29, 2006 7989 11297 bank New construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank undermines that mutual trust and endangers the proximity talks that are the first step towards the full negotiations that both sides say want and need. And it exposes daylight between Israel and...