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- Doubts over British firm’s Iraq deal
- UN Security Council envoys travel to West Africa, seeking Ivory Coast…
- LWF General Secretary Noko to Address West African Inter-Faith
- Fair play for children
Doubts over British firm’s Iraq deal
The Age – Jun 23, 2004
Security analysts say he is also known for having commanded a murderous military unit in Northern Ireland. The contract – the largest single piece of the private-security pie in Iraq so far handed out by the Pentagon – was awarded to the London-based Aegis Defence Services. The company’s CEO, Tim Spicer, a former lieutenant-colonel and a commando turned warrior-for-hire, has been linked to an arms sale to Sierra Leone that violated a 1998 United Nations embargo. Mr Spicer also served as commanding officer over two British soldiers convicted of murdering an unarmed Catholic teenager in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1992. The contract, which was awarded last month but made public only last week, comes amid debate in Washington over the role of private security companies and their involvement in recent scandals over abuse of detainees and financial corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan.
UN Security Council envoys travel to West Africa, seeking Ivory Coast…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 23, 2004
Security Council envoys in talks Tuesday with Ghana’s President John Kufuor, current head of a West African leaders’ bloc that has played a central role in ushering Ivory Coast’s neighbors, Liberia and Sierra Leone, out of their own civil wars. The 15-member delegation also was.
LWF General Secretary Noko to Address West African Inter-Faith
Worldwide Faith News – Worldwide Faith News (press release) – Jun 23, 2004
Ghanaian President John AgyekumKufuor officially opens the conference today in Ho, some 170 kmeast of the capital Accra. Convened under the theme "Co-existence: The Key to Peace andDevelopment in Africa," the summit organized by the Inter-FaithAction for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) will examine related issuesfrom the perspectives of, among others, African TraditionalReligion, Christianity and Islam. Presentations will include 22country reports and an appraisal of inter-religious peaceinitiatives in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Noko was convenor of the first continental inter-faith peacesummit, October 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meetingled to the establishment of IFAPA, an initiative that encouragesnetworks of African religious leaders to be proactive inpromoting conflict-resolution mechanisms in their respectiveregions and on the continent as a whole. A second continent-wide summit isplanned for the latter part of this year.
Fair play for children
UEFA.com – Jun 23, 2004
They are wearing the campaign logo on their sleeves, and four video spots are being broadcast on giant screens at each match. Four leading referees – Pierluigi Collina, Anders Frisk, Markus Merk, and Lubo Michel – are acting as ambassadors during the campaign. Frisk, Merk and Michel travelled to Sierra Leone in the spring to gain experience of the ICRC’s activities in caring for children and reuniting families. Symbolic logoThe special ‘Let us Play’ logo, drawn from a child’s perspective, was created to communicate the desire of children to be able to experience the fun and joy of football rather than suffer the consequences of war. All rights reserved.