The News Review:

- Getting blood out of a stone
- Students Plan to Storm Nigerian High Commission.
- Assembly should adopt text on jurisdictional immunities of states…
- Africanist Movement Announces AGM Date.

Getting blood out of a stone
Daily News – Daily News (subscription) – Oct 27, 2004
There were stories of rapes, of drownings and of people having their stomachs sliced open to check if they were smuggling diamonds. Were it not for his faith in God, Abdul Sankoh, 32, doubts he would have the strength to carry on. A primary-school teacher in Sierra Leone, he was captured by a group of rebel fighters on April 30, 1999. “One of the rebels, a man I knew, took a gun from one of his bodyguards and started to beat me,” he recalls. “Then, he told me he was going to cut off my hands. “He cut off my right hand. I begged for my life.

Students Plan to Storm Nigerian High Commission.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 27, 2004
Students Plan to Storm Nigerian High Commission. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (October, 2004).

Assembly should adopt text on jurisdictional immunities of states…
Free with registration – M2 Presswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 27, 2004
–> COPYRIGHT 2004 Ingram Investment Ltd. M2 PRESSWIRE-27 October 2004-UN: Assembly should adopt text on jurisdictional immunities of states during current session, legal committee is told; Agreed draft said to show differences among countries with varying systems and practices can be resolved with political will(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10262004 The draft convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property should be adopted during the current session, in that it represented common ground in the difficult area involving international and corporate law as well as business practices, Sierra Leone’s representative said this morning as the Sixth Committee (Legal) concluded its consideration of the subject while also hearing the introduction of draft resolutions. The draft convention was not perfect but was a carefully balanced outcome of negotiations and compromises, the speaker continued. It was a consensus document by States with different legal systems, and it contained the precision and clarity that would allow for a consistent application of its provisions. The representative of the Russian Federation said the completion of the instrument demonstrated that many difficult differences in views could be bridged with political will. Switzerland’s delegate said the draft contributed to clarity, transparency and security of legal norms in an important area for good relations between States.

Africanist Movement Announces AGM Date.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 27, 2004
Africanist Movement Announces AGM Date. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (October, 2004).