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A statue of English rugby player Jonny Wilkinson was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square, ahead of England's World Cup final against South Africa.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced he and his wife Cecilia were divorcing after an 11-year marriage. He wore his wedding ring, however, to EU reform treaty talks in Lisbon. http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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Yang Yang, a 4-year-old Chinese boy, swims with a 5-year-old beluga whale named Xiao Qiang at an aquarium in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong Province, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007. Yang Yang, who has been swimming since he was one years old, will perform with the white beluga again in 2008 to welcome visitors who come to watch sailing events at the 2008 Olympic Games.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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After years of unrest, farmers in parts of eastern DR Congo only go to their fields in large groups. Some 100,000 people have fled their homes recently, with horrific tales of abuse.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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These fishermen are on Lake Kivu, between eastern Congo and Rwanda, which has twice sent its troops across the border. Foreign troops have been attracted by Congo's vast reserves of gold, silver, diamonds, uranium and other precious minerals.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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Despite a long-standing peace deal, successful recent elections and the presence of the world's largest peacekeeping operation, the situation remains precarious in the east.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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A group of Hutu rebels from neighbouring Rwanda, the Interahamwe, were the biggest threat to civilian lives. But people say that even they are surpassed by the now notorious Bravo Brigade – a Congolese militia who refuse to be integrated into the national army.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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They wear the uniforms of regular government soldiers but remain loyal to their own leader, Laurent Nkunda. He says his men are protecting Congo's Tutsi population against the Hutu rebels but they are accused of numerous atrocities. http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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They rape us, they loot and they shoot. There is no safety and we suffer so much," says a woman [not pictured]. Heal Africa is a clinic in Goma [pictured] for survivors of sexual attacks. Over 4,000 women have been treated here after brutal assaults, often by gangs.http://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
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Such violent rape can cause vaginal fistula – debilitating incontinence and severe pain because the walls between the vagina, the bladder and anus are torn. Sufferers are often shunned, so having the operation to heal their internal wounds is cause for celebrationhttp://easyhitcounters.com/step3.php?username=murale&style;=flame Read Full Story
