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Uganda : Uganda landslides destroy 3 villages; toll unknown
on 2012/6/26 17:41:50
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AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in eastern Uganda, killing scores of people but possibly hundreds, officials said Monday.
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Uganda : Uganda says gays now free to meet
on 2012/6/23 16:30:39
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20120623
AP
Kampala, UGANDA (AP) — Responding to growing international criticism of anti-gay efforts in Uganda, the government said in a statement Friday that it does not discriminate against people "of a different sexual orientation."
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Uganda : Ugandan police raid gay rights meeting
on 2012/6/20 11:15:56
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AFP
Ugandan police on Monday raided a gay rights workshop in Kampala and questioned activists attending the gathering, rights campaigners said.
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Uganda : Captured LRA rebel to be prosecuted on merit: official
on 2012/5/23 11:20:11
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AFP
Uganda's top prosecutor said Tuesday that any case against a captured Lord's Resistance Army commander would proceed on merit, amid concern he could be offered amnesty for information on LRA leader Joseph Kony.
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Uganda : LRA rebel commander capture boosts hunt for Kony
on 2012/5/16 15:00:27
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AFP
The capture of one of the Lord Resistance Army's top commanders is a major blow for the rebel group and will provide a boost for those hunting its leader Joseph Kony, analysts say.
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Uganda : Official: Uganda may pardon Joseph Kony associate
on 2012/5/16 14:56:12
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AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Caesar Acellam tried for Lord's Resistance Army atrocities.
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Uganda : Official: Top Joseph Kony commander captured
on 2012/5/15 14:30:00
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AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, an army official said, in what an analyst said was an "intelligence coup" for forces hunting for Kony.
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Uganda : Uganda Kony-hunting soldiers face jungle threats
on 2012/4/22 12:00:00
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AP
RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic (AP) — For Ugandan soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Encounters with the Lord's Resistance Army rebels are so rare that Kony hunters worry more about the threats of the jungle: Armed poachers, wild beasts, honey bees, and even a fly that torments their ears.
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Uganda : Rumble in the jungle as Ugandan army hunts Kony
on 2012/4/22 11:46:21
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AFP
Sweat dripping from his unkempt beard, second lieutenant Kasim Lukumo halted briefly to point at the thick tangle of the central African jungle.
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Uganda : Blood, sweat and jungle: hunting Kony with Uganda's squads
on 2012/4/21 17:56:09
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AFP
Sweat dripping from his unkempt beard, second lieutenant Kasim Lukumo halted briefly to point at the thick tangle of the central African jungle.
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Uganda : Uganda moves past Little League World Series pain
on 2012/4/14 14:45:47
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20120414
AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Unlike in most of Africa, soccer is not the top sport at the Rev. John Foundation School in Uganda's capital. Instead, a fairly foreign American game is No. 1 and catching on quickly.
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Uganda : Viral video will spur Kony arrest this year: ICC
on 2012/4/2 11:02:50
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AFP
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor voiced confidence Saturday that fugitive Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony will be arrested this year, praising the role of a viral online campaign.
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Uganda : Uganda police restrict opposition leader movements
on 2012/3/23 0:25:26
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Ugandan police on Thursday restricted the movements of opposition leader Kizza Besigye after a police officer died in a violent clash between his supporters and the police.
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Uganda : Uganda PM launches online response to Kony video
on 2012/3/18 17:10:44
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AFP
Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi launched Saturday an online response to a viral campaign to arrest rebel commander Joseph Kony to counter the "false impression" that the country is in conflict.
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Uganda : Uganda warns against misrepresentation of LRA threat
on 2012/3/10 11:27:44
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AFP
Uganda on Friday warned against misrepresenting the threat posed by rebels there after a Internet campaign to bring indicted war criminal Joseph Kony to justice went viral.
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Uganda : Anti-Kony video campaign draws criticism in Uganda
on 2012/3/10 11:23:38
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20120310
AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The wildly successful viral video campaign to raise global awareness of a brutal Central Africa rebel leader is attracting criticism from Ugandans, some who said Friday that the 30-minute video misrepresents the complicated history of Africa's longest-running conflict.
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Uganda : Storm over viral campaign to arrest Uganda's Kony
on 2012/3/10 11:07:05
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AFP
A viral campaign to bring accused Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony to justice has sparked a growing storm, with millions viewing an online video whose makers deny it oversimplifies the facts.
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Uganda : 'Nodding disease' confounds experts, kills children
on 2012/2/19 10:53:22
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AFP
Patrick Anywar, 14, lies curled up naked in the dust and midday heat of a Ugandan village, struggling to look up at his younger brother and sister playing in front of the family home.
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Uganda : Uganda strips Gadhafi-era ambassador of role
on 2012/2/18 11:06:30
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AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan officials have stripped Libya's ambassador of his title and evicted him from the embassy, saying he was an obstacle to new relations with post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya, the foreign minister said Friday.
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Uganda : Uganda seizes ivory, animal parts at border
on 2012/2/15 17:52:55
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AP
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Officials in Uganda say they have seized nearly 360 pounds (162 kilograms) of ivory and other animal parts and products that were being smuggled in and out of the country.
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