International Business News - SEN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The torture of prisoners including al-Qaida suspects has increased under the military junta that rules Mauritania, where security forces routinely abuse detainees with electric shocks, burnings, beatings and sexual violence, an international rights group said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/amnesty-intl-says-torture-on-rise-in-mauritania.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:38:52 EST Rebels in Congo have pulled out of a town on the Ugandan border they captured in fighting that forced 10,000 people to flee, the U.N. and a spokesman for the insurgents said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/congo-rebels-say-pulled-out-of-eastern-town.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:09:34 EST Britain will start next year to clear land mines left by Argentina on the Falkland Islands, a British ambassador said Friday. Ambassador John Duncan said Britain committed to a U.N. conference on the treaty banning the weapons that it will begin the clearing of the estimated 16,000 mines left on the islands. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/britain-to-start-clearing-mines-on-falklands.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:18:02 EST Authorities on Monday interrogated six soldiers suspected of taking part in an attempted coup, a day after armed men busted into the president's home and sprayed it with bullets. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181254-addition-guinea-bissau-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/6-guinea-bissau-troops-arrested-in-attempted-coup.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/6-guinea-bissau-troops-arrested-in-attempted-coup.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:34:25 EST Two Nigerian singers won top awards Saturday as MTV held its first-ever music award program for Africa, with acts from across the world's poorest continent being nominated for prizes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180647-nigeria-african-music-awards.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081123/mtv-holds-its-first-african-music-awards.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081123/mtv-holds-its-first-african-music-awards.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:30:58 EST The president of Guinea-Bissau reassured the West African nation from his bullet-scarred home after mutinous soldiers fought their way into the residence on Sunday in a three-hour gunbattle with his guards. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180863-addition-guinea-bissau-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081123/guinea-bissau-presidents-home-attacked-by-gunmen.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081123/guinea-bissau-presidents-home-attacked-by-gunmen.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:06:53 EST MTV launched its first-ever music award program for Africa on Saturday, with acts from across the world's poorest continent nominated for prizes in the Nigerian capital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/mtv-launches-african-music-awards.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:09:10 EST Looting soldiers tried to rape one woman and fatally shot another at a refugee camp, witnesses said Friday, as the United Nations prepared to send more peacekeepers to help protect traumatized civilians in eastern Congo. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/179575-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/un-expects-new-peacekeepers-in-congo-in-weeks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/un-expects-new-peacekeepers-in-congo-in-weeks.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:40:39 EST The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed Thursday to send 3,100 more peacekeeping troops to Congo, while rebels said they remained committed to a pullback from the front lines despite an army attack. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178624-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/rebels-no-clashes-after-fighters-pull-back.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/rebels-no-clashes-after-fighters-pull-back.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:52 EST President-elect Barack Obama called U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and four foreign leaders Wednesday to respond to their congratulatory calls after his election victory. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/obama-returns-calls-to-global-leaders.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:32:43 EST An expanded marketing alliance Delta Air Lines Inc. has reached with Alaska Air Group Inc. will help feed passengers to support new international routes Delta plans to launch next year, the carriers said Monday. Delta's chief, meanwhile, said the two carriers have not had any discussions about a combination. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/delta-alaska-air-alliance-to-aid-intl-service.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:32:16 EST Fresh off its acquisition of Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest carrier, said Wednesday it plans to add 15 new international routes starting next spring, though it's unclear whether that will mean another year of big capacity growth outside the U.S. as the carrier will cut frequencies on other routes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173547-delta-international-routes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/delta-to-launch-new-international-routes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/delta-to-launch-new-international-routes.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:39:53 EST Fresh off its acquisition of Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest carrier, said Wednesday it plans to add 15 new international routes starting next spring, though it's unclear whether that will mean another year of big capacity growth outside the U.S. as the carrier will cut frequencies on other routes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/delta-to-launch-new-international-routes.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:01:27 EST Newsstands from Seattle to New York quickly sold out of Wednesday's papers declaring Barack Obama the nation's first black president as some jubilant customers picked up two, three or even 30 copies as keepsakes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/169015-obama-america-reacts.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/papers-sell-out-as-readers-seek-obama-keepsakes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/papers-sell-out-as-readers-seek-obama-keepsakes.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:44:56 EST Congo's warring rivals traded accusations Tuesday that Angola, Zimbabwe and Rwanda are mobilizing forces to fight in Congo, as the prime minister flew into this besieged city to assess weeks of fighting that has displaced a quarter million people. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/167309-aptopix-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/congo-rebels-accuse-angola-zimbabwe.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/congo-rebels-accuse-angola-zimbabwe.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:16:39 EST U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday the leaders of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to meet him very soon to help resolve the rebel-sparked conflict in eastern Congo along the Rwandan border. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/166336-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/un-to-meet-congo-rwanda-leaders-on-congo-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/un-to-meet-congo-rwanda-leaders-on-congo-crisis.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:30:46 EST Where is Europe's Barack Obama? Not only are droves of Europeans hoping for a victory by the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, many are asking when France, Germany or Britain will get a chance to cast a ballot for a leader from their own burgeoning minorities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/europe-has-a-long-wait-for-its-obama.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:19:07 EST Where is Europe's Barack Obama? Not only are droves of Europeans hoping for a victory by the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, many are asking when France, Germany or Britain will get a chance to cast a ballot for a leader from their own burgeoning minorities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081101/europe-has-a-long-wait-for-its-obama.htm Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:24:36 EDT A Cameroon militia group took 10 mostly foreign oil workers hostage Friday off this West African nation's coast, and threatened to kill the captives if demands for autonomy talks with the government are not met. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/pirates-seize-10-hostages-off-cameroon.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:29 EDT The U.S. Peace Corps is returning to war-ravaged Liberia next week for the first time since brutal fighting erupted there two decades ago. Peace Corps director Ronald Tschetter says the 12 new volunteers who arrive Monday will focus on rebuilding the West African nation's shattered education system. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/us-peace-corps-returns-to-liberia-next-week.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:29:14 EDT