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In the News (Sat 25 May 13)

  
  Part I Fundamental Principles
The Republic of Angola shall be a democratic State based on the rule of law, national unity, the dignity of the individual, pluralism of expression and political organization, respecting and guaranteeing the basic rights and freedoms of persons, both as individuals and as members of organized social groups.
The President of the National Assembly's office as a member of parliament, and that of the deputy thereof, shall be automatically suspended for the duration of the interim powers of President of the Republic.
The President of the Republic shall be answerable to the ordinary courts after the end of his term of office for offenses unrelated to the discharge of his duties.
www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/angola.html   (10535 words)

  
 friendly dictators
President Carter tried to cut US ties to WACL, but Ronald Reagan received campaign funds from the group, and WACL became involved with training and supplying contras in Argentina and Taiwan.
President Reagan claimed Rios Montt was given "a bum rap" by human rights groups, and that he was cleaning up problems inherited from his predecessor, General Romeo Lucas Garcia.
Trujillo was finally assassinated by the CIA in 1961 after he attempted to have President Romulo Betancourt of Venezuela murdered because of his criticism of Trujillo's brutal regime.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html   (9246 words)

  
 Inene's Angola Homepage.
Angola is situated on the south of the Equator in the Western region of Southern Africa.
The location of Angola in the inter-tropical and sub-tropical region of the South hemisphere, the nearness to the sea, the cold stream of Benguela and the relief features are factors that determine and characterize two different regions concerning the climate.
The first was founder of the Angola Nation, Agostinho Neto; the second is Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the current President of Angola who became Head of State in 1979 being the youngest President in the continent.
members.tripod.com /inene/angola.htm   (2308 words)

  
 Constitutional Law Of The Republic Of Angola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The purpose of the changes is to establish clearly that Angola is a democratic State based on the rule of law and a model of State organization founded on the separation of functions and interdependence of sovereign bodies and on a semi-presidential system in which the President of the Republic has an active role.
The term of office of the President of the Republic incumbent on the date of publication of the present Law shall be deemed valid and extended until the swearing in of the President of the Republic elected in the presidential elections of 29 and 30 September 1992.
The President of the Republic shall not refuse to promulgate the Law Amending the Constitution of the Republic of Angola adopted in accordance with the first clause of the present article.
www.kituochakatiba.co.ug /angola.htm   (11636 words)

  
 Embassy of Angola UK - Press Office, Newsletter No. 81 - January 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Presidents of Angola and Namibia, José Eduardo dos Santos and Sam Nujoma, discussed bilateral relations and the conflict in DR Congo during a brief visit to Angola by the Namibian leader on 27 January.
President Joseph Kabila of DR Congo visited Angola on 11 January and left the same day after a private meeting at which President José Eduardo dos Santos briefed him on his meetings aimed at promoting peace in Congo.
The two presidents, in a joint communiqué, 'noted with satisfaction the progress so far made in preparing for inter-Congolese dialogue' and called on all concerned to show greater commitment to the rapid and full implementation of the Lusaka ceasefire.
www.angola.org.uk /newsletter81.htm   (5108 words)

  
 AngolaNews
The two leading parties of Angola, the MPLA (The current presidents party) and Unita (the rebel forces lead by Jonas Savimbi), appear ready for peace talks to end their almost 30-year civil war.
The senior government of Luanda, the capital city of Angola, have declared that the military rebel forces of UNITA are weakened after the Angolan military had several successful battles.
Angola is one of the main producers of oil in Africa.
www.mtholyoke.edu /~lrdasilv/AngolaNews.html   (2973 words)

  
 United States presidents and their advisers killer file
This is a compilation of actions by presidents of the United States, and their advisers, that affected other individuals and countries featured on this website.
President Bush advocates preemptive, unilateral action and receives backing from Britain and Australia, which indicate that they would be prepared to participate in any renewed conflict.
On 12 September President Bush takes his case to the UN Security Council, calling for a tough new resolution demanding that Iraq disclose and remove all weapons of mass destruction, end support for terrorism, and cease the persecution of its population.
www.moreorless.au.com /killers/us-presidents.html   (10374 words)

  
 Angola Constitution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
(1) The President of the Republic shall be elected by universal, direct, equal, secret and periodic suffrage by citizens resident in the national territory, in accordance with the law.
(2) The President of the National Assembly's office as a member of parliament, and that of the deputy thereof, shall be automatically suspended for the duration of the interim powers of President of the Republic.
(4) The President of the Republic shall be answerable to the ordinary courts after the end of his term of office for offenses unrelated to the discharge of his duties.
www.venuspark.org /angola_constitution.htm   (11023 words)

  
 Koranteng's Toli: Angola
Dig: Laurent Desiré Kabila, installed as President of Congo by Rwanda and Uganda in 1997, was murdered by his bodyguard 3 days after the inauguration of the 43rd American president in 2001.
At the same time, he was a consequence of Angola's place in the Cold War jigsaw, and the speed at which the Angolan anti-colonial struggle became an internationalised civil war fought by large numbers of non-nationals.
Angola used to be a slave plantation but it is now a maximum security prison.
koranteng.blogspot.com /2006/04/angola.html   (5406 words)

  
 President of Angola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The President is both head of state and head of government in Angola.
While the President does appoint a Prime Minister, executive authority usually belongs to the President.
Agostinho Neto held the position when his Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won control of the country from the Portuguese.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Angola   (215 words)

  
 REPORT OF THE PANEL OF EXPERTS ON VIOLATIONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS AGAINST UNITA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Those implicated include the former President of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko; the former President of the Republic of the Congo, Pascal Lissouba; and the former Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, Gen. Joachim Yhombi Opango; and the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré.
Savimbi's children in Togo were likewise directly under the protection of the President and the presidential guard, and when they wanted to travel they were required to inform the head of the presidential security forces in advance.
Recommendation 26 In cooperation with the Government of Angola, the list of UNITA's senior officials and adult members of their immediate family, subject to such travel restrictions should be updated and corrected as a matter of urgency.
www.un.org /News/dh/latest/angolareport_eng.htm   (18774 words)

  
 New presidents take over Indiana colleges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There's a changing of the guard at six Indiana colleges, where new presidents have begun the school year busily acquainting themselves with students, faculty and donors.
The sole exception is interim Butler President Gwen A. Fountain, who was appointed in April as the school's first female leader in its 145-year history.
The two other new presidents are David J. Gyertson, 53, who took over at Christian-based Taylor University; and Earl D. Brooks II, 44, the new head of Tri-State University in Angola.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/09/11/loc_new_presidents_take.html   (257 words)

  
 The worst genocides of the 20th Century
The arrest of Pinochet in 2000 brings up the issue of which other leaders should be or should have been tried for atrocities committed during their rule.
Here is a tentative list of modern dictators (and assorted mass murderers) and the estimated number of people killed by their orders (excluding armies they were formally at war with).
When American presidents decided to bomb the rice fields in North Vietnam, knowing that they would only kill women and children, those are counted as genocide.
www.scaruffi.com /politics/dictat.html   (916 words)

  
 Rwandan Politics
The documents listed concentrate on the issue of the illegal diamond trade from Angola and from Sierra Leone.
An older report is Angola, A Case Study of Aggression, Avarice and Anguish, by Hussein Solomon.
Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative.
www.empereur.com /nations/angola/angolainfo.html   (5041 words)

  
 List of Sponsors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Previously, the contract also included students from Angola.
The Bolashak Program is a scholarship program funded by the Kazakhstan Government and is currently one of the leading sponsored student programs in Texas AandM University.
Some of the monies raised by their efforts have been directed to the Fulbright Program to enable approximately 70 students over the next three years to study at Texas AandM or the University of Arkansas.
international.tamu.edu /ssp/listOfSponsors.html   (286 words)

  
 Angola
Met with President dos Santos and visited UN military observers.
Met with President dos Santos and attended a meeting of the Joint Commission for the Implementation of the Lusaka Protocols.
External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/trvl/12825.htm   (117 words)

  
 Angola
Lizards and Bullets Extracts from a report recounting the proceedings of a rogues' gallery operating alternatively in the US and Africa.
Item: There was an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Angola in April 2005.
To those who've gone before - Major Nicholson, Eleni, the heroes at the Lomba River - and to the living as well - Andrei Sakharov, Lech Walesa, Adolfo Calero, Jonas Savimbi - their hopes reside in us as ours do in them."
home.comcast.net /~amaah/writings/angola.html   (4873 words)

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