New Term for Sri Lankan President; Cash for Taliban?

New Term for Sri Lankan President; Cash for Taliban?

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 27, 2010) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has won another term in office, although his main rival contests the results. In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai is looking to offer cash and job incentives to Taliban fighters in an effort to persuade them to change sides. Officials from around the globe are meeting in London to discuss ways to strengthen the Yemeni government, and to tackle Yemen's threat to security worldwide. In South Africa, an influx of children crossing the border from Zimbabwe has troubled human rights organizations.

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