Read more Congo stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32105/congo.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71352/a-few-other-nobel-candidates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama himself said he was not sure he deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Weekly Standard seems to agree. Mary Katherine Ham invites you to consider some of the luminaries who were passed over: Sima Samar: A Afghan women’s rights activist who kept her schools—the...http://www.newser.com/story/71352/a-few-other-nobel-candidates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 14:22:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70481/mountain-gorillas-take-fight-to-survive-online.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot only can your online buddies be any age and in any location, they don't even have to be your species. Tech-savvy advocates of the endangered mountain gorilla are about to launch an umbrella site, friendagorilla.org, that will feature videos, social networking, and blogs—by park rangers, not gorillas....http://www.newser.com/story/70481/mountain-gorillas-take-fight-to-survive-online.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 18:37:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66948/clinton-leaves-africa-more-committed-than-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton ended her African tour today on a note of optimism colored by disdain, the New York Times reports. The secretary of state visited seven nations over 11 days and made her final remarks on the Cape Verde islands off the coast. “I leave Africa after this remarkable trip...http://www.newser.com/story/66948/clinton-leaves-africa-more-committed-than-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 15:14:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66806/its-time-to-start-taking-hillary-seriously.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton’s trip to Congo was meant to help fulfill a promise to focus on women’s issues, but it seems to have turned on one woman's issues. Though “there could have been no more dramatic setting,” writes Judith Warner in the New York Times , “back home, all anyone could talk...http://www.newser.com/story/66806/its-time-to-start-taking-hillary-seriously.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 8:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66619/clinton-challenges-congo-to-stop-sexual-violence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton traveled to war-ravaged eastern Congo today, where the nation's top diplomat demanded an end to the sexual violence that has claimed at least 200,000 victims. Clinton came to Goma aboard a UN plane over the objections of some top aides who were concerned about security and logistics...http://www.newser.com/story/66619/clinton-challenges-congo-to-stop-sexual-violence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 6:51:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66581/hillary-im-secretary-of-state-not-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA visibly annoyed Hillary Clinton bristled today when—as she heard it—a Congolese university student asked what her husband thought about an international financial matter, the AP reports. "My husband is not secretary of state, I am," she snapped. "If you want my opinion, I will tell you my...http://www.newser.com/story/66581/hillary-im-secretary-of-state-not-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 19:31:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66130/congos-new-horror-men-raping-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of thousands of women have been sexually assaulted in the ongoing war in eastern Congo, but suddenly, the region is seeing a sharp increase in rapes of men. More than 10% of the victims of sexual violence in the region are male, and victims are often ostracized by their...http://www.newser.com/story/66130/congos-new-horror-men-raping-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 6:22:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60312/congo-battles-gorilla-pet-trade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConservationists trying to save the Republic of Congo's gorillas are fighting to protect the primates from poachers and the pet trade, the Daily Telegraph reports. One foundation, which warns that the gorilla population will be half what it is now by 2020 at the current rate of extermination, has founded...http://www.newser.com/story/60312/congo-battles-gorilla-pet-trade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 8:19:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52297/the-church-wants-u-2-give-up-txting-4-lent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you’re still deciding what to give up for Lent, the Catholic Church has a suggestion: How about Facebook? A handful of Italian dioceses have begun a "stop texting" campaign, the Times reports, urging young people to give up text messaging, Facebook, video games, and other such newfangled activities until...http://www.newser.com/story/52297/the-church-wants-u-2-give-up-txting-4-lent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 13:13:05 CST