Person: Hamadoun Toure

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Joanne’s robot to be put through its paces

A prototype robot being built for a Cork teenager born without limbs will be put through its paces by its makers on Friday.

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Joanne issues robot challenge during inspirational United Nations speech

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UN troops surround ‘last defenders’ of Ivory Coast leader

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I won election, says Ivory Coast's Gbagbo

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UN force refuses to leave

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UN forces fire on looting mobs in Congo

UN troops kill two as mob storms Congo base

UN troops shot and killed two protesters as angry mobs stormed their base in Congo’s capital Kinshasa today.

Thu, 03 Jun, 2004

No survivors from Congo plane crash

All 22 people aboard a Soviet-made plane were killed when it crashed in central Congo, a government spokesman said.

Sun, 30 Nov, 2003

Congo death toll climbs to 300

THE United Nations said yesterday it had found another 30 decomposing and mutilated bodies in the east Congo town of Bunia, bringing the death toll from days of fighting between tribal militias to more than 300.

Fri, 23 May, 2003

UN discovers 280 mutilated bodies

THE mutilated bodies of 280 people have been discovered in the town of Bunia in eastern Congo after days of fighting between tribal militias, a United Nations official said yesterday.

Thu, 22 May, 2003

UN observers 'savagely killed' in Congo

Two United Nations military observers who were missing for days in Congo’s troubled north-east have been “savagely killed,” a spokesman said today.

Mon, 19 May, 2003