News Topic - Sierra Leone http://www.news-spider.com/topics/s/Sierra_Leone/index.html Latest news about Sierra Leone from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:06:44 GMT Cluster bomb treaty: Signing begins to bring ban on production http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1228314239 Governments from around the world today began signing an international convention banning the production of cluster bombs – unexploded canisters that have killed and maimed thousands of civilians and ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1228314239 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 13:06:58 GMT 100 countries join clamour for global bomb ban http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1228269276 More than 100 governments, with some notable exceptions, will sign an international convention today banning the production of cluster bombs whose unexploded canisters have killed and maimed thousands ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1228269276 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:36:53 GMT Sierra Leone navy battles pirates http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227867459 Four men are killed after Sierra Leone's navy acts against a pirate attack on a Chinese fishing vessel, police say. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227867459 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:57:36 GMT Sierra Leone Police Confirm Pirate Attack on a Chinese Fishing Vessel http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227850002 Francis Munu, assistant inspector general of police for crime services says four of eight pirates were killed and that some of them were Guinean nationals http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227850002 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:40:43 GMT Sierra Leone Pirates Attack Chinese Vessel http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227804654 Sierra Leone police say pirates attacked a Chinese fishing vessel in a rare attack off West Africa that ended with four suspects dead. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227804654 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:38:00 GMT Pirates attack Chinese vessel http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227805278 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Pirates attacked a Chinese fishing vessel in a rare attack off West Africa, officials said Thursday. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227805278 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT Unicef's lifesaving drugs donated by West resold by government in Sierra Leone http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227540097 Lifesaving drugs for children paid for by western aid are being stolen and resold by government officials and hospital employees on an industrial scale it has been alleged. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227540097 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:22:47 GMT Mexivada forms Sierra Leone subsidiary; Company update http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227195421 Read full story for latest details. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1227195421 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:58 GMT 'Boy soldier' describes his journey http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1226569615 Ishmael Beah was 13 when he learned to fire an AK-47. It was 1993, and Sierra Leone was caught in a brutal civil war, where there was one motto to live by: Kill or die. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1226569615 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:01:00 GMT Sierra Leone: Collecting Health Data In Areas With No Power Supply http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1226510243 Information scientists have refused to become disheartened by illiteracy and the lack of power supply in rural Africa. They have produced a health information system that enables the authorities and t ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1226510243 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT