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12 hrs ago | Voice of America

High Yellow Fever Risk Prompts Mass Vaccination in Sierra Leone

"Sierra Leone is one of the countries with the highest risk, Liberia and then Benin.

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Related Topix: Sierra Leone, Africa, World News, Cote d'Ivoire

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Independent Online

'Gbagbo has no mandate'

Abidjan - Ivory Coast's main opposition party demanded a fixed schedule for staging the presidential election on Sunday, the latest in a string of missed target dates for a poll that is now over four years late.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Laurent Gbagbo

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Globe and Mail

Ivory Coast's ecological disaster

Ivory Coast's ecological disaster AFP Video Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 11:45AM EST In August 2006, the Probo Koala ship, chartered by the oil-trading company Trafigura, dumped caustic soda and petroleum residues on trash dumps in Abidjan.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Crofsblogs.typepad.com

Ivory Coast: Ravens did not die from high path AI

Via Vetsweb: Ivory coast: ravens did not die from high path AI . Excerpt: In October, the ag authorities of Ivory coast reported that thirty wild white-necked ravens were found dead on a secondary school ground in Abidjan.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Bird Flu

Thu Nov 19, 2009

People's Daily Online

Cote d'Ivoire candidates seek votes despite election delay

Despite the postponement of the Nov. 29 presidential elections, Cote d'Ivoire's candidates have never stopped efforts to "fish for votes," local analysts say.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Africa, Laurent Gbagbo

NJ.com

State Police: Bronx man used Alexandria resident's credit card to book Africa flight

A Bronx man is sought in connection with the fraudulent use of a township resident's credit card.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Fides News

Africa/Ivory Coast - Clergy celebrates 75th anniversary and Saint Coeur de Marie Major Seminary ...

On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the National Day for Peace, in the presence of Cardinal Bernard Agre, and the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the Church of Ivory Coast has solemnly celebrated the 75th anniversary of the country's clergy and 50th anniversary of 'Saint Coeur de Marie' Major Seminary in Anyama The Holy Mass, during which 59 ...

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Religion, Episcopal Church

Sat Nov 14, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Africa: Cote d'Ivoire - UN Transports Voters Lists for Upcoming Poll

Africa : Cote d'Ivoire - UN Transports Voters Lists for Upcoming Poll 13 November 2009 13 November - The United Nations Operation in Cte d'Ivoire began transporting provisional voters lists to polling stations across the country in preparation for the upcoming presidential election.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Africa

Fri Nov 13, 2009

New York Times

Ivory Coast: Judge Rejects Request in Toxic Waste Case

About $45 million intended to compensate 30,000 victims of a toxic waste dumping scandal in Ivory Coast will not be diverted to a self-appointed community representative, a judge in Abidjan ruled Friday.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Wed Nov 11, 2009

KXMD-TV Williston

Ivory Coast election delayed by 2 months

ABIDJAN, Ivor9 Coas4 An Ivory Coast election official says this month's presidential vote will not occur as planned.

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Related Topix: Mandan, ND, Bismarck Metro, Bismarck, ND, Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Independent Online

Voter list delayed in Abidjan

By Loucoumane Coulibaly Abidjan - A final list of voters for Ivory Coast's election, meant to take place on November 29, will not be ready until the end of the year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, pointing to the scale of the latest of many delays.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Experts work to remove toxic waste in 2006

The lawyer for victims of the Trafigura toxic waste scandal says the money paid in compensation may disappear into the pockets of Ivory Coast's corrupt regime.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Alarm at toxic mine deal

AN AUSTRALIAN mining company caught up in war crimes allegations in Africa is about to sign off on a deal that will tie it to a British firm responsible for dumping toxic chemical waste that has killed or affected thousands of people.

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Related Topix: Congo, Africa, World News, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Independent Online

Ivory Coast election may be delayed

By Loucoumane Coulibaly Abidjan - A row over voter eligibility could further delay Ivory Coast's election by several months and analysts and diplomats say it may deepen a political crisis by playing into the hands of hardliners.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

New York Times

Payments in Ivoirian Toxic Dumping Case Disputed

Thousands of victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in years could lose their hard-won settlement thanks to maneuverings by a shadowy but "influential" figure in Ivory Coast , where the dumping occurred, the victims' lawyer said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, Nausea, Medicine, Health

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Yourish.com

French hypocrisy on war crimes

The U.K. and France are the latest countries to jump on the bandwagon to force Israel to investigate the accusations in the Goldstone report.

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Related Topix: France, Europe, World News, US Military, US Air Force, Cote d'Ivoire

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Atlantic Monthly

Ivory Coast = France = Japan, in language habits at lea

In this scene from Dan Chaon's very bleak but memorable unreliable-narrator / mistaken-identity novel Await Your Reply , a young American woman named Lucy goes into a hair salon in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The country is French speaking, and Lucy is apprehensive about communicating.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Independent Online

Abidjan polls in jeopardy, says Fologo

Abidjan - A close ally of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said on Wednesday that it was not possible to organise presidential elections by the scheduled date of November 29.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News

Aidsmap

Cost-effective ways to reduce loss to follow-up in ART programmes identified

Measures to reduce loss to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes such as abolishing user fees, paying transportation costs, providing meals and improving staff training would be cost-effective even if they prevented less than half of patients from failing to return to the clinic, according to projections based on data from Cote d'Ivoire.

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Related Topix: Cote d'Ivoire, World News, HIV/AIDS, Health

Mon Oct 26, 2009

4 Hoteliers

ITB Asia daily report ~ day 2.

Lufthansa builds its Asian profile, Indonesia goes for 'Affordable Luxury', Asia turning to 'Resilient' youth and educational travel, preserving brand integrity in a price-led market and more..... Lufthansa Builds its Asian Profile and Commits to FlyNet German flag carrier, Lufthansa marked a significant milestone.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Travel, Indonesia Travel, The Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Burundi, Africa

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