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Thursday Dec 31 | IRIN News

MALI: Capillary wires take on counterfeit medicines

GENEVA/BAMAKO, 31 December 2009 - Swiss researchers are introducing in Mali a technology to analyse medicines for substandard ingredients more rapidly and cheaply than current methods allow.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, Medicine, Health, Tuberculosis, Malaria, HIV/AIDS

Wed Dec 30, 2009

Independent Online

Hostage held by al-Qaeda in Mali is sick

Bamako, Mali - A Spaniard who is one of six hostages believed to be held by the North African branch of Al-Qaeda is unwell, a diplomatic source said in Mali on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali

Tue Dec 29, 2009

AlertNet

The paradox of plenty in Mali

Sikasso is one of Mali's most fertile regions but malnutrition is a leading cause of under-five deaths in the region, according to health officials.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, Agriculture, Science, Life, Food, Nutrition, Fruits

Mon Dec 28, 2009

Inter Press Service

MALI: Mobilising in Defence of Migrants

The number of migrants being deported and returned to Mali is increasing. Civil society has mobilised to support the returnees.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali,

Sun Dec 27, 2009

The Peninsula

Mali progressing in talks to free hostages

BAMAKO: Malian authorities are making progress in negotiations with Al Qaeda gunmen holding three Spaniards and a Frenchman hostage, a source close to the talks said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Africa, Mali, World News

Sat Dec 26, 2009

Walta Information Centre

Mali lays foundation stone for new high-tech industrial zone

December 26, 2009 -- The Malian government on Friday launched construction works to build a new 241 hectare- high-tech industrial zone for industrial and commercial development in the suburbs of Segou, a town located at 240 km north-east of Bamako.

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Related Topix: Africa, Mali, World News,

Thu Dec 24, 2009

Prensa Latina

400 Thousdand African Children Are Born with AIDS

Bamako, Dec 17 According to humanitarian organizations 400 thousand African chidren are born every year with Acquired Inmune Deficiency Syndrome .

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Mali, World News

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Pretoria News

Spain takes in first albino refugee

Madrid - Spain has granted asylum to an African albino for the first time after a 22-year-old Malian claimed he was persecuted by witchdoctor kidnappers in his home country, reports said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Spain, World News, Africa, Mali

Sun Dec 20, 2009

Trinidad & Tobago Express

From Trinidad to Timbuktu A journey to the land of our forefathers -- ...

Joannah Bharose writes from her first journey to Africa, the land of our forefathers, where it all began.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Africa, Mali, Mali Travel

Fri Dec 18, 2009

IRIN News

MALI: Professionalizing health volunteers

MOPTI, 18 December 2009 - Even the most altruistic, engaged community health worker is likely to quit when he or she finds a paid job, according to the Malian federation of community health associations.

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Related Topix: Africa, Mali, World News

Thu Dec 17, 2009

IRIN News

MALI: Missing egg in food security basket

BAMAKO, 17 December 2009 - Mali had some 30 million chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and turkeys in 2005, but not enough protein-rich poultry products are consumed locally, according to the government and nutritionists.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, Life, Food, Nutrition, Agriculture, Science

Tue Dec 15, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

World Travel Watch

FBI agents investigating two Chicago men said to be involved in planning the Mumbai attacks recently flew to India to share intelligence with security officials.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Terrorism, Africa, Mali,

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Burlington Times News

'Buffet Hotel' should please Parrotheads

I should probably offer a disclaimer to go along with this review, since I have been a Parrothead for 20 years.

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Related Topix: World News, Mali, Africa

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Panapress

Health

The Malian Health ministry on Wednesday installed two ther mal infrared cameras at the arrival hall of the Bamako international airport to d etect people with the A H1N1 flu.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Saudi Arabia, Medicine, Malaria, The Gambia,

Wed Dec 09, 2009

WorldTravelWatch.com

Mali: Risk of Kidnapping for Westerners Is Critical in Timbuktu, Elsewhere

The U.S. Embassy in Bamako issued a warning urging Americans a oein the very strongest termsa to avoid travel to the regions of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu, and if present, to a oeleave immediatelya because of the critical risk of kidnapping.

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Related Topix: Africa, Mali, World News, Travel

Mon Dec 07, 2009

LiveDaily

New Releases, Dec. 8: Jimmy Buffett, Snoop Dogg, Thirty Seconds to Mars

Mr. "Margaritaville" doesn't have any more tour dates lined up this year, but his loyal legion of fans still have something to look forward to this holiday season: a brand new record.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Metro

Thu Dec 03, 2009

All About Jazz

Various Artists: Jazz Around The World

Putumayo World Music Putumayo World Music is a unique record label. It is a label of "various artists" projects, but what sets it apart from other labels that produce compilations of music is that Putumayo compilations are well off even the road less travelled.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Kora, World News, Mali, Africa

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Independent Online

Wreckage of alleged drug plane found in Mali

Bamako - Authorities in Mali arrested three people for dismantling the wreck of a plane thought to have been used to smuggle cocaine from Venezuela, a Malian source close to the inquiry said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, World News, Africa, Mali,

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Stars and Stripes

9 injured as military plane makes emergency landing in Mali

A military aircraft carrying U.S. Africa Command personnel was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday in Mali, causing non-life-threatening injuries to the nine people aboard the cargo plane, AFRICOM reported Friday.

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Related Topix: Africa, Mali, World News, Travel, Mali Travel

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Independent Online

US plane 'in difficulty' lands in Mali

A US aircraft that was in trouble had made a "difficult landing" in Mali, causing slight injuries among some people aboard, the US embassy in the west African country said on Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, Travel, Mali Travel

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