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53 min ago | WebWire

New Authentic African Art For Sale At Acacia Wood Carvings

Acacia Wood Carvings just added a new line of authentic African art to their online store, from unique and old African masks to African statues that were used in actual tribal ceremonies, their online store is now the most diverse African art store on the internet.

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4 hrs ago | Stock Market Review

NHS Health Solutions, Inc. Subsidiary Mineseeker Signs MOU

NHS Health Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited , a British Virgin Islands corporation, has formally engaged with a South African company to deploy Mineseeker technology, MIR , across the Southern African Development Community .

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10 hrs ago | The Collegian

Student raises money for wells by selling water bottles

Allie Ware has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and endured African summer heat, but these weren't her most influential memories of her trip to Tanzania.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Tanzania, Boston College, Tribal

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Art Daily

AOA New York 2012 Tribal Art Fair attracts world's leading specialists

Alaska on Madison showing spectacularly refined c1870 carved wood and abalone Tsimshian Frontlet 7 x 6.5 inches NW coast Alaska.

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Harowo.com

Draft Italian "Food for Thoughts" to end the Somali Transition

Somalia has been a "collapsed state" since 1991. The instability that it harbors not only threatens the lives and livelihoods of its own people but endangers international security.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, Somalia, World News, Africa, Tribal, Famine, Natural Disasters

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Tajikistan News.Net

Central African rainforests disappearred from climate change

Climate change combined with human activity caused the disappearance of tropical rainforests in central Africa 3,000 years ago, a study has found.

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Related Topix: Tribal, Energy, Oil & Gas, Miller Exploration

Yemen Observer

Female genital circumcision still on the rise in Yemen

Female genital mutilation/cutting refers to several different harmful practices involving the cutting of the female genitals.

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Related Topix: World News, Yemen, Middle East, Tribal

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Harowo.com

Somaliland: Obsession With Recognition is Diverting Attention From Real Progress.

Not a week goes by that I do not read something about Somaliland recognition. It has become an incurable obsession for most from this self declared independent State who believe in its release from the violent marriage they were tricked into after independence in 1960.A Perhaps they are right in that they have met all the international requirements ... (more)

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In-depth Africa

The myth of South Sudan

Lack of unity is South Sudan's most profound crisis, one that underlies the country's economic and political woes.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, South Sudan, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Tribal

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Trend Hunter Magazine

Dark Saharan Shoots - The Josefine Nielsen Dansk SS12 Editorial is...

Tribal, saharan themes are often colorful and exotic; the Josefine Nielsen Dansk SS12 editorial may focus on this theme, but in a darker and more futuristic way.

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American Reporter

Market MoverOBAMA, You're Losing Me

Dear Sen.Obama: Thanks for repudiating Gen. Wesley Clark's stupid comments regarding John McCain's military service and preparedness to be Commander in Chief.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Tribal, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

News24

Squatters invade land while claim drags on

The story of earth and life Southern Africa is without equal in terms of geology, a treasure trove of valuable minerals with a... Now R234.95 buy now Hazyview - A protracted land claim involving two tribal authorities in Mpumalanga has resulted in an invasion by squatters.

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Related Topix: Tribal, Geology, Science

American Reporter

On Native GroundTHE Nexus of Climate Change and War

There is virtually no doubt that global warming exists. Aside from a few cranks and those heavily invested in the fossil fuel industry, the scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate is changing, and changing faster than ever before.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Brattleboro, VT, Tribal, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Wed Feb 08, 2012

News24

Millions still risk hunger in South Sudan

Reef Fishes and Corals: East Coast of Southern Africa This colourful guide contains concise information on 234 reef fish and 36 coral species found along... Now R153.95 buy now Rome - Conflict, population displacement and high food prices mean millions of people in South Sudan face hunger this year, two UN food agencies said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, South Sudan, Tribal, Agriculture, Science

Tajikistan News.Net

McDonald's Sales Rise as US Offsets a Weak Europe

The world's biggest hamburger chain's strongest January results were in the U.S., as revenue in restaurants open at least 13 months rose 7.8 percent there.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Hamburger, Tribal

The Toronto Star

120 killed in Yemen in Arab Spring protest: Reports

Yemen's president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters last year that killed at least 120 people just in one city, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Wednesday.

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Gretna Breeze

Oscar-nominated short films favorite part of season

One of my favorite parts of Oscar season is the treat of watching the short films nominated for an Academy Award.

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OfficialWire

South Africa's Close Ties To Iran Under Scrutiny

Pakistan's nuclear weapons renegade, who sold nuclear secrets to America's enemies and spent the best part of the last decade under house arrest, is still Pakistan's most popular man.

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Related Topix: Tribal, Prison, World News, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan

Tue Feb 07, 2012

OfficialWire

IRW-Press: Safari Minerals Inc.: Safari Minerals Provides Company Update

Safari Minerals Provides Company Update Fundamentals of the company strong Toronto, Ontario, Canada /February 7, 2012 - Safari Minerals Inc.

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Alton Telegraph

Traveling pastor

The Rev. Michael D. Stark is the new pastor at First Baptist Church of Roxana. He and his wife traveled throughout Africa while he was serving as a missionary appointee.

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