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  1. Starvation grips Angolan rebel area: Fighting around Huambo destroys crops and hampers aid effortsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Independent

    ... is repeated in hundreds of homes in villages and neighbourhoods around the central highlands city of Huambo, where Angola's renewed civil war and drought last year have brought severe food shortages to a region once regarded as the country's ...

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    Related Topix: Huambo, Angola, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  2. Nations Cup: Ita s your lifetime chance, Aminu tells AmoduRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Vanguard

    ... year's African Cup of Nations. With the biggest soccer tournament on the continent starting on January 10 in Luanda, Angola, the Super Eagles are in a race against time to present a crack team for the nearly month-long soccer feast, which they would ...

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  3. Correa says Ecuador oil output to rise in 2010, ending declinesRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Tehran Times

    ... OPEC will have its final meeting of 2009 on Dec. 22 in the Angolan capital Luanda. OPECa s 12 members are Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Ecuador introduced ...

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    Related Topix: Rafael Correa

  4. ANGOLA: HIV-positive couple live happily ever afterRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | PlusNews.org

    ... n once; we're all at risk of catching HIV." He was also keen to emphasise that a greater availability of treatment in Angola means the virus is no longer a death sentence.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola, HIV/AIDS, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

  5. Genealogy magazine takes on geneticsRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Bangor Daily News

    ... ancestry. Her results revealed a "close" match to Ethiopia, but not exact, as well as exact matches for Cabinda in Angola, Sukuma in Tanzania and Mozambique Bantu. Bantu covers approximately 400 ethnic groups. If you have an interest in ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

  6. Standard Bank gets go-ahead to operate in AngolaRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Business Report

    Angola has given the go-ahead for Standard Bank, Africa's biggest bank by assets, to start operating in the oil-producing nation as a full-service bank, according to a statement by the Council of Ministers.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, South Africa, Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola

  7. AFRICA/ANGOLA - Newly-elected President of Angolan Bishops' Conference says "politicians are ...Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Fides News

    ... says Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingue, Archbishop of Lubango and newly elected President of CEAST (Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome), in his first statement as President of CEAST. In his speech, Bishop Mbilingue expressed the deep concern of ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Lubango, Angola, Huila, Angola, Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola

  8. Big game hunter- United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has title rivals in his sightsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Football.co.uk

    ... as December 27. Ghana have declared their intention to embark on a two-week training camp ahead of the tournament in Angola, putting them on a collision course with Chelsea over holding midfielder Essien. EnlargeA President of the Ghanaian FA Kwesi ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, World Soccer, More Sports, Chelsea, Arsenal, Ivory Coast

  9. SportsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Panapress

    ... as its camp site for the natio nal football team, the Super Eagles, ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials said Wednesday. Sfax, Tunisia (PANA) - Le Club Sportif Sfaxien (CSS) of Tunisia has ...

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  10. Angola introduces taxis for soccer tournament

    Thursday Nov 26 | The Independent

    Tour operators on Wednesday welcomed plans for war-battered Angola's first regulated taxi service to be introduced next month ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Angola Travel, World News, Africa, Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola, Lubango, Angola, Benguela, Angola, Huila, Angola

  11. 15:15 Angola Reduces Violen...

    Thursday Nov 26 | Prensa Latina

    Luanda, Nov 26 Women''s rights organizations denounced here Thursday that there are about 5,000 cases of gender-based violence so far this year, about 3,700 more than in 2008.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola

  12. African Cup of Nations: Cameroon to play in Group DRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | CRTV

    The draws for the 27th edition of the African Cup of Nations tournament to take place in Angola 2010 has been made.

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  13. Profile: Hifikepunye PohambaRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 26 | BBC

    ... spending two years under house arrest in Owamboland, in the north of the country. He then left home to set up Swapo's Angola office. It was on returning from Luanda that he met President Sam Nujoma. Until the 1990s, Mr Pohamba represented Swapo ...

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    Related Topix: Namibia, World News, Africa, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

  14. OPEC likely to maintain output level: AlgeriaRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Daily Times

    ALGIERS: The OPEC oil exporting group is likely to maintain its production levels when cartel ministers meet in Luanda, Angola December 22, the Algerian energy minister said on Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: World News, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola

  15. Oil prices surge on signs of US demandRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Channelnewsasia.com

    ... energy minister who said OPEC was likely to maintain its production levels when cartel ministers meet in Luanda, Angola, on December 22. "We are going to keep the same output level until we have a clearer vision of the world economic situation," ...

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    Related Topix: World News, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

  16. More...Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Panapress

    ... on Wednesday started a flight linking the Comoran capital, Moroni, to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. 18/11/2009 Angola-bound cargo plane crashes in Windhoek, kills 3 An Angola-bound light cargo plane crashed shortly aft er takeoff from Namibiaa's Eros ...

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    Related Topix: Nigeria, World News, Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya, Comoros

  17. Nigeria bad omen for Egypt a " KaluRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Vanguard

    It was a champagne party for Pillar of Sports,A Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, following Nigeriaa s grouping alongside Egypt in Angola 2010 Nations Cup.

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    Related Topix: Egypt, FIFA Soccer

  18. AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Africa Cup 2010 should be an opportunity for dialogue and friendship," Bishops ...

    Monday Nov 23 | Fides News

    'The Africa Cup for soccer is an opportunity to strengthen dialogue between people of different cultures, to increase esteem and respect for each other and build a friendship that goes beyond all barriers of race, culture or politics.' This is what the Bishops of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe say in a pastoral statement issued after their 2nd ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Sao Tome and Principe, Luanda, Angola, Bengo, Angola

  19. Global oil demand picking up -- studyRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | UPI

    ... upset the balance and force changes in current prognoses. OPEC oil ministers are scheduled to meet Dec. 22 in Luanda, Angola, but are not expected to decide whether to increase or reduce supply, CGES said. "The global economic recovery, though ...

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    Related Topix: World News, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

  20. More...Read the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Panapress

    ... on Wednesday started a flight linking the Comoran capital, Moroni, to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. 18/11/2009 Angola-bound cargo plane crashes in Windhoek, kills 3 An Angola-bound light cargo plane crashed shortly aft er takeoff from Namibiaa's Eros ...

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    Related Topix: Nigeria, World News, Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya, Comoros