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  1. UN seeks $7.1 billion for emergency relief in 2010Read the original story

    40 min ago | Calgary Herald

    The United Nations called on richer governments on Monday to provide a total of $7.1 billion in 2010 to fund urgent humanitarian assistance for 48 million people in 25 countries.

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  2. Insider column - Jamie FreedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Age

    The competition regulator has blocked Caltex Australiaa s proposed $300 million acquisition of ExxonMobila s Australian petrol stations today after months of deliberations.

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    Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, Brisbane, Australia, Queensland, Australia

  3. AfricaRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Guardian Newspapers

    Tanzania demands UN apology over claims on Rwandan rebels -011209 D AR ES SALAAM has demanded an apology from the United Nations over allegations that it supplied arms to ethnic Hutu rebels operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo .

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  4. Thousands flee Congo violenceRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Independent Online

    Kinshasa - More than 92 000 people have fled sectarian violence that erupted in October in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: World News, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Africa, Pool, Congo, Congo, Brazzaville, Congo

  5. AgricultureRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Panapress

    African swine plague killed over 100,000 pigs over the last three years in Togo, according to statistics released by Narcisse Litaaba-A kila, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing Mr.

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, Togo, Africa, Golfe, Togo, Lome, Togo, Uganda, Burundi, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  6. Agency provides update on poverty relief workRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Nipawin Journal

    ... their involvement with Bridges of Hope. Sammy Golom spoke about his trip in February to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a team that provided training to people about their child sponsorship program with will be extended to the ...

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    Related Topix: Haut-Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Alberta, Democratic Republic of the Congo , North America, Canada, Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Alberta, Agriculture, Science

  7. African refugees find common ground with enemies through dialogueRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Oregonlive.com

    ... when they met in Portland. She was a refugee from Rwanda. He had run for his life from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Actually, they didn't want to meet. A 15-year-old conflict that cost millions of lives in Africa still haunted them, even in ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Ethiopia, Africa, Congo, Oregon, Portland State University

  8. World AIDS Day: South Africa to treat all HIV childrenRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | Christian Science Monitor

    South African President Jacob Zuma, during his World AIDS Day speech, announced that South Africa would provide treatment for all HIV-positive children, a dramatic step forward for a country with the world's highest rate of people diagnosed as HIV positive.Mr. Zuma's pledge marks a departure from the policies of his predecessor, President Thabo ...

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    Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, World News, South Africa, Africa, Health, Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

  9. Zimbabwe's Monomotapa Trades Three Players To DRC Congo's TP MazembeRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Voice of America

    ZImbabwe's Monomotapa Football Club will reap a windfall from the trades to TP Mazembe ahead of the CAF Champions League Washington 01 December 2009 Football club TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed three players of Zimbabwe's Monomotapa Football Club, reinforcing its bench as it prepares to contest the FIFA World Club Cup in ...

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  10. South Africa loses its weekend readRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | TheNational

    JOHANNESBURG // The front page of a review section of South Africa's Weekender newspaper last month carried an interview with the Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame.

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    Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Journalism, Pretoria, South Africa

  11. CrisisWatch N 76, 1 December 2009Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | International Crisis Group

    Three actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in November 2009, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch , released today.

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    Related Topix: Ash Sharqiyah, Sudan, Sudan, Dukhan, Sudan, South America, Colombia, Hugo Chavez

  12. Former warlord Nkunda seeks releaseRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Independent Online

    Kigali - Lawyers for former Congolese warlord Laurent Nkunda said on Tuesday they had filed a motion in Rwanda's Supreme Court seeking his release from house arrest.

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    Related Topix: World News, Rwanda, Africa

  13. Caltex decision dueRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Sydney Morning Herald

    The competition regulator is due to hand down its decision on Caltex Australiaa s proposed $300 million acquisition of ExxonMobila s Australian petrol stations today after months of deliberations.

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    Related Topix: Australia, Oceania

  14. RBS: where the public money has goneRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The Ecologist

    Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments The full extent of unsustainable investments made by the Royal Bank of Scotland were revealed this week in a report published by a coalition of organisations .

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    Related Topix: Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Africa

  15. Looted wealth fuels Congo's conflictRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Tehran Times

    President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is no neutral observer when it comes to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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    Related Topix: World News, Rwanda, Africa, Paul Kagame, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  16. V-Day and Students Active for Ending Rape Launch Campus...Read the original story

    6 hrs ago | PRWeb

    New York, NY December 2, 2009 -- V-Day and Students Active for Ending Rape are proud to announce the launch of their joint "Campus Accountability Project: A Demand for Sexual Assault Policy Reform." For the past ten years, both V-Day and SAFER have been helping college and university students organize to fight sexual violence and challenge rape ...

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    Related Topix: Activism, PRWeb

  17. Smile Communications launches VoIP service in UgandaRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | ITworld

    December 1, 2009, 11:45 AM - Computerworld Uganda - Ugandans who do not own or cannot afford to purchase a telephone handset now have a low-cost alternative.

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    Related Topix: VoIP, Science / Technology, Uganda, Africa, WiMAX, South Africa, iPhone

  18. Tullow eyes $1.5bn bid for Ugandan fields$Read the original story

    14 hrs ago | Times Online

    Tullow Oil, the explorer, is "seriously considering" buying out Heritage Oil, its partner in two Ugandan fields, in a move that would scupper Heritage's $1.5 billion deal to sell its share of the sites to Italy's Eni.. Tullow and Heritage are equal partners in two exploration blocks in Uganda's Lake Albert rift basin, where they have made ...

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  19. UN seeks $7.1 billion for emergency relief in 2010Read the original story

    11 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

    The United Nations called on richer governments on Monday to provide a total of $7.1 billion in 2010 to fund urgent humanitarian assistance for 48 million people in 25 countries.

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  20. Rwanda: Another Color Added to Telecom RainbowRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    Barely a year after the relaunch of Rwandatel's mobile phone network and MTN's tenth anniversary, Tigo last week added its blue to an already colorful telecommunications landscape.

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, 9