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  1. Media Advisory: Governor General Welcomes His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of LesothoRead the original story

    Friday | Market Wire

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will welcome His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho during his visit to Canada.

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    Related Topix: Africa, Letsie Iii, World News, Michaelle Jean

  2. Rita sends warm clothes for needy kidsRead the original story

    Friday | The News

    ... has been sending knitted hats, jumpers, scarves and childrens games to the Mantsesy orphanage in the Kingdom of Lesotho for the past 11 years. She has now sent across another 14 boxes after Havant Lions Club generously donated A 300 to pay for them ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Kids, World News, Africa

  3. Help Lesotho receives royal attention

    Thursday | Ottawa Citizen

    The first time Peg Herbert met King Letsie III of Lesotho, it was an unexpected audience in his tiny mountain nation.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Letsie Iii, Travel, Canada Travel, Ottawa, Canada Travel, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Ontario, HIV/AIDS, Health, North America, Canada

  4. CommentsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | National Post

    ... 27 Harare, Zimbabwe Nov. 28 Lilongwe, Malawi Nov. 29 Maputo, Mozambique Nov. 30 Mbabane, Swaziland Dec. 1 Maseru, Lesotho He may have missed out on the top prize at this year's Polaris, but with the association with the biggest sporting event in the ...

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    Related Topix: Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, Central, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawi, Maputo, Mozambique, Mozambique

  5. Top international riders up on Roof this weekend

    Thursday Nov 26 | Motoring.co.za

    The 42nd annual Roof of Africa off-road motorcycle race - billed as the Mother of Extreme Enduro - will be raced in Lesotho this weekend over a new and even more difficult route through the Black Maluti Mountains.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  6. Movers & shakers

    Saturday Nov 21 | Ottawa Citizen

    Mary Murphy is the brainchild behind Pearls for Girls, a program that supports teens here and in Lesotho.

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

  7. globally-conscious Representative Jim McDermottRead the original story

    Oct 10, 2007 | Seattle Weekly

    ... a general "what's up" to the folks back home. Where was Seattle 's Jim McDermott ? Being knighted by the king of Lesotho , a monarchy about the size of Maryland located in the middle of South Africa . McDermott has now joined the Most Dignified ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Letsie Iii, US News

  8. Lesotho: Cash-grants pilot programme aims to ensure vulnerable children's rights

    Wednesday Nov 18 | UNICEF News

    LEBAKENG, Lesotho, 18 November 2009 - Mapalesa Sebatanyane, 73, is the primary caregiver for her four grandchildren, but she struggles to feed them with the small income she earns raising chickens in this remote village.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa

  9. Foreigners flee Boland xenophobiaRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | The Mercury

    ... to collect seasonal workers for the day. The locals claimed the foreigners - mostly Zimbabweans, but including some Lesotho nationals - were accepting lower wages than locals and robbing them of jobs. The locals had also demolished a number of ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  10. Thousands of foreigners forced from shacksRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 17 | Sunday Times

    ... South Africans and Zimbabweans, with locals claiming farmers hire Zimbabweans and not them. South African and Lesotho citizens stopped Zimbabweans leaving the nearby informal settlements of Stofland, Maseru, Hasi Square and Ekuphumeleni to go to ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, South Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

  11. Xenophobic tension prompts evacuation

    Tuesday Nov 17 | Sunday Times

    ... to collect seasonal workers for the day. The locals claimed the foreigners - mostly Zimbabweans, but including some Lesotho nationals - were accepting lower wages than locals and robbing them of jobs. The locals had also demolished a number of ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  12. Xenophobia attack flares up in CapeRead the original story

    Apr 30, 2009 | News24.com

    ... to collect seasonal workers for the day. The locals claimed the foreigners - mostly Zimbabweans, as well as some Lesotho nationals - were accepting lower wages than locals and robbing them of jobs. Locals demolish shacks The locals had also ...

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    Related Topix: Cape Town, South Africa, World News, Western Cape, South Africa, South Africa, Africa

  13. Roof riders gear up for three days of hell on wheelsRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Motoring.co.za

    'IF YOU'RE NOT SCARED YOU'LL CRASH YOUR BRAINS OUT' + Click to Enlarge NO PLACE FOR SISSIES: Here KTM's Louwrens Mahoney - who won the Roof of Africa in 2005, 2006 and 2007, makes heavy weather of a water crossing way up in the Maluti mountains of Lesotho.

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  14. LESOTHO: Mokete Tsehlo, 'I don't take [antiretroviral] drugs...

    Thursday Nov 12 | IRIN News

    MASERU, 12 November 2009 - Mokete Tsehlo, 26, a shepherd working in the Berea district in the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, told IRIN/PlusNews how his nomadic lifestyle contributed to his HIV-positive diagnosis. 17 comments

    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  15. Taking the time to rememberRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 9 | Madison Publishing

    ... project. This April, as part of this project, local Rotarians Shannon Ellis and Lizz Kelly will travel to Maseru, Lesotho, Africa to take quilts and to volunteer at the SOS Children's Village. The project is being supported by the Whistler Valley ...

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    Related Topix: Pemberton, NJ, World News, Africa

  16. Taking the time to rememberRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 9 | Madison Publishing

    ... project. This April, as part of this project, local Rotarians Shannon Ellis and Lizz Kelly will travel to Maseru, Lesotho, Africa to take quilts and to volunteer at the SOS Children's Village. The project is being supported by the Whistler Valley ...

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    Related Topix: Pemberton, NJ, World News, Africa

  17. The high road to Lesotho

    Sunday Nov 8 | The West Australian

    ... hibiscus and strelitzia against the sandstone background of the Rooiberg Range. We inquire about road conditions in Lesotho and Vicki tells us of well-paved roads along the lowland strip west of the Maluti mountains. "My daughter Di runs a lodge in ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Home Gardening, Home, Travel

  18. Suspected killer arrested in FSRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | News24.com

    A Lesotho man wanted for murder, was arrested on Sunday in Bloemspruit, Free State police said. 12 comments

    Related Topix: World News, Africa

  19. 06 November 2009BMW Motorrad out in force at the Roof of AfricaThere...Read the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 6 | World of BMW

    Based in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho, the Roof of Africa is known for being one of the world's toughest enduro events.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  20. Lesotho: Aids Orphans Get Helping HandRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | AllAfrica.com

    ... in August. Both were HIV positive. In the face of growing vulnerability and chronic poverty among its children, the Lesotho Government this year launched, for the first time in the country's history, a child-grant programme. Tlokotsi is one of the ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, National University