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Madagascar Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Madagascar.

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  1. French Ambassador Expelled from Madagascar Because he has Bad Luck?Read the original story

    18 hrs ago | GroundReport.com

    Gildas Le Lidec, the French ambassador to Madagascar, astounded his audience at the July 14th celebration last week by announcing that he was leaving his post after only six months: Je regrette profondment que ...

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  2. MADAGASCAR: Ambitious family planning goalsRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 23 | IRIN News

    ANDAVADOAKA, 23 July 2008 - Being an exhausted mother of 10 children by your early thirties is not unusual in rural Madagascar, but a movement is now underway to try and provide women with a contraceptive ...

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  3. Barnard Hires Gretchen Young for Study Abroad PostRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 22 | Columbia Spectator

    ... a memo from Barnard, Young has directed School for International Training study abroad programs in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar; Dakar, Senegal; and Durban, South Africa. Young designed curricula and teacher training programs, and supervised staff ...

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  4. MADAGASCAR: State borrows ...Read the original story

    Monday Jul 21 | WaterWorld

    MADAGASCAR: State borrows millions to fix water system Inter Press Service ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Jul 17, 2008, 2008 -- Considerable financial investment is needed to improve water treatment and distribution ...

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  5. Madagascar, the nature sanctuaryRead the original story

    Monday Jul 21 | NowPublic

    ... from the African continent; it's a green and flourishing land, but it also has a region that is almost desert. Madagascar is the planet's fourth biggest island, a land that seems to guard the most ancient secrets of Africa and which leaves visitors ...

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  6. Cranes for long path to W-CupRead the original story

    Saturday Jul 19 | Daily Monitor

    ... next year - 2009. With only group winners getting into the next qualifying phase, Uganda Rugby Cranes must beat Madagascar at Kampala Rugby Football Club (KRFC) on August 2 to make the next qualifying phase set for sometime next year. As it stands, ...

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  7. Search called off in MadagascarRead the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | Taipei Times

    REWARD: The families of the seven missing Taiwanese businessmen off the coast of Madagascar offered a NT$100,000 reward for the live return of their relatives By Jenny W. Hsu STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Jul 19, ...

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  8. MADAGASCAR: Early Recovery to mitigate emergency responseRead the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | AlertNet

    In Madagascar, where community resilience and livelihoods are continuously eroded by cyclones, floods and drought, the gap between emergency humanitarian action and development assistance can become too wide to ...

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  9. Madagascar: Family planning, baby-weighing and gospel choir.Read the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | Global Voices Online

    She explains that fistula, a consequence of giving birth at an early age, results in incontinences and therefore health complications compounded with social rejections.

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  10. Madagascar:Fistula and Early Marriages.Read the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | Global Voices Online

    Mialy , a blogger in Antananarivo, describes the plight of young married girls in rural areas who are subject to health and social concerns stemming from early pregnancy .

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  11. Search called off in MadagascarRead the original story

    Friday Jul 18 | Taipei Times

    REWARD: The families of the seven missing Taiwanese businessmen off the coast of Madagascar offered a NT$100,000 reward for the live return of their relatives By Jenny W. Hsu STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Jul 19, ...

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  12. Madagascar: Not Enough Money for Basic WaterRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 17 | AllAfrica.com

    Inter Press Service 17 July 2008 Fanja Saholiarisoa Antananarivo Safe drinking water is a scarce resource in Madagascar.

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  13. DEVELOPMENT-MADAGASCAR: Not Enough Money for Basic WaterRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 17 | Inter Press Service

    ANTANANARIVO, Jul 17 - Safe drinking water is a scarce resource in Madagascar. Considerable financial investment is needed to improve sanitation and water treatment and distribution for the population of this ...

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  14. Search goes on for missing men off Madagascar: MOFARead the original story

    Thursday Jul 17 | The Taipei Times

    The search for the seven remaining Taiwanese businessmen missing off the coast of Madagascar since last Friday will continue until the family and the Malagasy government call it off, the Ministry of Foreign ...

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  15. Search for missing men continues after one foundRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 15 | The Taipei Times

    ... Affairs The search for the remaining seven Taiwanese businessmen who went missing off the northeastern coast of Madagascar on Friday will go on as long as it takes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The ministry announced late on ...

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  16. Dead Chinese found on beach in MadagascarRead the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | Shanghai Daily

    THE bodies of a Taiwan businessman and an overseas Chinese were found on a beach in Madagascar yesterday after their fishing boat sank three days earlier, Xinhuanet.com reported today. 2 comments

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  17. Couple's run for baby in Madagascar nets $1,500Read the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | Canada.com

    A 21-kilometre run by an Ottawa couple has helped change the life of a 13-month-old baby in Madagascar.

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  18. Death Penalty for Madagascar Farmers in Land DisputeRead the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | GroundReport.com

    21 farmers from the locality of Ankorondrano-Analavory (90 km west of Antananarivo, Madagascar) were sentenced by the state court of Miarinarivo to various sentences because of a collective act of rebellion that stemmed from a dispute over land ...

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  19. No trace of 9 missing Chinese off Madagascan coastRead the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | China Daily

    There has been no trace of the nine Chinese, including 8 businessmen from Taiwan and another one from the mainland, who have been missing off Madagascar's northeastern island of Sainte Marie since last ...

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  20. Holidays on Earth Today July 14 2008Read the original story

    Monday Jul 14 | Associated Content

    ... 4. United Kingdom : *Emmeline Pankhurst Day 5. Sweden : *Crown Princess Victoria Birthday: *Official Flag Day 6. Madagascar : *Fandoana Bathing Festival 7. Turkmenistan : *Turkment Bakhsi Holiday 8. Iraq : *National Day 9. International : ...

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