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  1. Homeland Uranium Inc. Reprices OptionsRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | Market Wire

    ... and development of uranium properties. The Company's focus is on exploration for uranium in the Arlit region of Niger, where the Company has an interest in the Agelal Project and the Asekra Project, which include eight exploration concessions ...

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  2. PoliticsRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... opposition parties, months ahead of national and regional elections in the Horn of Africa country. Kadhafi receives Niger delegation Tripoli, Libya(PANA) - Libyan revolutionary leader Mouammar Kadhafi, the current AU chairman, on Thursday received ...

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  3. CultureRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... French anthropologist, Claud e Levi-Strauss, whom he described as one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th cen t ury. Niger hosts international festival on African fashion Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The seventh edition of the International Festival of ...

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  4. Poor Rains in Africa's Sahel Mean Below Average HarvestRead the original story

    Yesterday | Voice of America

    Poor farmers in Niger, Chad and northeastern Mali will likely need food aid until the early harvests of August.

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  5. Long-legged, and looking for friendsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | Macleans

    ... prohibit such practices and are handing out severe punishments to anyone who breaks the law. Killing a giraffe in Niger, for example, can result in a five-year prison sentence, with fines of more than 100 times the yearly income of a farmer. That ...

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  6. Once on the brink of extinction, giraffes standing tallRead the original story

    Thursday | Washington Times

    ... each distinguished by geographic location and the color, pattern and shape of their spotted coats. The animals in Niger are known as Giraffa camelopardalis peralta, the most endangered subspecies in Africa. They have large orange-brown spots that ...

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  7. AREVA fails to address radiation problem around Niger minesRead the original story

    Wednesday | Press Releases from Greenpeace

    - A Greenpeace team visited AREVA's two uranium mines in Niger from 1-9 November. During the visit Greenpeace found dangerous levels of radiation in the streets of Akokan, a mining city located close to both mines. AREVA had earlier declared the ...

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  8. Gallery: Pictures of the decadeRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 27, 2009 | Canada.com

    ... against the lips of his mother Fatou Ousseini at an emergency feeding clinic in the town of Tahoua in northwestern Niger, August 1, 2005. Photograph by: Finbarr O'Reilly , Reuters A A A A A A Photo Galleries More Photo Galleries A More Stories ...

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  9. Newton JibunohRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday | BBC

    ... the desert, planned for the new year, he will be taking a band of 15 young men and women from Nigeria and neighbouring Niger with him. We believe the most effective way of spreading the message is to go and speak to the communities And he will ...

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  10. EconomyRead the original story

    Wednesday | Panapress

    ... between the two countries had g o ne up to US$ 2 billion. 25/11/2009 full text... Russian businessmen to invest in Niger Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A delegation of Russian businessmen who specialize in wat er engineering arrived in Niger to examine the ...

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  11. Orezone starts up new uranium joint venture in NigerRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Ottawa Business Journal

    Orezone Gold Corp. is expanding its business to include uranium exploration, with the announcement that it's buying three licences to hunt for the mineral in the Republic of Niger.

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  12. Niger leader faces pressure from marchersRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | Independent Online

    Niamey - Protesters took to the streets of Niger's capital Niamey by the thousands on Sunday to call for President Mamadou Tandja to step down over his controversial attempts to stay to power.

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  13. Niger Protest For President Tandja to QuitRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Nov 22 | Pan-African News Wire

    Sunday, November 22, 2009 20:42 Mecca time, 17:42 GMT Niger protest for president to quit To date, numerous protests in Niger have met with little reaction from the presidency Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Niger's capital, Niamey, calling for the resignation of President Mamadou Tandja.

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  14. Niger Travel Alert, November 2009Read the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | Kansas City InfoZine

    On January 22, 2009, four Europeans were abducted by AQIM operatives along the Mali-Niger border as their tour group returned to Niamey from a cultural festival in the Malian town of Anderamboukane.

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  15. Couple's love story started in AfricaRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | The Japan Times

    Emmanuel Gbevegnon met his wife, Eriko Hidaka, in 1995 in Niger. Out of Africa: Emmanuel Gbevegnon and his wife, Eriko, pose for a picture near Tokaichiba Station in Yokohama recently.

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  16. CultureRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Panapress

    ... French anthropologist, Claud e Levi-Strauss, whom he described as one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th cen t ury. Niger hosts international festival on African fashion Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The seventh edition of the International Festival of ...

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  17. NIGER [Travel Alert]Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | Freerepublic.com

    Note: The following text is a quote: Travel Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs This information is current as of today, Thu Nov 19 2009 21:45:59 GMT-0800 . Niger November 19, 2009 The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the risks of travel to Niger due to ...

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  18. ECOWAS Resumes Talks on Niger's Political CrisisRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 13 | Voice of America

    The mediator appointed by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS has been meeting with a coalition of Niger's opposition and civil society groups in Abuja in a bid to find a solution to the West African country's constitutional crisis.

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  19. PoliticsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | Panapress

    ... Forum of the Southern African Develop m ent Community (SADC), according to a PANA report. ECOWAS Mediator heads to Niger The ECOWAS Mediator for Niger, retired Gen. Abdusalami A bubakar of Nigeria, left Abuja for Niamey Tuesday in continuation of ...

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  20. Gallery: Pictures of the decadeRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 27, 2009 | Canada.com

    ... against the lips of his mother Fatou Ousseini at an emergency feeding clinic in the town of Tahoua in northwestern Niger, August 1, 2005. Photograph by: Finbarr O'Reilly , Reuters A A A A A A Photo Galleries More Photo Galleries A More News Stories ...

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