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AN AUSTRALIAN mining company caught up in war crimes allegations in Africa is about to sign off on a deal that will tie it to a British firm responsible for dumping toxic chemical waste that has killed or affected thousands of people.

An Emporia State University student-athlete missing since Sunday was the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident north of Emporia.

Thousands of victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in years could lose their hard-won settlement thanks to maneuverings by a shadowy but "influential" figure in Ivory Coast , where the dumping occurred, the victims' lawyer said Wednesday.

By Loucoumane Coulibaly Abidjan - A row over voter eligibility could further delay Ivory Coast's election by several months and analysts and diplomats say it may deepen a political crisis by playing into the hands of hardliners.

According to the child's parents, the skin condition was caused by the toxic waste.

Kraft Foods today announced a major step forward in its long-standing support of sustainable cocoa farming.

In this scene from Dan Chaon's very bleak but memorable unreliable-narrator / mistaken-identity novel Await Your Reply , a young American woman named Lucy goes into a hair salon in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The country is French speaking, and Lucy is apprehensive about communicating.

Measures to reduce loss to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes such as abolishing user fees, paying transportation costs, providing meals and improving staff training would be cost-effective even if they prevented less than half of patients from failing to return to the clinic, according to projections based on data from Cote d'Ivoire.

Both sides in Cte d'Ivoire, which has been divided for more than seven years between the Government-controlled south and the rebel Forces Nouvelles-held north, are violating the arms embargo imposed on the country, according to a new United Nations report.

Lufthansa builds its Asian profile, Indonesia goes for 'Affordable Luxury', Asia turning to 'Resilient' youth and educational travel, preserving brand integrity in a price-led market and more..... Lufthansa Builds its Asian Profile and Commits to FlyNet German flag carrier, Lufthansa marked a significant milestone.

It started with a story about nothing. Last week, Britain's Guardian newspaper posted a short, vague article on its website about a question being asked in Parliament.

The special representative of the UN secretary general to Cote d'Ivoire, Choi Young-jin, is calling for "compromise" for the publication of the provisional voters list as time is running out for the planned presidential election on Nov.

The cost of inputs has gone up, price paid for pineapple down: Ivorien growers are in a jam.

The Alta Group has strengthened its French office and appointed Francois-Xavier Meurville as an associate in its EMEA Region.

Freedom of Speech , Cyber-Activism , Environment , Law , Media , Industry Languages: English Full Category List Excerpt Trafigura, the British oil trader, has finally released The Guardian newspaper from a secret injunction preventing it from reporting the so-called Minton Report, after an extraordinary week of online activity.

Lawyers for an oil trading firm have abandoned attempts to stop the British press running a story about the dumping of toxic waste in west Africa.

Just after 7.30pm Carter-Ruck, libel lawyers for Trafigura, wrote a letter to the Guardian which said the newspaper should regard itself as "released forthwith" from any reporting restrictions.

Article:Twitter helped quash injunction, UK newspaper says:/g/a/2009/10/14/urnidgns002570F3005978D80025764F004ED448.DTL Article:Twitter helped quash injunction, UK newspaper says:/g/a/2009/10/14/urnidgns002570F3005978D80025764F004ED448.DTL 09:07 PDT -- A prominent British newspaper is hailing Twitter supporters for helping quash an injunction that ...

The Guardiannewspaper in Britain said it is now free to report on a parliamentary question relating to oil company Trafigura, which last month offered to pay compensation to 31,000 victims of pollution caused by waste dumped in Ivory Coast.

Trafigura, one of the world's largest oil traders, was the most used word on the micro-blogging website Twitter this morning.