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Wednesday | Earth Times

New USAID Mission Director For Haiti Sworn In

Carleene Dei as its new mission director for Haiti . As director, Dei will oversee programs to promote stability and help Haitians strengthen their democratic institutions, promote economic growth and improve education and health services.

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

Thu Dec 31, 2009

Inter Press Service

Cote D'Ivoire: Independent Candidate Pledges Reconciliation

Presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire, scheduled for Nov. 29, were postponed until February or March 2010.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa,

Wed Dec 30, 2009

IRIN News

In Brief: Bid to halt yellow fever in Cote d'Ivoire

ABIDJAN, 30 December 2009 - CA te da TMIvoirea TMs Health Ministry and the World Health Organization are vaccinating tens of thousands of people against yellow fever in the north after an outbreak starting in November killed 21 people.

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Related Topix: World News

Tue Dec 29, 2009

Canada.com

Biofuel boom threatens food security, UN agency warns

Employees work in a Jatropha field in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast in June 2008. The Jatropha produces a seed oil which can be used as diesel oil substitution.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, World News, Agriculture, Science

Sun Dec 27, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

Sunday Sauce - Letter from a Rebecca Williams

Virtually every day I get an email whose writer has a huge sum of money to give away.

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Related Topix: World News

Fri Dec 25, 2009

Haaretz

Ivorian envoy eyes dividends of peace

Next year will bring a profound sense of relief to the ambassador of Cote D'Ivoire in Israel, Prof.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Laurent Gbagbo

Wed Dec 23, 2009

CTV.ca

Ivory Coast villagers disrupt gas pipeline work

A planned Ivory Coast gas pipeline meant to power turbines supplying electricity to a chunk of West Africa has met hot opposition from villagers who are disrupting work on it.

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Related Topix: World News

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Mail & Guardian

Comic-book stories show another Africa

Marguerite Abouet's hugely popular series of books, centred on the life of a young woman in a cheerful Cote d'Ivoire suburb, show an Africa far from stereotypes of war and disease.

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Related Topix: World News, France,

Mon Dec 21, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Cote d'Ivoire: Child Exploitation Rises With Poverty

Sharply rising poverty is causing exploitative child labour to increase says NGO Save the Children in its report "It's there it's difficult: exploitative child labour in Cte d'Ivoire," launched today.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News,

Sun Dec 20, 2009

BBC News

Trafigura: The BBC has on Thursday apologised to Trafigura over...

My Lord, the Claimant is the UK subsidiary of the Trafigura Group, whose principal activity is the trading, supply and distribution of petroleum-related products.

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Related Topix: World News

Fri Dec 18, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Cote d'Ivoire: Malnutrition 'Critical' in North And West

Fewer children suffer acute malnutrition in northern and western Cte d'Ivoire than in recent years, but chronic malnutrition has risen to "critical levels", says a report by the government and UN.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Life, Nutrition

Editors Weblog

Verdict on Trafigura libel action against BBC due today

A verdict in the High Court is expected today on the libel action brought against the BBC by British-based oil traders Trafigura , reports the Guardian .

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Related Topix: World News

Thu Dec 17, 2009

AlertNet

Cote D'Ivoire: Bridging the aid gap post-conflict

Nearly three years from the signing of a peace agreement in Cote d'Ivoire, emergency operations are slowing but humanitarian needs remain, aid workers say.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

New Statesman

Trafigura vs the BBC: the endgame

Update: BBC withdraws allegation that dumping of toxic waste "caused deaths" The Akouedo dump in Abidjan, where toxic waste was dumped in March 2006 by a Trafigura-operated cargo ship.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Voice of America

Half of World's Refugees Live in Cities

UN refugee agency reports half of the world's 10.5 million refugees and nearly 20 million of internally displaced people and returnees are living in cities Lisa Schlein Geneva UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, left, next to Jose Riera, right, HCR Secretary, opens a two-day United Nations conference trying to boost support for ...

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Jordan, Colombia,

Sat Dec 12, 2009

Science Daily

Syntax in our primate cousins

The primates combine these calls into long vocal sequences which allow them to convey messages about social cohesion or various dangers, including predation.

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Related Topix: World News

AllAfrica.com

Cote d'Ivoire: Fighting FGM from the Mosque and the Pulpit

In certain parts of Africa, female genital mutilation has been linked to religion, with Muslim communities mistakenly believing that the practice is a religious requirement.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa

Thu Dec 10, 2009

The Star Online

Refugees in cities raising risk of tensions - UNHCR

Half of the world's 10.5 million refugees are living in urban centres, driving up living costs and increasing the risk of tension with local populations, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, South America, Colombia,

Tue Dec 08, 2009

The Independent

UN warns of rising tensions as refugees flood into cities

From the slums of Kabul to the shanties of Damascus, more than half of the world's refugees are now scraping by on tiny strips of land in increasingly overcrowded, overburdened cities.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, Travel, Pakistan Travel,

Bloomberg Business News

Ivory Coast Cocoa Committee Proposes Industry Be Controlled by Government

A government committee set up to reorganize the cocoa business in Ivory Coast , the worlda s biggest producer of the chocolate ingredient, recommended that private companies have a reduced role in the industry, said an official with knowledge of the proposals.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, Laurent Gbagbo, World News,

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