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42 min ago | TheNational

Stories to tell

The Sahel Opera's Bintou Were tells the story of a former child soldier who travels from Africa to Europe.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, World News, Africa

Tue Dec 22, 2009

KING-TV Seattle

Chronology of news events in 2009

March 8 - Suicide bomber strikes police academy in Baghdad, killing at least 30.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, George Bush

Sun Dec 20, 2009

People's Daily Online

Beijing has 'major role' behind Macao's rise on international stage

Beijing has played a major role in the dramatic rise of Macao's international status since the region's return to China a decade ago, said Lu Shumin, Commissioner of the Foreign Ministry in the Macao Special Administrative Region .

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Fri Dec 18, 2009

Medical News Today

Also In Global Health News: Hospital Births In Guinea-Bissau;...

Also In Global Health News: Hospital Births In Guinea-Bissau; Drought In E. Africa; Drug-Resistant Malaria; U.S. Response To H1N1 Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture ; Tropical Diseases ; Swine Flu Article Date: 18 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST IRIN examines the increase in the number of women giving ...

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Agriculture, Science

Thu Dec 17, 2009

IRIN News

GUINEA-BISSAU: Hospital births on rise

More women in Guinea-Bissau are shunning traditional birthing attendants and choosing to give birth in hospitals, say doctors and aid officials, who hope this will help bring down the maternal death rate.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Senegal

Tue Dec 15, 2009

Voice of America

International Mediators Fear Guinea Could Destabilize Region

Economic Community of West African States Secretary General says Guinea is a potentially 'explosive' situation that could undermine regional efforts to consolidate peace in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and Ivory Coast Scott Stearns Conakry Photo: AFP Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara International mediators say insecurity ...

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Sierra Leone,

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Time

A Leader Is Shot, and Guinea Again Faces Chaos

During his 11 months in power, Guinean strongman Moussa Dadis Camara, an army captain turned head of state, has been famous for his rants on television.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Charitable Organizations, Lansana Conte,

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Independent Online

Bloc warns of deep crisis in Guinea

By Mathieu Bonkoungou Ouagadougou - Guinea, whose military leader was the target of a botched assassination attempt last week, needs a West African protection force urgently, an official of a regional bloc said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Burkina Faso

Sat Dec 12, 2009

TheNational

Globetrotter proves a world beater

DUBAI // It took a major travel snag, that left him stranded at an airport for two nights, for Kashi Samaddar to embark on an epic series of trips that have seen him visit almost 200 countries and earn recognition in Guinness World Records.

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Related Topix: Travel, South Africa Travel, World News, Africa, India Travel

Tue Dec 08, 2009

BBC

UN warns of drugs trade in Africa

The head of the UN drugs agency has warned that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Africa, World News

BreakingNews.ie

Customs seize a 250k of drugs at Dublin Airport

Customs officers have seized drugs worth more than a 250,000 at Dublin Airport in two separate seizures.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Dealbreaker

Helmut's Angels Included Future Liechtenstein Power Broker

Accused hedge fund fraudster Helmut Kiener certainly has a knack for hitting it off with insignificant countries.

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Related Topix: Liechtenstein, Europe, World News, Africa

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Time

Guinea's Leader Medically Evacuated

Guinea's president has been medically evacuated to Morocco for treatment after he was shot during an assassination attempt nearly a year after he seized power in a coup, a government official said Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea

Thu Dec 03, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Senegal: Farmers Anxious About Aid

As part of a project to support community initiatives and fight poverty in South Senegal, the Sdhiou Local Development Fund received a donation of agricultural equipment worth more than half a million dollars in a bid to reverse the region's dramatic drop in agricultural production in recent years.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Africa, World News

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Fides News

AFRICA/SENEGAL - 'There has been some progress, but there are serious problems hindering ...

"There has been significant progress, but there are still concerns about the difficulties and problems that are undermining the overall development of people." This is what the Bishops of the Inter-territorial Bishops' Conference of Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania said, in evaluating the social situation of their countries in a ...

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Related Topix: Senegal, Africa, World News

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Typically Spanish

Spain Papers Review - Wednesday November 25 2009

El Pais headlines that the swoop against the ETA youth group has sunk the hard wing of the radical - abertzale' left wing.

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Related Topix: Europe, Spain, World News, Anthropology, Science, Piracy News, Africa

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Time

In Guinea, Fear and Hopelessness After the Massacre

Pascal Guyot / AFP / Getty At the national stadium in the Guinean capital, Conakry, it's oddly quiet - the only sounds that can be heard are the muffled beats of a drum band practicing nearby.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Lansana Conte

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Latest News by the Government

European Union intervenes in Africa crisis

The European Union has managed to set up institutions that have been able to deal with crises in the African continent.

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Related Topix: France, World News, Africa

Wed Nov 25, 2009

NewsBlaze

The 2009: Year of the Ox, Gorilla, Astronomy or President?

The year 2009 is definitely Presidential year; Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th, and first African American President of the United States, Johanna Sigur ardottir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openly lesbian head of government.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Prison, World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Robert Mugabe

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Grist Magazine

Environmental education in Guinea Bissau

The Presidential Palace in Guinea Bissau lies derelict and burnt out. You can walk amongst the shards of broken crockery, blackened banisters, and singed carpets.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

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