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14 hrs ago | Panapress

Saudi Ambassador to Mali dies

The Saudi Ambassador to Mali, Fawaz Ben Meshel Al-Timyat, died here on Monday, the Malian government said in a communique released on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Mon Feb 08, 2010

Hindustan Times

Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb issues ultimatum over hostages

In a fresh ultimatum demanding release of four terrorists imprisoned in Mali by March 1, north African wing of the Al Qaeda has offered to free two of the six European hostages in exchange.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Amadou Toumani Toure

Sat Feb 06, 2010

The Aspen Times

Banjoist B la Fleck brings his Africa Project to Aspen

Bela Fleck's parents were aiming high when they named their budding banjoist. Fleck's full name is Bela Anton Leos Fleck - Bela after Bela Bartok, Anton for Antonin Dvorak and Leos for Leos Janacek - which puts him in a league with three of the greats of European composition.

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Related Topix: Aspen, CO, Bluegrass, Bela Fleck, Music, Grammy Awards, Music!, Earl Scruggs, World News, Africa

Thu Feb 04, 2010

PhysOrg Weblog

New malaria vaccine is safe and protective in children, scientists find

A new vaccine to prevent the deadly malaria infection has shown promise to protect the most vulnerable patients - young children - against the disease, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and the Malaria Research and Training Center at the University ...

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Related Topix: World News, Africa,

Wed Feb 03, 2010

The Independent

Mali's radiostations tofall silent in protest over tape piracy

Radio stations in Mali have been asked to go off the air this weekend as part of a campaign to undermine the region's thriving duplication and cassette piracy industry.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa,

Mon Feb 01, 2010

The Tocqueville Connection

French Minister in Mali Hostage Release Dash

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner paid a flying visit to Mali late Monday aimed at securing the release of a Frenchman held hostage by a local Al-Qaeda group, a Malian official said.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Amadou Toumani Toure,

Sat Jan 30, 2010

Independent Online

French hostage out of time?

Bamako - Malian negotiators said on Saturday they were still hopeful a Frenchman kidnapped in Mali by the north African branch of al-Qaeda will not be executed, just as an ultimatum set by the group runs out.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Europe, Spain

Wed Jan 27, 2010

Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strain, Bamako, Mali

Dramane Sogoba, Brehima Traore, Mamoudou Maiga, Janice Washington, Anatole Tounkara, and Michael A. Polis Author affiliations: Project SEREFO-NIAID/University of Bamako Research Collaboration on HIV/TB, Bamako, Mali ; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA ; and US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, ...

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Related Topix: World News, Medicine, Africa, Health, Tuberculosis, Food and Drug Administration, 9, San Diego, CA

Mon Jan 25, 2010

National Public Radio

Exclusive Video: The Last Songs From An African Legend

One of the most remarkable artists of the past century was Malian musician Ali Farka Toure .

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Fri Jan 22, 2010

People's Daily

Senior Chinese official meets Mali president on ties

A senior official of the Communist Party of China met on Friday with Mali's President Amadou Toumany Toure on ways to enhance ties between their two nations, according to reports from its capital Bamako.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Africa, Hu Jintao

Thu Jan 21, 2010

Global Voices Online

Malian Bloggers on the 2010 African Cup of Nations

Toujours pas sages from Bamako, Mali and elsewhere share [Fr] everything you wish to know about the Soccer African Cup of Nations on CAN 2010 , a blog created for the occasion by members of French Lingua team Boukary Konate and Claire Ulrich .

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Related Topix: Blog News, World News,

Mon Jan 18, 2010

Market Wire

Great Quest Nets $1,049,485 from Sale of Stock

Great Quest Metals Ltd. reports completion of the sale of 1.5 million shares of Avion Gold Corporation for proceeds of $1,049,485 as announced January 8, 2010.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa

Sat Jan 16, 2010

Inter Press Service

MALI: Small Farmers in the Carbon Market

In addition to storing carbon, acacia trees like these will enrich the soil and produce gum arabica for sale by farmers.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Agriculture, Science

Fri Jan 15, 2010

The Mercury

Spain receives proof Mali hostages are alive

Madrid - The Spanish government has viewed a video which proves that three aid workers held hostage in Mali since November by the north African branch of al-Qaeda are alive, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News,

Wed Jan 13, 2010

Independent Online

No ransom demand from Mali gunmen, says Italy

Addis Ababa - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Wednesday his country had not received demands for a ransom for two Italian nationals believed to be held in Mali by al-Qaeda. Frattini arrived in the Ethiopian capital late on Tuesday following stops in Mauritania and Mali to seek the release of six Europeans, including the two ...

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Ethiopia, Terrorism

IRIN

MALI: Lab confirms H1N1

BAMAKO, 13 January 2010 - International laboratories have confirmed six H1N1 infections in Mali's capital, Bamako, according to the Ministry of Health.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Africa, World News,

Tue Jan 12, 2010

CBC

UNICEF program failed to save children: study

A girl collects rain water from a puddle in Mali's capital, Bamako. Researchers say UNICEF didn't prioritize top killers of children such as diarrhea.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Diarrhea, Medicine, Health, Malaria

Sun Jan 10, 2010

The Age

French hostage risks execution: al-Qaeda

The north African branch of al-Qaeda said it will execute a French hostage unless four of its militants are freed from jail in Mali in 20 days, two US monitoring groups said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

The Frederick News Post

Mali official visits Frederick, discusses millennium goals

Modibo Makalou, a senior adviser to Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure, left, and renowned musician and fellow Mali native Cheick Hamala Diabate visited the UNESCO Center for Peace in Frederick on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Amadou Toumani Toure

Fri Jan 08, 2010

San Diego 6

Panda Cub Makes His Public Debut at Zoo

We asked your opinion about the idea of eliminating the San Diego schools' superintendent position.

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