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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Soil - Drought - El Nio
Agriculture   Crop   Drought   Food   Photos  
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NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites
web | TANOUT, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - "Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Science  
 Zeenews 
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
New York: Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countr... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt  Independent online 
 Head of al-Azhar dies
| Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials ... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos  
England national soccer team striker Michael Owen arrives for a squad training session for the World Cup at Mittelbergstadion in Buehlertal, Germany, Saturday June 17, 2006. England face Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in their Group B games at the World Cup  Sky Sports 
Pearce - Door open for Owen
| England U21 boss Stuart Pearce insists it is wrong to suggest Michael Owen's international career is over. | Owen's slim hopes of making this summer's World Cup finals appear to be over after he was... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Football   Owen   Photos   Soccer   Sport  
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A Tibetan boy whit his father enjoying Buddhist prayers in Dharamshala, India The Examiner
2010 Summer Guide to the country's best ethnic festivals
| Atlanta's Festival Peachtree Latino www.atlanta.net | Unless you live in Hawaii chances are you've had your fair share of winter weather this year. Nationwide it... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Atlanta   China   Country   Ethnic   Festivals   Photos   Tibet  
MINUSTAH peacekeepers load an ijured person into a truck. Haiti was hit by an earthquake measuring 7 plus on the Richter scale that rocked the capital Port au Prince just before 5 pm yesterday, January 12, 2009. The Guardian
UN begins talks on withdrawal from Congo
| Peacekeepers on world's biggest mission may leave Democratic Republic of the Congo by mid-2011 | UN armoured vehicles pass refugees near Goma, east Congo. Photograph: W... (photo: UN / Logan Abassi)
Congo   Peacekeepers   Photos   Talks   UN  
Uruguayan United Nations soldiers deploy to an observation post near the village of Kibati some 12 kilometers north of Goma in eastern Congo, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo is stretched to the limit with an upsurge in fighting in the volatile east and needs more troops quickly, the top U.N. envoy to Congo, Alan Doss said Tues BBC News
UN plans to end DR Congo peacekeeping mission
| The UN has said it is has begun discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo government on withdrawing peacekeeping troops. | The UN's mission in the country, Monu... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Congo   Military   Photos   Politics   UN  
Uruguayan UN soldiers keep guard as a World Food Program convoy pass in the background , Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 in Kibati just north of Goma in eastern Congo. Independent online
 UN-backed mission launched in Congo
| Kinshasa - A United Nations-backed military operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was launched at the weekend, a UN official sai... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Civil War   Congo   Military   Photos   UN  
Barren dried up land - lack of monsoon - drought - India IRINnews
SYRIA: Severe food shortages in parched eastern region
web | Photo: UN DAMASCUS, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled drought-affected eastern Syria and those that remain are struggling to survive on limited fo... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Climate   Drought   Food   Photo   Syria  
A young child walks past tea plantations on her way to school near the village of Lower Manga, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Kenya's tea production increases
Written By:KNA/Reuters   , Posted: Wed, Mar 03, 2010 | Kenya produced 37.7 million kg of tea in January, up 48 percent from a year earlier, aided by w... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Business   Economy   Kenya   Photos   Weather  
A Christian figure stand between human skulls, Wednesday, Aug 20, 2003 at the Ntarama church in Nyamata south of Kigali where up to 5,000 people were killed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide . Rwanda will hold its first presidential elections since the 1994 genocide on Au The Daily Mail
Widow of ex-Rwanda leader is arrested in France on genocide charges... days after President Sarkozy ...
| The widow of the former Rwandan president killed in a plane crash widely considered to have sparked the east African country's 1994 genocide, has been arrested in Franc... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Africa   France   France   Genocide   Rwanda  
African National Congress (ANC) President, Jacob Zuma, dances at an election rally in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. Zuma rarely misses an opportunity to entertain supporters with a rousing, hip-swinging rendition of the anti-apartheid song "Bring Me My Machine Gun" The Guardian
Zuma state visit is unlikely to faze the Queen
| Even before his plane lands on British soil for his state visit on Wednesday South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, has made an impact on British politics. Though famous... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Britain   Photos   Politics   President   South Africa  
Rwandan President Paul Kagame is seen during a press conference in Frankfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. The Guardian
The limits of free speech in Rwanda
| Sixteen years after genocide, Rwanda is facing a new test. President Paul Kagame, who is seeking re-election, is widely admired abroad. Among his fans are some of the w... (photo: AP / Michael Probst)
Elections   Genocide   Photos   Politics   Rwanda  
Floods are common in southern Africa but planning for the treatment disruptions they cause isn't, according to a new report IRINnews
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Preparing for the worst
web | JOHANNESBURG, 1 March 2010 (PlusNews) - When a crisis strikes, access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can be among the first casualties, particularly in countries whe... (photo: IRIN News / Nebert Mulenga)
Africa   Health   Humanitarian   Johannesburg   Photos  
Politics Business & Economy
- Obama backs bipartisan crackdown on healthcare cheats
- United Nations seeks $59 mln for refugees in Congo
- Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud
- U.N. Honors the 101 Who Served and Died in Haiti
Main sea beach of New Digha.
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- World Bank praise for our economic reform progress
- Accelerating intra-African trade and investment (2)
- Congo's new oil minister to examine delayed deals
- Clearing Agents Tussle With TRA On Import Fee
Barren dried up land - lack of monsoon - drought - India
SYRIA: Severe food shortages in parched eastern region
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Education Sport
-  Head boy after life on streets
-  KZN's best schools over-enrolled
-  North West education head resigns
-  Firefighters force open Tshwane College
South African actress Charlize Theron arrives for the Elle Style Awards 2006, from the Atlantis Gallery at the Old Trueman Brewery, east London, Monday Feb. 20, 2006.
Charlize Theron visits schools across South Africa
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- South Africa will soon get things right, Pollock says
- Coca-Cola Donates Sports Gear
- Soccer Hooliganism Worries TFF
- Ghana President John Atta Mills Wants Togo Ban Overturned
Somalia - food aid trucks
UN Report: Much of Somalia's Food Aid Diverted
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Health Human Rights
- Winnie Mandela's Remarks Raise Stir
- Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
- World's Top Scientists to Review Climate Panel
- Ex-Wife Criticizes Mandela to UK Newspaper
Woman - Products - Grocery
 Law targets food labelling
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- Remanded Human Rights Defender to Appear in Court
- Nigeria charges 49 over Jos killings
- U.S. Reaffirms Commitment To Ghana
-  Malema under fire for 'kill the boer' song
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
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Society & Culture Science & Technology
- Indian women excel as peacekeepers
- Forgiveness in Hollywood
- Sparking Brand New Ways to Imagine Social Investment
- Compromise on Ugandan aid bill ends sit-in at Sen. Tom Cobur
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- World's Top Scientists to Review Climate Panel
- Deforestation Reveals African Impact Crater
-  Private forensic lab for Cape
- DR Congo ring may be giant 'impact crater'
British long jumper Jade Johnson reacts after finishing second in the women's long jump final at the European Athletics Championships in the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002.
A century of distinction: 100 women who changed the world
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