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GMMOS' Stanford Marine Division acquires five contracted offshore supply vessels
The acquisitions, comprising two 5150 bhp Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels, two Anchor Handling Tugs (5150 bhp and 4000 bhp) and one 1300 dwt Platform Supply Vessel, represent the first phase of fleet expansion financed by a $100m term loan facility
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Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists
ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2009) The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter.
Noelle and Darwinia are two adult female
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Scientists to track journeys of two marine turtles around world's oceans
Noelle and Darwinia are two adult female leatherback turtles that nest in Gabon, Western Central Africa.
The research team has fitted each turtle with a small satellite tracking device, which enables the scientists to monitor their precise movements
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Stores, Web sites make Kwanzaa shopping easy
Kwanzaa, the seven-day African-American celebration of life and harvest, begins Saturday.
Dr. Maulana Karenga, now a professor and chairman of black studies at California State University-Long Beach, introduced the non-religious celebration as a
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"Bombing Attempt Highlights Nigeria Concerns" Over Religious Extremism.
The alleged attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jet by a Nigerian national Friday raises new concern over possible extremist Islamic activity in Nigeria and West Africa, a corner of Africa where al Qaeda so far hasn't put down significant
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Bomb Suspect was Always "Very Religious"
(CBS/AP) As a member of a wealthy Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.
But the education he sought was of a
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Bomb Suspect Came From Elite Family
LAGOS, Nigeria --
As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.
But the education he wanted was
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IAMGOLD Increases Its Interest in Sadiola From 38% to Up to 41%
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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/29/09 -- IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX: IMG)(NYSE: IAG)(BOTSWANA: IAMGOLD) ("IAMGOLD" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of an additional 3%
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GMMOS Group's Stanford Marine division acquires Offshore Marine Company MMPL
MMPL founder and CEO Robin Reeves will remain actively involved in the further development of the combined group as head of Stanford Asia. According to Elias Nassif, CEO of GMMOS Group, Stanford plans to make additional acquisitions in the OSV sector
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Universal Power Corp. Purchases Additional 60% Interest in Petroleum Exploration License 2815 Offshore Namibia, Africa
Universal Power Corp. (TSX-V: UNX) has purchased an additional 60% interest in Petroleum Exploration License (EL) 2815 offshore Namibia. Upon completion of the transaction, the company will control 90% of the issued and outstanding shares of Namibia
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Global Life Church to host service with theme 'The Christ of Christmas --
Pastors Oral and Everine Hazell invite the community to their Sunday morning worship at 9:30 a.m.
Guest speaker will be Pastor Evelyn Turnbull, the associate pastor at Kingdom Embassy of Atlanta, Ga.
Turnbull was born on St. Thomas. She attended and
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Fan killed at Dakar Rally
A spectator was struck and killed on Saturday while watching the first leg of the Dakar Rally being run across Argentina and Chile this month. Officials said Natalia Sonia Gallardo, 28, was hit by the DW car of German driver Mirco Schultis, who had lost
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Paget Minerals Appoints David Volkert as President and CEO
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 4, 2010) - Paget Minerals Corp. ("Paget") (TSX VENTURE: PGS) today announced the appointment of David Volkert as President and Chief Executive Officer of Paget Minerals Corp. effective January 4, 2010.
Mr.
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Colombians, al-Qaida create ‘unholy’ alliance
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian guerrillas have entered into "an unholy alliance" with Islamic extremists who are helping the Marxist rebels smuggle cocaine through Africa on its way to European consumers, a U.S. official told Reuters.
Interdiction
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Guinea: Funds Needed to Stem Child Malnutrition - WFP
Dakar — The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Guinea is seeking funds to re-stock nutritional centres which are running out of essential fortified foods at a time of rising malnutrition.
The latest monthly nutritional survey in the capital, Conakry,
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Interest Payable on Nexen's 7.35% Subordinated Notes
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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/07/10 -- Nexen Inc. announces the regular quarterly interest payment on its 7.35% Subordinated Notes due 2043 of US$0.459375 per note, payable February 1, 2010,
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What Is Corruption? It's Not So Simple
The corruption in that situation is obvious enough. Yet when you look at how business is practiced around the world, it's often not so clear what is corrupt and what is not. We typically identify corruption with
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The problem with Dave Cameron (No.203)
Over at my other home the Spectator, four writers have been trying to fathom what David Cameron’s big idea is. They have about as much chance as if they’d gone looking for the G Spot.
“You wait till he gets elected. Then you’ll see what a proper
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Ivorian poll commission says has listed all voters
ABIDJAN, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said on Sunday it had settled all legal disputes over its provisional voter list, paving the way for a final list to be drawn up and the long delayed poll to go ahead.
But President
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Study finds UNICEF program in West Africa fails
A UNICEF program that spent $27 million to decrease child deaths from disease in West Africa has failed, according to a new study that found a higher survival rate in some regions that weren't included in the program.
The U.N. children's agency pursued
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Study finds UNICEF program in West Africa fails
LONDON - A UNICEF program that spent $27 million to decrease child deaths from disease in West Africa has failed, according to a new study that found a higher survival rate in some regions that weren't included in the program.
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Al Qaeda Linked To Rogue Aviation Network
In early 2008, an official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a report to his superiors detailing what he called "the most significant development in the criminal exploitation of aircraft since 9/11."
The document warned that a growing
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Al-Qaeda Has an Air Force -- By: Greg Pollowitz
TIMBUKTU, Mali - In early 2008, an official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a report to his superiors detailing what he called "the most significant development in the criminal exploitation of aircraft since 9/11."
The document warned
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West Africa: Learning how to stop children dying
DAKAR, 14 January 2010 (IRIN) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) “accelerated child survival programme” in 11 West African countries did not save significantly more lives than in areas that were not targeted, says an evaluation published in The
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African diplomats arrive to cement Guinea deal
The agreement calls for Guinean leader Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara who suffered a bullet wound during an assassination attempt, to go into voluntary exile and to allow his deputy to organize elections in order to hand over power to civilians.
"I have
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Diplomats arrive to cement Guinea deal
African diplomats descended on Burkina Faso to ensure a deal is sealed calling for Guinea's injured leader to step down and for his country to hold democratic elections within six months.
Arriving in Ouagadougou on Saturday, Liberian
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Senegal offers land for 'returning' Haitians
Local media quoted Senegalese officials as saying the country was ready to offer parcels of fertile land to Haitians, many of whom are still waiting for aid after Tuesday's earthquake believed to have killed as many as 200 000.
The idea for a new
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BHP in JV talks with Mittal
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[miningmx.com] -- WORLD number one resources group BHP Billiton is talking to the leading steel producer ArcelorMittal about forming a joint venture on their respective iron ore prospects in Liberia and Guinea
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Group: Over 200 Killed in Nigeria Violence
(AP) Charred bodies with scorched hands reaching skyward lay in the streets and a mosque with blackened minarets smoldered Wednesday after several days of fighting between Christians and Muslims killed more than 200 people.
Sectarian violence in
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U.S. Says Yemen Group One Of Many Al Qaeda Branches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen has made progress in its U.S.-backed fight against al Qaeda, but the extremist group continues to spread elsewhere and has some two dozen affiliates across a swath of the globe, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
At
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Mauritania: Muslim imams initiate rare ban on female circumcision
A mother carrying an infant on her back attends a meeting to discuss eradicating female genital mutilation, in the western Senegalese village of Diabougo in this file photo taken September 10, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
DAKAR (AlertNet) - Human
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Nigeria: Protect Survivors, Fully Investigate Massacre Reports
DAKAR, Jan. 23, 2010 - Nigeria's vice president should order an immediate criminal investigation into credible reports of a massacre of at least 150 Muslim residents of a town in central Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said today.
The killings, allegedly
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Al Qaeda prepares 'non-Arab' women suicide bombers
It was "inevitable" that Al Qaeda would eventually turn to using women with a western appearance to carry out suicide attacks.
Airliners and all forms of transport could be targeted as well as sports stadium, ports and power stations, the Daily
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Police: 326 killed in Nigeria religious violence
A Nigerian Soldier stands guard in an armored carrier during Friday prayers outside the central mosque in Jos, Nigeria, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Both Christians and Muslims died during the violence that began Sunday in the central Nigerian city once
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Ivorians march for free press
Opposition presidential candidates Henri Konan Bedie and Alassane Ouattara have complained of being marginalised by the national press, saying state broadcasters or pro-Gbagbo private media are giving the incumbent an unfair advantage.
"Equal access
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Noble Corp. posts 7 percent growth in 4Q income
Petroleum drilling company Noble Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings grew nearly 7 percent and said it expects new drilling rigs would boost 2010 income.
The company, which has its headquarters in Switzerland, reported earnings of $446
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Ghana's skiing Snow Leopard prepares for Olympics
The Snow Leopard of Ghana is going to race in Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. Seriously.
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the self-taught, self-funded, one-man team from West Africa has made it to Vancouver at age 35 after years of dedication to an
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Taylor's son rejects Liberians' torture claims
MIAMI—The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Friday rejected as "propaganda" claims by Liberians and the U.S. government that he oversaw widespread torture and human rights abuses while head of an elite paramilitary unit in his father's
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Taylor's son rejects Liberians' torture claims
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Friday rejected as "propaganda" claims by Liberians and the U.S. government that he oversaw widespread torture and human rights abuses while
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Haiti detains Americans taking kids across border
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ten U.S. Baptists detained trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti without government permission say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian
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Haiti earthquake shatters student dreams, some forced to look for education elsewhere
"With everything that has already happened in the past few years - the floods, hurricanes, unrest - these children cannot afford to lose more time outside school," said Berdadel Perkington, 40, a teacher giving an impromptu math lesson to a group of
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Mullen: Next Year Critical To Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday the next 12 to 18 months will be critical to reversing momentum gained by insurgents in Afghanistan, with nothing short of the wartorn nation's security at stake.
Not only that, Adm.
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German police raid brothels in search for trafficked women
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German authorities say they have searched around 600 brothels across the country in an effort to track down women who may have been smuggled from West Africa as part of an international human trafficking
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Woman Suing Hospital For Malaria Treatment
A 34-year-old woman alleges in a lawsuit against Northwestern Memorial Hospital doctors at the Chicago hospital did not aggressively treat her malaria.
Dawn Dubsky alleges medical malpractice by Northwestern doctors allowed the malaria to seriously
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Lonely hearts warned of internet dating scams
In some cases fraudsters have strung people along for years, conning them out
of huge sums of money and leaving them financially ruined.
Some of the most serious cases are being investigated by the
Serious
Organised Crime Agency (Soca). One recent case
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Slaying beast of burden
We can easily manage if we only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.
When the 18th
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Africa's illicit money sent to Western banks
Several African leaders, their relatives and associates used Western banks, including British ones, to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of their countries and into accounts and companies they controlled, according to a US Senate report released
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Corgenix and Tulane Announce Award of Additional NIH Contract to Expand Lassa Fever Research Towards Development of Vaccines and Improved Therapeutic Agents
DENVER and NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, and Tulane University, today announced a major extension of the collaborative
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West African workers claim discrimination at mountain Wal-Mart stores
SILVERTHORNE — A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Wal-Mart, accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions. Most say they were dismissed because supervisors
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Bats can fly drunk, study suggests
OTTAWA — "Drunk" bats have no problem flying under the influence, according to a new study involving a Canadian scientist.
The paper, published this month in the scientific journal PLoS One, studied bats in Belize that regularly eat fermented fruit and
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Core Lab Reports EPS of $1.25 for Q4 2009, Ex-Items; Annual FCF of $7.06 per Share Sets Record; ROIC Leads Industry Peer Group; Company Increases Dividend 20% and Proposes Stock Split
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Ivory Coast president dissolves 'unity' government
Tension rose this past week after Gbagbo's party demanded the resignation of the head of the independent election commission amid accusations he was behind an attempt to add almost 500,000 illegitimate voters onto the rolls. Opposition supporters,
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Tension Among Haiti's Religions Grows After Quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ―
Christian and Voodoo leaders put aside their differences for a moment Friday, joining hands under a canopy of tropical trees as some earthquake survivors on crutches and in wheelchairs mourned the more than 200,000
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West African Cocaine Use Rises Along Smuggling Routes
DAKAR (Reuters) - West Africans are consuming more of the drugs trafficked between South America and Europe, raising the specter of rising crime and health problems in already unstable states, experts said. The region, an established transit point for
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UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa
UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press Writer More News Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday - an exchange of
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UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa
Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday -- an exchange of contraband that is especially dangerous in a region now home to cells of an al-Qaida-linked terror
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Clay figures found in Ghana hints at existence of pre-Islam society
According to BBC News, experts from the University of Ghana found 80 sculptures believed to be between 800 and 1,400 years old.
They believe that the figures, depicting animal and human forms, are part of a burial ground or shrine.
Archaeologists say
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Police to target slave trade of migrants
« Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery Published Date: 18 February 2010 London police are turning their sights on criminals who bring migrants into their homes as modern-day slaves. Senior officers want to utilise tactics used against sex
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Security Forces Kill Protesters in Ivory Coast
GAGNOA, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. An opposition politician at the
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Joint mission to assess post-coup situation in Niger: UN
DAKAR:
A joint mission from the United Nations, African Union and Economic Community of
West African States will visit Niger on Sunday to assess the situation after a
military coup, a senior UN official said.
"A joint UN-AU-ECOWAS
mission will leave
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Army to Run Niger Until Election: ECOWAS
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's military plans to run the uranium-exporting country until politicians agree on a new constitution and are ready for fresh elections, West Africa's regional mediator said after meeting the junta on Sunday. No timeframe has been
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Redington Value stages road shows to leverage Saudi's USD 32 billion projected ICT spending by 2012
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, a leading IT distributor in the Middle East and Africa, has recently staged two highly successful partner conferences in Riyadh and Jeddah as part of its plans to leverage the
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Voodooists attacked at ceremony for Haiti victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Angry crowds in a seaside slum attacked a group of Voodoo practitioners Tuesday, pelting them with rocks and halting a ceremony meant to honor victims of last month's deadly earthquake.
Voodooists gathered in Cite Soleil where
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UK lawmakers: govt must act to stop libel tourism
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LONDON A committee of British lawmakers says the government should change the country's laws to stop "libel tourism" from stifling investigative journalism and press freedom.
The chairman of the House of Commons Culture, Media and
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Haiti's voodoo leader threatens 'war'
Haiti's supreme voodoo leader has vowed to wage "war" after Evangelicals attacked a ceremony organised by his religion honouring those killed in last month's massive earthquake.
The attack on Tuesday in the capital's sprawling Cite Soleil slum came
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Opposition refuses to join new Ivory Coast govt
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Youssouf Bakayoko, a former foreign minister and a member of an opposition party, speaks to the press after his election to the head of Ivory Coast's new electoral commission, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. An
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Ivory Coast's opposition agrees to join new govt
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast—Ivory Coast's opposition has agreed to join a new government, ending a standoff sparked when the president dissolved the last one. The move suggests the crisis will likely be resolved without further street demonstrations that
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United lose focus, settle for draw
"It was always going to be tough after a hard game against Wits on Wednesday," said Hunt.
"The most important thing is that we are through to the next round."
Hunt is determined to get to at least the quarter-finals of the continent's most
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Noble Energy Completes DJ Basin Acquisition
HOUSTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) announced today that it has closed the previously announced purchase of substantially all of the U.S. Rockies upstream assets of Petro-Canada Resources (USA) Inc. and Suncor
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Virgin Atlantic launches Ghana service
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Gilat Chosen by Satcom Systems to Deliver a SkyEdge II Network for Broadband Internet Connectivity in Africa
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Fiber Optic: Will Africa join broadband revolution?
From having no undersea cable links to the rest of the world, East Africa is now poised to have three.
As a result, many businesses are investing in finger-sized underwater fibre optic patch cables that will open doors to the rest of the world.
It
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Côte d'Ivoire: Meal cutback due to scare funding may fuel unrest - WFP
* Hunger could add to instability in top cocoa producer
* WFP to halt school feeding if no funds by April
GENEVA, March 5 (Reuters) - The amount of food given to 430,000 schoolchildren in Ivory Coast has been cut in half due to lack of funding, and the
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A fusion of African music and the world
African music thrives on fusion: From colonization to globalization, it reflects a long history of exchange and conflict. Yet African music programming can feel stale, returning the same big-name acts year after year, while in reality new artists are
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Laurence M. 'Laurie' Hellman died, May Co. executive
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West Africa sets out to protect dying mangroves
FOBO, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks.
In Sierra Leone, one of Africa's
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Nigeria Urged to End Impunity After Village Massacre
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Nigeria to prosecute those behind what it called a massacre of at least 200 Christian villagers and end a cycle of impunity which has allowed instability to persist. Residents of
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Women seized in Africa 'set free'
Two European women kidnapped in West Africa have been freed, according to unconfirmed reports from diplomatic sources. Spaniard Alicia Gamez, and Italian Philomene Kaboure, both 39, were seized last year and held by a militant group, al-Qaeda in the
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Desert Dangers Force Niger Tourism South
LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger (Reuters) - Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and arrested the country's leader. Reinforcing a view of
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Africa: Fewer Meningitis Cases but More Deadly
Dakar — This year there are less than half the reported meningitis infections than in the same period in 2009, but more patients are dying - 13 percent in 2010 versus 8 percent in 2009 - according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Multi-Disease
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Godrej buys Nigerian soap brand Tura
Continuing with its global acquisitions spree, leading homegrown FMCG player Godrej Consumer Products on Saturday said it will buy one of the leading African personal care brands, Tura from Nigerias Tura Group for an undisclosed sum.
The company said
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Turkish contractors plan to expand into new regions
Turkish Contractors Association (TMB) Chairman Erdal Eren recently announced that Turkish construction firms assumed projects worth 18.1 billion euros in 2009, a decline from 23.6 billion in 2008, Zaman reported. The global financial crisis affected
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Cost of Internet fraud on steep rise
The loss was more than twice that reported in 2008, according to the agency, a partnership of the FBI and the privately funded National White Collar Crime Center. The center, based in West Virginia, tracks Internet crime around the world.
"Criminals
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Internet Video: Muslims Must Rise Up in Nigeria
Again and again, they tell us, they warn us, they attack. Again and again we say that they don't mean it.
I cannot believe that the NY Times actually reported on this.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A video posted on a militant Web site calls for
Muslims in
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New analysis points to ivory enforcement failures in parts of Africa, Asia
Doha, Qatar Urgent law enforcement action by governments in Central and West Africa and South-east Asia is crucial to addressing the illicit ivory trade, according to a new analysis of elephant trade data released today.
Detailed regional summaries of
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Urgent law enforcement action needed to deal with illegal ivory trade in Africa and Asia
Washington, March 18 (ANI): A new analysis of elephant trade data has indicated that urgent law enforcement action by governments in Central and West Africa and South-east Asia is crucial to addressing the illicit ivory trade.
The re-analysis comes as 1
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Rio Tinto, Chinalco sign joint venture for Simandou in Africa
Rio Tinto, the giant mining company, struck a deal with Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) on Friday to develop the Simandou iron ore reserve in Guinea in West Africa.
The joint venture agreement covers rail and port infrastructure as well as the
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New wave of swine flu is less likely in USA
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LOS ANGELES The likelihood of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza appears to be declining as all indicators of swine flu activity remain low throughout the bulk of the country, according to new data released Friday by the Centers
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Namibia celebrates independence
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Twenty years after gaining independence, Namibia is still struggling to fulfill its dreams. About 51% of the working-age population doesn’t have a job.
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