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Mugabe na vitega uchumi Illinois, USA A golf course in Marion, Illinois, is set to close as a result of economic sanctions imposed by the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
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Sick Nigeria President Yar'Adua 'to hand over power' President Umaru Yar'Adua has both heart and kidney problems Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua will write a letter handing...
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Iran Launches Rocket With Animals Into Space TEHRAN-Iran said it successfully fired a new, domestically produced research rocket into space Wednesday, with several live animals aboard-a feat that...
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Lifeguard describes rescuing kiteboarder as sharks circled Video Florida man killed in shark attack Feb. 4: In the first deadly shark attack in Florida in five years, a 38-year-old man was...
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No-kill expedition sets out to challenge hunts Australian government crew photographed this dead minke whale and her calf being hauled aboard a Japanese whaler in February 2008. Australia is...
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Is Zuma's sex life a private matter? Jacob Zuma has always been open about his practising of polygamy By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg South Africans have largely accepted...
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3rd February 10 Tanzania listed among emerging markets in 2010 The Guardian Reporter Tanzania no longer belongs to the category of ‘a poor third world country’, according to the Economist...
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Tanzania tourism industry gains international recognition After decades of wrong diagnosis on Tanzania's ailing tourism industry, the early 2000s saw the country taking the harder but...
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China hits back at US over trade and currency President Barack Obama: "China is going to be one of our biggest markets" China has hit back at the US a day after President Barack Obama...
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African Leaders Dissolve Nepad as Addis Meeting Closes Argaw Ashine 2 February 2010 Addis Ababa — African leaders today wrapped up their annual summit less divided and looking at brighter...
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Orphaned, Raped And Ignored

 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF nytimes Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it...
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Africa to pay for Europe's "green policies" Reef coast within the Silhouette marine protected area of Seychelles: «Sylt instead of Seychelles - for the environment.» © Seychelles govt / afrol...
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<H1>Australian banker caught ogling nearly naked model 'sacked' An Australian banker who was caught on live television looking at racy near-nude photographs on his computer, has reportedly been...
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By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Writer &#8211; 9 mins ago TEHRAN &#8211; Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a swap of Iranians in...
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As soon as dawn breaks in Port-au-Prince the first children appear, staggering under the weight of five-gallon buckets of water. The water carriers, many as young as 6-years-old, are some of the...
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Iran will "soon execute" another nine people arrested over anti-government protests last year, a senior judiciary official has been quoted as saying. The nine are among 11 protesters sentenced to...
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Lawmakers upset over Obama's 2nd anti-Vegas remark AP &#8211; President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Monday, &#8230; LAS VEGAS...
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By Laurel J. Sweet | Tuesday, February 2, 2010 The illegal alien aunt of President Obama could learn this week whether she can put down roots in Boston - or start packing her bags for a one-way...
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Rais wa Senegal Abdoulaye Wade Mtandao wa al Qaeda umechukua mkondo wa kutia wasiwasi Afrika Rais wa Senegal Abdoulaye Wade ameutoa mwito huo kwa viongozi wa Umoja wa Afrika wakati walipokuwa...
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By Vision Reporter IRAN has asked Uganda to use its position as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to lobby against the UN threats to impose sanctions on its uranium enrichment...
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