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Breaking News Tue, 7 Feb 2012
Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.
Business   China   Khartoum   Photos   Wikipedia: Sudan  
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
| KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers on Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting... (photo: AP / Pete Muller) The Star
A head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, in an annual state-backed rally, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
Century   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Politics of the United States   World  
A World At Risk
In a world that is filled with continued atrocities against man and nature how can any one individual survive, let alone prosper? A sobering question considering the complexities of today. The 21st ce... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) The Examiner
FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during an interview at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, May 19, 2011. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says a whistleblower from Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid will be interviewed over allegations that bribes were paid to African voters. The whistleblower claims that FIFA executive committee members Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma were paid US $1.5 million to vote for Qatar. FIFA gives $250K to families of Egypt riot victims
PRINT EMAIL FACEBOOK Tweet RSS SHARE | ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA is giving $250,000 in aid to the families of the victims of last week's soccer melee in Egypt. | FIFA says it will give the money to a charit... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) CNN
Egypt   FIFA   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes  
Angelina Jolie arrives at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. Jolie faced gun-toting youngsters in Sierra Leone
| Angelina Jolie was left terrified on an aid mission to Sierra Leone when she had to pass a checkpoint manned by "kids with guns". | The Hollywood actress was on one of her many humanitarian trips to... (photo: AP / Matt Sayles) Orange News
Africa   Humanitarian   Photos   Sierra Leone   Wikipedia: Angelina Jolie  
Top Stories
FC Barcelona's Seydou Keita from Mali Alain Giresse: Seydou Keita is a reference point for Mali
Mali coach says although the Barcelona midfielder is not his captain, he considers the player as an inspirational leader of the Eagles | Bet: £5 £10 £20 &#... (photo: AP / David Ramos) Goal
Barcelona   Mali   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Seydou Keita (footballer)  
 15 Mar 2001: Portrait of PSV Eindhoven coach Eric Gerets during the UEFA Cup Quarter Finals second leg match against Kaiserslautern played at the Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Holland. Kaiserslautern won the match 1-0.   Moroccan FA renews confidence in Eric Gerets despite 2012 Afcon exit - report
Morocco’s football federation president Ali Fassi Fihri says that the Belgian coach has long-term goals with the Atlas Lions and there is no intention to sack him | Sig... (photo: Jamie McDonald/Allsport) Goal
Football   Morocco   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Eric Gerets  
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 15 August, Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sort through a haul of munitions that were used by the extremist group Al Shabaab to make improvised explosive devices. AMISOM troops and Transitonal Federal Government (TFG) forces dislodged remnants of Al Shabaab from the site following the withdrawal of most of the extremist group's forces from the city ten days ago, discovering the bomb making facility at the former steel factory in northern Mogadishu which contained evidence that the group had used the site to manufacture improvised explosive devises, suicide vests and car bombs. AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE. Will the London conference change Somalia's future?
| - The upcoming London Conference on Somalia is, potentially, a promising occasion to finally put the country on the road to peace, stability and democracy. Whether... (photo: UN / Stuart Price) Al Jazeera
Conference   London   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: London Conference  
Harvesting groundnuts at an agricultural research station in Malawi.The main agricultural products of Malawi include tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, sorghum, cattle and goats. Ghana is a potential food bank – MDA boss
Ghana has a unique potential of becoming the leading West African supplier of agricultural products to neighbouring countries and beyond the continent, Chief Executive Of... (photo: Creative Commons / Swathi Sridharan) Joy Online
Agriculture   Food   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture in Ghana  
Chelsea's Didier Drogba Cote d'Ivoire's Didier Drogba: Don’t call us favourites against Mali
The Chelsea’s talisman tells Goal.com that it’s a mistake to say the Elephants are a superior side compared to the Eagles, ahead of their 2012 Afcon semi-final clash ... (photo: AP / Scott Heppell) Goal
Ivory Coast   Mali   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Didier Drogba  
Chelsea soccer player John Mikel Obi Boost for AVB as Mikel returns to training... and so does owner Abramovich
| Chelsea enjoyed a fitness boost ahead of their Barclays Premier League game at Everton when John Obi Mikel returned to full training after seven weeks on the sidelines ... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu) The Daily Mail
England   Photos   Soccer   Sports   Wikipedia: Chelsea F.C.  
Woman carries boiled eggs on her head as she passes the Rokel Commercial Bank at the Congo Cross in Freetown.Such street trading is a common feature in a country with low unemployment . African banks say it is possible to buy a European bank in next 5-10 years
| Euromoney Panel: From left to right - Mr Aithnard, Andani, John Baskott, Speidel and Wessels | Two key African banks namely the Ecobank Group and the Standard Bank Grou... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Ghana Business News
Africa   Business   Europe   Photos   Wikipedia: Ecobank  
Politics Business & Economy
Egyptians must work to end military rule-ElBaradei
West African Health Organisation plans universal health cove
Zimbabwe general's death marked by many mysteries
In Wake Of Elections In DR Congo, UN Urges Dialogue
Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
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India, Mauritius vow for early deal
Tax-scam: Will help probes, won't tighten Indian subsidi
Freed China workers in safety flight
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
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Education Health
Teacher-poet Taylor Mali speaks to Heights students via Skyp
University of Yaounde II - Officials debriefed on programme
Illiteracy still problem in Africa - Mensa Otabil
Mills Appoints Prof. Anyidoho And Others As Council Members
ALTERNATE CROP OF PNG102 Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea's east coast, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
238 saved, 100-plus missing as PNG ferry sinks
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Treatment plan for Libya war victims turns into scandal
Probe sought after 2 barred from returning to US
Probe sought after 2 barred from returning to US
Obstetric Fistula Fact Sheet
FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak,83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.
Mubarak may be moved to prison hospital
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Environment Human Rights
Kenyan Running Aces To Help Mark Environment Milestone
WWF urges Bulgaria to drop forest law changes
Environmental Protection Agency holds training workshop for
Council to Partner Automobile Company to Establish Vehicle R
Elephants at Whipsnade.
Elephants and rhinos in Australia 'could control damaging wild grasses'
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Blast near Nigerian military base
Blast near Nigerian military base
Bombs strike two military bases in Nigeria
Diamond in the rough economy in Morocco
A head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, in an annual state-backed rally, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010.
A World At Risk
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Sport Agriculture
Ivory Coast and Ghana heavily fancied for finals
AFCON Preview: Can the Zambia bullets shoot down the Stars?
Ivory Coast, Ghana out to forge title showdown
Sahara likely to renew HI deal OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New
FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during an interview at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, May 19, 2011. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says a whistleblower from Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid will be interviewed over allegations that bribes were paid to African voters. The whistleblower claims that FIFA executive committee members Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma were paid US $1.5 million to vote for Qatar.
FIFA gives $250K to families of Egypt riot victims
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Zimbabwe general's death marked by many mysteries
Mugabe general 'killed in blaze' cannot be exhumed,
Cocoa production - Gov't comforts Konye caterpillar vict
Nigeria lead poisoning 'worst in modern history':
Harvesting groundnuts at an agricultural research station in Malawi.The main agricultural products of Malawi include tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, sorghum, cattle and goats.
Ghana is a potential food bank – MDA boss
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