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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addresses pupils of the Jamhuri High school in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 as he officially launched free secondary education for all Kenyan children.
Community   Kibaki   Market   Photos   Venture  
Kibaki urges Kenyans to venture into the EAC Common Market
Written By:PPS   , Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | President Mwai Kibaki has challenged Kenyan investors to take advantage of the expanded East African Community (EAC) common market to... (photo: (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) / ) Kenya Broadcasting Corp

Africa   Food   Human Rights   Photos  
Much of Somalia's food aid diverted: UN report
United Nations: Up to half the food aid intended for the millions of hungry people in Somalia is being diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and local UN workers, according to a U... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Zeenews
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana 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) Zeenews
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Science  
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  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) Independent online
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos  
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Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
Abuja: Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the Presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks ... (photo: AP / George Osodi) Zeenews
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   Saudi  
Air seychelles Air Seychelles staff donate to Haiti cause
| Air Seychelles staff have handed over R33,000 for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, money that was collected by the Creole Sky Club – the employees’ social and welfa... (photo: Public Domain / Arpingstone) Nation
Aerospace   Haiti   Money   Photos   Transport  
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1) What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's close... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) Khaleej Times
Egypt   Mubarak   Photos   President   World  
A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a giant globe in the main venue hall of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
| OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or bila... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Star
Climate Change   Deforestation   Environment   Photos   UN  
 Chen Feng, chairman of Hainan Group, left, shows an airplane model of Grand China Air to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, center, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, during a news conference at Logan International Airport in Boston, Thursday, March, 8, 2007 Deval Patrick is not Barack Obama
| Think Scott Brown's victory in liberal Massachusetts – for Ted Kennedy's seat, no less – has become an overworked metaphor to describe Barack Obama's political plig... (photo: AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) The Guardian
Brown   Deval   Liberal   Photos   Political  
An unidentified man stands in front of a burned home in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
| JOS, Nigeria -- Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell) The State
Killing   Nigeria   Photos   Victims   Violence  
Farouk Hosny - Egyptian minister of culture. ula1 Egypt to pay for restoration of all synagogues
| CAIRO: Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister today, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's... (photo: WN) Ohio
Cairo   Country   Egypt   Photos   Restoration  
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
web | Photo: jamesdale10/Flickr BAGHDAD, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of displ... (photo: IRIN News / jamesdale10) IRINnews
Baghdad   Iraq   Mideast   People   Photos  
President of the republic of Kenya Mwai Kibaki Kibaki urges IGAD to assess Sudan accord
Written By:PPS   , Posted: Tue, Mar 09, 2010 | President Mwai Kibaki Tuesday called on IGAD member states to candidly and honestly assess the challeng... (photo: Creative Commons / DEMOSH) Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Kenya   Photos   Political   President   Sudan  
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Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants
Cemetery land:Mudavadi says he is clean
ICT Unavoidable in West Africa's Development - Ecowas Pa
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie
Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
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Somalia: HIzbul Islam official killed in Bakara market
Kibaki urges Kenyans to venture into the EAC Common Market
Kenya's wind power project to offload 70pct stake
Airline Refutes Price-collusion and Vows to Fight Baggage Pi
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addresses pupils of the Jamhuri High school in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 as he officially launched free secondary education for all Kenyan children.
Kibaki urges Kenyans to venture into the EAC Common Market
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Society Terrorism
SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility
Know sickle cell status of your marriage partner - Mettle-Nu
Youth Urged to Follow Up Country's History
USA To Shatter Iran, Cuba and Sudan via Internet
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
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US woman charged with plotting attacks in south Asia, Europe
US woman charged with plotting attacks in south Asia, Europe
India, Brazil face threats from al-Qaeda: CIA
CIA warns India, Brazil against Al Qaeda
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being received by the Danish officials, on his arrival, at Copenhagen, to attend the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference, on December 17, 2009.
Iran shadow hangs over Singh’s visit to US
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Health & Science Energy & Industry
SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility
Know sickle cell status of your marriage partner - Mettle-Nu
Italian Physicians Seek Cooperation With Locals in Telemedic
CIRCB - Scientific Council Reviews Research Strategies
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
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 Minister defends fishing hikes
Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire on Youths; 2 Killed
India, Africa unveil action plan to boost ties
India, Africa launch action plan to boost cooperation
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie
Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
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Sport Internet & Education
Africaid's Whizzkids Scoop Top Sports Award
There Was No Sun - Injured Cyclist
Ivory Coast speak to Troussier about Elephant's job
African Comment: Egyptians Need To Be In Europe In Order To
Inter Milan's soccer team newly signed-in striker Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon
Glo-CAF Player Of The Year 2009: Who Deserves The Crown?
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Education Minister - 'One Laptop Per Child' is Good
Buea - UB Honours Late Professor Azeyeh
 Police warn of Internet job scam
 Firefighters force open Tshwane College
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
 Head of al-Azhar dies
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