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S. Africa's World Cup Stadium Shines Amid Inequality Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Come June, soccer's World Cup will be hosted by South Africa. Though only four of the 64 games are to be played here in Nelspruit, a $137 million stadium was built for the occasion.
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French Navy Hands Over Suspected Pirates To Somalia Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
BOSSASO: French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said yesterday.
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African-americans Have Highest Stroke Rate, Southerners More Likely To Die, Study Finds Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
— African-Americans age 65 and younger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared with Caucasians in any region, and people who have a stroke are more likely to die in the South than...
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Sunday, 14 March 2010
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South African Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els Share Ca Championship Lead | Golf Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Ernie Els drives from the tee on the 18th hole during the third round of the World Golf Championship-CA Championship at Doral Resort in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Els is tied with fe...
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Chinese Fishing Boat, 7 Crew Hijacked Off Cameroon Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A Chinese fishing vessel with seven fishermen aboard was hijacked off the coast of Cameroon in the latest attack in the waters of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, the Chinese embassy ...
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How To Track A Crisis Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Snowmageddoncleanup.com In Washington, D.C., Ushahidi partnered with the Washington Post to warn of snow-covered roads. Imagine if any Pakistani could send an anonymous text message to the authorit...
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Zuma To Act As Mediator In Zimbabwe Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Submit your comment President Jacob Zuma is off to Zimbabwe this coming week to mediate between the three major political parties that form the unity government as South African ministers sent out sig...
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Chad Collins Leads Delay-plagued Puerto Rico Open Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
(FSY) chipped in for eagle on the par-5 second hole Saturday to top the Puerto Rico Open leaderboard at 9 under before second-round play was suspended because of darkness in the rain-delayed
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Will South Africa's Bark Prove Worse Than Their Bite At The World Cup Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
South Africa is getting into the World Cup spirit but the team may need more than some pieces of bark if they are to do well. Photograph: Jon Hrusa/EPA
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Selling Off Africa's Resources Isn't 'development'. It's Greed | The... Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
How food and water drive a new foreign land grab in Africa ", News). The result will be recently disenfranchised farmers working for wages. Oil supplies are being depleted and soon the major land grab...
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'you People Cannot Walk, You Only Move In Cars' Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
With the help of three guides, two donkeys and a cart, Jason Florio and his partner took a walk around The Gambia. That's 1,000km – give or take a few hundred metres
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Supermodel Waris Dirie Going Home To Save Africa’s Girls Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> SHE was 13 when she fled her home in the Somali desert and an arranged marriage wi...
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Saturday, 13 March 2010
. "I can tell you that when it obtained this information, the Central African government took all necessary action," Ouande said in the statement.
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Orascom Keen To Continue Operations In Algeria Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Dubai: Algeria's Prime Minister Ahmad Ouyahia said Cairo-based Orascom Telecom, which owns a majority stake in Algeria's Djezzy, has said it wants to continue operating in the North African country, E...
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Algeria To Host Conference On Terror Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Algiers - Algeria is to host foreign ministers from the Sahara and Sahel on Tuesday for talks on fighting "a resurgence" in acts of terror, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Ministers fr...
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Nigeria Moves To Check Illegal Trafficking Of Artifacts Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Awka — An artifact is any object made or modified by a human. It is part of the evolution of man in all its ramifications. It tells the greatness of a civilization and its age. Hence, artifacts ...
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Drc Army Accuses Advocacy Groups Of 'cooking Up Reports' Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Kigali — The Congolese army (FARDC) has accused advocacy groups of intentionally being fed with false and dangerous information by FDLR rebel elements, to 'cook up treacherous reports' and conti...
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Pregnancies Fuelling School Dropout Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Kampala — When Universal Secondary Education was introduced in 2007 to supplement Universal Primary Education, the expectation of most Ugandans was that more students would stay in school and li...
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Namibia Aims To Go Nuclear In 20 Years Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
GOVERNMENT has decided to build a nuclear power plant in Namibia within the next 15 to 20 years, Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina has confirmed. Nghimtina on Tuesday told Engineering News On...
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