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South African drug courier gets six years Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
A South African drug courier who was caught in Dublin Airport with cannabis valued at almost €90,000 has been given a six year sentence.Willem Harding (aged 41) agreed to transport the drugs after h...
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Pavilion added to Birmingham Zoo's Africa exhibit Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
said they’ve built an information pavilion of wood salvaged from the zoo’s Safari Café, said a news release. The pavilion features display boards of the construction site and plans...
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Air Travel Screening No Good for TB Prevention Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Current World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines recommend the screening of airline passengers who have been seated in rows adjacent to a passenger with suspected pulmonary (lung) TB for longer than...
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Creating Momentum for Women's Participation Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Women's movements have played a critical role in creating political space for female participation in politics around the world. In fact, there are more women in government today than ever before.
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'Women's Decade' - Greater Attention to Implementation Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Addis Ababa — Fears that the impact of the global economic meltdown would affect funding to various development areas have been rife. Already, several governments have cut their budgets for HIV ...
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S.Africa to beef up World Cup condom supply Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Condom supplies will be beefed up at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which has more HIV cases than any other country, a top medical officer said on Monday. "There's going to be a large number of p...
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Democratic Republic of Congo must end persecution of human rights defenders Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Amnesty International has called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to protect human rights defenders, who continue to be arbitrarily detained by security agencies and subject...
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Scientists Unveil Strategy to End HIV/AIDS within 40 Years Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
"We are seeing very little sign in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana of any great change in behavior and certainly no great decline in the HIV prevalence.” Health officials are considering a new str...
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Kenya's Two Leaders Fail to Meet to End Impasse Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
del.icio.us Kenya's two warring leaders failed to meet Sunday, despite an earlier pronouncement that they would, as the nation's political impasse drags on.Prime Minister Raila Odinga returned to Keny...
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African-Americans' Attitudes About Lung Cancer May Hinder Prevention Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Related Video A new survey has found that African-Americans are more likely than whites to hold mistaken and fatalistic beliefs about lung cancer, as well as being more reluctant to consult a docto...
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Tough times for foreigners in South Africa as attacks rise Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Similar acts of xenophobia took place during service delivery protests eight months ago in the same township, when the perpetrators were also arrested but charges of public violence were subsequently ...
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Measles in nearly half of country's districts Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
HARARE, 22 February 2010 (IRIN) - A measles outbreak has hit 28 of Zimbabwe's 62 districts and is still spreading, but efforts to vaccinate people in some quarters is being hampered by religious convi...
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Experts explore ways to circumcise men in Africa Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
The most powerful force against AIDS in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that's easily done in the developed world. But it's a challenge on a continent where there are too few medical workers a...
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Finalists sign anti-doping paper, FIFA worried about African medicine Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Sun City, South Africa - Although all 32 World Cup finalists have signed an anti-doping declaration, FIFA is concerned about African herbal medicine. Speaking at a World Cup workshop in Sun City, the ...
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Why I hate pro sports but love the Olympics Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Last week, we had some friends over for dinner and I began talking excitedly about how much I was enjoying the Olympics and how much I was looking forward to going to the
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Uganda asks oil firms to move camps from game parks Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has asked firms exploring for oil to move their camps outside of game reserves to prevent poaching, it said Monday.
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Nigeria cabinet team to visit ailing leader in Saudi Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
A Nigerian cabinet delegation will travel to Saudi Arabia late on Monday for an update on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, Foreign Affairs Minister Ojo Maduekwe said.
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Morocco ups mosque spending amid row over collapse Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Morocco's government, under fire after 41 worshippers died when a 400-year-old minaret collapsed, plans to double spending this year on rebuilding decaying mosques, Islamic affairs minister Ahmed Touf...
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SA has the best social payments in sub-Saharan Africa Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Submit your comment The figures may show that social grant expenditure estimated at R89 billion is large enough to prompt some commentators to call South Africa the "biggest welfare state" in the worl...
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EAC Seeks Joint Piracy Patrol Print E-mail
Monday, 22 February 2010
Nairobi — Following a long time of Somali pirates' attacks along the eastern African coast and the Gulf of Aden, the East African Community member states are seeking cooperation to suppress and ...
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