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Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased
Africa   Disease   Health   Medical   Photos  
 The News & Observer 
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
| High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased dru... (photo: Public Domain / Tomhannen)
Baby - Premature Baby
Health   Photos   Science   Society   Women  
 The News & Observer 
Birth planning leads to surprising increase in premature births
| The rising trend of expectant mothers being involved in every aspect of planning their births has had an unintended consequence - a rise in pre-term deliveries. | "It never would have occurred to me... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
South Africa leader Mr. Nelson Mandela - politics-am1  Business Report 
20 years after Mandela's release, social divide endures
  | Submit your comment | Nelson Mandela's release from prison 20 years ago Thursday ushered in South Africa's democracy, but an intractable social divide has dimmed the sparkle of the nation's "... (photo: PIB)
Africa   Mandela   Photos   Prison   Social  
2,500 Years Of Egyptomania  National Post 
2,500 Years Of Egyptomania
 By Geoffrey Clarfield, National PostFebruary 8, 2010 4:09 AM   | In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the most magnificent intact tomb of any Egyptian Pharaoh ever found in the ... (photo: WN / marzena)
Archaeologists   British   Egypt   Pharaoh   Photos  
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Street in Kumasi, Ghana Business Day Online
Addressing the food versus fuel debate in Ghana
Concerns over energy supply security and oil-price volatility are generating greater interest in alternative energy sources in Ghana. Civil society groups want a comprehe... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr upload bot)
Economy   Food   Fuel   Ghana   Photos  
President Barack Obama greets Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., after his speech about health care reform before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. The Miami Herald
U.S. aid-cutback plan sends wrong message
| If President Barack Obama's foreign aid budget request for 2011 is a reflection of his priorities in world affairs, it looks like the president is saying ``adios'' to L... (photo: AP / Jason Reed, pool)
Aid   Budget   Obama   Photos   USA  
US Dollar - USD - Currency - Money - Forex. (ps1) The Independent
Africa's illicit money sent to Western banks
| Several African leaders, their relatives and associates used Western banks, including British ones, to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of their countries and i... (photo: WN / patricia)
Africa   Banks   Money   People   Photos  
Kate Simon: Make sure your sums add up when you plan a cheap break The Independent
Kate Simon: Make sure your sums add up when you plan a cheap break
| So where are you going this summer? The British lead the world in putting together holidays on the internet, and, according to British Airways, we have become so bargai... (photo: WN / marzena)
Egypt   Holidays   Photos   Tourism   Travel  
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives for the burial of a prominent member of his party, Misheck Chando, in Harare, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Times
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe pays security goons $5,000 a day
| WHEN President Robert Mugabe arrived in Geneva to attend an international telecommunications summit last October, he was greeted at the airport by a crack team of secur... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Geneva   Photos   Politics   Security   Zimbabwe  
US promises to fund Kenyas reforms Kenya Broadcasting Corp
US promises to fund Kenyas reforms
Written By:VPPS   , Posted: Sat, Feb 06, 2010 | Kenya is set to benefit from millions of dollars from the Obama administration through the millennium ... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Aid   Education   Kenya   Photos  
Technology & Industry Agriculture & Farming
- Facing Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb threat
- Ally for the Poor in an Unlikely Corner
- New federal climate change agency forming
- Global human trafficking news roundup ( Feb. 6-8, 2010)
Roses - Flowers
How To Enjoy Valentine's Day And Help The Planet
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- Prosperity undermined by western farming
-  Weather works against Cape firefighters
-  Man accused of dumping medical waste
- Chad's leader travels to Sudan to smooth relations
Cows - Cattle - Herding
Prosperity undermined by western farming
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Internet Business & Economy
- Web access to Avicenna, Ghazzali and Firdawsi
- Internet Blackout in Ghana, what it was
- Barclays Bank re-launches online banking
- Libya must halt web crackdown, says rights group
Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful as he arrives to celebrate an open-air Mass in Cassino, central Italy, Sunday, May 24, 2009. Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage Sunday to Monte Cassino, the site of a decisive World War II battle in southern Italy and home to a rebuilt Benedictine monastery particularly dear to the pontiff.
Pope urges priests to harness Internet
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- Arsène Wenger risks fans' backlash over lack of Arsenal
-  Zimbabwe has no money for strikers - minister
- Filipinos among those planning for more savings in H1 — poll
- Power suppliers join forces for upward tariff review
Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
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Oil & Energy Health & Science
- Ghana Blocks Exxon Oil-Field Deal
- INTERVIEW - Algeria corruption case 'part of political s
- New federal climate change agency forming
- Debate on nationalising the mines in South Africa
Street in Kumasi, Ghana
Addressing the food versus fuel debate in Ghana
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- Ally for the Poor in an Unlikely Corner
- Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa
- Reflections On the Mental Health Situation in Ghana
- UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up
Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
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Debt & Poverty Media & Politics
- Ally for the Poor in an Unlikely Corner
-  Balfour marchers held over public violence
- Feature: Yank them off, Mr. Joe Gidisu
-  Illegal Gauteng school still operating
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, is helped as he walks up the stairs by current ANC president and presidential candidate Jacob Zuma, left and Mandela's former wife Winnie, at the start of an ANC rally in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 19, 2009. Tens of thousands had gathered for the ANC's last major gathering before Wednesday's presidential electio
ANALYSIS: 20 years after Mandela's release, SA at another crossroads
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- Prosperity undermined by western farming
- Fergie 'devastated' by hunting death
- Egypt detains senior Brotherhood members
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Cows - Cattle - Herding
Prosperity undermined by western farming
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