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Wetland
Authority   Ecology   Environment   Nature   Photos		  All Africa 
Nema Chief Accused of Abetting Wetland Destruction
THE National... (photo: GFDL / Leonardolo)
An internally displaced Kenyan child carries her belongings as she seeks refuge at a police station in Thika, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday Feb. 1, 2008.
Election   Kenya   Refugees   Violence   Photo		  BBC News 
Kenyan refugees fear going home
Now he, his wife and two small boys are going to have to learn to work the land to survive in neighbouring Uganda. Along with an estimated 12,000 others, the family fled Kenya in January when ethnic... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Crocodile's eye (sl1)  All Africa 
Country to Conduct Crocodile Census
A team of experts from the US... (photo: creative commons / )
Crocodile   Government   Habitat   Photos   Wildlife
BIRD - WILDLIFE - ANIMAL  The Boston Globe 
Ecotourists find wildlife aplenty in Uganda
KASESE, Uganda - A warthog grazed on the thick grass outside my front door and by my back door stood a waterbuck. Both wild animals were harmless from a distance, I was told. Yet guests at this safari... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)

Animals   Photos   Uganda   Wild   Wildlife
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A fighter loyal to the government flashes a "V" sign in a Sunni neighborhood during heavy fighting with pro-Syrian fighters allied with Hezbollah at the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Gulf News
A clash of interests
Understanding what is happening in Lebanon is vital for a complete comprehension of the political scene in the Middle East. Lebanon, for long considered as the voice of... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)

Democracy   Lebanon   Mideast   Peace   Photos
South African President Thabo Mbeki giving a speech to District Six land claimants in Cape Town Picture taken of Thabo Mbeki in 2001 in District Six, Cape Town, on the occasion of one of a number of "handing back District Six" ceremonies cg1 News24
Zille: Mbeki must go
Cape Town - President Thabo Mbeki must go, and he must go now, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Monday. "In a constitutional democracy such as ours, it is... (photo: Public Domain)
Cape Town   Constitution   Democracy   Photos   Politics   South Africa
A picture taken Saturday, May 26, 2007, and made available by the Italian Navy Monday, May 28, 2007, showing a group of 27 immigrants hanging on a tuna fishing net after their boat sank off the coast of Malta. The immigrants, coming from Africa, were res News24
50 immigrants die off Tunisia
Tunis - Fifty illegal immigrants have died in an attempt to reach Europe from North Africa, the Tunisian Arab-language daily Assabah-Ousbouii reported on Monday. The... (photo: AP/Italian Navy, HO)
Africa   Europe   Immigrants   Photos   Tunis   Tunisia   World
Two women walk past empty bread baskets in a supermarket in Harare, Zimbabwe Tuesday, July, 10, 2007. The move by the Zimbabwean government to reduce prices of basic commodities by more than 50 percent has seen most supermarkets left with no goods to sel News24
MDC lawmaker held for violence
Harare - A newly-elected lawmaker for Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was arrested on Monday in connection with post-election... (photo: AP )
Africa   Election   Harare   Lawmaker   Photos   Violence   Zimbabwe
Force Commander of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB), Major-General Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi, addresses a military parade during activitiesorganized in observance of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers in Bujumbura, Burundi. (mb1) BBC News
Burundi clashes as UN seeks peace
A UN delegation is in Burundi to try to help secure peace as fighting continues between the army and the FNL rebels. The UN Commission for the Consolidation of Peace is... (photo: UN /Mario Rizzolio)
Burundi   Civil War   Military   Peace   Photos
A worker carries relief aid distributed by the World Food Program from a truck in Nhwali, southwestern Zimbabwe, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002. An estimated 6 million of Zimbabwe's 12.5 million people are threatened by a hunger crisis caused by a terrible drought and the government's chaotic land reform program, which has badly wounded its agriculture-based economy, according to the World Food Program. The Charlotte Observer
Liberia bans food exports to protect rice supply
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press Writer MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia banned all food exports Monday, saying profiteers have been taking advantage of its cheap... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Africa   Food   Liberia   Monrovia   Photos   Prices   Export   Rice
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Tanzania
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete speaks during the Nonaligned Summit in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006. (js1) Investigations of $133m EPA Scandal Could Go On for Another Three Months All Africa
An Iraqi refugee at the UNHCR office in Jordan´s Ruwaished camp. Fifty-three of the 150 Palestinians who were living in the isolated desert camp at the beginning of December 2006 were resettled to Canada at the end of that year. Another ten have be IRAQ: Local aid groups support UNHCR appeal for more funds IRINnews
People in a taxi watching the strike -- Security worker members´ of the South African Trade and Allied Workers´ Union marched streets of Durban´s city centre today, in efforts to secure an 11% wage increase. Over the past month there ha Poverty pushes up SA's child mortality Independent online (SA)
Sudan
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, seated left, and Chad President Idriss Deby, seated right, sign a non-aggression pact in presence of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, back right, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sudanese troops hunt for rebels TVNZ
Sudanese Islamic leader, Hassan Turabi holds a press conference after he was reelected as secretary general of the popular party in Khartoum, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005. Bin Laden host Hassan al-Turabi held after rebel raid on Khartoum The Times
Rice Food hikes 'bad for Africa' News24
Madagascar
Palestinian children attend classes at a United Nations school in the Shati refugee camp ISRAEL: Dozens of refugee children outside school system IRINnews
Members of a Chinese military honor guard march during a welcome ceremony for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace at the Ministry of Defense in Beijing, China, March 22, 2007. cg1 China's submarine progress alarms India Asia Times
Field YEMEN: Changing weather patterns pose challenges for agriculture IRINnews
Sport
ag2 Tiger Woods during round 4 of the 2008 World Golf Championships- CA Championship Monday March 24, 2008 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida This Week in Golf - May 15th through May 18th The Miami Herald
Australia's Michael Beauchamp, right, collides with China's Zhu Ting during their World Cup soccer qualifying match in Kunming, in China's southwest Yunnan province Wednesday March 26, 2008. Verbeek facing slim pickings for Ghana The Australian
Ferdinand Magellan A Basque encounter with pirates BBC News
Michael Vaughan Fletcher: Vaughan must lead England for the Ashes The Guardian
Entertainment
Academy Award presenter Scarlett Johansson arrives at the Governors Ball after the 77th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 27, 2005. (vio1) Vancouver actor to marry Scarlett Johansson Canada Dot Com
Yemen-sanaa-people (sl1) YEMEN: Struggling to pay rent in Al-Mehwar slum (video) IRINnews
U.S. popstar Madonna signs autographs during her arrival for the screening of her movie "Filth and Wisdom" , jsa1 Madonna tough on her kids News24
DVD - MOVIES 20% happy to buy pirated DVDs News24
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2008.05.12
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