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Cape Verde dengue fever outbreak reported

Multiple news and international health organizations are reporting that the island nation of Cape Verde off the west coast of Africa is experiencing its first outbreak of dengue fever. The infection, which is caused by any one...

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Cape Verde's President Pires Meets with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun

On September 22, 2009, Cape Verde's President Pedro Pires met with visiting Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun talks with President Pedro Pires...

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Cape Verde: USADF Signs Two Grants to Support Grassroots Groups

The United States African Development Foundation continued their assistance to marginalized, under-served populations in Africa by signing two grant agreements to benefit community groups in Cape Verde. The grants will benefit...

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CAPE VERDE: Switch in donors disrupts AIDS funding

PRAIA, 11 September 2009 (IRIN) - People living with HIV in Cape Verde are worried that the HIV/AIDS programme may be disrupted by a change in funders. The World Bank pulled out in June after supporting the programme for seven...

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‘Pirate’ freighter carrying only timber, says Russian ambassador

29/8/2009 The Arctic Sea freighter, seized by suspected pirates in Europe earlier this month and eventually intercepted by the Russian Navy off Cape Verde last week, was only carrying timber, Moscow’s ambassador to the islands...

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Mystery deepens as Russia maintains radio silence on Arctic Sea

Moscow (AFP) Aug 18, 2009 - Mystery over the Arctic Sea cargo ship deepened Tuesday as Russia failed to provide promised details a day after locating the missing vessel in the ocean off Africa and taking its crew onboard a...

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Ransom demanded for missing Russian-crewed ship!

Updated on Sunday, August 16, 2009, 11:59 IST Tags: Praia: A ransom has been sought for a Russian-crewed cargo vessel that vanished last month, officials said on Saturday, as the mystery surrounding the ship deepened despite it...

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Vanished cargo ship spotted off Cape Verde (AFP)

AFP/Sovfracht/File – This undated picture released by Maritime Bulletin Sovfracht on August 12 shows the Arctic Sea cargo … PRAIA (AFP) – A Russian-crewed cargo ship that vanished two weeks ago has been spotted off the Cape...

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Cape Verde's latest investment

For those investing in property in emerging markets, one concern that may have arisen amid the maelstrom of the credit crunch was that the sort of upward economic progress that has driven a number of markets in recent years...

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CPLP Satisfied With Success in Achievement of Democracy

Luanda — The Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), praised Monday in Praia city, Cape Verde, the successes reached towards the reinforcement of democracy in Angola. The information was...

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