East Africa

Update: Diving in Madagascar

scubatravel.co.uk     3 mins ago          

"Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, is a nature-lover's paradise on land, but its underwater treasures are only now being explored, yielding up previously unknown species of coral and fish. A recent one-month...                    

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Second Malaysian tanker hijacked in Gulf of Aden

iht.com     4 hrs ago   19 related          

Malaysian shipping line MISC Berhad said Saturday that another of its tankers has been hijacked with 41 crew aboard by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen, the second in 10 days. Maritime officials said...                    

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Somalia: Armed Men Kill Mogadishu Traders

allafrica.com     46 mins ago          

Posted to the web 30 August 2008 Mogadishu At least Five Somali traders have been killed after armed men opened heavy gunfire on them in the second main market of Suuqbacaad on Saturday, eyewitnesses said. The incident...                    

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Kenya: Special Attention to Women Sought in Truth Commission

allafrica.com     31 mins ago          

Posted to the web 30 August 2008 Nairobi A civil society organisation is calling for adequate attention to women in the proposed law that would establish a truth, justice and reconciliation commission to deal with the...                    

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Chinese special envoy visits Sudan

sudaneseonline.com     2 hrs ago   1 related          

KHARTOUM, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Special Envoy of the Chinese Government and Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun arrived here Friday for a visit to Sudan. Zhai told reporters at the Khartoum International Airport that his...                    

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Barack Obama's grandmom is his biggest supporter

ibnlive.com     8 hrs ago   6 related          

Speech gives Obama 6-pt lead over McCain: Poll Obama vowed to restore America's standing in the world. New Delhi: Eighty six- year-old Sarah Obama, the US Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama’s grandmother seems...                    

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DEVELOPMENT: Towards an 'Aid-Free' World?

ipsnews.net     4 hrs ago          

Analysis by Ramesh Jaura BERLIN, Aug 30 (IPS) - Nevertheless, more than 1,000 officials from 'donor' and developing countries and heads of multilateral and bilateral development agencies are looking to take collective...                    

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LEONARD PITTS JR.: A promise and a dream

freep.com     9 hrs ago          

On Thursday, a nation whose credo holds equality to be a birthright saw a brown-skinned man, son of Kenya and Kansas, assume leadership of a major political party. It is striking evidence of a promise fulfilled, a dream...                    

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Obama in Hawai'i: Learning the reality of power

honoluluadvertiser.com     6 hrs ago          

By the time he was 6, Barry Obama was a hyper-aware boy with much to think about. His mother had returned to school at UH and had received a degree in what her family considered an unlikely major — math. She had divorced...                    

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sudaneseonline.com: Shown here is the SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum who is heading a delegation of SPLM to the US sudaneseonline.com

Sudan's SPLM delegation in the US thanks outgoing Bush administration

sudaneseonline.com     2 hrs ago          

Mading Ngor, The New Sudan Vision, www.newsudanvision.com August 30, 2008 (Edmonton, AB, Canada NSV) - With the Bush administration’s days in the White House waning, the SPLM delegation in the United States gives thumb up...                    

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