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Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment
Climate   Ghana   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Ghana  
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Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North – comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions – are considered the po... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
Africa   Liberia   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)  
 BBC News 
Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hag... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.  BBC News 
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border between the two countries and the ... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy)
Food   Photos   South Sudan   War   Wikipedia: South Sudan  
Cargo Ships  Newstrack India 
India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive reforms continued to improve,... (photo: WN / prajkta)
India   Photos   Trade   Washington   Wikipedia: Trade  
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A lady selling food.   Une dame en train de vendre la nouriture . Togo and Africa The Star
Africa must end hunger to sustain growth - U.N
| NAIROBI, May 15 (AlertNet) - Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population if it is to s... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Development   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Africa  
11 Peacekeepers Wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN Jakarta Globe
11 Peacekeepers Wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN
Angry villagers surrounded a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and opened fire and hurled stones injuring at least 11 Pakistani peace... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Congo   Democratic   Peacekeepers   Photos   UN  
In this photo taken on a government organized tour, soldiers and civilians gather in front of a burning official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The Independent
Nato defends its role over civilian deaths in Libya
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published evidence that scores of ordinary civilians, many of them women and children, were wrongly targeted in a series of missile attacks... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
Human Rights   Libya   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya  
U.S. Army Africa commander Major Gen. David Hogg, left, with Uganda Peoples Defence Force Gen. Andrew Guti, right, at the closing ceremony for operation ATLAS DROP 11 in Soroti, about 400 kilometers east of Uganda capital city Kampala Wednesday April 20, 2011. National Public Radio
Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission
| KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Soma... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera)
Military   Photos   Somalia   Uganda   United States   Wikipedia: 2012 timeline of the War in Somalia  
In this image made from the video provided by TPA via APTN, showing Togo national soccer team captain Emmanuel Adebayor, front, being helped by unidentified Togo team member, Friday Jan. 8, 2010, following a deadly attack by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola Goal
Emmanuel Adebayor abandons Togo once more
The Tottenham forwards says he will not be playing the upcoming qualifiers with the Sparrow Hawks because the football federation officials have yet to change their ways ... (photo: AP)
Football   Photos   Sportstar   Togo   Wikipedia: Togo national football team  
A Sunni gunman, fires by his machine gun as he crosses a small alley during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012 Huffington Post
Syria Violence In Lebanon: Unrest Spills Into Tripoli, Lebanon
A Sunni gunman fires during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012. Street battles pitting Lebanese Sunnis who generally support the ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Violence   Wikipedia: Lebanon  
A man holds the Ghana flag, during celebrations to commemorate Ghana's 50 years of independence at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Graphic
Veep Urges Ghanaians To Promote National Unity
The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians, irrespective of their political and cultural differences, to pursue activities that will promote national... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
Cultural   Ethnic   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Culture of Ghana  
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths Novosti
Rights Group Pressures NATO Over Libya Civilian Deaths
| MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A leading human rights group called on NATO on Monday to investigate the deaths of 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year. | The ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Libya   Nato   Photos   Rights   Security   Wikipedia: United Nations Security Council  
Egypt brokers Palestinian hunger strike deal - source The Star
Egypt brokers Palestinian hunger strike deal - source
| GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt has brokered a deal aimed at ending a hunger strike of some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a Palestinian source close to the negot... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Egypt   Gaza   Hunger   Palestinian   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
Business & Economy Terrorism
- Traders Resist Rice Price Rules
- Reports Say Gbagbo has Money in Bank Accounts
- New National Airline to Take Off in July
- Financial Shortfall Delays Reintegration of Former Combatant
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
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- SOMALIA: Mogadishu terror continues, despite Al-Shabab "
- German Terror Suspect Crosses Into Somalia
- Terrorism - IGP Bans Illegal Use of Tinted Glasses, Sirens,
- NANS to Hold Conference On Terrorism
Pakistanis check local newspapers, featuring on the front pages former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, displayed for sale on a roadside in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 19, 2011.
How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life
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Environment & Nature Science & Technology
- Carbon Survey Aims to Help Reduce Nation's Greenhouse Ga
- British Under Secretary for Energy, Climate Change Jets in
- KAZA Tackles Human/Wildlife Conflict
- Nubians in Court to Block Kibera's Slum Upgrading
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment
Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
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- How do you learn about electricity... if there's no powe
- Arab League Joins Campaign for Sudan Aid Corridor
- Airtel Ghana, Rancard launch online store
- Fotopedia Is On A Roll: Now Gets 200M Image Views Per Month,
I-80 in the Sierra Nevada near the Yuba Gap exit. Crossing the Sierra Nevada, I-80 regularly gets snow at higher elevations from fall to spring
Sierra Nevada growing ever so slowly
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Religion Health
- Al-Islam refuses defence lawyer
- Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate an underdog in Egy
- A Call From the Madagascar Council of Churches
- Libya's Muslims Look To God For Help
David Peters, right, and Luke Whited, a gay couple who were joined in a civil union in their home state of Illinois, show their rings inside the Bourbon Pub, a gay bar, after being interviewed about President Obama's statement of support of gay marriage, in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
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- HIV may afflict almost half Asia-Pacific transgenders: UN
- Nation At 65th World Health Assembly
- Kosgei Launches 35 Clinics for Sick Plants
- Ministry Now Aids the Less Fortunate
Local health workers remove earth contaminated by lead from a family compound in the village of Dareta in Gusau, Nigeria Thursday, June 10, 2010. Foreign health workers and local volunteers are working to clean up villages affected by lead poisoning, after 160 people died and hundreds more fell sick.
Aid group slams Nigeria for lead poisoning
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Human Rights Refugees
- DRC-UGANDA: Congolese refugees hail Lubanga verdict
- Zanu PF Elites in Land Dogfight
- Wanted Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda still using child so
- At least 10 more killed in Syria: watchdog
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012.
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
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- Group: Congo general recruiting children again
- South Sudan refugee influx strains Kenyan camps
- Angolans to Lose Refugee Status
- DRC: Congolese refugees flee fighting into Rwanda
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
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