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Specialists raise awareness of bird flu in high-risk areas by disseminating materials on a village-to-village basis.
Africa   Cairo   Egypt   Influenza   Pandemic   Photos   		 IRINnews 
EGYPT: Contingency planning for an avian flu pandemic
web | Photo: Doaa Shaarawy/Save the Children CAIRO, 18 November 2008 (IRIN) - Egypt, the country hit hardest by avian flu in the Middle East, is working on preventative measures to stop a potential hu... (photo: IRIN News / Doaa Shaarawy/Save the Children)
The Crown Prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, right, speaks in front of ILO Director General, Chilean Juan Somavia, left, during the 96th International Labor Organization, ILO, Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 11, 2007.
Africa   Bahrain   Conference   Manama   Photos   Trade   		 Gulf Daily News 
Africa FTA talks lined up
| MANAMA: The prospect of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) between the Gulf and African countries will be discussed at a major conference in Bahrain next month. | Hundreds of government officials, bankers ... (photo: AP / Sandro Campardo)
Angola Airlines TAAG D2-TEF  Star Tribune 
EU bans Angolan airlines from flying to the 27-nation bloc because of safety concerns
| BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union on Friday banned all Angolan airlines from flying to the 27-nation bloc, citing safety concerns. | Angola joins seven other countries whose carriers are blackl... (photo: Creative Commons / Drewski2112)
Africa   Airlines   Angola   Europe   Photos   Travel  
A 25 tonne truck carrying food aid for displaced people in southeastern Chad, has mechanical problems.  IRINnews 
GLOBAL: Tight belts, tough choices for charities
web | Photo: Heba Aly/IRIN NEW YORK, 13 November 2008 (IRIN) - Humanitarian organisations face tough choices if the global financial crisis affects their income, as some analysts predict. Although it ... (photo: IRIN News / Heba Aly)
Crisis   Development   Global   Humanitarian   Photos   Washington  
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Lakka Village along the peninsula road in Freetown The Star
Credit crisis threatens Africa's development
| TUNIS (Reuters) - The global credit crisis has come just as African economies were turning the corner, forcing governments to delay or scale back projects to stimulate ... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Africa   Crisis   Development   Economy   Photos   Tunis  
** FILE ** President P.W. Botha addresses the National Party Cape Congress in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Sept. 30, 1985. Botha, the apartheid-era president who led South Africa through its worst racial violence and deepest international isolation, d Independent online
TRC's unanswered questions
| By Jessica Bell | Brian Mphahlele bends forward so that the scars are visible, white stripes criss-crossing the back of his head. | He talks very matter of factly about... (photo: AP/Greg English)
Africa   Apartheid   Photos   Reconciliation   Society   South Africa  
Congolese government forces man the front line north of the village of Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Sunday Nov. 9, 2008, where fighting between rebels and the government has left tens of thousands of refugees desperate for internatio The Independent
Tom Porteous: Britain's cowardice in Congo
| The difference between the British Government's timid handling of the current crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its bold military intervention in Sie... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Congo   Defence   Human Rights   Photos   UK  
A woman walks past a banana stand at a local market in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone Scripps Howard
Two Calif. midwives saving babies in Sierra Leone
| SAN FRANCISCO -- Retirement is anything but slow for two Episcopal deacons saving lives a half a world away. | Each year, the Revs. Christie McManus, 60, and Patricia R... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Africa   Health   Mortality   Photos   Sierra Leone   Women  
New glossary in Sierra Leone's major languages issued by UN-backed tribunal United Nations
New glossary in Sierra Leone's major languages issued by UN-backed tribunal
| 7 November 2008 – The top official of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has launched the first-ever glossary of national legal terminology... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Justice   Photos   Sierra Leone   UN  
Britain´s Minister for Europe Douglas Alexander speaks to press in Kosovo´s capital Pristina Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, infront of a poster saying "Great Britain - We are with you! - People of Kosova" put up after the terrorist attac The Independent
Letters: UK needs Europe
| Hamish McRae is right to state, in commenting on the USA (5 November) that "cyclical problems eventually solve themselves; structural ones don't". Unfortunately, this d... (photo: (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu))
Britain   Europe   Government   Investment   Photos   Trade  
EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimos, attend a session on climate change at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. The European Union plans to slash greenhouse gases by a fifth by 2020, imposing costs on major polluters and rapidly scaling up how much energy it draws from windmills, solar panels and energy crops. The Guardian
Eight nations warn EU over biofuel barriers
BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Eight developing countries warned the European Union on Thursday they could file a World Trade Organisation complaint over what they see as un... (photo: AP Photo / Yves Logghe)
Biofuel   Diplomatic   EU   Parliament   Photos   Trade  
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** FILE ** President P.W. Botha addresses the National Party Cape Congress in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Sept. 30, 1985. Botha, the apartheid-era president who led South Africa through its worst racial violence and deepest international isolation, d TRC's unanswered questions Independent online
Congolese government forces man the front line north of the village of Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Sunday Nov. 9, 2008, where fighting between rebels and the government has left tens of thousands of refugees desperate for internatio Tom Porteous: Britain's cowardice in Congo The Independent
A woman walks past a banana stand at a local market in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone Two Calif. midwives saving babies in Sierra Leone Scripps Howard
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Tar-mac road in Freetown , Sierra Leone. WEST AFRICA: A life-changing highway IRINnews
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Rebels loyal to Laurent Nkunda's movement are seen in Tongo, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Goma, in eastern Congo, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. This gunboat oratory over Congo is futile, cruel bravado The Guardian
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