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Relief in Africa (Minnesota Public Radio)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:20:13 GMT
Africa has long been associated with famine, civil wars, and political corruption. Midmorning looks at some of the positive news coming out of the continent.
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Africa Said Most at Risk to Ill-Regulated Toxics (Environmental News Network)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:44:35 GMT
Africa is especially vulnerable to a growing and ill-regulated trade in hazardous waste, experts said on Thursday after a toxic dumping scandal in Ivory Coast killed three people and forced the government to quit.
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East Africa: Firm Unveils New Fungicide (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:22:49 GMT
Agrochemical distribution firm, Topserve East Africa, has introduced a new fungicide. The new agrochemical product, Bellis, a fungicide from BASF targets the horticultural sub-sector.
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Africa: Intra-Trade Will Tackle Poverty - Minister (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:20:18 GMT
COMMERCE Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo has said that Africa has what it takes in terms of natural resources to improve on its economy and tackle the issue of poverty, saying that one instrument that can provide the much-desired change is the encouragement of economic integration and emancipation of Africa through trading among member states.
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East Africa: Polio Vaccination Campaign for 3 Million Children (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:20:23 GMT
In a bid to prevent the spread of the polio virus in the Horn of Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia will at the weekend embark on a simultaneous vaccination campaign targeting nearly three million children younger than five, the United Nations health agency said on Friday.
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Horn of Africa poised for mass polio vaccinations: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:37:34 GMT
The UN health agency was poised to begin a massive polio vaccination campaign in an attempt to stem the revival of the disease in the Horn of Africa.
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Rita Marley Introduces Plans for Africa Unite Tour (Vibe Magazine)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:09:00 GMT
Rita Marley Introduces Plans for Africa Unite Tour More than 25 years after the loss of worldwide musical icon Bob Marley , his family and supporters make sure that the spirit of his existence still lives.
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South Africa: New And Worryingly Virulent Strain of TB Found (AllAfrica.com)
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:52:19 GMT
International and regional medical personnel have gathered in South Africa where a new, virtually untreatable form of an old disease, Tuberculosis or TB, has been found.
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Smith, Kallis back in South Africa squad (Khaleej Times)
Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:21:33 GMT
DURBAN — South Africa will welcome back senior players Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis in the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in India next month.
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11 Rescued From Burning Fishing Boat in South Africa (RedNova)
Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:12:32 GMT
11 rescued from burning fishing boat in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- South African National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) rescued 11 fishermen from a burning boat off Mossel Bay harbor, about 1,100 km south of Johannesburg, on Thursday.
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