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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010

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Much of Somalia's food aid diverted: UN report
Wed 10 Mar 2010
United Nations: Up to half the food aid intended for the millions of hungry people in Somalia is being diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and local UN workers, according to a... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   Saudi		  Zeenews 
Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Abuja: Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the Presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
England national soccer team striker Michael Owen arrives for a squad training session for the World Cup at Mittelbergstadion in Buehlertal, Germany, Saturday June 17, 2006. England face Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in their Group B games at the World Cup  Sky Sports  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pearce - Door open for Owen
England U21 boss Stuart Pearce insists it is wrong to suggest Michael Owen's international career is over. Owen's slim hopes of making this summer's World Cup finals appear to be over after he was... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Football   Owen   Photos   Soccer   Sport
Air seychelles  Nation  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Air Seychelles staff donate to Haiti cause
Air Seychelles staff have handed over R33,000 for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, money that was collected by the Creole Sky Club – the employees’ social and welfare club. In a ceremony at the... (photo: Public Domain / Arpingstone)
Aerospace   Haiti   Money   Photos   Transport
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An unidentified man stands in front of a burned home in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The State Wed 10 Mar 2010
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
JOS, Nigeria -- Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Killing   Nigeria   Photos   Victims   Violence
A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a giant globe in the main venue hall of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. The Star Tue 9 Mar 2010
INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Climate Change   Deforestation   Environment   Photos   UN
Astana Cycling Team member Lance Armstrong talks to fans prior to the start of the third stage of the Tour of California cycling race, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 in San Jose, Calif. The Miami Herald Tue 9 Mar 2010
Lance Armstrong arrives in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has arrived in South Africa ahead of his appearance in the Cape Argus cycling race.... (photo: AP / Michael A. Mariant)
Africa   Armstrong   Cycling   Photos   Sport
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents IRINnews Tue 9 Mar 2010
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
web Photo: jamesdale10/Flickr BAGHDAD, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of... (photo: IRIN News / jamesdale10)
Baghdad   Iraq   Mideast   People   Photos
President of the republic of Kenya Mwai Kibaki Kenya Broadcasting Corp Tue 9 Mar 2010
Kibaki urges IGAD to assess Sudan accord
Written By:PPS   , Posted: Tue, Mar 09, 2010 President Mwai Kibaki Tuesday called on IGAD member states to candidly and honestly assess the challenges... (photo: Creative Commons / DEMOSH)
Kenya   Photos   Sudan   Political   President
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it. ABC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman


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HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men Zeenews
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt  Head of al-Azhar dies Independent online (SA)
Inter Milan's soccer team newly signed-in striker Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon Glo-CAF Player Of The Year 2009: Who Deserves The Crown? Goal
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1) What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt? Khaleej Times
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Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a return to Tommy Haas of Germany during their semifinal match on centre court at Wimbledon, Friday, July 3, 2009.  I have more drive than Nadal, says Federer Independent online (SA)
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Condom - Contraceptive Condom use still far from the norm in South Africa The Guardian
Cellphones - Mobile Phones Cellphones Africa’s latest tool against HIV-AIDS infections Taipei Times
Condoms Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup The Guardian
8-month-old Grace Geueda holds on to her mother as they wait for the official launch of an Africa-wide three-day polio immunisation campaign aimed at reaching 100 million children, at the football stadium in Daloa, western Ivory Coast Friday, Feb. 25, 2005. The writing on the t-shirt in French reads "For a world without polio: We are vaccinating all our children from 0 to 5 years old". Nigeria makes gains in polio eradication The Independent
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School girls wallks out side a school in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir. All private and government run schools reopened across Kashmir valley on Monday, March 08, after three month winter vacation. EGYPT: FGM/C still widespread, says WHO-funded study IRINnews
Agricultural Wheat Farms on the outskirts od Hyderabad, sindh Pakistan PAKISTAN: Wheat rust threat rising IRINnews
Canadian soldiers stand next to the scene where a suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy, in Kandahar, south Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. The suicide car bomber rammed the convoy, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding one NATO soldier, of US military deaths in Afghan region at 930 The Guardian
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