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 Somali Pirates Free North Korean Chemical Tanker
| Filed at 8:51 a.m. ET | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a North Korean chemical tanker and its 28 crew Tuesday after the owners delivered a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said. |... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Seaman David Brown) The New York Times
Chemical Crew Photos Pirates Somali |
 DRC: Bicycles needed to fight "tied legs" syndrome
web | KINSHASA, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for funds to combat a tropical disease associated with the consumption of insufficiently proc... (photo: IRIN News / African Crops) IRINnews
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 Sierra Leone court backs woman chief bid
| A judge in Sierra Leone has ruled for the first time that a woman's bid to become a paramount chief is lawful. | The High Court overturned a ban on Iye Kendor Bandabla ... (photo: WN / John Sahid) BBC News
Africa Human Rights Photos Sierra Leone Woman |
 Jacob Zuma bids to ease Zimbabwe coalition tension
South African President Jacob Zuma is due to land in Zimbabwe for a three-day trip, aiming to ease tensions within the fragile power-sharing government. | It is thought M... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe) Joy Online
Africa Photos Political President Zimbabwe |
 West African gold achieving increasing global significance
LONDON - | A new report from Ambrian, West African Gold Sector: Growth and Merger Opportunities, highlights the increasing significance of West Africa as a gol... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Mineweb
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 Back to bloody square-one in Darfur
| By Julie Flint | Commentary by | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | - Powered by | In 2002, when Darfur was as familiar to most people as Outer Mongolia, Sudanese regular forces... (photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou) Daily Star Lebanon
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 Lula takes on regional peace with Israel visit
| Occupied Jerusalem: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva began a Middle East trip in occupied Jerusalem by saying he wants to promote regional peace, after... (photo: AP / Gil Cohen Magen, Pool) Gulf News
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 DVF Awards Salute Four Extraordinary Women
| The fashion designer awarded $50,000 grants to women battling human trafficking, promoting education in Afghanistan, empowerment in Haiti—and to French-Colombian ... (photo: AP / Jim R. Bounds) The Daily Beast
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 MADAGASCAR: Struggling to reach cyclone-hit villages
web | JOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - Tropical storm Hubert battered Madagascar on 10 March, cutting off entire communities in the southeast from emergency aid. A li... (photo: IRIN News / BNGRC) IRINnews
Africa Humanitarian Madagascar People Photos |
 MOZAMBIQUE: Floods could aggravate seasonal cholera
web | JOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - Cholera has claimed the lives of over 40 people in Mozambique and ongoing flooding throughout the central and northern parts of... (photo: IRIN News / Tomas de Mul) IRINnews
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 Somali Government Signs Deal With Powerful Militia
| Filed at 1:44 p.m. ET | MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior go... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) The New York Times
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