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 61% obese in SA - survey
| Sixty one percent of South Africans are overweight, according to a survey released on Wednesday. | Cape Town was the worst affected with 72 percent of those surveyed there overweight, obese or morbi... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Independent online
Ruling party presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo gestures as he discusses election results being shown on a TV in his office, in Accra, Ghana Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Official results, which were still being tallied on Tuesday, showed Akufo-Addo with a narrow lead over his main rival, opposition candidate John Atta
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The NPP's Akufo-Addo Bites The Bullet In Cape Coast
Some problematic aspects of the human element in our democracy were on full display at Cape Coast on Saturday when the NPP's Akufo-Addo was marginalized (downgraded, belittled, or alienated?) at the d... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) Peace FM Online
Rice - Grains - Food - Commodity STC pegs its food prices in spite of global increases
| The Seychelles Trading Company said yesterday it will not raise its food prices now, despite global price rises caused by disasters like floods in Pakistan and fires in Russia that have destroyed cr... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Nation
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UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than double the number previously rep... (photo: WN / John Sahid) The Times Of India
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Al-Shabaab fighters provide security during a demonstration in Suqa Holaha neighborhood in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, July 5, 2010. 'Slow genocide' in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
The sound of gunfire echoes through almost every street in Mogadishu. | Residential areas frequently come under heavy, indiscriminate shelling, corpses litter the alleywa... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor) BBC News
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A Congolese government soldier (FARDC) stands guard by a UN truck at the Kibati checkpoint north of Goma, eastern Congo, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Government forces stopped a UN convoy they claim was infiltrated by CDNP rebels in Goma, and took them into custody. UN officials say they were transporting 10 Mai Mai militiamen who had surrendered to the UN demobilisation prog UN peacekeepers 'failed' DR Congo rape victims
UN peacekeepers have "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said. | Atul Khare told the Security Council that the scale of system... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) BBC News
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon listen to a speech of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila, not seen, during a gala dinner in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo UN actions 'not adequate' in preventing DRC rapes
2010-09-08 06:40:17.0UN actions 'not adequate' in preventing DRC rapesUN,mass rapes,DRC,rape,Atul Khare,peacekeeping11004220Global General2@webnews/enpproperty--> | UNITE... (photo: AP / Olivier Pollet, pool) China Daily
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Financial analyst George Soros  pauses during a news conference at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Soros gives $100 mn to Human Rights Watch
WASHINGTON: Billionaire George Soros said on Tuesday he is giving Human Rights Watch up to 100 million dollars to help transform it into a global organisation. “It’s ... (photo: AP / Jose Luis Magana) The Times Of India
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A child of road construction workers sits near her parent's work site, in Gurgaon, India, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. In 2006, nearly 9.7 million children died worldwide before reaching the age of 5, mostly from preventable causes such as diarrhea, malaria or malnutrition, UNICEF said in its annual report, released Tuesda UNICEF to boost aid efficiency by targeting poorest
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. children's foundation UNICEF plans to make the poorest and most remote regions of needy nations top priority for aid, an approach it... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan) The Star
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African National Congress presidential candidate Jacob Zuma reacts as the result board shows the number of parliaments seats the ANC won at the Independent Electoral Commission result center in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 25, 2009. South Africa's long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not get the two-thirds of the vote it won with ease in the last elections, according to the final tally released Saturday. The victory puts party leader Jacob Zuma in line for the presidency. Zuma's two bad calls
| When he became president of South Africa just over a year ago, Jacob Zuma promised to quench South Africans' thirst for renewal. After the aloof and idiosyncratic Thabo... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe) Gulf News
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photo of red Fox Existence of rare red fox is confirmed
Tweet | 9/7/2010 9:04:10 AM | Associated Press | LOS ANGELES — The genetic signature of canine slobber on a bait bag of chicken scraps and a fuzzy photograph from a motio... (photo: Creative Commons / Rob Lee) Post-Bulletin
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the students at the Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 21, 2010. UN chief in Rwanda for talks on troop withdrawal threat
| A soldier from the Indian Batallion of the MONUSCO mans a post on September... | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday for surprise talks with P... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta) Breitbart
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**FILE** Indian United Nations soldiers drive past people fleeing fighting, near Kibumba some 40 kilometers north of Goma, Congo in this Oct. 26, 2008 file photo. The failure to protect civilians from attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army is the latest indication of the collapse of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in this sprawling Central African nation, according to AP interviews with more than 30 people in five eastern Congo locations in February 2009.( UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
| U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare told the U.N. Security Council that in addition to the 242 rapes in and around the village of Luvungi that ... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo) The Press Democrat
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Nigeria's president announces new security leaders
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Ministers Reject Calls to Quit Party Offices
RDP, RP Marry
Ruling party presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo gestures as he discusses election results being shown on a TV in his office, in Accra, Ghana Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Official results, which were still being tallied on Tuesday, showed Akufo-Addo with a narrow lead over his main rival, opposition candidate John Atta
The NPP's Akufo-Addo Bites The Bullet In Cape Coast
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Delta Airlines Snubs Kenya, Opts for Liberia
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STC pegs its food prices in spite of global increases
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KENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi's slums
Among Egypt's Christians, few question Church rule
Gas Shortage Hits Ghana
World Bank approves $300m for Ghana
Ruling party presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo gestures as he discusses election results being shown on a TV in his office, in Accra, Ghana Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Official results, which were still being tallied on Tuesday, showed Akufo-Addo with a narrow lead over his main rival, opposition candidate John Atta
The NPP's Akufo-Addo Bites The Bullet In Cape Coast
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US is responsible for dire situation across its border
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‘Hit on Iran would spell Israel’s eradication’
Colombia nixes talks with FARC after brutal attacks
Mexican army soldiers stand guard next to a tunnel at the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, June 4, 2010. According to the army, the 500 feet long tunnel was used to smuggle people and drugs into the US, and one person was detained during the operation. (AP Photo)
US is responsible for dire situation across its border
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Pride of Sierra Leone puts homeland before NFL career
Rights Groups Support Case Against Forced Sterilisation
KENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi's slums
 'It just shows how incompetent they are'
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 61% obese in SA - survey
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BEE equity targets overshadow 'real transformation'
Tata Steel not selling African unit: Nerurkar
Gas Shortage Hits Ghana
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Mozambique lowers cost of bread
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Pride of Sierra Leone puts homeland before NFL career
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African National Congress presidential candidate Jacob Zuma reacts as the result board shows the number of parliaments seats the ANC won at the Independent Electoral Commission result center in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 25, 2009. South Africa's long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not get the two-thirds of the vote it won with ease in the last elections, according to the final tally released Saturday. The victory puts party leader Jacob Zuma in line for the presidency.
Zuma's two bad calls
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SOMALIA: No high school, no hope in Gedo
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Imparting Civic And Voter Education Through Theatre Art
Nyamasheke School Short of Classrooms
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Students Blame Teachers, Government For Poor Results
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