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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today expressed fears of a wave of deadly retaliatory attacks on the heels of the massacre of more than 100 people in southern Sudan earlier over the weekend.

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Islamist Rebels Unite for Battle in Southern Somalia PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54


A new group in southern Somalia has joined forces with the insurgents of Al-Shabaab, above, the main movement fighting the central government.

Last Updated on Monday, 24 August 2009 16:04
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Two USVI police officers indicted and arrested on federal charges PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 19:29

ST THOMAS, USVI -- US Virgin Islands Police Captain Enrique Saldana, age 46, and Police Sergeant George Greene, Jr., age 33, and a local resident Louis Roldan, Jr., age not known, were arrested on Tuesday, August 4, after a federal grand jury on St Thomas returned an 11-count indictment against them. 

Last Updated on Saturday, 08 August 2009 15:26
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Drugmakers to supply Caribbean with cheap HIV treatments PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54

NEW YORK, USA (AFP) -- Former US president Bill Clinton has announced a deal with two major US drug companies to supply cheap HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis treatments to developing countries, including the Caribbean. Under the agreement, Mylan and its subsidiary Matrix will make available a second-line therapy.

Last Updated on Saturday, 08 August 2009 15:10
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Africa's Population Reaches One Billion PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54



A new report shows that Africa is the continent with the world's highest birth rate and the highest projected population growth rate to 2050.

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 August 2009 02:38
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Bahamas educational guarantee loan program suspended PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 16:00

NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- The Bahamas government’s Educational Guarantee Loan Program has been suspended due to a 61 percent default level, Minister of Education, Carl Bethel confirmed. This move came as a result of loan holders not meeting their obligations, he told a press conference on Wednesday.

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Govt Offensive in DRC Sparks Upsurge in Sexual Violence PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 11 August 2008 01:12

A government offensive against rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that began in January has dramatically increased sexual violence, Aimee Ansari said in an interview with IPS.

Last Updated on Saturday, 08 August 2009 15:16
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Aid to Africa Under Scrutiny PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 10:11

Donors, development officials and economists are looking hard at how to improve the way foreign assistance is administered and used in Africa.

Read AllAfrica's special coverage of the rethink on aid to Africa. 

Last Updated on Saturday, 08 August 2009 15:27
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South Africa Signs Oil Deal With Angola PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54



South Africa's relations with Angola have been transformed by President Jacob Zuma, left, who has visited President José Eduardo dos Santos.

Last Updated on Monday, 24 August 2009 16:10
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Cash-strapped Cuba says toilet paper running short PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 15:57

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Cuba, in the grip of a serious economic crisis, is running short of toilet paper and may not get sufficient supplies until the end of the year, officials with state-run companies said on Friday. Officials said they were lowering the prices of 24 basic goods to help Cubans.

Officials said they were lowering the prices of 24 basic goods to help Cubans get through the difficulties provoked in part by the global financial crisis and three destructive hurricanes that struck the island last year.

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 August 2009 03:18
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