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Malawi protests Tanzania plans to deploy vessels on lake
ReutersLILONGWE, June 2 (Reuters) - Malawi has protested against plans by its neighbour Tanzania to deploy two ships on Lake Malawi, which it says threaten mediation efforts to resolve a long-standing border dispute. Malawi's Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim...Tags: Africa, Energy Resources, Tanzania, Petroleum Industry
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As health fears ebb, Africa looks at easing GM crop bans
Reuters* European fear of GMOs eases after decades of safe use * Change seen having an impact on African GM attitudes * African trials focussed on new, local GM varieties * Increase in EU cultivation seen as unlikely By Charlie Dunmore and Olivia Kumwenda...Tags: Politics, Burkina Faso, Conservation, Ecosystems, South Africa
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Thailand, University of California, Davis, Cornell University, Brown University, UNICEF
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New CEO to lead change microloan non-profit
Inside the John Hancock Center, 13 floors up, Vicki Escarra gazes into a large camera lens. She eschews a word-for-word script, speaking instead from an outline that allows for more spontaneity. "You know, women are the largest untapped lever in the...
Tags: River North, Philosophy, Uganda, Religion and Belief, Corporate Officers
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Local church is on a mission to help those in Africa
WDBJ7 anchor/reporterOne church in Roanoke is on a mission to help other communities a continent away. St. Philip Lutheran Church held what it calls a mission fest Saturday. The fundraiser included activities for everyone of all ages, a yard sale and a silent auction. It'... -
Out of Africa and into the Ivy League
Parents often flock to books dispensing advice about how to rear children who possess both the social skills to be well liked among their peers and the academic chops to make it to the Ivy League. Hyde Park residents Grayson Kachingwe and Donna...
Tags: Education, Family, Chatham, Brown University, Radio Industry
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Malawi minister reportedly denies move to suspend anti-gay law
World NowMalawi's minister of justice has reportedly denied saying that the country's law banning homosexual acts would be suspended pending a parliamentary vote on whether to decriminalize such acts. The minister, Atty. Gen. Ralph Kasambara, said this week that... -
Mystery surrounds arrested Iranian blogger's reported death
World NowHuman rights activists are calling on Iran to investigate the apparent death of a blogger who was in custody after being arrested for criticizing the government in online postings. Sattar Beheshti, 35, reportedly died this week while in detention after... -
Corn, soybean prices at all-time high worldwide, World Bank says
World NowThe cost of corn and soybeans soared to all-time heights in July, pushing global food prices upwards and pushing budgets to the breaking point in the Middle East and Africa, the World Bank has warned.... -
Ride 365 takes women volunteers across Maryland
A group of 11 Baltimore women who set out Sept. 19 to ride their bicycles 365 miles across Maryland in five days arrived Sunday at Fort McHenry to the cheers of more than 100 family members and friends..
The participants are members of a group called...Tags: Parent Organizations, The New York Times, Cambodia, Fort McHenry, Hospitals and Clinics
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Review: Surprising misstep for Paul Theroux in 'The Lower River'
-------------------- The Lower River A Novel Paul Theroux Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 336 pp., $25 -------------------- When Ellis Hock’s wife gives him a smartphone for his 62nd birthday, he shrugs it off, saying he’s fine with his...
Tags: The New York Times, Africa, Peace Corps
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The Very Best: The Swedish-African connection
A Frenchman, a Swede and an African meet in a junk store … It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but in reality it’s how the Very Best became a band. One of the more acclaimed international groups of the last few years started almost by...
Tags: Africa, Entertainment, Disc Jockeys, Theater, Music Theater
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