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Chelsea's Didier Drogba, center, celebrates with his teammates Michael Ballack, right, and Mates Belletti after scoring during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Juventus in Turin, Italy, Tuesday March 10, 2009 Drogba withdraws from Ivory Coast squad for qualifier
ABIDJAN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Didier Drogba has withdrawn from the Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifier against Guinea on Saturday through injury, the Ivorian Football Federation has said. The Chelsea... (photo: AP / Massimo Pinca) The Guardian

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England's Andrew Strauss hits a ball from Australia's Mitchell Johnson on the third day of the second cricket test match between England and Australia at Lord's cricket ground in London, Saturday, July 18, 2009. England XI well beaten by South Africa A
The case for Andrew Strauss to enter the Twenty20 fray was made in his absence by a woeful England batting display last night. The team subsided to 89 all out and failed to bat out their full... (photo: AP / Tom Hevezi) The Times
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Children gather eggs at a rubbish dump in Mbare, a township southwest of Harare, in this Dec. 2005 file photo. As Mugabe celebrates his 83rd birthday his country is reaching the end game, witnessing the death throes of a regime that has destroyed one of Africa's few successful economies, forced a third of its people into the Diaspora and another third into poverty killing hundreds of thousands. Over 20 MN million people need food aid in east Africa: UN
Rome, November 11: Drought and war in eastern Africa have left more than 20 million people in desperate need of emergency food aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "The situation is very worrying... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) The Siasat Daily

Africa   Aid   Hunger   Photos   Poverty
A ship identified by Ephraim Alter, CEO of Allalouf Shipping, as Francop, an arms ship seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus Wednesday, anchors in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. U.S. says Iran shipped arms to Lebanese fighters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States accused Iran in the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday of illicit arms deliveries to Lebanese guerrillas, endorsing charges by Israel after it seized a ship... (photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov) The Star

Hezbollah   Iran   Israel   Photos   Weapons
A man smoking a cigarette in a theme park located in Sta. Rosa , laguna Province , Pihlippines , February 14 , 2009. Experts fear Africa "pandemic" from rise in smoking
LONDON - Africa faces a surge in cancer deaths unless action is taken in the next decade to stem rising smoking levels in a continent where anti-tobacco laws remain rare, U.S. scientists said... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) China Daily
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