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A glass of clean drinking  water.
Africa   Environment   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Water  
 Business Day 
More drinking water meets global standard — report
| CAPE TOWN — The quality of drinking water in South Africa has improved significantly in the past year, with a "blue drop" score nationally of 87,6% — 15 percentage points higher than the nationa... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 photo, people shop in a market in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis are again segregating themselves along sectarian lines, prompted by a political crisis pulling at the explosive Sunni-Shiite divide just weeks after the American withdrawal left Iraq to chart its own future. The numbers so far are small and not easy to track with precision, but anecdotal accounts and a rise in business at real estate agencies in Sunni neighborhoods reveal a Sunni community contemplating the worse-case scenario and acting before it's too late.
Mideast   Photos   Politics   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Iraq  
 Al Jazeera 
Iraq's sagging safety net
| In February 2011, with grassroots uprisings having toppled the governments of Tunisia and Egypt, unrest was swelling in Iraq as well. In response, the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ann... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre  The Guardian 
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre
| Windhoek-based facility to open in August after South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia commit to project Sand dunes in Kunene, Namibia. Scientists believe southern Africa will be particu... (photo: EC / EC)
African   Angola   Climate   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Angola  
Top Stories
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil being seen off by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh before her departure for State Visit to Seychelles & South Africa, in New Delhi on April 29, 2012. 	The Lt. Governor of Delhi, Shri Tejinder Khanna and the Minister of State for Planning, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Ashwani Kumar are also seen. Newstrack India
President Patil leaves on nine-day state visit to Seychelles, South Africa
| New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, today left on a nine-day state visit to Seychelles and South Africa. | She is being accompanied by the... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   India   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Pratibha Patil  
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing at the Stree Shakti Puraskar, 2011 presentation ceremony, on the occasion of International Womens Day Celebrations, in New Delhi on March 07, 2012. The Siasat Daily
President embarks on visit to Seychelles, S Africa
New Delhi, April 29: | President Pratibha Patil on Sunday left on an official tour to Seychelles and South Africa, a visit expected to further boost India's friendly ties... (photo: PIB of India)
Business   India   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Pratibha Patil  
UK military deaths in Afghanistan BBC News
UK military deaths in Afghanistan
The UK's military role in Afghanistan since 2001 has brought with it a heavy human toll. Members of the Army, RAF, Royal Marines and special forces have lost their l... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Defence   Military   Photos   Troops  
File - An eight-year-old boy in the hospital in Budango, Tanzania. While being treated for malaria at the hospital, the boy received an injection with an HIV-infected needle. The Guardian
World Malaria Day: why the need for overseas aid?
| Malaria kills scores of people every year, despite the efforts of the international development community. But with the UK facing spending cuts, should the government c... (photo: UN / Michel Szulc-Kryzanowski)
Africa   Death   Malaria   Photos   Wikipedia: World Malaria Day  
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre The Guardian
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre
| Windhoek-based facility to open in August after South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia commit to project Sand dunes in Kunene, Namibia. Scientists believe s... (photo: EC / EC)
African   Angola   Climate   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Angola  
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- Goodlace a calm hand for Implats tiller
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In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 photo, people shop in a market in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis are again segregating themselves along sectarian lines, prompted by a political crisis pulling at the explosive Sunni-Shiite divide just weeks after the American withdrawal left Iraq to chart its own future. The numbers so far are small and not easy to track with precision, but anecdotal accounts and a rise in business at real estate agencies in Sunni neighborhoods reveal a Sunni community contemplating the worse-case scenario and acting before it's too late.
Iraq's sagging safety net
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- Emirates flights highlight need for more routes
- State Moots Agro Boost Plan
- Conservation Farming Increases Agro Business Gains
- Emirates flights need for more routes
In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 photo, people shop in a market in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis are again segregating themselves along sectarian lines, prompted by a political crisis pulling at the explosive Sunni-Shiite divide just weeks after the American withdrawal left Iraq to chart its own future. The numbers so far are small and not easy to track with precision, but anecdotal accounts and a rise in business at real estate agencies in Sunni neighborhoods reveal a Sunni community contemplating the worse-case scenario and acting before it's too late.
Iraq's sagging safety net
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Culture Education
- Big Big STARGAME: DKB Comes Out Clean!
- Stars enter the game in new ‘Big Brother’ house
- Imraan's words on the move
- Zambia’s Forgotten Space Program
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- War photographer Anton Hammerl remembered at auction
- Group: Congo general recruiting children again
- Clashes in western Libyan town leave 6 dead
- Group: Congo general recruiting children again
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
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Health Travel
- Cocaine Case Moves to UTH
- US AIDS relief program saved 740,000 lives: Study
- US AIDS relief program saved 740,000 lives: study
- Happy MAMA's Day!
A glass of clean drinking  water.
More drinking water meets global standard — report
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- Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
- Kony's right-hand man captured in riverbank ambush
- UN: South Sudan pulls police out of disputed Abyei
- Liberian warlord 'would not be safe' in UK prison
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
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