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Breaking News Mon, 15 Mar 2010
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 The Star 
Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
| LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and destructiv... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Corn Field - Corn - Crops
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 ABC News 
Scientists Find New Way to Help Crops Fight Pests
By Kate Kelland | March 14, 2010 | LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Soldiers loyal to the ruling military junta cheer in response to comments by second in command Sekouba Konate, not pictured, at Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo, one week after junta leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara was shot by an aide-de-camp, in Conakry, Guinea Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.  The New York Times 
Guinea Interim Leader Rules Out Presidential Bid
| Filed at 6:20 a.m. ET | CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea's interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country. | Gen. Sekouba Konate also ... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
Election   Guinea   Photos   Politics   Vote  
A Nigerian soldier stands in a building that was destroyed in resent violence at Jos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010.  Al Jazeera 
Nigeria vows to tackle violence
| Nigeria's police chief has said that police officials in Nigeria's central Plateau State will be held responsible for future violent incidents. | Ogbonna Onovo made his comments while on a... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 4, 2009. The New York Times
Karzai Reverses on Vote Auditors
| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has agreed to reverse an earlier decision and allow two foreigners on a commission that will monit... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Afghanistan   Kabul   Leader   Photos   Politics  
Presidential election of March 4, 2010 in Togo. Faure Gnassingbe , the candidate of the Gathering of the Togolese people (RPT), was Friday with Tabligbo, place chief of the prefecture of Yoto accomodated by thousands of fans. At the time of his intervention, the Head of the State promised to continue the committed reforms in Togo, in particular the assistance with the agricultural groupings. lection prsidentielle du 04 mars 2010 au Togo . Faure Gnassingb , le candidat du Rassemblement du peuple togolais (RPT), tait le vendredi  Tabligbo , chef lieu de la prfecture de Yoto accueilli par des milliers de fans. Lors de son intervention, le chef de lEtat a promis poursuivre les rformes engages au Togo, notamment laide aux groupements agricoles  le candidat d'un peuple Canoe
Government supporters and opposition march over disputed Togo vote
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Current Togo President Faure Gnassingbe, center waves to supporters as he exits a polling station after casting his vote for president, in Lome,... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Election   Photos   Politic   Protest   Togo  
Woman carry plastic sheeting on their heads that they received from the World Food Programme, during the distribution of aid at a camp for displaced people, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 in Bulengo near Goma in eastern Congo. Congolese soldiers fought pro-government militiamen Tuesday deep in rebel-held territory, exposing the deepening breakdown of the country's army as it flees a steady rebel advance, witnesses said United Nations
UN agency begins airlifting food aid for refugees uprooted from DR Congo
| 12 March 2010 – The United Nations today started to airlift urgent food aid for tens of thousands of people who have fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of ... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo)
Africa   Congo   Food   Photos   UN  
Uighur women grab a police officer as they protest in front of journalists visiting the area in Urumqi, China, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. The Himalayan
US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran
| WASHINGTON: The United States accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination o... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
China   Iran   Nkorea   Photos   US  
Chocolate Business Day Online
That chocolate bar may hedge you against heart disease
…COPAL targets April for conference on cocoa health benefits | James Etegene, a father of two, is in the habit of indulging his children, both of whom are under the age... (photo: GFDL / LimoWreck)
Chocolate   Disease   Health   Photos   Science  
A nurse attends to a patient in Harare's main government hospital, as Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, not seen, visits the ward, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. In his first public appearance since joining the unity government, the longtime opposition leader toured Harare's main hospital Friday. Tsvangirai said about US$ 1.5 million is needed to revamp the rundown hospital. The new coalition government is faced with the world's highest official inflation rate, a hunger crisis and a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 4,000 people since August. (AP Photo) IRINnews
ZIMBABWE: Typhoid kills five people
web | HARARE, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Typhoid fever has killed five people in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and 30 others were being treated for the bacterial disease, the c... (photo: AP)
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Zimbabwe  
The al-Fakkah oil field in southern Maysan province south of Baghdad, Iraq is seen, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Joy Online
Fire officer asks government to protect oil fields
Divisional Officer 1 Anthony Donkor of the Cape Coast office of the Ghana National Fire Service, on Wednesday called on the government to provide well equipped fire stati... (photo: AP / Nabil Al-Jurani)
Agriculture   Ghana   Industry   Oil   Photos  
African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma speaks about South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at the 2008 Darryl G. Behrman lecture on Africa Policy, at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Joy Online
President Zuma invites President Mills for a visit
South African President Jacob Zuma has invited President John Evans Atta Mills for discussions on investments for mutual benefits. | The invitation was made in a message ... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Africa   Ghana   Photos   Politics   Southafrica  
A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. The Times
Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists
| Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religion   Society   Violence  
Politics Human Rights
- Coalition Warns Politicians against Breaking up Nigeria
- Edo Crisis and Bankole’s Stance
- Feature: Cheapening Nkrumah's name and image
- Guinea Interim Leader Rules Out Presidential Bid
Soldiers loyal to the ruling military junta cheer in response to comments by second in command Sekouba Konate, not pictured, at Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo, one week after junta leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara was shot by an aide-de-camp, in Conakry, Guinea Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
Guinea Interim Leader Rules Out Presidential Bid
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- Mines' harsh human toll is no deep, dark secret
- Edo Crisis and Bankole’s Stance
- Commentary: Brazil's Lula would not make a good U.N. chi
- Playing a Game of 'Who's the Adult Here?'
Braslia - Entrevista coletiva do presidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ao chegar ao Banco do Brasil.
Commentary: Brazil's Lula would not make a good U.N. chief
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- Punjab National Bank gets nod for IT subsidiary
- Post Amnesty Resolution Talks Kick Off Today
- Mines' harsh human toll is no deep, dark secret
- Woman Is the Youngest to Cross an Ocean Alone
Sugar - Commodity - Sweetener
Sugar breaks 20-cent support, sets 7-month low
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- India, Africa to check fake drug menace
- 'Ghana must lead an economic emancipation of Africa'
- Selling off Africa's resources isn't 'developmen
- Selling off Africa's resources isn't 'developmen
The al-Fakkah oil field in southern Maysan province south of Baghdad, Iraq is seen, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.
Fire officer asks government to protect oil fields
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AIDS & Diseases Society & Culture
-  Gurus find new way to help crops fight pests
- 'A desire to do for others'
- Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
- Stanley M. Aronson: A people beset by fiery serpents in thei
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Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
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- Blood on the Plateau: Nigeria's socioeconomic massacres
- Poem: Christianity as a Cottage Industry: Pathfinder of Our
- Woman Is the Youngest to Cross an Ocean Alone
- Voicing their support
In this Oct. 9, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks about being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. In the portfolio presidential phrases none is used more often than Obama's four-word favorite, "Let me be clear", which he used to describe his surprise at receiving the prize. "Let me be clear. I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations, " he said.
The Pulse: Obama Comes Under Fire From the City Council
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Agriculture & Farming Sports
- Blood on the Plateau: Nigeria's socioeconomic massacres
-  Gurus find new way to help crops fight pests
- Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
- Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
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Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests
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- Blood on the Plateau: Nigeria's socioeconomic massacres
- Where are All Our Ball Jugglers?
- Woman Is the Youngest to Cross an Ocean Alone
- World Cup 2010 Debate: Isn't It Time For Japan To Stop T
Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha, right, vies for the ball with Hamburg's Jose Paolo Guerrero
Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha Tops List Of Nigeria Probables
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