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 IRINnews Wed 30 Dec 2009
KENYA: Call to protect human rights during HIV testing drive
web | NAIROBI, 30 December 2009 (PlusNews) - An international rights group has called on the Kenyan government to ensure that human rights are protected during the country's national door-to-door volu... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Health Kenya Nairobi Photos Research |
 The Star Wed 30 Dec 2009
Somali pirates seize two more ships
| MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a chemical tanker and a cargo vessel on Monday, underlining the continued risk to shipping in some of the world's busiest maritime trade routes. Suspected... (photo: AP / Xinhua)
Defence Photos Piracy Shipping Somalia |
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 CBS News Tue 29 Dec 2009
Obama: "Systemic Failure" Allowed Attack
President Seeks to Reassure, but Also Calls for Accountability in Intelligence and Homeland Security Sectors | Font size Print E-mail Share 8 Comments By Ken Millstone | ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama Photos Politics US Yemen |
 The Independent Tue 29 Dec 2009
Independent Appeal: The plant-a-tree scheme that could bring back the rain
| To fetch water from the Ewaso Ng'iro river you have to climb all the way down its collapsing banks to the brown trickle at the bottom. Carrying her yellow plastic conta... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Africa Photos Rain Trees Water |
 The Star Tue 29 Dec 2009
Jumbos in jeopardy
| The Chinese are buying up huge quantities of ivory carvings, a demand that bodes ill for wild elephants. | TUCKED into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Ch... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Animals Elephants Photos Tibet Wildlife |
 The Telegraph India Mon 28 Dec 2009
Tea firms expect higher prices next year
Calcutta, Dec. 28: The Indian tea industry is poised to start the coming year with a shortage of over 60 million kg, which is likely to result in a higher price realisati... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Indian Industry Photos Prices Tea |
 The Guardian Mon 28 Dec 2009
Egypt plants new wheat strains to fight fungus
* Egypt planting 40 tonnes of new wheat seeds in Nile Delta * Wheat strain resistant to rust exported to Afghanistan By Maha El Dahan CAIRO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Egypt, the... (photo: Creative Commons / Nachiel)
Agriculture Business Egypt Photos Trade |
 The Star Mon 28 Dec 2009
INTERVIEW - Egypt plants new wheat strains to fight fungus
| CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, the world's top wheat importer, is introducing new wheat varieties resistant to a mutant form of stem rust, an airborne fungus with the ability... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Agriculture Cairo Egypt Food Photos |
 The Independent Mon 28 Dec 2009
Mark Ashurst: The small farmers leading a genuine Green Revolution
| A short walk from the Rwandan parliament, Vision 2020 is an open-air café popular with bureaucrats and taxi drivers. The Kigali eatery takes its name from the national ... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa Development Parliament Photos Revolution |
