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Two ticks. Tick.

China Disease Health Photos Wikipedia: Tick-borne disease

China Daily
280 cases of tick-borne disease reported this year
Thu 16 Jun 2011
2011-06-16 20:53:11.0280 cases of tick-borne disease reported this yeartick,disease,tick-borne disease,Center for Disease Control and... (photo: Creative Commons / Julian Robinson)

File - A mother and child, pictured at Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Congo Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: Women's rights in Afghanistan

DNA India
Factbox: The world's most dangerous countries for women
Wed 15 Jun 2011
Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the world's most dangerous countries for women due to a barrage of threats ranging from violence and rape to dismal healthcare and "honour killngs", a... (photo: UN / Fardin Waezi)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Asselin carries a bag of relief supplies for Afghan women at the Afghan Olympic Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 10, 2007. Coalition forces attached to the Training Assistance Group from Camp Alamo, Afghanistan, coordin

BBC News Wed 15 Jun 2011
Poll says Afghanistan 'most dangerous' for women
Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for women, an international poll of experts on gender issues says. High levels of violence, poor healthcare and poverty make Afghanistan the worst place for... (photo: USAF file/TSgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.)
Afghanistan Photos Politics Wikipedia: Afghanistan Women

Afghan women and a young boy prepare to cross a busy street Sept. 14, 2009, near a military installation located in Kabul, Afghanistan, while Afghan National Police conduct routine security operations.

Khaleej Times Wed 15 Jun 2011
Afghanistan is most dangerous country for women
LONDON - Violence, dismal healthcare and brutal poverty make Afghanistan the world's most dangerous country for women, with Congo a close second due to horrific levels of rape, a Thomson Reuters... (photo: US Army / 1st Sgt. Stephon M. Sterns)
Afghanistan Asia Photos Wikipedia: Women's rights in Afghanistan Women

Women walking on road at Uttar Pradesh-India.

The Siasat Daily Wed 15 Jun 2011
India 4th most dangerous place for women: survey
New Delhi, June 15: The high number of female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking prevalent in India has placed it as the fourth most dangerous place for women... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
India Photos Rights Wikipedia: Women in India Women

Indian paramilitary troops stand guard During a funeral procession of Moulana Showkat Shah in Srinagar April 8, 2011. A bomb went off outside a mosque in Kashmir's main city on Friday, killing Shah, a prominent Muslim cleric, police and witnesses said, the first such attack near a religious place in recent years.

Deccan Herald Fri 10 Jun 2011
'Eye' on Kashmir amid reports of sexual violence: UN official
Geneva, Jun 10 (PTI) Friday, June 10, 2011 --> A top UN official today said she is ''keeping an eye'' on Kashmir where some individual cases of sexual violence have been... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir Pakistan Photos Violence Wikipedia: Kashmir conflict

Smartphone - Mobile Phone

The Guardian Wed 8 Jun 2011
Mobile health offers hope to patients in Africa
Mobile phone technology to increase access to healthcare could open up a new frontier to improve patient care in poor countries Will mobile phones change people's access... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Africa Health People Photos Wikipedia: Mobile phone

Trees - Forest - Nature

Fast Company Fri 3 Jun 2011
How To Prevent Rainforest Destruction
New positive numbers about the world's rainforests provide lessons on how to prevent deforestation: protect, plant, and pay. Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 25%--amount... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Environment Nature Photos Rainforests Wikipedia: Deforestation

File - John V Karuranga, President of the Rwanda People's Party

WorldNews.com Fri 3 Jun 2011
A letter to President Kagame - Proposal for Rwanda Peace Talks from the RPP
Your Excellency, I am writing to you on behalf of the Rwanda People's Party (RPP) which has been in existence now for one year. Our party works inside Rwanda and in the... (photo: File)
Africa Peace Photos Rwanda Wikipedia: Rwanda

pond heron on the leaf of lotus in the pond - bird - biodiversity

The New York Times Thu 26 May 2011
Exploring Biodiversity in the Philippines
Rich Mooi, curator of invertebrate zoology and geology at the California Academy of Sciences, writes from the Philippines, where he is surveying echinoderms off the coast... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Biodiversity Nature Philippines Photos Wikipedia: Biodiversity

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	Obama, Congo Needs You Now The Daily Beast
	More UN plane crash victims named as investigation into cause continues United Nations
	Crash victims' families 'devastated' Independent online (SA)
	UN Expresses Sorrow After Deadly Plane Crash In DR Congo Scoop
	UN Must Stop Failing Civilians Under Threat from the LRA All Africa

Aids & Poverty

	Africa's Children Deserve More Protective Environments Scoop
	Rio Tinto subsidiary wins global award for malaria, HIV/Aids initiatives in Guinea Mining Weekly
	Africa's children deserve more protective environments, UNICEF says United Nations
	In Support of the International Day of the African Child, Roche Hosts Annual Children's Walk PR Newswire
	HIV/Aids May Prove More Damaging to South Than the Civil War - Health Official All Africa
	Energy is central to development The Guardian

Two loaders work outside the ore processing and recovery plant at De Beers' Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Group completes significant base metals contracts

Nestle Coffee - Nestle Product

Nestle to add factories in Africa, cut imports

Arab league Secretary-General Amr Moussa

African dissent on no-fly zone counts

Metorex shares climb as another party expresses interest Mining Weekly
WFDB’s Paz believes KP will allow Marange exports to resume Mining Weekly
Eurasian miner on course to enter seaborne iron-ore trade a Mining Weekly
Going Long and Short Gold: An Interesting Pair Trade Seeking Alpha
Tiger Resources: First Sales of Copper Concentrate from Kipo Mineweb
Dresser-Rand's Olean Operation Ratifies New Competitive Labo redOrbit
Africa's women mean business – but they need finance The Guardian
Press contacts Crunch
Africa's women mean business �Euro" but they need finance The Guardian
Tiger Resources: Significant Drill Intersections at Judeira Mineweb
Heritage-Transactions in Own Shares StreetInsider
Trade experts see Cape-to-Cairo free trade area as pie in th Independent online (SA)
Glencore set to report maiden Q1, eyes on trading Chicago Tribune
Mozambique to step up diamond controls Joy Online
MDM awarded the BFS update for the Kalukundi copper cobalt p Mineweb
Ivory to be banned for 9 more yrs after 1-off sale of stocks Breitbart
Miners snap up graduates as industry booms The Guardian
Gold Mining In Eritrea The Street
Malawi's musical turn The Guardian
Sir Richard Sykes: ENRC's walk into the line of fire The Daily Telegraph

UN Watch slams election of Congo & Kuwait

UN Watch slams election of Congo & Kuwait

The Plight of Migrant Workers in the Middle East and North Africa

The Plight of Migrant Workers in the Middle East and North Africa

DR Congo: Security Council discusses key challenges and risks in an election year

DR Congo: Security Council discusses key challenges and risks in an election year

A Plea From South Kordofan State, Sudan The New York Times
Hurdles ahead as DRC passes election law Independent online (SA)
Independent Voices: Hacked off with free speech The Independent
Veniunt, Vident, Titubant Peace FM Online
Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, but India in The Guardian
Rapid City Brady Campaign The Examiner
One Man's Efforts to Help Girls' Education in Burkina Faso Scoop
Clinton: Remarks at African Union Scoop
From the Field: One man's efforts to help girls' education i United Nations
God Bless America. And its Bombs GlobalResearch
Man who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’ protests visit by nation’s l Chicago Sun-Times
Rwanda opposition challenges Kagame in Chicago Breitbart
Shareholders feel boardroom failings where it hurts most The Daily Telegraph
UNDERNEWS: June 9, 2011 Scoop
From Africa, Nature as Victim and Muse The New York Times
Murder in Kinshasa Al Jazeera
Rights groups: More peacekeepers during Congo vote Herald Tribune
Fourth Tripartite Meeting Marks Re-Starting of Repatriation All Africa
DR Congo: Strengthen Civilian Protection Before Elections Human Rights
Why won't the pope let women protect themselves from HIV? The Guardian

Robert de Niro - Berlin Film Festival

Robert De Niro and Edward Norton face off over prison and parole in 'Stone'

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington filming causes stir in Cape Town

Morgan Freeman y Paz Vega en Madrid 01

Beacon Awards go to Banks, Freeman, Santana

Architect, 82, Dies Two Weeks After Being Robbed and Beaten The New York Times
Michelle Obama Is Off To Africa To Find Young Leaders VH1
The British (films) are coming! Star Tribune
Miriam Makeba stars in Come Back Africa The Guardian
Franco emerges as the leader of OK Jazz The Guardian
Faces on Film Add Humanity To the News The New York Times
At UN talks, Kyoto Protocol hangs in the balance Breitbart
Movie guide alt: Independent, limited release and foreign-la Kansas City Star
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 'insulted' by movie about her life The Guardian
Much Moore fun for Durban audiences Independent online (SA)
Mapping the way for local artists Independent online (SA)
A list of SIFF films coming soon to Seattle Seattle Times
'The Bang Bang Club' The Miami Herald
Rating for Viva Riva movie review: The Examiner
My Life In Travel: Alek Wek, model The Independent
This week's new exhibitions The Guardian
This Week's New Movies: "Super 8," "The Trip," "Trollhunter" NBCBayArea
Dusted Reviews Artist: V/A Album: Afro Latin: Via Kinshasa L dusted
Last Night's TV: The Duke at 90/BBC1Tourism & the Truth: Sta The Independent
Movie Review: 'Viva Riva!' is a mixture of the old and the n The Examiner

A nurse draws blood from an infant at the Baylor Children’s Centre of Excellence in Maseru, Lesotho. Thirty percent of the 1,150 children accessing antiretroviral treatment in Lesotho are receiving it at this clinic.

MALAWI: Local myths stall paediatric HIV treatment

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a rally at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Monday, March 31, 2008

Obama affirms ironclad support for Israel

Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, addresses a Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, 10 May, 2011.

UN Stresses Security Council's Duty to Protect Civilians

Heather Roy's Diary - Hon Heather Roy Scoop
Excel and lead Khaleej Times
The Whitehall list: every senior civil servant, what they do The Guardian
'Education first, beers later' Independent online (SA)
Time to focus on the African child The Guardian
Youth appreciative of June 16 legacy Independent online (SA)
Afghan women in most danger Khaleej Times
Poverty, non-existent healthcare and relentless tribal viole The Daily Mail
Eavesdropping on Arctic Birds The New York Times
Barack Obama calls for Sudan ceasefire after renewed fightin The Daily Telegraph
Agri Colleges to Become Training Institutes All Africa
Pak 3rd, India 4th Most Dangerous Country for Women Kashmir Observer
Govt Committed to Ensuring Social Security All Africa
Union approves Dresser deal in Olean The Business Review
Springs fire victim still in hospital Independent online (SA)
Afghanistan most dangerous country for women - poll Independent online (SA)
Afghanistan 'worst place' for women Irish Times
Would lots of money make you happy? Independent online (SA)
Afghanistan 'worst place' to be a woman Irish Times
Afghanistan named most dangerous country for women The Daily Telegraph

Sudan: As South Split Looms, Abuses Grow in Darfur

Sudan: As South Split Looms, Abuses Grow in Darfur

Forest-Sierra Leone-Africa-Environment

Madagascar poverty, strife hurt environment

A rebel fighter stands next to pick up converted into an armored combat vehicle at the front line with Moammar Gadhafi forces, 30 km south from Misrata, Libya, Friday, May 27, 2011.

Zuma in Libya as NATO eyes endgame amid defections

Global effort leads to increase in female UN police worldwid United Nations
Budget battle at cash-strapped UN climate forum Breitbart
Gaddafi losing friends and influence in Africa Khaleej Times
Nyamwasa's refugee status causes outcry Independent online (SA)
Democrats beat back further cuts to food aid The News & Observer
House moves to bar genetically modified salmon The News & Observer
Michelle Obama sets South Africa, Botswana schedule Breitbart
Naomi Campbell knew diamonds were from warlord, says charity The Daily Telegraph
More must be done to overcome obstacles in providing aid - U United Nations
Rights groups challenge Rwandan's S.African asylum Herald Tribune
NPA to fight Mandela Fund's Ractliffe Independent online (SA)
Rights groups challenge Rwandan general's asylum in South Af Star Tribune
The world's most dangerous countries for women DNA India
Ractliffe pleads not guilty Independent online (SA)
Afghanistan 'most dangerous place for women' Al Jazeera
India prepares to withdraw helicopters from UN's Congo missi Deccan Herald
An epic drive toward freedom The News & Observer
Afghanistan most dangerous country for women China Daily
POLL - Afghanistan is most dangerous country for women The Star
Spectre of Graeme Swann gives India cause to finally embrace The Guardian

The world's most dangerous roads - get the data

The world's most dangerous roads - get the data

Women stand around at a local market where renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda controls the area in Mushake, Congo, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Amid rolling green hills studded with lazy white cows and dairy farms in eastern Congo, renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda is

1100 females raped every day in Congo

In this April 12 1961 photo rocket engineer Oleg Ivanovsky leads Yuri Gagarin, left, to the Vostok spacecraft before the launch from what will later become known as the Baikonur cosmodrome.

First in Space, First into the Mind

Jillian Michaels is fit for new challenges Seattle Times
HAART Effective For Treating HIV-Infected Children Living In redOrbit
DRC: Ragi Ngenderezi Abulengu, "We are like birds: today we IRINnews
Canadian military redeploying soldiers with PTSD CBC
Afghanistan the worst place to be a woman, finds survey by T The Daily Telegraph Australia
newCanadian military redeploying soldiers with PTSD CBC
Into the Crocodile Cave The New York Times
New 50% bigger Kalukundi copper/cobalt project study awarded Mineweb
Counting Our Bugs Before the Chicks Hatch The New York Times
A Low-Impact Stove for Rwanda The New York Times
London conference exceeds targets on child vaccines m&c;
The Cave Fishes of Madagascar The New York Times
Garden Project in Boosts Nutrition, Jobs And Profits All Africa
Vaccine funding: immunising children 'world's greatest healt The Daily Telegraph
Cameron pledges £814m towards vaccinating the world's poores The Daily Mail
East Tennessee salute to 2011 YWCA Tribute to Women Finalist Knox News
The Hidden World of Heart Urchins The New York Times
Before the Mosquitoes Come The New York Times
World Bank to give Laos 30 million dollars to combat climate m&c;
Leaving a Warming Arctic The New York Times

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