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Nokia N8 - Smartphone
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Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
CES 2012 | Galaxy Nexus and ICS | Galaxy Tabs | Birth of a Smart Phone | Engadget Distro | News Hubs Galleries Videos Podcasts The Recap Authors Store FOLLOW US ON TWITTER SUBSCRIBE ABOUT / FAQ Cellph... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Common method of protecting from malaria while sleeping. Tabuk, Kalinga province, the Philippines.
Disease   Health   People   Photos  
 Ghana Business News 
Study shows malaria deaths declining
| Although malaria is killing more people worldwide than previously thought, the number of deaths is falling rapidly as efforts to combat the disease have ramped up, a new research has revealed. | The... (photo: Creative Commons / Gubernatoria)
Liberian refugees walk toward the safety of a small town called Fire Stone, Liberia about 100 kilometers from Monrovia, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003.  Joy Online 
Liberia refugees in Ghana to lose their status from July 1
Some 11,000 Liberian refugees in Ghana may end up being aliens if they do not take advantage of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR’s) voluntary repatriation program to return home... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Ghana   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Liberia  
Boeing 777-223ER - American Airlines (reg:N756AM  Al Jazeera 
American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs
| The parent company of American Airlines says it needs to eliminate about 13,000 jobs, as one of the largest US airlines remakes itself under bankruptcy protection. | Thomas W Horton, chief executive... (photo: Creative Commons / Eluveitie)
Company   Employees   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: American Airlines  
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File - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor alights from the Nigerian government plane into the waiting handcuffs of United Nations Peacekeepers who effected his arrest at Monrovia's Roberts International Airport on his arrival from Nigeria, 29 March, 2006. Star Tribune
Charles Taylor lawyers seek to reopen defense case to admit UN report on mercenaries
| AMSTERDAM - Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a U.N.-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defense case, saying a recentl... (photo: UN / Mathew Elavanalthoduka)
Africa   Crimes   Hague   Photos   Wikipedia: Liberia  
Police arrest a protester in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. CNN
Tense Senegal braces for more protests as anger mounts
February 1, 2012 -- Updated 0719 GMT (1519 HKT) A Senegalese court has ruled that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for office again. | Dakar, Senegal (CNN) -- A tense Sen... (photo: AP / Gaby Barnuevo)
Africa   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, left, and South African President Jacob Zuma, right, shake hands as they met at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The Guardian
African Union summit, food crisis in the Sahel and global hunger figures
| Deadlock in the race for the AU commission leadership, food shortages in Niger and Chad, and the puzzling lack of scrutiny directed towards the FAO's hunger statistics ... (photo: AP / Elias Asmare)
Chad   Food   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: African Union  
Iron-ore is one of the state's leading export commodities Mining Weekly
African Minerals arranges $868m to fund Tonkolili expansion
| JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-listed African Minerals has arranged $868-million in financing for the continued expansion at its Tonkolili iron-ore proj... (photo: Creative Commons)
Africa   Johannesburg   Mining   Photos   Wikipedia: Sierra Leone  
Cocoa Ghana Business News
Hershey Company to invest $10m to improve conditions in cocoa communities in West Africa
| The Hershey Company on Monday said it would expand and accelerate programmes to improve conditions in cocoa communities by investing $10 million in West Africa and cont... (photo: Creative Commons / Wilfredor)
Cocoa   Company   Photos   West Africa   Wikipedia: The Hershey Company  
Condom Austin American Statesman
South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms
| JOHANNESBURG — A South African health official says they are recalling 1.35 million condoms given away at the African National Congress party's centenary celebrat... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Africa   Health   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Condom  
Politics Terrorism
- Regular Exercise Key To Good Health - Minister
- Senegal in danger: The view from the ground
- Akufo-Addo: Ghanaians desperately want NPP’s return
- UN Mission to Decide On Election Certification Next Week
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Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
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- Heavy weapons rattle northern Mali town, thousands flee
- Tuareg rebels attack Mali town of Kidal
- West is best: Worthington
- Heavy weapons rattle northern Mali town, thousands flee
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- Yield-hunters descend on Accra
- Please Help Us Retrieve Our Money From Tano Rural Bank - Far
- Kufuor cautions against partisanship on national development
- AGI survey optimistic of business growth in Ghana
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American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs
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- Tuareg rebels attack Mali town of Kidal
- Zambia first through to semi-finals
- Yield-hunters descend on Accra
- Gaddafi-era envoy 'killed' by Libyan militia
Cocoa
Hershey Company to invest $10m to improve conditions in cocoa communities in West Africa
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Health Society & Culture
- What African leaders can learn from the likes of the ‘unkn
- Regular Exercise Key To Good Health - Minister
- Ivory Coast: Meningitis outbreak kills 11 during first three
- ECOWAS Commission to support CSRPM
Common method of protecting from malaria while sleeping. Tabuk, Kalinga province, the Philippines.
Study shows malaria deaths declining
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- European chill moves west and 122 die in Ukraine
- European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine
- GES warns teachers who sexually harass students
- Beavercreek woman snags reality-show hunk
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Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- Ivory Coast: Meningitis outbreak kills 11 during first three
- Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal poli
- Researchers tasked to ensure quality seeds for country
- Researchers task to ensure quality seeds for the country
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Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy
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- Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba scores twice in Equatorial G
- Ivory Coast And Zambia Through
- Ivory Coast beat Equatorial Guinea to reach semi-finals
- Player Ratings: Cote d'Ivoire 3-0 Equatorial Guinea
Fans of Equatorial Guinea  at the African Nations Cup soccer tournament . The newly built Estadio De Bata  stadium in Malabo was full to capacity during the opening match. Equatorial Guinea won by defeating Libya.
Zambia v Sudan
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