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Coco de mer 3 seeds Deadline extended for registration of coco de mer
The deadline for members of the public to register their coco de mer trees and nuts has been extended to January 15, 2013. Initially the Ministry of... (photo: GFDL) Nation
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Wind turbine - wind farm - renewable energy Wind turbines to be fully operational in February
Necessary tests are underway on the eight wind turbines now in place to ensure they are ready for operation by February next year, Professor Rolph Payet has announced. The Minister for Environment and... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Nation
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This still image included in a video obtained by the Associated Press from Fahd al-Bakoush, a freelance videographer and activist, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the body of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens being moved by Libyan civilians trying to rescue him after gunmen and protesters rampaged through the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The group of Libyans had stumbled across Stevens' seemingly lifeless form inside a dark room and didn't know who he was, only that he was a foreigner, al-Bakoush and two other witnesses told the AP. U.S. State Dept officials resign under pressure over Benghazi killings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three senior U.S. State Department officials were asked to resign after an official inquiry harshly criticized their offices for failing to provide adequate security at the U.S.... (photo: AP / Fahd al-Bakoush) Reuters
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Ben Affleck Ben Affleck urges more robust US diplomacy in DR Congo
ACTOR and director Ben Affleck has appealed to US law-makers to back a stronger mandate for the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying Washington needed to flex its diplomatic muscle... (photo: Creative Commons / Hutch y2k) The Australian
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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Egypt: Mubarak back to prison
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was returned to his prison Wednesday after he was transferred to a Cairo military hospital briefly for an X-ray of his head, a security official... (photo: AP / Mohammed al-Law) The Associated Press
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