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South Korean workers of Hyundai Heavy Industries work on a cargo ship at its dock in Ulsan, south of Seoul, Friday, May 6, 2005. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's top shipbuilder, expects to swing to an operating profit in 2005 from an operating loss a year ago, as the South Korean company reaps the benefits of cost cutting efforts and currency hedging, the company's chief executive said Friday.
Business   Nigeria   Photos   S.Korea   Wikipedia: Hyundai Heavy Industries  
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Nigerian police say Hyundai paid some $190,000 for hostages
| ABUJA (Reuters) - An arrested gang leader told Nigerian authorities that South Korean firm Hyundai Heavy Industries paid a 30 million naira ($192,100) ransom to release six workers kidnapped in Nige... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
A haevested crop of sorghum - jowar - Asiam crop - India - agriculture
Climate   Farming   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Sorghum  
 PhysOrg 
Unlocking sorghum's gene bank: Adapting agriculture to a changing climate
| A hardy cereal crop that was first domesticated in the Horn of Africa some 10,000 years ago, sorghum is now cultivated worldwide, from Texas to China. Sorghum is a particularly drought-tolerant grai... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Passengers ride on a car carrying sacks of food, bedding, and animals for bushmeat on the front, heading away from Damara, about 70km (44 miles) north of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. After troops under Bozize seized the capital in 2003 amid volleys of machine-gun and mortar fire, he dissolved the constitution and parliament, and now a decade later it is Bozize himself who could be ousted from power with rebels having seized more than half the country and made their way to the doorstep of the capital in less than a month.  France24 
CAR rebels halt advance, agree to peace talks
Rebels in the Central African Republic on Wednesday said that they had halted their advance on the capital Bangui and had agreed to join peace talks, after their onslaught had them within striking dis... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Africa   Bangui   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Central African Republic  
File -  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) police officers arrive in the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma after the rebel group known as M23 withdrew from the city, 1 December, 2012.  Al Jazeera 
UN slaps sanctions on DR Congo rebels
| The United Nations Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on M23 rebels and their alleged Rwandan allies, the FDLR, amid a flare-up of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern re... (photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti)
Africa   Congo   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2012 East D.R. Congo conflict  
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A haevested crop of sorghum - jowar - Asiam crop - India - agriculture PhysOrg
Unlocking sorghum's gene bank: Adapting agriculture to a changing climate
| A hardy cereal crop that was first domesticated in the Horn of Africa some 10,000 years ago, sorghum is now cultivated worldwide, from Texas to China. Sorghum is a part... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate   Farming   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Sorghum  
 John Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana     (js1) Peace FM Online
Ex-Prez Kufuor Must Attend Mahama's Inauguration - Kweku Baako
Kwaku Baako Jr. says former President J.A. Kufuor, must be at the inauguration ceremony of President John Mahama on Monday despite a decision by the main opposition New P... (photo: AP / Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
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President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor listens to a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, unseen, following their meeting at Blair's official residence No. 10 Downing Street, central London, Wednesday March 14, 2007. Peace FM Online
NPP Youth Vow To Stop Kufuor From Attending Mahama's Inauguration
Some members of the youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have vowed to prevent former President John Agyekum Kufuor from attending the inauguration of John Dramani... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)
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Real Madrid's Emmanuel Adebayor from Togo, right, celebrates after scoring pass Sevilla's goalkeeper Javier Varas, left, during their Copa del Rey semifinal second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Madrid. The Times Of India
Star Emmanuel Adebayor keeps Togo waiting
JOHANNESBURG: Togo star Emmanuel Adebayor has less than a week to decide whether he will play at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa as the January 9 deadline for n... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano)
Emmanuel Adebayor   Johannesburg   Photos   Togo   Wikipedia: Emmanuel Adebayor  
Ivory Coast First Lady Dominique Ouattara, center left, speaks with a person injured in a stampede as they are treated at a hospital in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Jan. 1 2013. At least 61 people were killed early Tuesday in a stampede following a New Year's fireworks display in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial center, said officials. The death toll is expected to rise, according to rescue workers. Taipei Times
Survivors of Ivory Coast stampede blame barricades
| Survivors of a stampede in the Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year’s Eve fireworks display at a stadium said yest... (photo: AP / Emanuel Ekra)
Abidjan   Africa   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Ivory Coast  
 Rebel fighters pose for a picture in the bush near Ouandago, Central African Republic Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. The army has burned scores of villages in northwest Central African Republic during a campaign to rout rebels active in the area for weeks, di Sun Sentinel
CAR rebels halt advance, agree to peace talks
| DAMARA, Central African Republic (Reuters) - Rebels in Central African Republic said they had halted their advance on the capital on Wednesday and agreed to start peace... (photo: AP/Joseph Benamsse)
Africa   Gabon   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Central African Republic  
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File - Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN and President of the Security Council for December, briefs the press on the situation in the Central African Republic, 28 December, 2012.
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In this Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 photo, Bishop Jean-Marie Runiga, president of rebel group M23, addresses a rally in Bunagana, eastern Congo.
Congo rebels demand government ceasefire before talks
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South Korean workers of Hyundai Heavy Industries work on a cargo ship at its dock in Ulsan, south of Seoul, Friday, May 6, 2005. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's top shipbuilder, expects to swing to an operating profit in 2005 from an operating loss a year ago, as the South Korean company reaps the benefits of cost cutting efforts and currency hedging, the company's chief executive said Friday.
Nigerian police say Hyundai paid some $190,000 for hostages
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File - Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN and President of the Security Council for December, briefs the press on the situation in the Central African Republic, 28 December, 2012.
UN council calls on CAR rebels to withdraw
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Mariame Kanfando, 10, with her father, wait outside the morgue in in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013, in an attempt to get the bodies of her mother and two sisters killed in a stampede on new year's eve. Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium said Wednesday that barricades stopped them from moving along a main boulevard, causing the crush of people. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara ordered three days of national mourning and launched an investigation into to the causes of the tragedy but two survivors, in interviews with The Associated Press, indicated why so many died in what would normally be an open area, the Boulevard de la Republic. An estimated 50,000 people had gathered in Abidjan's Plateau district to watch the fireworks.
Ivory Coast New Year's Death Toll Rises to 64
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File - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, center-left, and South Sudan President Salva Kiir, right, gesture to celebrate the completion of a signing ceremony after the two countries reached a deal on economic and security agreements Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sudan and South Sudan leaders to hold summit
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A haevested crop of sorghum - jowar - Asiam crop - India - agriculture
Unlocking sorghum's gene bank: Adapting agriculture to a changing climate
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Tottenham Hotspur's Emmanuel Adebayor, right, celebrates with the crowd after scoring against Liverpool during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane stadium, London, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011.
Player Ratings: Tottenham 3-0 Coventry
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