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Pictured is a landmine or unexploded ordinance warning sign during the mine clearance activities carried out by the Armor Group and coordinated by the United Nations Mine Action Office (UNAMO) in consultation with the Government of Southern Sudan, other national and international actors.
Defence   Human Rights   Photos   Weapons   Wikipedia: Land mine
 The Independent 
IoS Investigation: The shocking truth about landmines
The landmine belongs to another era – or so many of us like to believe. We think of it as an evil all but consigned to history by the entreaties of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a Nobel prize-winning... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
Africa's mineral wealth hardly denting poverty levels, says World Bank
Africa   Mineral   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: African Union
 The Guardian 
Africa's mineral wealth hardly denting poverty levels, says World Bank
Report finds discovery of oil and mineral resources doing little to improve prospects for poor people, whose lot may even worsen A miner holds wolfram in Ngungu, 60km west of Goma in the Democratic... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Cities rises in a vast  The Guardian 
Rise of the megacities – get the data
Out-of-date censuses, inconsistent methodologies and the political manipulation of official statistics mean estimating and predicting city populations is fraught with difficulty • Get the data • More... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
America   China   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Megacity
Angolans queue at a voting station in Kicolo, Luanda, Angola to cast their ballots Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.  BBC News 
Angola: Promises temper election victory
Angola's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), have enjoyed another thumping victory at the polls. Although not... (photo: AP)
Africa   Angola   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Angolan legislative election, 2012
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Avril Lavigne perfoms during the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball at the Bank Atlantic Center Sunrise, Florida - December 10, 2011 Entertainment Wise
Avril Lavigne Puts 'Racist' Video Behind Her Drama As She Dines With Chad Kroeger In Hollywood
Avril Lavigne was forced to hit out at claims that her recent music video was "racist" this week, but the singer now seems to be attempting to put the whole... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert)
Artists   Performing   Photos   Singer   Wikipedia: Avril Lavigne
Toxic hair care scare Independent online (SA)
Toxic hair care scare
Durban - Top South African hairstylists and consumer groups have called for researchers to name and shame six popular Brazilian hair treatment products containing... (photo: WN / marzena)
Africa   Durban   Hairstyles   Photos   Wikipedia: Hairstyles
UN Reaffirms World Body’s Resolve In Somalia Scoop
UN Reaffirms World Body’s Resolve In Somalia
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 11:19 am Press Release: New York, Apr 23 2014 3:00PM UN Envoy Reaffirms World Body’s Strong Resolve To Stay The Course In Somalia The top United... (photo: UN / Tobin Jones)
African Union Mission in Somalia   Humanitarian   Photos   UN Security   Wikipedia: African Union Mission to Somalia
 Visitors at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo stand by the stock price board Friday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2007 as the Nikkei 225 closed down 874.81 points, or 5.42 percent, at 15,273.68 points. Japanese stocks fell more than 5 percent to a one-year low, hittin Independent online (SA)
Japan’s Topix climbs to two-week high
Tokyo - Japanese shares rose, with the Topix index posting its first advance in three days, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index capped its longest rally since... (photo: AP/Koji Sasahara)
Photos   Seibu Holdings   Stock Exchange   TOPIX   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225
File - A man walks past a burnt out building following an attacked by Boko Haram in Bama, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb, 20. 2013. The latest attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeast has left 115 people dead. The Guardian
Tony Blair: west must take sides against growing threat of radical Islam
In keynote speech on Middle East, former PM blames Islamic extremism for failures of western intervention in region Tony Blair: 'What is absolutely necessary is that we... (photo: AP / Jossy Ola)
Human Rights   Mideast Peace   Photos   Radical Islam   Wikipedia: Islamic fundamentalism
U.S. Sending Troops to Eastern Europe, Must Turn Over Info on CIA Prisons, Apaches Headed to Egypt National Journal
U.S. Sending Troops to Eastern Europe, Must Turn Over Info on CIA Prisons, Apaches Headed to Egypt
By Jordain Carney Follow on Twitter April 23, 2014 By Jordain Carney ( @jordainc) Welcome to NJ's Early Bird, today's best national security, defense, and foreign policy... (photo: USMC / Zachery B. Martin)
Egypt   Europe   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Troop
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