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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China plans build and manage a toll road from Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport to the capital, Kampala, to reduce congestion, Uganda’s presidency said.
AMMAN, Jordan (WOMENSENEWS)--In summer the temperature in Jordan soars to the unpleasantly high 30s (high 90s Fahrenheit). Across the sweltering capital, those of Amman's citizens who were fortunate enough not to have to make their living on the teeming streets hid away from the sun in the city's many coffee shops. It was May 31, 1994, the day that Kifaya's mother, uncles and brothers had ...
New report By African Science AcademiesThe lives of almost 4 million women, newborns, and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be saved every year if well-established, affordable health care interventions reached 90 percent of families, according to a joint report by the national science academies of seven African countries.
Senior Lord's Resistance Army commander Charles Arop, who was implicated in leading a massacre on Christmas Day that killed at least 143 Congolese, has surrendered to the Ugandan military, the army spokesman told AFP Thursday.
Newton Various mediums of acrylics, mono prints, painted silk and water colors by artist Phylis Barfoot of Highland Lakes will be featured at the Glimpses exhibit at Sussex County Community College, in Building C.
Christine Eichin, an Africa destination travel specialist, will present another episode in the armchair travel series with a presentation, "Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro," at the Larkspur Public Library on Nov.
MADISON - The Madison Area YMCA is celebrating the achievement of its president and CEO, Barry Kroll of Madison, also a past president of the Rotary Club of Madison, who was nominated by the Madison Rotary for the New Jersey Rotary State Vocational Service award, which he received on Oct. 5.
A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome.
Sating appetites is big business at Hard Rock International's 127 cafes. Now it's on the philanthropic menu.
LA CRESCENTA — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that an Anglican congregation must vacate St. Luke’s of Mountain Church on Foothill Boulevard by Oct. 12 so the property’s legal owner, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, can move in the next day.
When Anthropology Prof. Kearsley Stewart goes to Cuba on Wednesday, she will bring back an unusual souvenir: a Northwestern course....
LA CRESCENTA — The fate of the Anglican congregation at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Church grew dimmer Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a property dispute between a sister congregation and the Episcopal Diocese in Newport Beach.
China's focus on agriculture and infrastructure development in Africa aims to help the poverty-ravaged continent achieve economic independence, its commerce minister said Monday, stepping up a push by the Asian giant to battle criticism it was plundering the continent's resources.
This week's Impact blog posts covered a typically divergent range of topics, and as anyone who's kept up with the American news cycle of late knows, there's often very little time to consider one topic before the next one pops up. Our dedicated Impact bloggers have, however, given us reason to pause and think more critically on several oft-overlooked issues, both domestic and international.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nine-time X Games Gold Medalist and Rally legend, Travis Pastrana, is ready to rev up the movement to race to end poverty on this planet.
At the foot of Kgale Hill, the sudden appearance of new shops caused a bit of a buzz as bemused locals seeking to book a haircut or buy beer found themselves turned away from a film set.
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