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A top UN official on Wednesday praised "great progress" in easing Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, but urged donors to continue supporting the country's recovery from a decade of economic freefall.
Rhino poaching worldwide is on the rise, according to a new report by TRAFFIC and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).The trade is being driven by Asian demand for horns and is made worse by increasingly sophisticated poachers, who now are using veterinary drugs, poison, cross bows and high caliber weapons to kill rhinos, the report states.Since 2006 the majority (95 ...
Nouakchott - Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel-Aziz on Wednesday dismissed the head of the country's national police force, a senior official said. Abdel-Aziz replaced his close associate, Colonel Ahmed Ould Bekrine, with Colonel Anjagha Jani...
Officials say the disease, which took 5,000 lives last year, will not be as virulent this time. But the same unsanitary conditions remain
Nouakchott/Madrid - Three Spanish aid workers abducted Sunday night have been moved to Mali, a high-ranking Mauritanian official said Wednesday. The Spanish government meanwhile said it was trying to determine the exact location where the hostages ...
Nairobi/London - A massive Greek oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean has reached the Somali coastline, the European Union's anti-piracy mission off Somalia said Wednesday. The Greek-flagged MV Maran Centaurus, capable of carryin...
Nouakchott/Madrid - Three Spanish aid workers abducted Sunday night had been moved to Mali, a high-ranking Mauritanian official said Wednesday, adding a further twist to contradictory reports on the fate of the hostages. The abductors were criminals ...
Rhino poaching worldwide is on the rise, according to a new report by TRAFFIC and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The trade is being driven by Asian demand for horns and is made worse by increasingly sophisticated poachers, who now are using veterinary drugs, poison, cross bows and high caliber weapons to kill rhinos, the report states.
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 2, 2009) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Radar Acquisitions Corp. ("Radar" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RAC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arm's length binding letter of intent dated December 2, 2009 (the "Letter of Intent") to acquire a 60% equity interest in C2E ...
Bangkok - Two Chinese tourists were killed and 16 injured when their speedboat was hit by another tourist boat in the Thai seaside resort of Pattaya Wednesday, said police. A boat loaded with at least 30 Chinese tourists returning from the small Koh ...
Zimbabwe's prime minister said Sunday he is thankful for South African efforts to help rescue his coalition government, and he said South Africa's president is expected to visit the troubled neighboring country next week.
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