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March 23, 2012
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Students' experiments to play out in space
San Francisco (AFP) March 22, 2012
Science experiments devised by teenage students, one from Egypt and two from the United States, will be conducted in space as part of a move by YouTube and Lenovo to inspire young minds. Winners of a global YouTube Space Lab competition were announced Thursday, with 18-year-old Amr Mohamed of Egypt taking the honor for older students while Dorothy Chen and Sara Ma was deemed top submission in a younger group. "Humanity's future relies on moving beyond Earth," renowned scientist and professor Ste ... read more

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Ex-spy boss may spill Gadhafi's secrets
Moammar Gadhafi's ex-spymaster and exterminator in chief has become the target of an international legal tug-of-war over who'll prosecute him for a chilling string of atrocities. ... more
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INTERN DAILY

AIDS orphanage revives Swazi ghost town
Lost in the mountains of Swaziland, Bulembu became a ghost town when the local mine closed, cutting off its lifeblood. Now the town is coming back, centred on an orphanage taking in children whose parents have often died of AIDS. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Rhino poaching arrests up in South Africa
South Africa says it has arrested 89 suspected rhino poachers this year as part of an efforts to beef up its campaign to curb poaching. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Nigerian president says Mali coup a setback to democracy
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday's military coup in Mali was "an apparent setback to the consolidation of democracy" and urged reinstatement of the deposed government. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

6.7-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea: USGS
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported, but seismologists said while it was widely felt it was too deep to cause much damage. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Fed up with northern rebellion, Mali soldiers revolt
Renegade Malian soldiers traded gunfire with troops outside the presidential palace on Wednesday and seized the state broadcasting station amid fury over government's handling of a Tuareg rebellion. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Baby gorilla death prompts bi-national poaching patrols
The death of a baby mountain gorilla has prompted Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to launch joint anti-poaching patrols to protect the endangered species, an official said Wednesday. ... more
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TRADE WARS

Brazil's Rousseff to attend BRICS summit in India
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to travel to India next week for a summit of emerging powers and separate talks with Indian leaders on defense and bilateral trade, officials said Thursday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Efforts to save lives in Nigeria with clean cookstoves
A UN-linked body launched a campaign in Nigeria on Tuesday aimed at preventing deaths due to toxic smoke from rudimentary cookstoves, one of the developing world's worst public health threats. ... more
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WATER WORLD

Study: Good management can save fisheries
One solution to the global problem of overfishing is "co-management" with local communities, conservation groups and governments, a U.S. wildlife group says. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Iraq PM 'monopolising power:' Kurdish leader
Kurd leader Massud Barzani hinted on Tuesday at a possible break with Iraq's unity government, complaining that premier Nuri al-Maliki was monopolising power and building an army loyal only to him. ... more
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The forgotten victims of Libya's war
Libyan schoolgirls stroll the streets of the close-knit neighbourhood of Arada without a second glance at the pile of rubble that was once a house for four families before NATO explosives blew it apart. ... more
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EPIDEMICS

Smartphones more accurate, faster, cheaper for disease surveillance
Smartphones are showing promise in disease surveillance in the developing world. The Kenya Ministry of Health, along with researchers in Kenya for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fou ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

War fears as Ethiopia attacks Eritrea
Ethiopia says its forces, already in Somalia fighting Islamic insurgents allied with al-Qaida, have attacked "rebel bases" in longtime rival Eritrea, raising fears of a new war between the Horn of Africa states. ... more
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NATO must probe, pay for errors in Libya: Amnesty
NATO must investigate the killing of dozens of civilians during its air campaign in Libya last year and provide reparations to the people affected, Amnesty International said on Monday. ... more
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GBissau ex-military intelligence officer killed: sources
The former deputy head of military intelligence in Guinea Bissau, colonel Samba Diallo, was killed on a street in the capital Bissau by men wearing military uniforms, military and security sources told AFP Monday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Guinea-Bissau army denies involvement in assassination
Guinea-Bissau military officials have denied the army was involved in the assassination of an ex-intelligence chief in a country where murder often settles scores between the military and the state. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Poachers may wipe out rhinos in S. Africa, campaigner warns
Rhinos will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by 2015 if poaching continues at its current rate, a campaigner fighting to save the beasts has warned. ... more
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PILLAGING PIRATES

NATO extends anti-piracy mission until 2014
NATO agreed Monday to extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2014, stressing that foreign navies are helping to reduce the number of hijackings. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Climate: Nine bids to host future technology centre
Plans for a global centre to help transfer clean technology to poorer countries have drawn nine bids, including from Iran's oil industry and a team led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN climate forum said on Monday. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Swaziland households hit by hunger: Unicef
One in four households in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, were hit by the rising cost of food and even forced to skip meals, UNICEF said in a report on Friday. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Commentary: Chaos and anarchy?
What happens when foreign think tank heavyweights get together at the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations to talk about the United States and the state of the world? ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

WWF slams Cameroon over elephant poaching
Conservation group WWF criticised Cameroon's government Thursday for failing to protect scores of elephants slaughtered in a national park or the rangers who try to protect them. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

US must clarify destination of arms headed to Egypt: Amnesty
Egypt denied on Friday a US arms shipment headed to the Suez Canal would be unloaded in the country, after rights group Amnesty International warned that Egyptian security forces could abuse the weapons. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Spain clears oil exploration off Canary Islands resort
Spain's deficit-laden government approved Friday oil exploration by Repsol YPF SA off the Canary Islands despite opposition by the archipelago, which fears deterring tourists. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

2,000 child soldiers in South Sudan ranks: UN
South Sudan must uphold promises to abolish its use of child soldiers, with some 2,000 minors still serving in its rebel turned regular army, the UN's top expert on children in conflict said Friday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Clooney arrested in Sudan protest
Actor George Clooney and several members of the US Congress were handcuffed and arrested Friday outside Sudan's embassy as they demanded an end to an offensive they fear will cause thousands to starve. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Israel oil find sharpens Med energy scrap
The discovery of potential oil reserves of 232 million barrels, plus another natural gas field off Israel's coast couldn't have come at a better time for the Jewish state as Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament calls for cutting off gas exports to its eastern neighbor. ... more
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Clooney: Obama to raise Sudan with Hu in Seoul
Oscar winner George Clooney Thursday said President Barack Obama would press China's President Hu Jintao when they meet in Seoul this month for action on averting a humanitarian disaster in Sudan. ... more
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WAR REPORT

France against arming Syrian opposition
France is opposed to calls for foreign powers to arm the opposition groups fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, fearing a descent into civil war, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday. ... more
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Israel-Egypt peace pact under threat
The Islamist-dominated Egyptian Parliament's moves to cut ties with Israel after Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip has heightened Israeli and U.S. fears post-Mubarak Egypt will scrap the historic 1979 peace treaty between the Jewish state and Cairo. ... more
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