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July 12, 2012
IRAQ WARS
Salafists stage sit-in for Tunisians held in Iraq
Tunis (AFP) July 11, 2012
Hardline Salafists on Wednesday joined a protest by parents of 22 Tunisians detained in Iraq to protest the government's failure to repatriate them, an AFP journalist reported. "No one listens to us, these youths have come to help us," said Saliha Medini, thanking the bearded young Islamists who held a sit-in outside the foreign ministry in Tunis. Medini's son Mohamed, 26, who is being held in Baghdad awaiting trial, travelled to Iraq in 2009 to join the insurgency, his mother said. "My son ... read more

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FARM NEWS

South African farmer equips sheep with cell phones
A South African farmer is fielding phone calls from his sheep, after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts, according to local press Wednesday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Sahel army chiefs meet on Mali crisis
Army chiefs from four Sahel nations met in Nouakchott on Wednesday to discuss the worsening security crisis in occupied northern Mali, the Mauritanian press agency reported. ... more
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PILLAGING PIRATES

ONR Sensor and Software Suite Hunts Down More Than 600 Suspect Boats
A new sensor and software suite sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently returned from West Africa after helping partner nations track and identify target vessels of interest as part ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

War vets threaten Angola elections over unpaid pensions
A decade after the end of Angola's brutal civil war, veterans are threatening to block general elections in seven weeks if authorities fail to pay them their promised pensions. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Egypt top court freezes Morsi decree: judicial source
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday froze a decree issued by President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the Islamist-led parliament, a judicial source said. ... more
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EPIDEMICS

Embattled Sahel facing deadly cholera outbreak
The conflict in Mali could turn a cholera outbreak that has already killed 60 people in the Sahel this year into a serious regional epidemic, the UN children's agency said Tuesday. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Annan to brief UN Security Council on Syria
UN and Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday on the Syria crisis after a tour through Damascus, Tehran and Baghdad, he told journalists in Iraq. ... more
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TERROR WARS

Mali jihadists threaten North Africa
Algerian jihadists are reported to have reinforced Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaida in their self-declared state in northern Mali amid signs the conflict there may be spilling over across the drought-hit region spanning North Africa. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Mali to form 1,200-strong elite force to protect transition
Mali's transition government on Monday announced the creation of an elite force of 1,200 troops to protect the leaders of the country's embattled interim regime. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Egypt military says constitution must be respected
Egypt's military on Monday said the constitution and the law must be upheld concerning the dissolution of parliament, raising tension after President Mohamed Morsi decided to reinstate the assembly. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Tutu pleads for peace on eve of South Sudan anniversary
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday appealed for peace in troubled South Sudan, on the eve of the country's first anniversary. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Developing world has less than five percent chance of meeting UN child hunger target
Insufficient progress has been made in most developing countries to meet the United Nations' target of halving the proportion of children who suffer from hunger by 2015 compared with 1990 levels, ac ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

UN soldier dies as DR Congo rebels take Uganda border post
A UN soldier from India was killed in clashes between renegade soldiers and DR Congo troops on the border with Uganda, the United Nations said Friday as the mutineers took a key border post. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Survival of S.Africa chimp attack American 'a miracle'
The parents of an American student mauled and badly injured by two chimpanzees in South Africa described his survival Friday as "truly a miracle". ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Oil theft costs Nigeria $1 billion monthly
Nigeria reportedly loses $1 billion a month to massive oil theft by criminal gangs, militants and corrupt officials, crippling Africa's top oil and gas producer amid political turmoil that many fear heralds trouble between the Christian south and the Muslim north. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Boom for Angola after big Atlantic strike
Angola is poised to throw open oil exploration rights in the offshore Kwanza Basin following a major strike by Houston-based Cobalt International Energy. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Thousands of fresh faces take over Kadhafi's streets
Fresh faces on thousands of campaign posters have flooded the streets of the Libyan capital where the portrait of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi once reigned supreme. ... more
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WATER WORLD

EU underpays Madagascar for access to fish
Unfair and exploitative political agreements allow Europeans to eat fish from the plates of developing countries, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers. In the ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

S.African game farmer jailed for 8 years over rhino horn
A South African game farm owner has been jailed for eight years for the illegal possession of 38 rhino horns as soaring black market prices drive massive poaching, local media reported. ... more
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WHALES AHOY

Whaling nations defeat proposed Atlantic sanctuary
Japan and its allies shot down a Latin American-led proposal Monday to create a sanctuary for whales in the southern Atlantic Ocean, reigniting international tensions over Tokyo's whaling. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Chimpanzees cleared after mauling American in S.Africa: park
Two chimpanzees who mauled an American student in South Africa will not be killed because authorities found the animals defended their territory against a trespasser, a park director said Tuesday. ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Egypt seizes Grad rockets smuggled from Libya: reports
Egypt has seized a large weapons consignment, including Grad rockets, that had been smuggled from Libya and could have been headed to the Gaza Strip, press reports said on Saturday. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Israeli PM 'sends letter to Egypt's Morsi'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries, a source told AFP on Sunday. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Israeli PM, president send letters to Egypt's Morsi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries, a source told AFP on Sunday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

23,000 Angolans back home as refugee status ends
The United Nations refugee agency said a total of 23,000 Angolans have been repatriated since last year from neighbouring countries where their refugee status officially ended on Saturday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Kenyan army hunts kidnappers of four foreign aid workers
Kenyan security forces on Saturday scoured border regions with war-torn Somalia in the hunt for armed kidnappers who seized four aid workers from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Study helps African communities resolve conflicts
A new report released by Namati and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) details an effective and cost-efficient process to help rural communities work together to protect their lan ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Rwanda gorillas prosper despite guerrillas next door
Baby gorillas roll around as their mothers tuck into juicy plant shoots: mountain gorillas are highly endangered, but the 27 members of the Agashya family are well protected. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Nigeria arrests suspected oil pipeline bomber
Nigeria's military on Saturday said it had arrested the leader of a gang responsible for a series of attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

S.Africa gripped by 'fear of missing out' epidemic: study
Two-thirds of South African teens and adults suffer from a "fear of missing out" on more interesting activities than what they're doing, a study by a pharmaceutical firm showed on Monday. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

American man critical after chimpanzee mauling in S.Africa
An American research student was in a critical condition in a South African hospital on Friday after he was dragged by chimpanzees into an enclosure at a primate sanctuary and attacked. ... more
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