News Topic - Senegal
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Qatar, an oil-rich gulf state has asked Kenya if it can lease land to grow food
Qatar has asked Kenya to lease it 40,000 hectares of land to grow crops as part of a proposed package that would also see the Gulf state fund a new £2.4bn port on the popular tourist island of Lamu off the east African country.The deal is the latest example of wealthy countries and companies tr ... more »
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Qatar has asked Kenya to lease it 40,000 hectares of land to grow crops as part of a proposed package that would also see the Gulf state fund a new £2.4bn port on the popular tourist island of Lamu off the east African country.The deal is the latest example of wealthy countries and companies tr ... more »
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Effort in Senegal to Join Traditional & Conventional Medicine
Senegal group brings together traditional and conventional medical practitioners to heal illness
Voice of America – Dec 1, 2008 1:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Senegal group brings together traditional and conventional medical practitioners to heal illness
Voice of America – Dec 1, 2008 1:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Paul Bettany's new look | Tilda Swinton's mission to rescue lost classics | Tapping up
Say you want an evolution?Paul Bettany is depressed. The fine British actor is, I hear, moping around because of the new look he's adopted for his art. 'Paul's fat and bald and he's really had enough of it,' his wife, Jennifer Connelly, revealed to me last week. Bettany has ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 30, 2008 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Say you want an evolution?Paul Bettany is depressed. The fine British actor is, I hear, moping around because of the new look he's adopted for his art. 'Paul's fat and bald and he's really had enough of it,' his wife, Jennifer Connelly, revealed to me last week. Bettany has ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 30, 2008 12:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Calls for Justice Continue Six Years After Senegal Ferry Disaster
Senegalese officials say a French judge acted outside his jurisdiction in issuing arrest warrants against senior government officials, but victims' families say he may provide justice they were denied
Voice of America – Nov 27, 2008 1:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Senegalese officials say a French judge acted outside his jurisdiction in issuing arrest warrants against senior government officials, but victims' families say he may provide justice they were denied
Voice of America – Nov 27, 2008 1:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
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UN report shows educational 'gulf' for children of the world
Millions of children could be consigned to lives of poverty and diminished opportunities if governments across the world fail to tackle deep and persistent inequalities in education, a UN report out today said.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) warned that ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 26, 2008 11:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Millions of children could be consigned to lives of poverty and diminished opportunities if governments across the world fail to tackle deep and persistent inequalities in education, a UN report out today said.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) warned that ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 26, 2008 11:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Camara seals Wigan victoryWigan climb out of the Premier League relegation zone as a goal from Senegal's Henri Camara sinks Everton.
BBC News – Nov 24, 2008 9:54 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Senegal troops for Bissau borderSenegal sends troop reinforcements to the Guinea-Bissau border, after the weekend "coup attempt".
BBC News – Nov 24, 2008 10:51 AM [GMT] – comment?
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DanceBAM: Brooklyn's Urban Bush Women perform "Les Escailles de la Memoire" with help from Senegal's Compagnie Jant-Bi tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn; 718-636-4100. DANCE THEATER...
New York Post – Nov 21, 2008 06:01 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Obama talks with UN chief plus Colombian, African leadersAFP - US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday telephoned UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plus the presidents of Colombia, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa, his office said.
Yahoo! – Nov 20, 2008 12:08 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Iran News Round Up
EconomyThe Islamic Republic Chief Inspector Hojjat al-Eslam Pour-Mohammadi says the Chief Inspectorate and the parliament guard the foreign exchange reserve against unauthorized withdrawals. Parliamentarian Hadi Qavami says the government has spent 73 percent of the foreign currency reserve to cover ... more »
National Review Online – Nov 17, 2008 01:57 AM [GMT] – comment?
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EconomyThe Islamic Republic Chief Inspector Hojjat al-Eslam Pour-Mohammadi says the Chief Inspectorate and the parliament guard the foreign exchange reserve against unauthorized withdrawals. Parliamentarian Hadi Qavami says the government has spent 73 percent of the foreign currency reserve to cover ... more »
National Review Online – Nov 17, 2008 01:57 AM [GMT] – comment?
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