By Jeffrey Young The streets of the coastal city of Abidjan are quiet again after 10 days of rioting against the French blamed on supporters of the president of Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Laurent Gb

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Joe DeCapua 29 April 2010 They beat all odds and succeeded in business. Now, UNCTAD is honoring two African businesswomen for their innovation. The award winners relied on resilience, hard work and determination. The red carpet was rolled out and two

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Challiss McDonough South Africa's national police commissioner says authorities arrested and deported several individuals linked to the global al-Qaida terror network last month. It is the first time

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By David McAlary Washington 16 May 2007 Scientists say West Nile virus is killing large numbers of birds across North America. The organism has devastated big proportions of several bird species that commonly populate town and city suburbs throughout

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HEALTH REPORT - September 18, 2002: West Nile Virus Update By Nancy Steinbach 17 Sep 2002, 20:17 UTC This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United States Centers for Disease Control says m

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 February 2008 The U.N. refugee agency says an aerial bombing overnight and Tuesday morning in West Darfur, Sudan, close to the border with Chad, has forced the agency to withdraw its team. The aid workers were caring for new

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By Phuong Tran Dakar, Senegal 05 October 2007 Hundreds of Africans, mostly young men, try every week to board fishing canoes headed for Spanish territory. Some make it, but thousands are caught, detained and sent back to Africa. Phuong Tran met with

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Turkey appears to be taking a different stance than its European and U.S. allies in the wake of Iran's elections. The Turkish president and prime minister were among the first of the few countries to congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadineja

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West Nile Surge Keeps Exterminator Busy Four years ago, the mosquitoes around Virginia resident Stephanie Samples house and neighborhood were voracious. They would get into the car and before you could shut the car doors, Sample says. We would be dri

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We're going to hear now about the two sides of life in the Iraqi city of Mosul. It has been three months since ISIS was forced out of the city. The fighting reduced one side, the west, to ruins. The eastern side of Mosul, tho

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Somewhere near its heart, the Middle East conflict is a fight over history. Each side has a story to tell about who was first on the land, and each competing view of history becomes part of the argument over who should rule it no

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By VOA News 06 December 2007 Rapper Kanye West leads the nominees for the music industry's Grammy Awards, announced Thursday in Los Angeles. Mike O'Sullivan reports, West earned eight nominations, and British singer Amy Winehouse earned six. Among Ka

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78 非洲睡眠病在撒哈拉沙漠南部国家猖獗蔓延 DATE=8-6-01 TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - African Sleeping Sickness BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Startat 59

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 16 October 2007 Leaders from India and Brazil are concluding visits to West Africa. Analysts say growing wealth in these countries, combined with West Africa's resources, can lead to new strategic alliances among developing count

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CAPE TOWN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Due to financial constraints, Swaziland has withdrawn from the 2013 African Nations Cup, it was announced on Sunday. The announcement came just a week before Swaziland was due to play the first leg of a preliminary round

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 19 October 2006 Senegal has made headlines as a departure point for people desperate to emigrate to Europe and the United States. But for many West Africans, Senegal, and particularly its capital, Dakar, is a destination in it

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By Jade Heilmann Dakar 11 December 2007 Police say about 40 West Africans are feared dead after a failed boat crossing by would-be illegal migrants to Europe. Some of the survivors say they will try again, despite barely escaping death and throwing d

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BEIJING, August 1 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that links to heighten their asthma risk, according to reports published on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics. Researchers of Univers

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sharks rugby(英式橄榄球) team from Durban remained eight points clear with 41 points at the top of the log after the 10th week of South Africa' s Currie Cup rugby competition on Sunday. Their nearest ri

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 12 November 2009 Relations between Turkey and Iran appear to be getting closer and those ties are raising concerns among some of Turkey's Western allies. This past weekend, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a meeting in

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