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Last year, Allan Mueller thinks he saw the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker. The wildlife biologist wants to make sure of it this winter.
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The Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamonds” informed a whole generation of moviegoers how illicit trading in diamonds fuels oppression of native people in...
made popular Jun 26 2009
It was Brazil’s President Lulu da Silva who remarked that while it was the blue eyes and blond of the Western world, it was the brown people whom were paying the...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Engaging in selling and buying products and services while in africa is a nightmare! Most of the big E-commerce websites like paypal still do not allow users in these...
made popular Jun 19 2009
An entry in the Design for Children competition, the “Umbrella” by Visiondivision Architects is a children’s hospital project for Rwanda that will allow an...
made popular May 22 2009
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Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway.
made popular May 4 2009
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Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.
made popular May 3 2009
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A Seychelles coast guard boat arrested three suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the islands that depend heavily on tourism, state media reported Sunday.
made popular May 3 2009
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Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours...
made popular May 2 2009
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A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Antananarivo
A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier this month...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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Moroccan national television reports that Saudi Crown Prince Sultan has arrived in the north African kingdom after undergoing surgery in the United States.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed.
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Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their country’s bickering leadership, which they say threatens to...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Arusha
Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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The top U.N. envoy in Ivory Coast said Tuesday he sees little prospect for early elections and reunification of the war-divided West African nation.
made popular Apr 28 2009
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Miami punt snapper Chris Ivory will not play in Saturday’s Emerald Bowl because he violated an unspecified team rule. He is the fifth Hurricane suspended for the...
made popular Dec 25 2008
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Federal authorities say six people have been arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle the ivory of African elephants into the United States.
made popular Dec 3 2008
AP, Ouagadougou
Signatories to Ivory Coast’s peace deal are officially postponing elections meant to secure the West African nation’s fragile postwar calm.
made popular Nov 10 2008
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Zimbabwe’s sale of almost 4 tons of ivory Monday raised $450,000 for conservation in a country whose economic crisis has left authorities battling to maintain...
made popular Nov 3 2008
AP, Johannesburg
Zimbabwean officials say they have sold almost 4 tons of ivory for over $450,000 and the money will go to the country’s cash-strapped wildlife authorities.
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Ivory Coast will stay under an arms embargo and sanctions on its diamond trade at least until a repeatedly delayed presidential election is held, the U.N. Security...
made popular Oct 29 2008
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An Ivory Coast court jailed a Nigerian man for 20 years for the 2006 dumping of hundreds of tons of toxic waste from an international oil trader that killed at least 16...
made popular Oct 23 2008
AP, San Jose
Online auction site eBay Inc. said Monday it will institute a global ban on the sale of all ivory products starting next year.
made popular Oct 21 2008
AP, Abidjan
A top election official in Ivory Coast said Friday that presidential vote scheduled for next month will be postponed.
made popular Oct 17 2008
AP, Cape Town
The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the...
made popular Oct 9 2008
AP, Shanghai
Ivory Coast has beaten Serbia 4-2 to revive its chances of reaching the quarterfinal of the Olympic soccer competition.
made popular Aug 10 2008
AP, Shanghai
Lionel Messi has scored in his long-awaited and nearly canceled Olympic debut, inspiring Argentina to a 2-1 victory over the Ivory Coast.
made popular Aug 7 2008
Music seems to be smitten by the bling bug too and there’s no doubt about it. In recent times we featured a collection of crystal-studded guitars on Bornrich that,...
made popular Jul 31 2008
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Three Chinese citizens were arrested Wednesday at Nairobi’s international airport carrying dozens of pieces of ivory, including chopsticks, bracelets and carved...
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Kenya’s wildlife service says two Chinese women are being questioned at Nairobi’s international airport after being found with 36 pieces of ivory.The women...
made popular Jul 16 2008
AP, Geneva
A U.N. panel granted China permission Tuesday to import elephant ivory from African government stockpiles despite opposition from some countries and environmental...
made popular Jul 15 2008
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China’s government lost track of 121 tons of elephant ivory over a dozen years that probably was sold on illegal markets, according to a previously undisclosed...
made popular Jul 11 2008
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A Brussels Airlines jetliner carrying about 150 people aborted its takeoff from Abidjan’s airport Wednesday night, and several passengers suffered minor injuries...
made popular Jun 11 2008
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This undated photo supplied by the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office shows ivory objects disguised as wood carvings. Six African immigrants were charged on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 in New York with smuggling ivory worth hundreds of thousands of dollars into..
