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 G8 to punish those responsible for Zimbabwe chaos
| TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight agreed on Tuesday to impose targeted sanctions against leading Zimbabwean officials after a violent election last month that extended President Robert Mu... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazh) The Star
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 Some maids face inhuman treatment in Saudi - report
| RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia needs to improve labour law protections and end its "sponsorship" system to prevent domestic workers being treated like slaves, New York-based Human Rights Watch said... (photo: AP Photo) The Star
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 Israel to reopen Gaza crossings at Egypt's request
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would reopen its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to an Egyptian request, reversing an earlier decision ... (photo: AP Photo / John Klicker) The Star
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 Gangs bash refugees, despite Robert Mugabe promise
| TWO camps housing refugees from the political violence in Zimbabwe came under armed attack yesterday, only days after their occupants were removed from foreign embassie... (photo: AP Photo / Denis Farrell) The Australian
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 Quick Benefits Can't Justify Cutting Down Forests
| Conserving the Congo forest, and indeed all of our forests in Africa, as well as accelerating forestation efforts, is vital to our survival on a continent where the Sah... (photo: WN / James) Common Dreams
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 French anti-terror investigators probe threats over cable TV porn visible in North Africa
| PARIS - Anti-terrorism investigators in Paris are probing threats against a leading French cable TV channel over pornographic films it airs that can be viewed in North ... (photo: U.S. Army/Spc. Eric McKeeby) Star Tribune
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 Prince Harry speaks movingly of Aids orphans' plight as he carries out rebuilding work in ...
| Caked to his eyebrows in sweat and dust, Prince Harry has made an impassioned plea on behalf of Africa's Aids orphans. | The third in line in throne couldn't have been ... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe) The Daily Mail
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 YEMEN: New study highlights plight of street children
web | Photo: Mohammed al-Jabri/IRIN SANAA, 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - Ahmed (not his real name) has been sleeping near a secondary school in the centre of Sanaa city, Yemen's c... (photo: AP Photo) IRINnews
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 Mwanawasa stable after surgery
| Lusaka - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was in a stable condition on Tuesday after surgery at a hospital in France to improve his breathing after he suffered a stroke... (photo: PIB photo) News24
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 LRA rebel threats haunt CAR
| Obo - Abducted, robbed and raped this year by raiding Ugandan rebels, Henriette and other villagers in this remote southeast corner of Central African Republic live in ... (photo: AP/Karel Prinsloo) News24
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 Climate change: disease spread fears
| By Arthi Sanpath | Climate change, according to recent research, is leading to an increase in the spread of parasitic diseases. | On Monday, delegates at the 23rd Inter... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Independent online
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