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• A Fishing War Off Somalia?

  
  East Africa Forum — Authority: 145
  Miller-McCune , US December 4, 2009 Michael Scott Moore CharlesFred/flickr.com The Djibouti fishing port. In trying to thwart pirates, an itchy trigger finger may serve no one’s interests. Despite some successes in thwarting Somali pirates, itchy trigger fingers may serve no one’s interests except for ...
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• Switzerland Bans Minarets: A Silly Referendum Highlights Real Anxieties

  
  Canada's World — Authority: 418
  Lord Byron wrote, in a footnote to his poem The Giaour , that the Islamic azaan calling the faithful to prayer could be “solemn and beautiful beyond all the bells in Christendom”. Having heard some azaans during visits to Malaysia, I’d agree that solemn and beautiful are two words that come to mind when the ...
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• Japan / Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Djibouti (the Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System)

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 520
  Japan / Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Djibouti (the Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System)  TOKYO, Japan, December 3, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid (the Project for Introduction of ...
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• Worldwide Hotel Deals

  
  Vacation Visitor Info Travel Deals — Authority: 144
  You will not find a better place to get a better hotel deal than right here! If you want to travel there, it has a hotel! If it has a hotel you will find the best deal here! You will get the best lodging price for rooms in Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , American Samoa , Andorra , Angola , Anguilla , ...
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• Adventure ahead in the Red Sea

  
  Captain Greybeard - Travel Advice - Mirror.co.uk — Authority: 129
  Complete change of scene for me tomorrow. After spending time on board two brand new ships in America in the past couple of weeks, Im flying to Aqaba tomorrow to join Spirit of Adventure, the lovely little ship operated by Saga Cruises. Were going on a Red Sea adventure, and the itinerary has already had to be ...
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• Eastern Africa Standby Brigade Begin Military Exercises in Djibouti

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  The Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) began its first military exercises in Djibouti on Sunday. In addition to host Djibouti, nine other members of the brigade, such as Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Comoros, Seychelles, Burundi and Rwanda are taking part in the drills while Eritrea, Mauritius and ...
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• Three Ugandan Army Officers Die During Accident in Djibouti

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  Local press in Kampala has reported that three Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers died on Thursday morning in a motor accident in Djibouti, hours after they arrived in capital of Djibouti for the East African Brigade training exercise. The daily papers said one of the dead soldiers has been identified as ...
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• EU Bans All Airlines From Djibouti, Sao Tome, Republic Congo

  
  East Africa Forum — Authority: 145
  Wall St. Journal November 27, 2009 Alessandro Torello BRUSSELS –The European Commission has banned all airlines from Djibouti, Sao Tome & Principe and the Republic of Congo from flying to the European Union because of safety concerns, it said Friday. The commission, the EU’s executive body, also said ...
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• Ethiopian economy highly affected by Djibouti port tariffs

  
  East Africa Forum — Authority: 145
  Afrik November 25, 2009 Landlocked Ethiopia advised to build more dry ports Exorbitant charges, among other factors, incurred by Ethiopia at the Port of Djibouti, have seen the landlocked eastern African country’s economy hit the doldrums, a draft study financed by African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of UNECA ...
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• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 120
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
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• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – November 25th

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 120
  November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The white ribbon has become the symbol for the day. Click on the picture to join the Community Posted in 101 resolutions to your friends, ADVENTURES, Afghanistan, AFRICA, Angola, Armenia, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, Azerbaijan, ...
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• Djibouti: U.S. outpost in fighting terrorism

  
  East Africa Forum — Authority: 145
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review , US November 22, 2009 Betsy Hiel DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti — To understand the difficulties America faces in combating terrorism, look no farther than this Horn of Africa nation. One of America’s many outposts in that war is here, part of the Pentagon’s new African Command. A small, ...
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• Will Amazon’s Global Kindle Work in YOUR Country?

  
  Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas — Authority: 107
  Amazons Global Kindle Reader I heard that Amazon now has a global version of Kindle. I was disappointed to find this morning that the new version still will not work in my country. Since I’ve wanted one for some time, but have been waiting until they got a version that would work in my country, I checked out ...
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• Transparency International’s 10 most corrupt countries in the world

  
  The Travel Blog by TravelPod — Authority: 418
  Every year, Transparency International makes a list of the most corrupt countries in the world. I searched through the blogs to find out more about each one, from a travelers’ perspective. 1. Somalia Hardiek at the border of Somalia “For those of you who don’t know (almost everybody, including me up ...
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• Move at UN to sanction Eritrea over Somalia links

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 712
  Source: Reuters * Steps include arms embargo, asset freezes, travel bans * Russia, China will have problems with draft - diplomats By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A draft U.N. Security ...
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• WFP says needs $1 bln for east Africa food aid

  
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  Source: Reuters ROME, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. emergency food aid agency needs $1 billion to feed 20 million people in east Africa over the next six months, it said on Wednesday. Around half of that money is ...
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• MIDDLE EAST/ASIA: Crunching the swine flu numbers

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 712
  Source: IRIN More people have died from H1N1 influenza in Iran than in any of the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, according to WHOs 14 November update.
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• EU to provide 100 troops for training Somali force

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 712
  Source: Reuters * Mission intended to bolster Somalias security forces * Training to be led by Spain; Britain will contribute By Julien Toyer and Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The European ...
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• Saudi Arabia Vows to Boost Investment Ties with East Africa

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  Saudi Arabia has vowed to boost its trade and investment ties with East African countries. The officials from Saudi Arabia and East African countries discussed issues on how to boost the two side investment and trade relationship. Djiboutian President Esmael Oumar Gulleh, Rwandan Prime Minster Bernard Makuza, Somali ...
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• EU soldiers to help Somali troops in Uganda.

  
  World News Journal — Authority: 141
  BBC News 13 November 2009 The European Union is expected to endorse plans to send troops to help train up to 2,000 Somali soldiers, according to an EU official. Under the plan, up to 200 EU troops will train Somali military personnel in Uganda in a bid to broaden engagement in the crisis-hit state. A decision is ...
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