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Middle East

LEBANON: Agencies and others tackle cluster bomb threat

08/09/2006 ANA 0

Al Malkiyye, 7 September, 2006— Mine-clearing agencies are removing thousands of unexploded bombs in Lebanon, particularly in the south of the country. Thousands of people displaced during the recent conflict between Israel and mostly Lebanese […]

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Africa

ERITREA: UN protests at staff expulsions

08/09/2006 ANA 0

Nairobi, 7 September, 2006— The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has protested to the Eritrean authorities over the expulsion of five UN staff on allegations of spying, a spokesperson said on Thursday. […]

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News

FEATURE: GHANA: We Need A Balanced Curricular Diet

07/09/2006 ANA 0

The call by Ghana’s Minister of Education, Science and Sports for all “model” Senior Secondary Schools currently under construction to be “science-biased” must be taken with a lot of caution (Modernghana.com 8/25/06). This is because […]

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Africa

ZIMBABWE: Opposition groups join forces

07/09/2006 ANA 0

Harare, 6 September, 2006— Unionists, students and political opposition parties will launch nationwide protests to force President Robert Mugabe’s government to improve the living conditions of Zimbabweans. The decision to protest against low living standards […]

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Main News

SENEGAL: “They tricked us”

07/09/2006 ANA 0

Dakar, 6 September, 2006— A record number of illegal migrants reached the shores of the Spanish Canary Islands last weekend. Authorities reported that between Saturday and Sunday, 1,400 migrants, mainly from West Africa, arrived in […]

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Main News

ZAMBIA: Crushing stones is not child’s play

07/09/2006 ANA 0

Lusaka, 6 September, 2006— Maria Banda, just five years old, and her grandmother, Aineli, spend every day breaking stones into gravel in quarries a few kilometres from the heart of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. Hundreds of […]

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