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China laying key foundation for Africa growth: World Bank

China laying key foundation for Africa growth: World Bank10 hours agoWASHINGTON (AFP) — China may be accused of placing business above human rights in Africa

Three women die, 183 migrants land in Malta

July 10, 2008 VALLETTA (Reuters) - Three women, one pregnant, died and 183 migrants were rescued from small boats by Malta's armed forces on Thursday, ...

The old man who farms with the sea

Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles TimesCarl Hodges walks along a berm on a research plot where he grows salicornia and experiments with different ...

Gasoline prices hit harder outside the U.S.

American drivers should consider themselves lucky -- try $9.85 a gallon in Oslo.By Marla DickersonLos Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 10, 2008Honked off by Los Angeles ...

Qatar, Playing All Sides, Is a Nonstop Mediator

Published Wednesday, July 9, 2008ROBERT F. WORTH DOHA, Qatar — In the past month, after Qatari diplomats brokered a landmark peace deal for Lebanon in ...

Summit that's hard to swallow - world leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis

7/9/2008 7:36 AM ET (RTTNews) - The G-8 leaders have sparked outrage after it was revealed they feasted on sumptuous food consisting of a six-course lunch followed by ...

African smuggling rings possible US terror threat

By EILEEN SULLIVAN – 40 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The intercepted e-mail was alarmingly matter-of-fact for anyone worried about a new terror attack: "getting ...

G-8 Leaders at Impasse Over Zimbabwe

July 8, 2008By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ANAHAD O’CONNORTOYAKO, Japan — The leaders of the Group of Eight industrial powers hit an impasse on Monday ...

Vietnam sworn in UN Security Council Chairman

Ambassador Le Luong Minh, Head of the Vietnamese mission at the United Nations, on July 2 acted as Chairman of the UN Security Council by ...

Centers offer ways to bridge language, cultural differences

Washington -- The Upper Cardozo Health Center, located in an economically and ethnically diverse section of Washington, D.C., has enrolled more than 17,000 low-income individuals, ...

Robert Mugabe’s thugs shout: ‘Let’s kill the baby’

baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe. Blessing Mabhena, ...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works ...

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators 2008: Some Emerging Economies match the performance of

This year's updated version of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) shows many developing country governments making important gains in control of corruption, and some of ...

Where the Security Council Fears to Tread

A hapless shell of a government. A nasty Islamist insurgency. A looming humanitarian disaster. Somalia is the most dangerous failed state on the planet, and ...