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  US President Obama promotes equality for gays in Africa

  World | July 26, 2015 13:26 IST

  Nairobi: US President Barack Obama spoke on behalf of equality for gays in Africa, the continent with the most countries which criminalise same-sex relations.On a visit charged with symbolism because of Obama's family ties with

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  Barack Obama promotes equality for gays in Africa

  World | July 26, 2015 7:52 IST

  Nairobi: US President Barack Obama spoke on behalf of equality for gays in Africa, the continent with the most countries which criminalise same-sex relations.On a visit charged with symbolism because of Obama's family ties with Kenya, he

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  First US-made Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, shotguns up for sale

  World | July 01, 2015 20:59 IST

  WASHINGTON: Kalashnikov assault rifles - they are not just Russian anymore. The guns, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa, are now being manufactured in America and are up for sale. Kalashnikov USA announced

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  UN peacekeepers in Africa involved in child sex abuse?

  World | June 24, 2015 9:19 IST

  United Nations: The United Nations said Tuesday it has received allegations that U.N. peacekeepers sexually abused street children in Central African Republic, where French troops are also being investigated for alleged sex abuse against boys.U.N.

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  African Union summit to focus on women, development

  World | June 08, 2015 8:37 IST

  Pretoria: The African Union (AU) opened its annual summit here on Sunday with focus on issues concerning women empowerment and the continent's long-term development.The summit is being held under the theme, "Year of Women empowerment

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  Know all about Jazz? We bet you didn't even know its meaning!

  Life | April 30, 2015 19:16 IST

  “If you haven't heard jazz yet you ain't heard nothing yet,” this is how a jazz lover would probably boast about his music sense.Art Blakey, author, once exclaimed, “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday

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  At least 9 dead as militants attack hotel in Somali capital

  World | March 28, 2015 9:55 IST

  MOGADISHU, Somalia: Al-Shabab militants blasted their way into a Mogadishu hotel on Friday and took up positions inside, killing at least nine people and exchanging fire with security forces seeking to recapture the facility, a

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  United Nations: At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain, but new cases falling

  World | January 16, 2015 9:51 IST

  United Nations:  At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain in the three hardest-hit West African countries but new cases are declining and the deadly disease will be defeated, the U.N.'s Ebola chief said Thursday.The latest report

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  Insecticide-resistant 'super mosquito' discovered

  World | January 13, 2015 13:18 IST

  Washington:  A newly discovered 'super mosquito' has the ability to survive the insecticides used to treat bed nets which are key to preventing the spread of malaria in humans, scientists say.Interbreeding of two malaria mosquito

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  Two female suicide bombers behind Nigeria market attack

  World | December 11, 2014 6:55 IST

  Abuja: Two female suicide bombers were behind twin explosions which claimed dozens of lives at a market place in Nigeria's Kano state Wednesday, police said.The young girls, wearing hijab, carried out the attack by detonating

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  Thousands protest in Spain over Western Sahara's independence

  World | November 17, 2014 9:28 IST

  Madrid: Several thousand people demonstrated in Madrid today in support of independence for the disputed territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in northwestern Africa.About 3,000 protesters marched from Atocha railway station to the

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  Liberians fast, pray for three days to break Ebola 'curse'

  World | October 30, 2014 9:32 IST

  Monrovio: Liberians began fasting and prayers Wednesday for redemption from the curse of Ebola, that has gripped them. They will continue with the rituals for three days. So far this epidemic has killed 2,705 people

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  Ebola neglected because it started in Africa: Kofi Annan

  World | October 17, 2014 11:15 IST

  London: Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis."I am bitterly

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  Germany steps up support to fight Ebola

  World | October 03, 2014 11:45 IST

  Berlin: Germany has appointed a special envoy to coordinate the aid efforts taken by the government to fight Ebola in Africa.Walter Lindner, former regional adviser for African affairs, has been named as the new envoy

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  UN mission team to combat Ebola arrives in Africa

  World | September 23, 2014 6:26 IST

  United Nations: An advance team of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has arrived in Ghana's capital Accra to set up the operation's headquarters, a UN spokesman said on Monday.Another advance team

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  Recovered British Ebola patient to return to Africa

  World | September 12, 2014 11:42 IST

  London: The first British person to contract Ebola in Africa is to return to the country where he was infected in order to help others fight the disease.William Pooley was treated in a special isolation

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  Doordarshan set to expand global footprint, go on air in Europe, Africa

  India | August 06, 2014 8:20 IST

  New Delhi: State broadcaster Doordarshan's international channel is all set to become available to viewers in Europe, Africa and even Australia after Prasar Bharati yesterday entered into an agreement in that regard with German public

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  Delegates to be screened for Ebola at US-Africa summit

  World | August 02, 2014 11:19 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama has ordered compulsory screening of all the African delegates arriving in Washington for a summit for Ebola virus symptoms.The issue of Ebola "is something that we take very seriously", Xinhua

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  Senegal to host summit on financing Africa's infrastructure

  May 24, 2014 20:14 IST

  Addis Ababa: President Macky Sall of Senegal will host a summit on financing Africa's infrastructure from June 14-15 in Dakar, announced the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Friday.The event aims to promote the participation

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  World Economic Forum on Africa attracts huge investment

  May 10, 2014 19:14 IST

  Abuja (Nigeria): The 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa wrapped up here in the Nigerian capital, attracting investment worth more than 68 billion U.S. dollars.The forum started Wednesday and ended Friday.“The funds are targeted