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2012-02-08 Airline Company to Launch Electronic Service for Luggage Control [ANGOP] Luanda - The state-owned Angola Airline Company (TAAG) will launch this year an electronic service that enables customers to locate their luggage by inserting a number on the system, ANGOP has learnt. 2012-02-08 Geology, Mining Minister Considers Meeting Satisfactory [ANGOP] Cape Town - The Angolan minister of Geology, Mining and Industry, Joaquim David, has said that prospecting implemented by South Africa's De Beers is a success. 2012-02-08 Juventude De Viana Win Roller-Skate Male Championship [ANGOP] Luanda - Juventude de Viana male team won on Tuesday the national championship of roller-skate hockey by defeating Petro de Luanda by 2-1, in the fourth game of the playoffs, ANGOP witnessed. 2012-02-08 Education Experts Hold 7th Methodological Meeting [ANGOP] Lubango - The experts and staff of the Ministry of Education in the southern Huíla province, are as from this Wednesday the 7th methodological meeting in Humpata district. 2012-02-08 Angolan Music Market Demands Quality - Says Singer Anselmo Ralph [ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan singer, Anselmo Ralph, said on Tuesday in Luanda that the current market demands from artists a stronger and more serious commitment to quality of rhythm and message. 2012-02-08 80.000 Inhabitants of Icolo E Bengo to Benefit From Drinkable Water [ANGOP] Luanda - Some 80.000 inhabitants of Icolo e Bengo Municipality, mainly those ones in rural areas, will benefit from drinkable waters, in the coming two months, ANGOP has learnt. 2012-02-08 New Plastic Artists Call for Attention of Experienced Professionals [ANGOP] Luanda - The secretary general of Youth Brigade of Plastic Artists (BJAP), Fortunato Bangui, said in Luanda that the experienced professionals should support and transmit more experience to new creators. 2012-02-08 Negage City Counts On New Municipal Services [ANGOP] Negage - The Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security (Mapess) created in Negage Municipality, Uije Province, an infrastructure for the supply of integrated services in the areas of social issues, job and training of small businesspeople, ANGOP has learnt. 2012-02-08 Enana Holds March Against Drugs Consumption On February 18 [ANGOP] Luanda - A march against drugs consumption will be held on 18 February in Luanda, under the theme "Together for Angola without drugs". 2012-02-08 TAAG Customers Complain More About Luggage Loss [ANGOP] Luanda - The customers of the public Angola Airline Company (TAAG) have complained more about their luggage loss, bad services and flight delay, on Tuesday said a source with the company. 2012-02-08 Seven Citizens Released From Angolan Jail [Daily Observer] The seven Gambians who were arrested by security forces in Angola for trying to leave the country with a cash amount of US$7M have been released from jail. 2012-02-08 Students, Teachers Urged to Join Sensitisation on HIV/Aids [ANGOP] Luanda - Teachers and students were urged to join sensitisation and monitoring rogrammes on serious endemic diseases, such as hiv/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, ANGOP has learnt. 2012-02-08 Carnival Debated in Benguela Province [ANGOP] Catumbela - Historians and people of culture in Benguela Province debated on Tuesday, in Catumbela Municipality, matters related to the Carnival before the country's independence, the way it is currently celebrated and the perspectives on this cultural expression, ANGOP has learnt. 2012-02-08 Customs Department Earns U.S.$5.2 Billion in Six Years [ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan Customs Department collected 5.2 billion US dollars in the first six years of its functional and structural reform, which started in 2000. 2012-02-08 Home Minister Checks Civil Protection Service Premises [ANGOP] Luanda - The Home Affairs minister, Sebastião Martins, on Tuesday checked the premises of the National Civil Protection and Fire Service (SNPC), whose structure has benefited from repair works recently, ANGOP has learnt. 2012-02-08 Defence Minister Back From Luena [ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan minister of Defence, Cândido Pereira Van-Dúnem, had already returned to Luanda, after chairing the opening session of the meeting of military officials of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), held in Luena, eastern Moxico province. 2012-02-08 FRELIMO Acknowledges MPLA Commitment to Improving Living Standards [ANGOP] Luanda - The leader of parliamentary bench of the Mozambican ruling FRELIMO party, Margarida Adamugy Talapa, who is visiting Angola since Monday said Tuesday in Luanda that the Angolan ruling MPLA party is committed to fulfil the ideals for which it had been founded, specially in relation to the creation of social living conditions. 2012-02-08 Imports Over 60,000 Tonnes of Ozone Depleting Substances [ANGOP] Luanda - At least 62,186 tonnes kg of substances regulated by Montreal Protocol have been introduced in Angola during 2003/ 2011 period, according to the data released by National Customs Service. 2012-02-08 Inadec to Make Known Consumer Protection Law [ANGOP] Malanje - The provincial department of the National Institute for Consumer Protection (Inadec) will provide for this year, campaigns for the divulgation of the law on the consumer protection and rights in the municipalities of the province. 2012-02-08 Foreign Minister Commends on Portuguese as UN Working Language [ANGOP] Lisbon - Angolan Foreign minister, Georges Chicoti, predicted that within the next five years Portuguese might become a working language in the United Nations (UN).

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