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Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Conjoined twins die on airliner - Canada newspaper
OTTAWA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - One-month-old conjoined twins died on Thursday on board an airliner that was taking them from Europe to the United States for medical treatment, a Canadian newspaper reported. Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Mauritius best African state for children - report
NAIROBI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Mauritius and Namibia are the most child-friendly governments in Africa, a report said on Thursday, while Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau ranked as the worst. Thu, 30 Oct 2008
Son of Liberian warlord convicted of torture in US
MIAMI (Reuters) - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was found guilty by a U.S. court Thursday of torture in the first prosecution under a 14-year-old law that allows citizens to be prosecuted for such crimes committed abroad. Thu, 16 Oct 2008
RPT-U.S. TV's "Project Runway" judges name winner
NEW YORK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Leanne Marshall, a soft-spoken designer from Portland, Oregon, won the fifth season of the U.S. fashion reality show "Project Runway" on Wednesday in the hit Bravo show's first all-female finale. Mon, 13 Oct 2008
ANALYSIS-African states play tough with iron ore investors
DAKAR, Oct 13 (Reuters) - African countries are trying to convert their reserves of iron ore into big mining projects in the hope of cashing in on high world prices. Mon, 06 Oct 2008
Governance improving in most of Africa - survey
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Governance has improved in almost two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an index published on Monday. Thu, 02 Oct 2008
Liberia's Taylor case moving swiftly, prosecutor
THE HAGUE, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The prosecution's case against war crimes suspect and former Liberian President Charles Taylor will be completed by January, the prosecutor for the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone said on Thursday. Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Anadarko, Tongtai win Liberia offshore oil contracts
MONROVIA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Anadarko Petroleum of the United States and Hong Kong Tongtai Petroleum have been awarded contracts to explore for oil off the shore of Liberia, the West African state oil firm said on Wednesday. |
