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KENYA: Call for seeds as thousands return to sodden fields
04 Jul 2008 12:39:28 GMT
Source: IRIN
Farmers returning to flood-damaged fields and food stores in Kenya's coastal Tana Delta and Lamu district have appealed for seeds and other inputs so as revive their livelihoods.  
BANGLADESH: South Asian countries unite to combat climate change
04 Jul 2008 12:39:08 GMT
Source: IRIN
Eight South Asian nations have adopted an environmental action plan to mitigate against the impact of climate change in the region.  
India government looks set to avoid early elections
04 Jul 2008 12:37:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds comment from foreign secretary paragraphs 16-17) By Bappa Majumdar NEW DELHI, July 4 (Reuters) - Facing the likely withdrawal of left allies, India's government moved closer on Friday to ... 
Israel reclosure of crossings dampens Gazans' hopes
04 Jul 2008 12:36:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, July 4 (Reuters) - Israel responded to Thursday's rocket attack by again closing its border crossing with Gaza on Friday, dampening hopes among Gazans that a ceasefire ... 
Zimbabwe opposition says 103 killed, 1,500 arrested
04 Jul 2008 12:34:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
HARARE, July 4 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition said on Friday more than 100 of its supporters had been killed and 1,500 arrested in a crackdown by supporters of President Robert Mugabe. The ... 
Hamas says suspends prisoner swap talks with Israel
04 Jul 2008 12:17:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, July 4 (Reuters) - Islamist Hamas said on Friday it was suspending indirect talks with Israel over a prisoner swap deal, citing Israeli violations of a declared truce in ... 
FEATURE-Siberian jail is champion in fight against TB
04 Jul 2008 12:04:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
By James Kilner TOMSK, Russia, July 4 (Reuters) - Alexander Pushkarev, head doctor at the 1,000-bed hospital in a Soviet-era prison nestling at the edge of Siberia, flashed a row of metal teeth with ... 
Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power
04 Jul 2008 11:57:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power * Mugabe warns neighbours against provoking a fight * Botswana calls on region not to recognise Mugabe By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, July 4 ... 
China warns of Olympics unrest
04 Jul 2008 11:51:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds dismissal of more officials, paragraphs 12-13) By Chris Buckley BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - The Olympics are threatened by sabotage and unrest, a senior Chinese security official said in ... 
Botswana calls on SADC not to recognise Mugabe
04 Jul 2008 11:34:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
GABARONE, July 4 (Reuters) - Botswana called on regional grouping SADC on Friday not to recognise the re-election of Robert Mugabe as president of neighbouring Zimbabwe. "As a country that ... 
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G8 to drop Africa aid pledge as rising food prices put children's lives at risk
03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT
Source: International Save the Children Alliance
World leaders are set to drop their aid promise to Africa made at Gleneagles in 2005, just as millions of children face increasing hunger caused by the rocketing cost of food, warned today. 



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