The United Nations reported yesterday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens. Related Stories Bread price rise reversed after riots in Mozambique
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UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
The green bean farming industry provides a stable livelihood for hundreds of farmers and their families in Kenya.
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Kenya’s green beans hit UK supermarket shelves
The president of the tiny African state of Benin is facing calls to quit after more than 100,000 people lost their savings in a con that he appeared to publicly endorse. Related Stories Tardy employees locked out of work in Nigeria
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South Africa and Australia came close to producing a new version of rugby on Saturday in Pretoria. Related Stories James Lawton: Majestic Malouda is the embodiment of Chelsea’s progress under Ancelotti Sam wallace: Arteta’s passport to misery - it would be a long and bitter battle to play for England James Lawton: Where was Clarke’s disdain when Stanford came calling to buy up cricket’s dignity
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Peter Bills: South Africa and Australia are playing dumb
Gordon Brown returns to front-line politics today, making an appeal for Britain to fund food aid to the landlocked African state of Niger where more than half the population face starvation. Related Stories Millions at risk as crops fail in central Africa Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers
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The top UN envoy in Congo said two peacekeeping patrols were not informed by villagers that mass rapes were taking place and the United Nations is now working to improve communications and prevent any recurrence.
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Dr Ymke Warren, who was murdered in her home in Limbe, Cameroon on 29 June by unknown assailants, was a conservationist with the Wildlife Conservation Society who worked to protect the world’s rarest great ape, the Cross River gorilla.
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Lives Remembered: Doctor Ymke Warren
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle said on Wednesday that performing for Pope Benedict during his visit to Britain next month was “her greatest dream come true.”
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Susan Boyle says singing for Pope is "dream come true"
Islamist fighters in Somalia have seized food from the World Food Programme (WFP) from markets in Mogadishu and burnt more than 500 bags of maize and wheat.
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Islamists destroy ‘expired’ food aid in Somalia
A Kenyan man has been sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison for trying to sell an albino man to witchdoctors in Tanzania, local media reported yesterday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s air traffic controllers put pilots on alert this week after a vulture which can soar as high as 30,000 feet escaped from her handlers during a display.
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Pilots on alert for high-flying vulture
More than one million state workers went on strike for more pay yesterday. Related Stories Injured buffalo kills Zimbabwean conservationist
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South Africa: Million state workers strike
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a “genetic signature” in the blood of patients with active tuberculosis (TB) and believe their discovery could help develop better diagnostic tests for the disease, as well as better treatments.
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Genetic signature may lead to better TB diagnosis
British ministers are under growing pressure to use the UK’s substantial aid budget in Rwanda as a lever to end the civil rights abuses that are tarnishing the reputation of a country seen until recently as one of Africa’s greatest success stories. Related Stories Libya: Prefab deal sets Israeli free
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Britain urged to use influence to get tough on Rwanda
Scientists have taken a step towards developing an early screening test for Alzheimer’s disease. Related Stories Surgeon gets go-ahead to carry out world’s first full leg transplant Parents ‘risk their children’s health’ UK breast cancer rate higher than East Africa
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Spinal fluid test provides Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Crowds thronged the pavement, desperate to get through the metal gates. In the courtyard, women were filling plastic bottles and jerry cans with water blessed by the imam.
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The stolen brides turned into Stepford wives
MARUDA BEACH, Brazil (Reuters) - A former British army captain became on Monday the first known person to walk from the origin of the Amazon river to its mouth, after withstanding “50,000″ mosquito bites, scorpion attacks and skin disease in his nearly 2-1/2 year odyssey.
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British man becomes first to walk Amazon length
Victoire Ingabire had expected to spend this weekend campaigning. Related Stories No deaths in Harare flight accident Kenya rejoices at the ‘birth of a new republic’ The plane disaster drill that fooled the world Charity man hands Naomi Campbell gift diamonds to police Travel challenge A self-drive safari in Namibia
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Facing life in jail, the woman who dared to take on Paul Kagame
Rwanda’s foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo had an unusually – for a politician – blunt answer when The Independent asked her about Victoire Ingabire’s allegations this week. Related Stories Kenya rejoices at the ‘birth of a new republic’ The plane disaster drill that fooled the world Charity man hands Naomi Campbell gift diamonds to police Travel challenge A self-drive safari in Namibia Facing life in jail, the woman who dared to take on Paul Kagame
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Minister accuses rival of links to terrorism
A charity official given alleged blood diamonds by model Naomi Campbell said today he had passed them to police. Related Stories No deaths in Harare flight accident Kenya rejoices at the ‘birth of a new republic’ The plane disaster drill that fooled the world
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Zimbabwean Civil Aviation authorities said today an aircraft was involved in an accident at Harare airport leading to injuries but no deaths.
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Charles Taylor may be a former warlord but he also has a reputation as a flamboyant showman. Related Stories Kenya’s moment of redemption
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Charles Taylor: Warlord and showman
Millions are facing severe food shortages in the West African country of Niger after poor rains and harvests in 2009.
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Acute malnourishment threatens Niger’s children
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Susan Boyle and the music of Paul McCartney are to be featured in the new season of TV musical comedy “Glee” — joining a growing list of performers eager to be associated with the hit show.
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South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has been issued with a misconduct notice over comments he made last week about referees favouring the All Blacks. Related Stories De Villiers backed despite defeats Maradona lashes out at Argentina betrayal
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De Villiers to face misconduct charge
LONDON (Reuters) - A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire will hit the streets of central London on Friday when the city’s mayor Boris Johnson launches a scheme intended to fuel a cycling revolution in the congested capital.
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Hire scheme aims to get Londoners on bikes
LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain’s rarest birds is nesting, the RSPB said on Tuesday, only the second confirmed breeding of the bird in the UK.
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Rare bird nests in UK for only the second time
An ageing, and ailing, French aid worker has been “murdered in cold blood” by al-Qa’ida fighters in the Sahara desert, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday. Related Stories African leaders pledge more troops to fight al-Shabaab after Uganda bombs Somali pirates jailed for 10 years
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Al-Qa’ida kills 78-year-old French hostage in Sahara
The island nation of Seychelles says it has prosecuted and convicted Somali pirates for the first time. The office of the President said yesterday that a Seychelles court sentenced 11 Somali pirates to 10 years each in prison for their attempt to hijack the Seychelles coastguard patrol boat Topaz last December.
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“How much longer?” We are waiting outside the Cape Royale (00 27 21 430 0500; caperoyale.co.za), a faux-French hotel. It stands opposite the Green Point stadium, now familiar to millions of World Cup viewers, yet is still so new to the city landscape it looks like a giant spaceship has landed on the common
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The Hedonist: Cape Town
Wanted for genocide, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should have been arrested as soon as he hit the tarmac in Chad last night; instead he was given the warmest of welcomes and handed the keys to the capital N’djamena.
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Sudan’s leader defies genocide warrant with trip to old enemy Chad
The Sudanese army said it inflicted a series of defeats on Darfur’s most powerful rebel group, killing and capturing hundreds in a series of clashes over the past few days. Related Stories No way out: Inside the world’s biggest refugee camp ‘Extra Ugandan troops’ to tackle Somali rebels
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Sudan says troops kill hundreds of Darfur rebels
Uganda is ready to send an additional 2,000 peacekeeping troops to Somalia despite threats from hardline Islamists of more attacks if peacekeepers are not withdrawn. Related Stories No way out: Inside the world’s biggest refugee camp
Detectives were today continuing to question a 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who vanished while on holiday in the Canary Islands. Related Stories Senior politician found hacked to death in Rwanda
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Man quizzed over Briton’s holiday isle death
The deputy leader of Rwanda’s Green Party was found murdered yesterday amid a crackdown against opposition organisations before next month’s presidential elections. Related Stories Hopes queried over HIV cases in young Africans HIV hopes queried over cases in young Africans Africa’s big game population halved On manoeuvres with the troops trained to fight al-Shabaab Six suspects held in hunt for Uganda bombers
England midfielder David Beckham has no intention of becoming a manager and is instead focusing on his recovery from an Achilles injury, which he revealed today is ahead of schedule. Related Stories Peter Bills: Arrogant South Africa taught a lesson Holland: The worst losers in sport?
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Beckham ‘never been interested in manager job’
England have risen a place in the FIFA world rankings despite their woeful showing in the World Cup finals in South Africa. Related Stories Peter Bills: Arrogant South Africa taught a lesson Holland: The worst losers in sport?
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England climb rankings despite poor World Cup
Fresh from its successful hosting of Africa’s first World Cup, South Africa said today it will bid to bring the Olympics to Africa for the first time in 2020.
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South Africa confirm bid for 2020 Olympics
Almost 25 years after the message on safe sex as a defence against Aids was conceived there are signs that it is getting through to the youth of Africa.
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Hopes queried over HIV cases in young Africans
Almost 25 years after the message on safe sex as a defence against Aids was conceived there are signs that it is getting through to the youth of Africa. Related Stories Kamapala Eyewitnesses: ‘She was rolling around in a pool of blood. It was just bad – so bad’ Africa’s day of joy turns to grief as Somali militants strike out at Uganda Four held over Uganda bomb blasts Archie Bland: Not a dark continent – but a dark story Hopes queried over HIV cases in young Africans
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HIV hopes queried over cases in young Africans
I wondered if this New York Times story was just horrifying without telling us anything that matters. It’s about ‘flashblood’, a truly distressing – and rare – practice whereby desperate heroin addicts inject themselves with another user’s blood to stave off the worst effects of withdrawal. Related Stories Europe could be next on al-Shabaab’s hit list Kamapala Eyewitnesses: ‘She was rolling around in a pool of blood
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Archie Bland: Not a dark continent – but a dark story
An unexploded suicide vest containing ball bearings was found in a disco hall in Uganda’s capital, near the sites of two weekend bomb blasts, suggesting that militants planned another attack, officials said today.
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Four held over Uganda bomb blasts
Foreign Secretary William Hague today condemned “cowardly” suicide bomb attacks which killed more than 60 people gathered to watch the World Cup final on TV in Uganda. Related Stories Winners and losers: The legacy of the 2010 World Cup The World Cup’s greatest achievement: now white people feel safe in Soweto Bombs strike World Cup watchers in Uganda Bombs strike World Cup fans in Uganda South Africans want a crime-free World Cup to become everyday life
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Foreign Secretary William Hague condemns ‘cowardly’ bomb attacks in Uganda
Simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in Uganda’s capital, killing 64 people. Related Stories Winners and losers: The legacy of the 2010 World Cup The World Cup’s greatest achievement: now white people feel safe in Soweto Bombs strike World Cup watchers in Uganda
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Bombs strike World Cup fans in Uganda
Simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in Uganda’s capital, killing 64 people. Related Stories Winners and losers: The legacy of the 2010 World Cup The World Cup’s greatest achievement: now white people feel safe in Soweto
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Bombs strike World Cup watchers in Uganda
It seems so odd, now it is over and the streets did not run with blood and the stadiums did not fall down, that so many said, so vociferously, that it was Africa on trial here these last few weeks of the World Cup. Related Stories Dom Joly: It’s best to follow the action from the ‘wrong’ side of the world Sam Wallace: Let’s think twice before laying blame for England’s failure on Premier League Sam Wallace: My moments of the World Cup James Lawton: The football finally came good. the hosts shone from the start Mawhinney challenges Capello to drop old guard
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James Lawton: The football finally came good. The hosts shone from the start
It’s a sunny afternoon in Soweto. A gaggle of gossiping ladies are perched on a wall within hailing distance of Nelson Mandela’s former home.
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South Africans want a crime-free World Cup to become everyday life
South Africa lock Victor Matfield wants the Springboks to create a slice of history by lowering New Zealand’s colours at Eden Park in the Tri Nations opener in Auckland.
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Matfield seeks to turn tide at Eden Park
LONDON (Reuters) - Two osprey chicks in the Lake District have been fitted with satellite transmitters in an attempt to discover where they go when they leave their birthplace.
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Ospreys fitted with satellite transmitters
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame on a Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, is searching for a duet partner to appear on her new album.
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Susan Boyle seeks duet partner
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - British tabloid journalist, Simon Wright, will go to trial in a South African court after prosecutors rejected his bid to have charges related to the World Cup tournament dropped, the court heard on Wednesday.
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Tbloid journalist case goes to trial
T-shirts have been on sale in Cape Town (and probably in Accra as well) to those wishing to support “anyone but Uruguay”.
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Farewell Forlan, the reborn star who tamed the Jabulani
The Sierra Leone writer Olufemi Terry has won the Caine Prize for African Writing, Africa’s leading literary award.
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Leading prize for ‘Homeric’ story
At least 230 people were killed and more than 196 injured when a petrol tanker flipped over and exploded in eastern Congo late on Friday night. Related Stories Walk the walk: You can help bolster Ethiopia’s economic development with some strenuous hiking Fuel tanker explosion kills 200 in Congo
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Hundreds die in Congo as fuel tanker explodes
Having spent a sticky afternoon winding our way behind donkeys laden with luggage through rocky fields and green pastures, our small group of hikers reached the village of Mequat Mariam just as the sun started brushing the horizon.
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Walk the walk: You can help bolster Ethiopia’s economic development with some strenuous hiking
LONDON (Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death at school for excluded pupils in south London, police said on Friday.
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Teenager stabbed to death at exclusion school
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd’s of London, the insurance market, is restricting cover for any ships carrying petroleum to Iran, the Financial Times reported on its website late Thursday.
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Lloyd’s curbs cover for Iran petroleum shipments - report
Amazing story from Nigeria about President Goodluck Jonathan, presumably with half an eye on next year’s elections Related Stories Nigerian leader suspends team over poor show at World Cup
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Archie Bland: Goodluck? You’ll need it, Jonathan, for this game of political football
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC should publish the salaries of its highest earners and speed up management pay cuts, the head of the BBC’s governing body said on Wednesday.
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BBC governing body wants top earners’ pay published
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A fan who walked into the England team dressing room after a World Cup match will not face a criminal trial after he agreed to pay a fine, a South African Court ruled on Wednesday.
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Trespassing England fan freed after paying fine
LONDON (Reuters) - As the football World Cup in South Africa builds up to a climax, questions are being asked about what will happen to its new stadiums once the fans have gone home.
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London organisers ponder future of Olympic venues
It must have been with at least some trepidation that Albert II, King of the Belgians, stepped off the plane in the Congolese capital Kinshasa this week to take part in celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence from Belgium on June 30 1960.
Former US President Bill Clinton presented Rwanda’s leader with a global citizen award last autumn and lauded him for freeing the minds of his people. Related Stories Two arrested over journalist killing
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Spike in violence ahead of Rwanda poll
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Germany’s thrilling strike force tore apart old rivals England to reach the World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday in a 4-1 win marked by an extraordinary blunder from the Uruguayan referee who ruled out a good goal.
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Germany humiliate old foes England
They will be talking about the miscarriage of justice for years.
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Lampard ‘goal’ that never was masks shortcomings
Germany reached the World Cup quarterfinals today by beating England 4-1 in a match that will be remembered for the goal not awarded to Frank Lampard. Related Stories Millions prepare for England v Germany World Cup: England v Germany Live! World Cup: England v Germany Live! Gyan’s goal & the highs of Africa’s World Cup England crash out of World Cup amid controversy
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Germany send dismal England out of World Cup
Germany reached the World Cup quarterfinals today by beating England 4-1 in a match that will be remembered for the goal not awarded to Frank Lampard. Related Stories Millions prepare for England v Germany World Cup: England v Germany Live! World Cup: England v Germany Live! Gyan’s goal & the highs of Africa’s World Cup Germany send dismal England out of World Cup
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England crash out of World Cup amid controversy
England suffered World Cup heartbreak today in a controversial but crushing 4-1 defeat to old rivals Germany. Related Stories Gyan’s goal & the highs of Africa’s World Cup England crash out of World Cup amid controversy Germany send dismal England out of World Cup Lampard ‘goal’ that never was masks shortcomings World Cup heartbreak for dismal England
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Dismal England suffer World Cup heartbreak
We’ve teamed up with Hotels.com – the world’s leading hotel booking website – to offer a two-night break for two in Marrakech, Morocco.
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WIN! A two-night break for two in Marrakech
Asamoah Gyan kept Africa’s hopes alive in the first World Cup on the continent when he drove in an extra time winner in Rustenburg to send Ghana into the quarterfinals.
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Gyan uses power and pace to ignite Ghana celebration
Diego Maradona yesterday insisted it was time for his critics to hang their heads in shame. He was derided by critics in Argentina before the World Cup as a naive tactician. But three wins later and the tone has changed
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Argentina v Mexico: Time to drop your trousers, Diego tells critics
There have been several tales in this World Cup of people driving unfeasible distances to be here.
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Suarez eye for goal extends Uruguay’s fantastic journey
The game has ended at Rustenburg, Ghana are the third African nation to reach the Quarter-finals after beating the USA. Related Stories World Cup: Uruguay v South Korea Live! Suarez double puts Uruguay into quarter-finals World Cup: USA v Ghana Live! Uruguay v South Korea player ratings Ecstasy for Africa as Ghana reach quarter-finals
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USA v Ghana player ratings
TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed on Saturday there was nothing to be gained from damaging BP, a British official said
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U.S., UK agree no gain from damaging BP - official
Despite the stellar cast list – Ronaldo, Luis Fabiano, Maicon, Simao – the much-anticipated Group G meeting of Brazil and Portugal in Durban yesterday was something of an anticlimax, finishing as it did in a goalless draw. Related Stories The Big Picture: Is it still Africa’s World Cup
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The Big Picture: No fireworks on the pitch but fans bring colour to terraces
The sight of Julio Baptista, the toothless “Beast”, on the Brazilian team-sheet in place of the suspended Kaka was a bad sign. It proved prescient. The blame could not all be laid at the lumbering Arsenal flop, but Brazil were nevertheless held to a rare goalless draw, their first in a group stage match since 1982.
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Wayward Ronaldo is defeated by the Jabulani
Ivory Coast were eliminated from the World Cup yesterday despite beating North Korea 3-0 in their final Group G match. Related Stories The Big Picture: Is it still Africa’s World Cup
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Late stampede fails to save Elephants
Italy’s outgoing captain Fabio Cannavaro believes the deposed world champions may continue to struggle because of a lack of top talent. Related Stories The Big Picture: Is it still Africa’s World Cup? Late stampede fails to save Elephants Wayward Ronaldo is defeated by the Jabulani The Big Picture: No fireworks on the pitch but fans bring colour to terraces It’s a draw of two halves (and England are in the hard half)
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Cannavaro fears for Italy’s future
The deputy editor of a leading Rwandan newspaper has been shot dead outside his home. Related Stories The African paradox: Big players, shame about the teams England dressing room fan facing court Extra time for England dressing room fan Machete gang hacks off man’s fingers and nose
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Journalist shot dead at home
Leaders of the richest nations were accused yesterday of abandoning their historic pledge to double aid to Africa and the world’s other poorest countries, made at the Gleneagles summit five years ago.
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Rich nations accused of failing to keep their African aid promise
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The family of a British couple being held by Somali pirates have handed over half of the ransom demanded by the gang to elders involved in the negotiations, a clan chief said Friday.
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British couple’s family pay ransom to Somali gang
A security worker is recovering after a machete attack outside his home in Kenya, his mother said today.
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Machete gang hacks off man’s fingers and nose
A supporter accused of trespassing after he entered England’s dressing room must wait until next week at the earliest to hear his fate, he learned today. Related Stories The African paradox: Big players, shame about the teams England dressing room fan facing court
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Jermain Defoe hailed a great performance throughout the England team after yesterday’s 1-0 win over Slovenia secured a place in the last 16 of the World Cup. Related Stories Germans book showdown with old enemy after Ozil finds range South Africa excited by England Germany clash Beckenbauer labels England ’stupid’ and ‘burnt out’ World Cup: Group F Climax Live! Adversity brought England together says Upson
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England are ‘buzzing’ reveals Defoe
Related Stories Peter Reid named as Plymouth boss Maradona talks about Mourinho friendship Germans book showdown with old enemy after Ozil finds range South Africa excited by England Germany clash Beckenbauer labels England ’stupid’ and ‘burnt out’
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World Cup: Group F Climax Live!
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said it planned to recruit over a thousand new cabin crew on lower wages than many existing staff to cut costs as it faced the likelihood of further strike action from existing crew in August.
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British Airways to recruit new cabin crew staff
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to discuss BP with U.S.
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Cameron, Obama to talk BP on Saturday -spokesman
Related Stories Suarez’s header carries Uruguay into next round South Africa’s dream dies but fans can exit with heads high Domenech era ends, fittingly, with a needless argument Torres confident Spain have found rhythm despite missed chances against Honduras Löw confident ahead of high-stakes match for ‘young’ Germans
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The Big Picture: The rebels, Domenech’s agitators are left on the bench
Related Stories Suarez’s header carries Uruguay into next round South Africa’s dream dies but fans can exit with heads high Domenech era ends, fittingly, with a needless argument Torres confident Spain have found rhythm despite missed chances against Honduras The Big Picture: The rebels, Domenech’s agitators are left on the bench
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Löw confident ahead of high-stakes match for ‘young’ Germans
France searched its soul last night as its team crashed ignominiously from the World Cup after just three games, a single goal and a players’ mutiny.
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Whatever happens, cheer up – it’s worse in France
Out in Africa. First Cameroon, then the hosts, now Nigeria
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Draw puts South Koreans through to knockout stage
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said it had agreed a recovery plan for its 3.7 billion pound pension deficit, potentially removing a final obstacle to its planned merger with Spain’s Iberia.
Rescue teams yesterday recovered the bodies of nine or 10 people after finding the wreckage of a plane carrying some of Australia’s top mining executives that crashed in the dense forests of central Africa. Related Stories Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade Desmond Tutu: England’s World Cup performance was ‘abysmal’ Fan to face trial after dressing room rant Rwanda denies trying to kill exiled general as six are held in South Africa Gunmen shoot UN peacekeepers in Darfur
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Bodies found in hunt for missing mine bosses
The case against the England fan who berated the players after wandering into the team’s dressing room after the Algeria match was adjourned today. Related Stories Failed harvests threaten food catastrophe Inside the most powerful church in south Africa Starvation threat prompts West Africa appeals Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade Desmond Tutu: England’s World Cup performance was ‘abysmal’
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Fan to face trial after dressing room rant
Archbishop Desmond Tutu became the latest critic of England’s poor World Cup performance today, describing their showing as “perfectly abysmal”. Related Stories Renegade Rwandan general shot and wounded Failed harvests threaten food catastrophe Inside the most powerful church in south Africa Starvation threat prompts West Africa appeals Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade
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Desmond Tutu: England’s World Cup performance was ‘abysmal’
A leading international human rights group called on the global diamond industry’s oversight body today to remove Zimbabwe from its ranks because of alleged illicit trading and abuses in its diamond fields. Related Stories Pot yourself an ethical safari in Africa Renegade Rwandan general shot and wounded Failed harvests threaten food catastrophe Inside the most powerful church in south Africa Starvation threat prompts West Africa appeals
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Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade
Millions of people in West Africa are at risk of starvation following failed harvests, a deepening drought and rising food prices, charities warned today. Related Stories Zimbabwe tops UN asylum list Pot yourself an ethical safari in Africa Renegade Rwandan general shot and wounded Failed harvests threaten food catastrophe Inside the most powerful church in south Africa
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Starvation threat prompts West Africa appeals
LONDON (Reuters) - Asking prices for British homes rose 5 percent higher on a year ago in June, up from a 4.3 percent annual gain in May, property website Rightmove said on Monday, but it said the market’s recovery could stall this year.
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House prices up 5 percent year-on-year in June
Nowadays, it’s pretty much accepted that the positive impacts of a holiday should not be all one way.
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Pot yourself an ethical safari in Africa
The UN refugee agency says Zimbabweans top the list of people seeking asylum abroad.
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Zimbabwe tops UN asylum list