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28 January, 2012 - 12:32
LAKE ELMENTEITA BIRD COUNT
The January 2012 Water bird count for the Lake Elmenteita was carried out on the 21st as from 6: 00 am.The turn up for the volunteers was good over two hundred Volunteers Participated and fourteen ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 12:23
Kazakh opposition protests, calls for release of activists
28 January, 2012 - 12:22
The Music of Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane
Clyde Macfarlane writing in Think Africa:
Released this month, the debut album of veteran Senegalese musician Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane has been a long time coming. Now 74 years old, his story - ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 12:11
Taking Farming to the Sea
In Worldwatch:
Nourishing the Planet discusses farming seaweed, an environmentally friendly crop that holds promise of mitigating greenhouse gases while supplementing incomes, providing ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 12:01
Bodies of 17 prisoners found in Syrian city
28 January, 2012 - 11:41
Fury in Senegal as president seeks third term
Al Jazeera reporting:
Protesters in Senegal have clashed with police after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou Ndour from ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 11:40
Notes from Nashipai: Long Time, No See
It’s a new year, so how ‘bout we reconnect? Before I knew it, good ol’ 2011 was taggin’ 2012 into the ring, the hospital was re-opening, surgeries were underway, and then I was on a plane to ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 11:32
Philanthropy is the Enemy of Justice
Beware the havoc that
power without oversight and democratic control can wreak. The worlds poor are not begging for charity from the rich – theyre asking for justice and fairness, says Robert ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 11:30
SUDAN SAYS HAS DECIDED TO RELEASE SHIPS HOLDING OIL TO DEFUSE TE
28 January, 2012 - 11:13
Calls grow in Nigeria for peace talks
Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has killed hundreds in an onslaught of attacks that authorities have been unable to stop, prompting growing calls for peace talks.
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28 January, 2012 - 11:03
Fire at the Filipino genebank
We have received sad news of a fire at the national genebank in the Philippines, the same one which featured in the news item we nibbled yesterday about the much-needed refurbishments it is ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 11:03
WE ARE RICHER BY ONE NEW CUTE BABY
This January 2012 is a blessed month. This January we are richer by one new baby , we gave her a name Keyza Clarita Septriarini BUPE , she is only 3 month old and cute. Though we have had so many ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:43
Africa: Nigeria's Jonathan for African Union Chair?
This Day (Lagos)-President Goodluck Jonathan who flew out of Nigeria Friday to attend African Union's 12th Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia appears set to emerge Chairman of the AU, a position ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:43
ICELAND: Recovering Dubiously From the Crash
Three years ago, thousands of Icelanders were standing outside Iceland's
parliament building chanting "incompetent government" in an attempt to bring
down the conservative government that had been ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:30
Tunisia/Niger: The Soft Underbelly of the Carthage Eagles
allAfrica.com (Washington, DC)-Niger's loss to Tunisia in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group C clash might have been disappointing for them, but it provided yet more evidence that the gap ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:21
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (111): The Dangers of Morality
Eric Fischl - Untitled
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I argued before that morality can be and often has been the cause of a lot of evil in the world. The conviction of knowing what is good and right can lead to ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:21
Dictator in the dock: Guatemala
Pamela Yates, Filmmaker & Co-founder of Skylight Pictures
The culmination of decades of work by the victims and survivors of the Guatemalan genocide forced former General Efraín Ríos Montt to ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:13
The economics of role-playing games
Here is an excellent and varied article on that topic, by Ryan Dancey. Excerpt:
The more segmented those brains became, the weaker the overall social network was. Every new game system, and ... (More)
28 January, 2012 - 10:12
Security developments in Iraq, January 28
28 January, 2012 - 10:12
France will speed up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by one year - Washington Post
USA TODAY
France will speed up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by one yearWashington PostPARIS - France announced Friday that it will pull its combat forces out of Afghanistan one year ahead ... (More)