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Africa   Climate   Paris   Photos   UN  
 The Times of India 
Africa meeting key step in climate talks: UN climate chief
|                 PARIS: Rich nations will come under pressure at climate talks in Africa this week to get specific about how quickly and by how much they ... (photo: Creative Commons)
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 The Times of India 
New risk: Food grown on sewage
| 18 Aug 2008, 2344 hrs IST,AP             STOCKHOLM: People in developing countries are facing growing health risks caused by the widespread use of raw sewage to irrigat... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Local people look for goods at a market place in the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Envoys from the African Union and the Arab League are scheduled to visit Mauritania on Friday to meet with coup leaders who seized control three days earlier. The general who masterminded Africa's latest coup, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has promised to hold elections and set up an 11-member "state council" to rule until  Daily Star Lebanon 
Mauritania's coup must be reversed
| By Michel Paternotre and Michael Meyer-Resende | Commentary by | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | Last August 6 happened to be a good day for a coup d'etat. Most international institutions were in a stand... (photo: AP / Candace Feit)
Democracy   Mauritania   Military   Photos   Politics  
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New risk: Food grown on sewage
| 18 Aug 2008, 2344 hrs IST,AP             STOCKHOLM: People in developing countries are facing growing health risks caused by the widespread use of raw sewage to irrigat... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Cocaine threatens stability in fragile West Africa
DAKAR - Cocaine smuggling is fanning political turbulence and undermining investment confidence in West Africa, where drugs experts say Latin American gangs threaten to t... (photo: Public Domain)
Africa   Cocaine   Dakar   Investment   Photos   Security  
Rich urged to set deep climate cuts, without U.S. Reuters
Rich urged to set deep climate cuts, without U.S.
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:12am ET | | By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent | OSLO (Reuters) - Rich nations should not wait for the election of a new U.S. president before... (photo: WN / marzena)
Climate   Election   Environment   Photos   UN  
India - Nature - Agriculture - Farming The Boston Globe
Global study shows widespread sewage use on farms
| STOCKHOLM, Sweden—People in developing countries are facing growing health risks caused by the widespread use of raw sewage to irrigate crops, according to a stud... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Health   People   Photos   Stockholm   Sweden  
Davao River - Pollution - River - Water Pollution News24
Wastewater 'commonly used'
| Stockholm - Wastewater is widely used to irrigate urban agricultural land in developing countries, a practice that has advantages and disadvantages, a 53-city study pre... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Agriculture   Photos   Stockholm   Technology   Water  
 ** FILE ** Miners work underground at the Harmony Goldmine, near Carletonville, South Africa, in this Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004 file photo. A burst water pipe probably caused a gold-mine shaft to collapse Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, trapping some 3,000 worker Business Report
Mining policy framework key for Africa: Sonjica
| Johannesburg - Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica has called for the harmonisation of Africa's mining policies to be expedited. | Sonjica, speaking at the ... (photo: AP /Themba Hadebe)
Africa   Energy   Johannesburg   Mining   Photos  
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Nigeria league tackles corruption
| The Nigeria Football League (NFL) has announced plans to improve the welfare of match officials in an effort to crack down on match-fixing and corruption. | Allegations... (photo: public domain / Jonathan D. Blundell)
Africa   Corruption   Football   League   Nigeria   Photos  
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Local people look for goods at a market place in the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Envoys from the African Union and the Arab League are scheduled to visit Mauritania on Friday to meet with coup leaders who seized control three days earlier. The general who masterminded Africa's latest coup, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has promised to hold elections and set up an 11-member "state council" to rule until
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- Wastewater Often Used in Urban Agriculture: Study
- Global study shows widespread sewage use on farms
- Wastewater 'commonly used'
- Scores of cities using untreated wastewater - study
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