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Laboratories Mystery Photos Virus Zambian | Marburg, Ebola ruled out
| By Kanina Foss | Investigations conducted by Zambian laboratories on samples from the first two victims of the mystery virus have ruled out Ebola and Marburg. | The results of further tests are expe... (photo: AP Photo) Independent online
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 Goldmine Bug DNA May Be Key to Alien Life
By CATHERINE BRAHIC | Oct. 10, 2008 | FONT SIZE | A bug discovered deep in a goldmine and nicknamed "the bold traveller" has got astrobiologists buzzing with excitement. Its unique ability to live in ... (photo: GNU / Euyasik) ABC News
Goldmine Photos Research South Africa Technology |
 WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica
| The Associated Press | GENEVA - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. | The World Health Organization ... (photo: AP / Mujahid Safodien) Philadelphia Daily News
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 A thumbnail sketch of Nobel winner Ahtisaari
| MATTI HUUHTANEN | The Associated Press | HELSINKI, Finland - Martti Ahtisaari, born June 23, 1937, was a primary school teacher who joined Finland's Foreign Ministry in... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Philadelphia Daily News
Diplomatic Finland Helsinki Peace People Photos |
 'Swim with dolphins' advertisers in hot water
| The Dolphin Action and Protection Group has hit out at companies who advertise "swim-with dolphin" tours in Mozambique in local newspapers and travel magazines, and war... (photo: WN / mervin) Independent online
Dolphins Nature Photos South Africa Water |
 Somali pirates release 20 Filipino seamen
MANILA, Philippines - Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled th... (photo: AP/U.S. Navy, Daniel Sanford) The News & Observer
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 Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize
| OSLO, Norway -- | Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Euro... (photo: The Council of the European Union) The State
Europe Finland Oslo Peace Photos President |
 'Mugabe dragged Africa into the mud'
| Lagos - Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga has blasted African leaders' fear of criticising each other, saying it was stifling the continent's progress towards democra... (photo: AP) Independent online
Africa Democarcy Kenya Lagos Photos |
 Rebel ambush kills 15
| Khartoum - The Sudanese army said on Friday that 15 people were killed when Darfur rebels attacked a local government convoy with military escort in the far west of the... (photo: AP /Alfred de Montesquiou) Independent online
Africa Darfur Khartoum People Photos Security |
 Libya 'to pull Swiss bank assets'
| Libya is to withdraw all its assets from Swiss banks, estimated at $7bn, as a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's youngest son escalates. | Hannibal G... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany) BBC News
Assets Bank Libya Photos Swiss |
 Uganda on high security alert
| Kampala - Uganda's security services have been placed on high alert following recent threats stemming from Uganda's involvement in the African peacekeeping force in Som... (photo: AP) News24
Africa Kampala Photos Uganda troops |
 'The Greatest' show of Earth
| Given the price of fuel these days, "The Greatest Places" is at minimum one of the cheapest ways to hop around the planet, stopping for brief interludes with exotic wil... (photo: Creative Commons / Bdesham ) The Boston Globe
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