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Centrowitz reaches 1,500 final at worlds
Broadneck graduate Matthew Centrowitz won his semifinal heat of the men's 1,500 meters in 3 minutes, 46.66 seconds Thursday to advance to Saturday's final at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Centrowitz, a rising...Tags: Track and Field, Kenya
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Maryland relief agencies combat famine in Africa
Waves of refugees arrive daily to Kenya, some having walked weeks through unforgiving desert with virtually no possessions, and yet local relief workers report optimism among the millions threatened by the historic famine and drought spreading through the...Tags: Weather Reports, Disasters, Charity, United Nations, Droughts
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Crisis in the horn of Africa
The world has been slow to react to the growing specter of famine in Somalia, despite repeated warnings by the United Nations and aid organizations that millions of people are at risk. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that nearly 4 million...Tags: Labor Legislation, Ban Ki-moon, Weather Warnings, Employees, Somalia
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Foreign tourism offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at 212-963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or delegation....Tags: Egypt, Belgium, New Zealand, Office Equipment and Supplies, Republic of Ireland
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U.S. urged to head off famine in East Africa
Sun StaffAcknowledging their timing couldn't be worse, leaders of two of the largest religious international relief organizations are pressing the U.S. government for an additional $350 million in emergency food aid to head off famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The...Tags: Federal Bailout Funds, Death, Iraq, Heads of State, Forests
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UPDATE 2-Somali group joins Qaeda,aim to revive anti-West threat
Reuters(Adds quotes, reaction, background) By Isabel Coles DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda announced on Thursday Somali militant group al Shabaab was joining its ranks in an apparent bid to boost morale and sharpen a threat to Western targets diminished by...Tags: Terrorism, Somalia, Osama bin Laden, Islam, Mogadishu (Somalia)
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S. Sudan mulls oil pipeline through Ethiopia, Djibouti
ReutersJUBA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - South Sudan is considering building an oil pipeline through Ethiopia and Djibouti, officials said on Thursday, weeks after the new country shut down crude production in a row over export transit fees with Sudan. South Sudan...Tags: Sudan, Djibouti, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Kenya
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Buying coffee that helps others
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe United States imports 2.3 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee a month, more than any other country, according to the International Coffee Organization. Amid all the java flowing in the Tri-State, some businesses are selecting beans that help others....Tags: Massacres, Small Businesses, Animals, Hate Crimes, Genocide
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UN declares Somalia's famine over, but says millions across East Africa still in crisis
Associated PressNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back. The world body moved the...Tags: Eastern Africa, Somalia, Africa, Mogadishu (Somalia), Kenya
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Sudan to release detained oil tankers, sign deal to end dispute over oil with South Sudan
Associated PressADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Sudan will immediately release loaded oil tankers it had detained in its port, in an effort to end a dispute over oil payments with South Sudan, a Sudanese official said Saturday. Landlocked South Sudan began halting...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Africa, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Ethiopia deny claims by rebel group that their troops shot foreign tourists
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A high-ranking Ethiopian government official says a rebel group's claim that Ethiopian troops killed five European tourists during a gun battle is "pure fiction". Ethiopia's foreign affairs spokesman Dina Mufti said...Tags: International Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Europe
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China pledges more aid for Africa even after workers go missing
In a sign of its growing dependency on Africa for resources, China pledged to provide nearly $100 million in aid for the continent only a day after 29 of its overseas workers were kidnapped by Sudanese rebels.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People'...Tags: Iran, Conservation, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, Africa
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