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An Egyptian woman prepares to enter a polling center in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 near an Arabic poster showing voting steps. Egyptians cast their ballots for the upper house of parliament, a largely consultative body with limited powers. Turnout was light early morning in Cairo, one of 13 provinces where the first stage of elections for the Shura Council are taking place. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Cairo   Egypt   Election   Photos   Wikipedia: Egypt		  Zeenews 
Low turnout for Egypt's upper house election
Cairo: Turnout was low as Egyptians voted on Sunday for the upper house of parliament, in that are the latest step in the country's planned transition from military to civilian rule. Few voters showed... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister the Right Honorable Sir Michael Somare speaks with a patient.
Guinea   Leader   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Papua New Guinea		  Canberra Times 
Leader on mutiny charge says he has no regrets over support for deposed PM
THE retired soldier who briefly seized control of the Papua New Guinea military in an attempt to restore the deposed prime minister Sir Michael Somare to power declared he had ''no regrets'' as he was... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico)
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say  Dayton Daily News 
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012
Youssou N'Dour & Campino performing at the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" (Your Voice Against Poverty) concert in Rostock, Germany on June 7th, 2007.  Jakarta Globe 
Senegal court says Wade can run for third presidential term
Protesters in Senegal clashed with police late Friday after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou Ndour from running. Anti-Wade... (photo: Creative Commons)
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Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say BBC News
Senegal's Wade cleared to run for third presidential term
Senegal's top court has said President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in next month's poll, triggering clashes in the capital Dakar. Angered by the decision,... (photo: AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Elections   Photos   Senegal   Violence   Wikipedia: Senegal
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Gulf News
Nigeria faces an existential threat
London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano.... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks to French troops at the 152nd Infantry Regiment military base in Tora in the region of Surobi, Afghanistan Tuesday, July 12, 2011. France24
French forces to leave Afghanistan a year early: Sarkozy
AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that France would pull its forces out of Afghanistan a year earlier than planned, a week after the killing of four French... (photo: AP / Philippe Wojazer, Pool)
Afghanistan   France   Photos   Sarkozy   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado The Star
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia,... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel
A crowd watches the independence ceremony of South Sudan from a tree in a field in Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, 2011. France24
South Sudan: ethnic tensions threaten Africa's newest nation
We take a closer look at the violence rocking a newly independent South Sudan. We then drive through the streets of Abidjan as authorities seek to restore order to Ivory... (photo: AP / Andrew Burton)
Ethnic   Photos   Politics   South Sudan   Wikipedia: Politics of South Sudan
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. BBC News
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Islam   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
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Health
KLps1 - May 07 - Perth Zoo,Australia - Rhinoceros - Animal - Wildlife - Nature - Ecology. (ps1) Rhino killing surges in South Africa The Himalayan
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of the Republic of South Africa, Dr. Jacob Zuma, in New Delhi on June 04, 2010. South Africa president criticizes UN over Libya Austin American Statesman
A health offical draws blood from an HIV positive woman at Siem Reap provincial hospital about 230 kilometers (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. AFRICA: HIV-positive women still confused about infant-feeding choices IRINnews
Oil & Energy
A police officer stands guard as people protest following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government, in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria Ohio
Angry youths protest in front of the National television station on fourth day of the nationwide strike on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria oil union threats shutdown amid strike Denver Post
Tricycles - Vehicles - Shell Gas Station - Philippines Nigerian fuel price strike may disrupt Shell oil production Citywire
Human Rights
President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, walk out of the White House and across Pennsylvania Ave. to the Blair House in Washington, Friday, July 31, 2009 Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address Gareowe Online
An Iranian protester holds an anti-Israel poster for condemning activities of International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, at the Imam Khomeini airport, waiting for arrival of the agency's delegates, who were not appeared in public, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. UN nuclear inspectors arrive in Iran The Observer
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. UN considers resolution on Syria Al Jazeera
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Remembering Howard Zinn Al Jazeera
Poverty
President Ernest Bai Koroma takes the presidential salute during Sierra Leone Independence Day. Africa begins to rise above aid The Guardian
U.S. talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, center, during an opening ceremony of her Leadership Academy for Girls School at Henley-on-Klip, South Africa. Oprah greets first graduates of S.Africa school Jakarta Globe
The electronic results board reflects the African National Congress (ANC) reaching the ten million mark at the Independent Election Commission results center in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, April 24, 2009. ANC president Jacob Zuma, center, is expected to be inaugurated as the country's next president on May 9. South Africa's ANC party celebrates 100 years STL Today
Technology
Chocolate cuts bowel cancer risk Chocolate cuts bowel cancer risk The Times of India
Attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York. 'Big Brother' concerns over Google changes Al Jazeera
President Barack Obama arrives at a rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Holmdel, N.J. State of the Union speech CBC
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