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After decades of violence and on-and-off civil war Christian Sudanese in the south have successfully split from their Muslim neighbors in the north to form South Sudan, the world's newest country.
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Paignton -
Duchess, the much-loved and popular African elephant at Devon's Paignton Zoo in south west England, is being treated for the eye disease glaucoma.
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Tripoli -
Eastern Libya is now flying the flag of the old Libyan monarchy. Foreign mercenary fighters are reported massing to support Libya's leader Col Gaddafi in the face of widespread defections from the Libyan military.
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France’s reputation for influence-peddling and widespread corruption in Africa is nobody’s secret, but Nicolas Sarkozy's reactions to the current electoral deadlock in the Ivory Coast indicate that France's shadowy African era may be coming to an end.
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New York -
People are the real wealth, reiterates the 20th anniversary edition of Human Development Report (HDR) 2010. It also comes up with three new measures for discussing poverty and inequality.
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Port-au-prince -
Angelina Jolie returned to Haiti over the weekend to assess the progress of the work that has been accomplished since the earthquake hit this island country. Jolie has recently dispelled rumors that Jolie-Pitt have an adoption in progress in Haiti.
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Aid agencies have warned that 10 million people in four countries across the Sahel in West and Central Africa risk hunger as a severe drought continues.
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Adelaide -
The USA, China and Australia all share one thing in common today -- they have been found to be three of the top-ten most environmentally destructive countries in the world.
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The Sudanese government and the main rebel group in Darfur have signed a ceasefire, which, it is hoped, will lead to a formal peace in the region.
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Three leading aid groups working to bring relief to the people of Haiti have appealed for an end to the adoption of children from the Caribbean country, saying that many children have become separated from their families but are not orphans.
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