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Help Change A Young Girl's Life in Mozambique

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Girls, Education, Lurdes Mutola, Africa, Donating to Charity, Mozambique, Donations, Young Minds of Africa, Impact News
Esther Wojcicki

Ten years ago my student, went off to Princeton with a goal of working on Wall Street. It took only one summer of Wall Street work for him to realize that was not where he wanted to spend his life.

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Giant Stingray Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Tofo, Bbc, Mozambique, Film, Animals, Smalleye Stingray, Giant-Stingray, Stingray, Small Eye Stingray Video, Giant Stingray Video, Green News

From The BBC: "An underwater camera crew filming for the BBC has recorded a smalleye stingray swimming off the coast of Mozambique." To see this foo...

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The Right Climate for Green Energy in Africa

Lori Pottinger | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, South Africa, Mozambique, International Rivers, Green News
Lori Pottinger

The world's richest, highest-carbon-emitting nations owe it to Africa to help it develop its clean energy resources -- projects that will help in climate-change adaptation efforts, rather than hinder them.

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Countries Billionaires Could Buy: Forbes

forbes.com | Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, North Korea, Costa Rica, Carribean, Billionaires, Mozambique, Alice Walton, Business News

Castles in France. Islands in the Caribbean. Private jets. With a collective $1.27 trillion at their disposal, the members of The Forbes 400 could buy...

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Not-So-Muddy Waters Put Millions at Risk

Lori Pottinger | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Nile River, Floods, Dams, Sudan, Zambezi River, Africa, Aswan Dam, Flooding, Mozambique, Cahora Bassa Dam, Merowe Dam, International Rivers, Green News
Lori Pottinger

Healthy rivers are important for so many reasons, and climate change will only make their gifts that much more important. We need to convince hydropower advocates of the destructiveness of dams.

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Mozambique Ferry Sinks, 17 Feared Dead

AP | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Boating Disaster, African Ferry Sinks, Ferry Disaster, Mozambique Ferry, Africa, Ferry Sinks Off Mozambique, Mozambique, Ferry Sinks, World News

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique's government says an overcrowded ferry went down off the coast in a northern province, and 17 people are feared ...

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UN Envoy's Term Ends, but Rebels Go On and On

Maria Burnett | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations Security Council, Obama, Kofi Annan, Mozambique, Joseph Kony, War Crimes, Lord's Resistance Army, Un Peacekeeping Congo, Sudan, Human Rights Watch, Central-African-Republic, Obama Africa, Obama Africa Foreign Policy, Lra, Icc, Joaquim Chissano, Uganda, International Criminal Court, Juba, World News
Maria Burnett

Several members of congress support a bill that would oblige the White House to develop a detailed strategy to protect civilians from the brutal Lord's Resistance Army in east and central Africa.

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Monfort in Guebuza's Mozambique

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Robert Rotberg, Mozambique, Africa, Southern Africa, Maria Zimmermann, Maputo, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Mozambique's prosperity is linked to the development of two strategic sectors: tourism and agriculture. During the week I will brief on the conclusions derived from the interviews.

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A Near-Zero-Cost Approach to Do-Gooding: My 375th Kiva Loan

Bob Harris | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Microloans, Uganda, Philippines, Yunus, Grameen, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maria Shriver, Mozambique, Third World, Muhammad Yunus, Costa Rica, Kiva.org, Peru, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Kiva, Developing World, Hillary Clinton, Development, Nicaragua, Business News
Bob Harris

Metaphorically, micro lending is not giving someone a fish, and it's not teaching someone to fish; it's helping a fisherman patch a hole in his rowboat so he can get on with life.

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Mount Mabu: Undiscovered African Rainforest 'Discovered On Google Earth' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Google Earth, Africa, Rainforest, Mozambique, Mount Mabu, Google Earth Mountain, Green News

Scientists are hailing the discovery of a patch of rainforest in northern Mozambique as one of the most significant finds in years. ...

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High-End African Design Debuts in New York, NY

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 06.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Ecostyle, African Design, Africa, A.d. Schwarz, Sustainable Forestry, Sustainable Development, Ecodesign, Jewelry, Mozambique, Trade Not Aid, Lisa Linhardt, Linhardt Design, South Africa, Style, Sustainable Style, African Fashion, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Furniture, Summer Rayne Oakes, Fashion, Style Naturally, Naturally, New York, New York-New York, Style News
Summer Rayne Oakes

The large size, intricate detailing, and one-of-a-kind artisan craftsmanship makes the Sofala plate the epitome of fine African art.

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South Africa Election: ANC Leads In Preliminary Results

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, South Africa Election Results, Anc, South Africa Election 2009, South Africa Elections, Foreign Affairs, South Africa Election, Jacob Zuma, Election Results South Africa, South African Election Results 2009, South Africa Election Results 2009, South African Election Results, Election Results South Africa 2009, South African Elections, South Africa Elections 2009 Results, Election Results, South African Elections 2009 Results, South Africa Election 2009 Results, 2009 South Africa Election Results, 2009 South African Election Results, Sa 2009 Election Results, Election Results 2009 South Africa, 2009 Election Results South Africa, South Africa 2009 Election Results, Sa Election Results 2009, 2009 Sa Election Results, Mozambique, Cape Town-South Africa, World News

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the co...

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Piracy, protests and Estonian technology

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Poland, Zimbabwe, Estonia, Tanzania, Kenya, China, Lithuania, Mozambique, Latvia, Somalia, Home News

var quiz = {id: 29, questions: [ { id: 161, text: 'Pirates off the coast of Somalia seized an American-flagged ship and took the captain hostage Wedn...

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Mozambique Jail: 12 Found Dead In Police Custody

BBC NEWS | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Nampula Jail, Nampula, Foreign Affairs, Mozambique, Africa, Mozambique Red Cross, Red Cross Mozambique, Mozambique Jail, World News

Twelve people have been found dead in police custody in the northern Nampula province of Mozambique....

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McCain Urged Reagan Admin To Meet Terror Groups Without Pre-Conditions

Jacob Alperin-Sheriff | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: John Singlaub, John McCain, Offthebus, Jesse Helms, Terrorist, US Council for World Freedom, Mozambique, Mccain Terrorists, Renamo, Mccain Urged Reagan Admin to Meet Terror Groups Without Pre-Conditions, Mccain Renamo, Home News
Jacob Alperin-Sheriff

McCain's support and lobbying for the African terrorist group directly contradicts his attacks on Obama for having "worked closely" with Bill Ayers and for having "pledged to meet, without preconditions, the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea."

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