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(Photo: IRIN News / jamesdale10)IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents...Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it....Full Story

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Women Team Lose to DRC
Botswana failed to use home ground advantage and went down 2-0 to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in their opening game of the qualifiers for the 2010 women African Cup of Nations. | ...Full Story
UN and Aid Partners Call for U.S.$60 Million to Help 110,000 Congolese Refugees
The United Nations and its partners today launched an appeal for just under $60 million to help more than 100,000 refugees from the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have fled ethnic violence and are seeking refuge in neighbouring Republic of C...Full Story
Rape as a Weapon of War
| A Women in the World conversation about the epidemic of mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict zones. Watch the live-stream online Saturday, March 13 at 8:30 a.m. at thedailybeast.com. | On Saturday morning, three fierce advocates for peace w...Full Story
SOUTH AFRICA: Rift Valley Fever reported in two provinces
web | JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in two South African provinces has killed one person, while five others have tested positive for the disease, which has also caused "extensive livestock deaths", the National Institute for ...Full Story
Amorin - Adriano must change
| Flamengo striker Adriano will have to change his roguish ways if he is to make Brazil's World Cup squad, says club president Patricia Amorin. | The troubled former Inter striker has struggled with depression and weight problems in recent years, but remains on the frin...Full Story
UN health body issues first-ever guidelines on procuring safe malaria medicines
| A child sleeps under a malaria bednet9 March 2010 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidelines for malaria treatment, marking the first time the agency has released guidance on procuring safe and effective medicines to treat the dis...Full Story
Sanitary Pad Project 'Changes Refugees' Lives'
A project using papyrus and waste paper to make sanitary pads has changed the life of Evelyne Banyamisa, who fled rebel violence in Bunia, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 when she was only 13. | ...Full Story
Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer Accelerates Analog/Mixed-Signal Engineering Productivity with Built-in DRC Visualization and Correction
New SmartDRD Technology Brings Automation to Custom Layout Design Rule Checking | MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- | Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and m...Full Story
Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer Accelerates Analog/Mixed-Signal Engineering Productivity with Built-in DRC Visualization and Correction
  New SmartDRD Technology Brings Automation to Custom Layout Design Rule Checking | MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, t...Full Story
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Tue 9 Mar 2010
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
IRINnews web | Photo: jamesdale10/Flickr BAGHDAD, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of displaced families have returned to their homes, according to officials. | "Despite t...
 Congo oil minister to examine delayed deals
Independent online | By Katrina Manson | Democratic Republic of Congo's newly appointed oil minister will review exploration contracts yet to be approved by the President, and wants a new oil code passed into law by the end of March, he said late on Monday. | The centr...
UGANDA: Sanitary pad project "changes refugees' lives"
IRINnews web | KYAKA II, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - A project using papyrus and waste paper to make sanitary pads has changed the life of Evelyne Banyamisa, who fled rebel violence in Bunia, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 when she was onl...
Congo's new oil minister to examine delayed deals
The Guardian * Oil minister to review deals awaiting presidential decree * Wants oil code passed by end March * Oil has potential to dwarf mining, minister says By Katrina Manson KINSHASA, March 9 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's newly appointed oil min...
Awaiting Stanley in the heart of darkness
Philadelphia Daily News | By Wendy Rosenfield | For The Inquirer Iron Age Theatre likes its history bloody and full of highly combustible racial tension (its last production, , placed the folk hero on a Southern chain gang). Thankfully, history - and drama - are happy to ob...
RwandAir to resume daily domestic flights to Kamembe
TravelDailyNews | RwandAir has announced the resumption of scheduled flights to the southwest town of Kamembe (bordering Bukavu - DRC). The airline will operate these daily flights beginning March 7, 2010 with flight WB115 departing from Kigali 0800HRS and arriving ...
WHOWHATWHEREWHY: "Feel Good Twice"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Buy a sofa, save a life. That's the premise behind the "Feel Good Twice" program going on all this month at Weisshouse furniture store at 324 S. Highland Ave. in Shadyside. After watching a news broadcast concerning the plight of women in the Democ...
 'Here, it is a single meal per day'
Independent online | Next »  1  2 | By Laudes Martial Mbon | In the middle of the Moundzombo school courtyard at Betou in the north of the Republic of Congo, Aime Ngbatambala is surrounded by near-naked children, some crying, others playing hide-and-see...
 Congo launches gun campaign
Independent online | Kinshasa - The Democratic Republic of Congo is to launch on Tuesday a "firearm for $50" disarmament campaign in the vast country's volatile eastern region, a minister said on Monday. | Communication Minister Lambert Mende told reporters the governm...
 Bemba trial delayed
Independent online | The Hague - The trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, due to have started on April 27, has been postponed to July 5, the International Criminal Court said on Monday. | The delay was necessary for the court t...
Critical responses to African aid claims
The Guardian | We were struck by the lack of a critical response to the research cited by Larry Elliott and Heather Stewart on Africa and the millennium development goals, (, 3 March). The article covers a key policy goal for governments in Africa and for the Dep...
Mon 8 Mar 2010
Remarks by the President and the First Lady at International Women's Day Reception
The White House East Room | 4:52 P.M. EST | MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you so much.  So I get to speak first while he stands and watches.  I love this.  (Laughter.)  Look at me adoringly.  (Laughter.) | THE PRESIDENT:  I can do that. | MRS...
Climate forest deal in sight: Indonesia
Breitbart | A truck transporting timbers in Pangkalan Kerinci, outside Pekanbaru, Riau,... | Wealthy and developing nations should be able to seal an agreement this year on deforestation, unlocking a key part of the next treaty on global warming, Indonesian ne...
Golden Gate Bridge joins spans across the world to support International Women's Day.
The Examiner | Celebrating the centennial of International Women’s Day with people around the world were 44 kindergarten children and about as many adults on Monday, when they strolled onto the Golden Gate Bridge for the global Join Me On The...
Climate forest deal in sight: Indonesia
The Himalayan | WASHINGTON: Wealthy and developing nations should be able to seal an agreement this year on deforestation, unlocking a key part of the next treaty on global warming, Indonesian negotiators said Monday. | At December's Copenhagen climate summit, six...
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