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  • A pirate's treasure 9 Dec 2009 08:52 GMT
    ... Bel Ombre, in the north of the Seychelles' main island of Mahe. Standing near a rock ... was a treasure of gold, diamonds and religious paraphernalia of prodigious value. "Each pirate got a ...

  • Hedge Against Hyperinflation, Hard Assets Should Continue to Appreciate During 2010 9 Dec 2009 01:18 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka also bought 10 tons, and Mauritius bought two tons. We've also seen the ... of these governments will start to get religion. If you go back to the 1970s, ... He bought the Essakane Project in West Africa and advanced it forward, and now he's ...

  • Swiss show us the way 8 Dec 2009 23:05 GMT
    ... to allow the banning of any further Muslim minarets in the country. Despite early polling ... are symbols of rising Muslim political and religious power that could eventually turn Switzerland into ... and not after events. Switzerland is a Christian country and no doubt likes its symbols ...

  • Climate Change on the Move 8 Dec 2009 22:07 GMT
    ... the European Union through the region, and Islamist rebels threaten the governments of Morocco, Algeria, ... countries like Senegal, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, Mauritania, and Cape Verde, often discouraging potential migrants from leaving. FRONTEX, ... a situation could easily result in increased religious conflict and potentially foster the spread of ...

  • Comoros legislative polls open 7 Dec 2009 07:12 GMT
    ... Women attend a political rally on December 4, 2009 ... on the island of Anjouan in the Comoros ahead of the December 6, legislative elections. ... independence from France in 1975. He pursued Islamic studies in Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Iran, with ...

  • Madagascar's Confucius Institute celebrates first anniversary 6 Dec 2009 02:50 GMT
    ... The Confucius Institute at the Antananarivo University, an institute ... of the People's Republic of China to Madagascar, Ms. Lu Huiying, and a strong delegation ... of the Ministry of Higher Education, Mr. Christian Ralijaona and the Antananarivo University, led by ...

  • Kenya's Draft Constitution: Progress, but room for improvement 4 Dec 2009 18:03 GMT
    ... patriotism'. While fully recognising our diversities of religion, language and traditions, it constantly balances them ... most democratic (and relatively well-off) states in Africa are parliamentary, South Africa and Mauritius. As with devolution, there are two sides ...

  • ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Batouri appointed 4 Dec 2009 11:30 GMT
    ... Major Superiors of Cameroon and that of Africa and Madagascar (COSMAM). P. Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, CICM, was ... Dakar-Senegal), 2000-2001: Studies at the Institute of Religious Formation of the Catholic Theological Union (Chicago-USA) ...

  • Suicide bomber kills 3 Somali ministers 3 Dec 2009 22:29 GMT
    ... Friends and family help a wounded student at ... worst attack in the lawless Horn of Africa nation since June, when hardline Shebaab rebels ... in its ranks and Washington accuses the Islamist group of being Al Qaeda’s proxy in the ...

  • A bad year for African governance? 3 Dec 2009 12:30 GMT
    ... Is Africa advancing? This was the crisp question we ... year, South Africa ranked fifth behind Mauritius, Cape Verde, Seychelles and Botswana. We ranked third (out ... events by prancing around like a Charismatic Christian high on ecstasy — and the president’s ...

  • SEA OF POPPIES BY AMITAV GHOSH 3 Dec 2009 06:10 GMT
    ... was raised alongside the son of her Muslim wet nurse whom she regards as her ... differences, and the girmitiyas put aside their religious and social divisions aboard the Ibis, declaring ... a slave mentioned in letters between an Arab-Jewish merchant in Manga­lore and his associates in ...

  • An expat's modern adventure in the tourism sector 3 Dec 2009 01:13 GMT
    ... I’ve also learned a lot about different religions; what most impressed me when I was ... you find a mosque, a church and Hindu and Buddhist temples. Even now, after being in Turkey ...

  • AFRICA/SENEGAL - "There has been some progress, but there are serious problems hindering integral development of the person" say Bishops of Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania 2 Dec 2009 12:50 GMT
    ... AFRICA/SENEGAL - "There has been some progress, but ... of the person" say Bishops of Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - ... Bishops, the exhortation for Lent 2010 ( "Christian Lent, A Journey of Faith. Fidelity to ...

  • Admiral: Sea too large to stop all pirate attacks 1 Dec 2009 19:15 GMT
    ... In this image made available by NATO in London, ... Somali pirates are hijacking ships off East Africa, the commander of the EU Naval Force's ... U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting an Islamist insurgency to go after pirates. Hudson said the ...

  • EU: Hijacked oil tanker was outside corridor... 1 Dec 2009 14:02 GMT
    ... EU: Hijacked oil tanker was outside corridor Tuesday, December ... shows area of the coast of East Africa where an oil tanker was seized by ... U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting an Islamist insurgency to go after pirates. Pirates now hold ...

  • EU: Hijacked oil tanker was outside corridor 1 Dec 2009 13:10 GMT
    ... In this image made available by NATO in London, ... shows area of the coast of East Africa where an oil tanker was seized by ... U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting an Islamist insurgency to go after pirates. Pirates now hold ...

  • Pirate attack on oil tanker repelled off Oman 1 Dec 2009 12:32 GMT
    ... In this image made available by NATO in London, ... naval warships patrolling off the Horn of Africa are stretched too thin. The problem has ... U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting an Islamist insurgency to go after pirates. Pirates now hold ...

  • Juniors Seek Redemption in Kampala 1 Dec 2009 09:34 GMT
    ... Kigali — RWANDA'S Mele Bizimana qualified for the main ... at Lugogo tennis courts yesterday. Besides Bizimana, Christian Rudasingwa, Desire Nkurutsu, Hamisi Gatete, Gisele Umumararungu, ... players from Sweden, Holland, Kenya, Egypt, Mauritius, Madagascar, Britain, Malta, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Africa, ...

  • DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2010 1 Dec 2009 09:12 GMT
    ... United Arab Emirates - Islamic New Year (DFM/ADX/Nasdaq Dubai) - Subject to lunar sightings Comoros - El am Hejir New Year(may be changed to the nearest day) Iraq - ...

  • Wgtn Regional Hindu Conference focus on Community 1 Dec 2009 05:31 GMT
    ... Wgtn Regional Hindu Conference focus on Community Press Release: Hindu Council ... United Kingdom, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Caribbean, Mauritius and more countries. HCNZ has always worked ...

  • Somali pirates take tanker on its way to U.S. 1 Dec 2009 05:31 GMT
    ... NAIROBI, KENYA - Somali pirates struck again, seizing ... the vast stretch of ocean between the African mainland and the picturesque Seychelles islands. In ... with helping kill tens of thousands of Jews at Nazi camps in World War II. ...

  • Pirates seize tanker on way to U.S. 1 Dec 2009 02:31 GMT
    ... NAIROBI, KENYA - Somali pirates struck again, seizing ... the vast stretch of ocean between the African mainland and the picturesque Seychelles islands. In ... with helping kill tens of thousands of Jews at Nazi camps in World War II. ...

  • Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to U... 30 Nov 2009 22:52 GMT
    ... Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to ... shows area of the coast of East Africa where an oil tanker was seized by ... U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting the Islamist insurgency to arrest pirates. Across the Gulf of ...

  • Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US 30 Nov 2009 22:46 GMT
    ... Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to ... to fight piracy off the Horn of Africa, has highlighted the difficulty of keeping ships ... U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting the Islamist insurgency to arrest pirates. Across the Gulf of ...

  • Seizure of large tanker fuels piracy war 30 Nov 2009 22:44 GMT
    ... MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Somali pirates' ... armed pirates 700 miles east of the African coast off the Seychelles islands. That's believed ... of links between the Somali pirates and Islamist terrorists are tenuous at best. Islamic militants fighting ...


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