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In this Jan. 31, 2009 file picture, Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana speaks to cabinet ministers at the presidential palace in Antananarivo.
Johannesburg   Madagascar   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2006 Malagasy coup d'état attempt		  Seattle Times 
Madagascar's outed president rebuffed in bid to return
JOHANNESBURG - A commercial airliner carrying the ousted president of Madagascar back to that country's capital was turned around midflight, after government officials abruptly closed the nation's... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
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.
Africa   Graduates   Photos   School   Wikipedia/Oprah Winfrey		  Jakarta Globe 
Oprah greets first graduates of S.Africa school
A visibly excited Oprah Winfrey on Saturday personally congratulated the first graduates of her South African school, founded five years ago to turn a handful of impoverished girls into elite leaders.... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell, FILE)
The cruise ship Celebration when it was part of Carnival Cruise Lines docked in Nassau, Bahamas  The Guardian 
Cruise ship runs aground off Italy, 3 bodies found
NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press= PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (AP) — Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over recounted a scene reminiscent of "Titanic" on Saturday,... (photo: Creative Commons / Captain-tucker)
Italy   Luxury   Photos   Ship   Wikipedia/Cruise Ship
Oprah Winfrey looks out over the audience as she listen to a speaker in Whitesboro, N.J. Satuday, Aug. 30, 2008. Winfrey is scheduled to be the keynote speaker Saturday at the annual festival in Whitesboro, a tiny, rural community founded in 1901 as a settlement for blacks leaving the S  Seattle Times 
AP Interview: Winfrey celebrates 1st graduates
HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa - Oprah Winfrey makes no apologies for spending millions on an elite school for underprivileged South African girls. But she's also looking for ways to make her money... (photo: AP / MJ Schear)
Africa   Millions   Photos   School   Wikipedia/Oprah Winfrey
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Zuma in US as SA heads UN Security Council Business Day
Zuma in US as SA heads UN Security Council
SA YESTERDAY officially assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, with plans to "ensure greater coherence between the UN and the... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Africa   Photos   Security   UN   Wikipedia: African Union   Zuma
Air seychelles b767 Nation
Air Seychelles retains 81% of staff with restructuring plan
Now that Air Seychelles has launched its restructuring plan with the last flight from London yesterday, the airline is retaining 712 or 81% of employees to focus on the... (photo: Public Domain / Arpingstone)
Aerospace   Photos   Seychelles   Transport   Wikipedia: Air Seychelles
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. STL Today
South Africa's ANC party celebrates 100 years
Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Celebrates   Mandela   Photos   Wikipedia/ANC   Years
Luis Urzua, the last miner to be rescued, center in green, sings the national anthem next to Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. Independent online (SA)
Miners boost FTSE
Miners led Britain's FTSE 100 higher early on Tuesday, boosted by stronger-than-expected manufacturing data from China, and as the index caught up with sharp gains posted... (photo: AP / Roberto Candia)
Britain   China   Data   Photos   Wikipedia/Miners
White rhino in the Waterburg A popular theory of the origins of the name White Rhinoceros is a mistranslation from Dutch into Afrikaans and English. The Afrikaans word "wit", meaning "white" in English is said to have been derived by mistranslation of the Dutch word "wijde", which means "wide" in English and is spelt "wyd" in Afrikaans. The word "wide" refers to the width of the Rhinoceros mouth. The Star
African rhino poaching hits record on Asian demand
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): A record number of rhinos were poached this year in South Africa, home to the greatest number of the animals, as rising demand in Asia for their... (photo: Creative Commons / nick farnhill)
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Rhino   Wildlife
File - Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, left, talks to Czech former President Vaclav Havel, right, at the opening night of the 11th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague, in this Oct. 7, 2007 file photo. Al Jazeera
Living Havel's truth in the Arab world
During the last year of revolutionary protests across the Arab world, one of the things that most surprised me was how little Vaclav Havel and the Velvet Revolution he... (photo: AP / Petr David Josek)
Arab World   Czech Rep.   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Václav Havel
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File - Alastair Campbell is seen in his office at Downing Street after announcing his resignation as director of Communications to Prime Minister Tony Blair, in London, Friday, Aug. 29, 2003. Tony Blair: 12 months in his diary The Daily Telegraph
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
Former South African president Nelson Mandela's seen at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. South African lawmakers sang Nelson Mandela's praises Thursday as the anti-apartheid icon settled into parliament's public gallery for a State of the Nation address scheduled in tribute to his 20 years of freedom. Saving South Africa Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Business
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing at a Indian Community reception hosted by the Ambassador of India to Switzerland, Ms. Chitra Narayanan, at Geneva, Switzerland on October 02, 2011. Patil pitches for private investment in health, edu The Siasat Daily
Jacob Zuma, 2009 World Economic Forum on Africa-6 Conferences will fine-tune ANC policy Independent online (SA)
Jacob G. Zuma, President of South Africa Zuma’s rating declines: survey Business Day
Culture
Youssou N'Dour performing on "Nile" on the third day of the festival. Youssou N'Dour: the singer who changed his tune The Observer
In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo, a child kicks at a pile of stones marking the spot where villagers skinned a rebel from the Lord's Resistance Army and burned his body during a rebel attack last month, in the village of Bangadi, about 40 km (25 miles) from Congo's border with Sudan. Accounts Emerge in South Sudan of 3,000 Deaths in Ethnic Violence The New York Times
Lebanese policemen, right, secure anti-Syrian regime protesters who they hold up Arabic placards read:"The crime of the regime in hour, arresting, kidnapping and killing, foreground, Yes for freedom Syria, yes for freedom Bahrain, yes for the revolution whenever it was," as they protest during a demonstration to show their support to the Syrian protesters, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Aug. 15, 2011. Syrian troops besieged residential areas of two key cities Monday, firing on residents as they fled for safety and killing at least two people during broad military assaults to root out dissent against President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) The case against military intervention in Syria Al Jazeera
Sport
Australia's cricket team captain Ricky Ponting during a press conference at Lord's cricket ground in London, Monday, July 12, 2010. Australia will play against Pakistan at Lord's starting Tuesday. Sydney century start of something big for me: Ponting The Hindu
South African players celebrate after Hashim Amla caught Taufeeq Umar of Pakistan, unseen, of the bowling of Jacques, Kallis, during day three of the second cricket test match in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Kallis will not play in all ODIs against Sri Lanka Zeenews
South Africa's batsman Jacques Kallis looks up as he celebrates his double century on the third day of the first test match against India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, South Africa, on Saturday Dec. 18, 2010. South Africa win Test series over Sri Lanka Al Jazeera
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