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UN envoy condemns assassination of Somali minister
By PANAPRESS
Congo DR goes to polls
Ex- Kenyan President escape unhurt in road mishap
By NNN
UN envoy calls on World Bank, IMF to support the fight against HIV/AIDS
United Nations (UN) Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis has appealed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to focus on assisting African countries fight the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Polio breaks out in Namibia
Botswana, June 13, ZANIS- Polio has reportedly broken out in Namibia and has so far claimed seven lives since the disease was recorded this month.
Most wanted insurgent Zarqawi killed in Iraq
June 8, ZANIS - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced yesterday that the most wanted insurgent in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed.
Iraqi PM nominates security ministers
June 8, ZANIS - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has nominated ministers of key security portfolios, more than two weeks after the new government was sworn in on May 20.
British parliament sealed off in security alert
June 8, ZANIS - The British parliament was sealed off in a security alert on Wednesday after a man threw powder in a public area of the building, police officers said.
Aftershock rocks Yogyakarta, Indonesia
June 8, ZANIS - An aftershock measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale again rocked Indonesia's Yogyakarta province at 11:55 local time (0455 GMT) yesterday.
China, U.S. to launch largest neutrino experiment at Chinese nuclear site
June 8, ZANIS -- Chinese and American physicists are joining hands to conduct the world's largest neutrino experiment at the Daya Bay Nuclear Plant in south China.
African countries prodded to address increasing the vulnerability of children
UNICEF Country Representative to Zambia Lotta Sylwander says East and Southern African countries need to redouble their efforts in addressing children’s trauma of separation from families.
Africa faces biggest challenges in achieving sustainable development
Lusaka 4 May 2006 ZANIS -- Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Tens Kapoma says Africa is facing the biggest challenges in efforts to achieve sustainable development because of pollution and changes in the climate.
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