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  • March 2008

    • 65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

      Reuters  |  Mar 30, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

      (Newser) - Rescuers now fear that 65 miners trapped in a northern Tanzanian mine shaft have drowned, reports Reuters, with six bodies recovered and 59 workers missing. Volunteers raced to the remote gemstone mine near Mount Kilimanjaro yesterday when flash floods swept through the area, but the torrential weather also brought down electricity poles, crippling rescue efforts. In the eight affected pits, 35 people were found alive. More »

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      Africa  • missing person  • miners  • Tanzania  • drowning

  • February 2008

    • Malaria: Africa's Success Story

      Washington Post  |  Feb 19, 08 9:45 AM CST

      Malaria: Africa's Success Story

      (Newser) - A new anti-malaria effort will provide a mosquito net to every Tanzanian child under age 5, reports the Washington Post. President Bush visited northern Tanzania yesterday to announce the program, spotlighting Africa's hugely successful fight against malaria, with committed African and Western governments collaborating on the well-funded strategy. In Zanzibar, the children's infection rate has dropped from 20% to 1% in just 3 years. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Africa  • public health  • malaria  • Tanzania  • Zanzibar

    • Wealth Doesn't Always Aid Health

      BBC  |  Feb 18, 08 3:17 AM CST

      Wealth Doesn't Always Aid Health

      (Newser) - Citing new child mortality statistics, analysts say a nation's wealth doesn’t always translate into better health for its youngest citizens, the BBC reports. Every year, 10 million children die before their fifth birthday, with 99% of the fatalities occurring in the developing world. But even when conditions improve, survival is often just a “lottery,"  depending on where a baby is born, said a spokesman for Save the Children. More »

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      health  • India  • Gordon Brown  • doctor  • wealth  • Nepal  • Bangladesh  • Tanzania  • Malawi  • Save the Children  • malnutrition  • ancient customs  • Angola

    • Bush Pushes Abstinence in AIDS Program

      Associated Press  |  Feb 17, 08 1:21 PM CST

      Bush Pushes Abstinence in AIDS Program

      (Newser) - President Bush urged Congress today to “stop squabbling” and renew his global AIDS program, which provides medication and treatment for millions and earmarks funds for abstinence efforts. In Tanzania, his African tour’s second stop, Bush signed a $700 million aid package, saying, “We don’t want people guessing on the continent of Africa whether the generosity of the American people will continue.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • aid  • HIV/AIDS  • Rwanda  • abstinence  • Tanzania  • US Congress  • abstinence education  • Liberia  • AIDS prevention  • Ghana  • Benin

    • Bush Signs $700M Grant for Tanzania

      Reuters  |  Feb 17, 08 6:35 AM CST

      Bush Signs $700M Grant for Tanzania

      (Newser) - During the second stop on his whirlwind African tour, President Bush heaped praise on Tanzania's president and signed over a $698 million grant for infrastructure development. "We like dealing with honest people and compassionate people," Bush said of his trip, which is avoiding current hot spots like Kenya in favor of countries with strong democratic leaders in stable nations. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Africa  • Rwanda  • Tanzania  • foreign aid  • Liberia  • Ghana  • Benin

  • January 2008

    • James Spain Dead at 81

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 6, 08 12:00 PM CST

      James Spain Dead at 81

      (Newser) - James Spain, a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service, passed away of natural causes in Wilmington, NC at age 81 on January 2, 2008.  Ambassador Spain's life was devoted to serving his country first in the US Army as a photographer on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff in occupied Japan and then as a career foreign service officer. More »

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      Pakistan  • obituary  • Turkey  • diplomacy  • Sri Lanka  • Tanzania  • diplomat

  • December 2007

    • Africa Nations Move to Ban Plastic Bags

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 2, 07 6:55 PM CST

      Africa Nations Move to Ban Plastic Bags

      (Newser) - With garbage rotting in the streets and being burnt in toxic bonfires, many African countries are looking to ban plastic bags. Kenya produces 48 million every year, and is now trying to follow Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda by outlawing them. In Nairobi’s slums, bags even clog channels leading out of toilets, creating a “stomach churning mass,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Nigeria  • ban  • Tanzania  • plastic bags  • Nairobi  • Uganda

  • November 2007
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  • September 2007

    • Women Wired to Fall for Bass Baritones

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 26, 07 4:11 AM CDT

      Women Wired to Fall for Bass Baritones

      (Newser) - Posh Spice may not agree, but new research shows that women are more drawn to the deep baritone of a Barry White than the higher-pitched squeak of a David Beckham. Studies of the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, whose lifestyle  is similar to that of early man, reveal that men with deep voices have more children—because they have more success with women, reports the Times of London. More »

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      Harvard  • Tanzania  • testosterone  • reproduction

    • 7.5 Tremor Hits Indonesia

      Associated Press  |  Sep 12, 07 9:11 PM CDT

      7.5 Tremor Hits Indonesia

      (Newser) - A 7.5-magnitude aftershock has rocked Indonesia, sparking a new tsunami alert and making buildings sway in nearby Singapore. This morning's 8.4 quake killed at least 5, injured dozens and sent people fleeing inland for safety. Governments issued alerts as far as Kenya and Tanzania warning people to abandon the beaches, the AP reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Indonesia  • aftershock  • Singapore  • tsunami  • Tanzania  • Malaysia

  • August 2007

    • Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

      International Herald Tribune  |  Aug 17, 07 3:22 PM CDT

      Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

      (Newser) - A growing number of poor Chinese are flocking to Africa, hoping to cash in on the destitute continent’s infinite growth potential. China is building factories in eastern Africa, and trade between the two burgeoning economies ballooned to $55 billion last year. The eastern entrepreneurs are diving into every sector of the African market—from diamonds to ice cream—but oil is particularly piquing their interest. More »

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      China  • oil  • Africa  • World Bank  • trade  • Chad  • Tanzania  • Zambia  • mineral resources

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Deal Threatens Ancient Tribe in Tanzania

      Washington Post  |  Jun 10, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      Deal Threatens Ancient Tribe in Tanzania

      (Newser) - The Hadzabe people of Tanzania walk in age-old footsteps near the once-bountiful Serengeti plain, starting fires with sticks and hunting with handmade poison arrows. Now the tribe has crossed paths with the royal family of Abu Dhabi, and the resulting conflict endangers a way of life that has endured for 50,000 years. The Washington Post visits the Yaeda Valley. More »

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      Africa  • Abu Dhabi  • United Arab Emirates  • Tanzania  • modernization  • safari

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