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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Tanzania

Tanzania stories: 26 news summaries

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Tech Wraps Growing Web Around World

Some worry about cultural loss as cell phones, e-mail spread

Oct 8, 07 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global cellphone and computer usage is up dramatically as inequalities in technology drop. Cellphone ownership has grown 20% in the US, where 80% of the population uses computers, third in the world behind Sweden and South Korea. Computer usage is up in 26 of 35 countries in a new Pew... More »

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Russia • environment • technology • cell phones • Nigeria • Tanzania • culture • developing world • computer

Women Wired to Fall for
Bass Baritones

Study finds evolutionary preference
for deep voices

Sep 26, 07 4:11 AM CDT
(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... More »

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reproduction • Tanzania • testosterone • Harvard • Hadza tribe • bass voices • vocal dimorphism • runaway sexual selection • Biology Letters

7.5 Tremor Hits Indonesia

Sparks new tsunami alert and causes buildings to sway in Singapore

Sep 12, 07 9:11 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

To satisfy country's thirst for oil, emigrants strike it rich out west

Aug 17, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Don't Think Pink: Factory Threatens Flamingo Species

Endangered lesser flamingos breed in only one lake in eastern Africa

Jul 12, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian company's plans to build a plant to harvest soda ash, or sodium carbonate, from Lake Natron in northern Tanzania could spell the end for the endangered lesser flamingo, the smallest of the six flamingo species. The lake is the only major breeding site, and half a million of... More »

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endangered species • environment • Africa • conservation • India • environmentalism • Tanzania • endangered species list • flamingos • East Africa

Deal Threatens Ancient Tribe in Tanzania

Government agrees to rent safari land, pushing endangered people to the brink

Jun 10, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Africa • Tanzania • Hadzabe • Serengeti • modernization • Abu Dhabi • Yaeda Valley • safari • hunter gatherer • United Arab Emirates

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