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Parliamentary Elections Under Way in Benin
Topix - Saturday, March 31, 2007
hspace=2 src="/english/images/voa_benin_guedegbe_woman_voting_31mar07_eng_195.jpg" width=195 vspace=2 border=0> A woman casts her ballot in Cotonou, 31 Mar 2007 Voters in the western African nation of Benin ... Comment ... more
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Leader hopes polls will strengthen his rule
Topix - Saturday, March 31, 2007
y Samuel Elijah Parakou, Benin - People queued outside polling stations in Benin on Saturday for parliamentary elections which President Thomas Boni Yayi hopes will strengthen his control of the national ... Comment ... more
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Benin's legislative election
Topix - Saturday, March 31, 2007
enin is a presidential system and is one of the few such systems to have nonconcurrent elections. Comment ... more
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Reconciliation statue to be unveiled
Topix - Friday, March 30, 2007
eople from all over the world are expected to be in Richmond on Friday for the unveiling of a Slavery Reconciliation Statue and plaza. Comment ... more
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Reconciliation statue to be unveiled
Topix - Friday, March 30, 2007
eople from all over the world are expected to be in Richmond on Friday for the unveiling of a Slavery Reconciliation Statue and plaza. Comment ... more
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Benin to hold legislative polls
Topix - Friday, March 30, 2007
uthorities in Benin have confirmed they will hold legislative elections, after postponing the polls originally scheduled for March 25. Comment ... more
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Benin Set to Hold Legislative Elections Saturday
Topix - Friday, March 30, 2007
fficials in Benin say legislative elections will now be held Saturday after they were postponed earlier this week. Comment ... more
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Study Maps Those At Greatest Risk From Cyclones And Rising Seas
Topix - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
cience Daily - The first global study to identify populations at greatest risk from rising sea levels and more intense cyclones linked to climate change will be published next month in the peer-reviewed ... Comment ... more
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Healing Old Wounds
Topix - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
erhaps the darkest chapter in the history of this nation is the one that tells of the subjugation and enslavement of our fellow human beings. Comment ... more
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Tenth of Humanity Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise
Topix - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
new global population study has identified the regions and people at greatest risk from rising sea levels and more intense storms connected to global warming. Comment ... more
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Poor Need More Than a Declaration
Topix - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
he 50th anniversary of the European Union has been marked by a declaration committing the 27-country bloc to drive back poverty, hunger and disease throughout the world. Comment ... more
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Poor Need More Than a Declaration
Topix - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
he 50th anniversary of the European Union has20 been marked by a declaration committing the 27-country bloc to =94drive back poverty, hunger and disease=94 throu= ghout=20 the world. Comment ... more
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I'm headed to West Africa for a while.
Topix - Monday, March 26, 2007
'm headed to West Africa for a few weeks on a reporting project. Ghana , Benin , and Togo . Comment ... more
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Legislative Election Postponed
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 26, 2007
egislative elections in Benin were stalled on Friday following the last minute approval by the Constitutional Court and President Boni Yayi of a request by the National Electoral Commission for more time to ... more
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BENIN: Citizens willing to dig into own pockets to fund election
IRIN - Monday, March 26, 2007
OTONOU Friday, January 20, 2006 (IRIN) - Amid worries that a cash crunch could delay Beninâ??s presidential elections set for March, trade unions, concerned individuals and parties across the political spectrum are digging into their own pockets to help fund the ... more
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BENIN: Trade unions call stoppage to demand govt funds for election
IRIN - Monday, March 26, 2007
OTONOU Tuesday, January 24, 2006 (IRIN) - Six of Beninâ??s seven trade union confederations on Tuesday began a two-day stoppage to demand that the government hand over funds needed for presidential elections next ... more
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BENIN: On eve of election campaign, strikes and cash crunch cloud poll
IRIN - Monday, March 26, 2007
OTONOU Thursday, February 16, 2006 (IRIN) - Weeks ahead of presidential elections in Benin, registration glitches and continued financial constraints are clouding efforts to select a replacement for exiting 72-year-old leader Mathieu ... more
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BENIN: Refugees flee camp after clashes with villagers
IRIN - Monday, March 26, 2007
OTONOU Friday, February 17, 2006 (IRIN) - Thousands of Togolese refugees have fled the Lokossa camp in Benin after fierce clashes with local residents in which 29 people were hurt, some by gunfire, local officials told IRIN on ... more
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BENIN: Campaign winding up for historic but problem-fraught poll
IRIN - Monday, March 26, 2007
OTONOU Thursday, March 02, 2006 (IRIN) - The billboards are up, the candidates are on the campaign trail, the bands are playing and the voodoo priests are praying for peace. In two days Benin votes for a new president in a poll whose run-up has been fraught with ... more
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BENIN: Profiles of front-runners in presidential race
IRIN - Monday, March 26, 2007
OTONOU Friday, March 03, 2006 (IRIN) - Benin elects a new president on Sunday amid a wide field of 26 candidates, some of them opposition veterans, others newcomers to the political scene. The following are profiles of the four ... more
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