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Colombian drug suspect freed
Topix - Friday, September 07, 2007
p> By Alberto Dabo A suspected Colombian drug-trafficker held in Guinea-Bissau has been freed on bail in a blow to police efforts to smash cocaine cartels using the poor West African state as a staging post, ... via Independent Online ... more
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Guinea-Bissau Journalist Says Government Harrassing Him Over Reports on Drug Trade
Topix - Thursday, September 06, 2007
p> Listen to Schwarz report A prominent journalist in Guinea-Bissau says he has been harassed by the government and military for his reporting on the drug trade. via Voice of America ... more
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Burkina Faso: Journalist Faces Charges for Reporting On Soldiers'...
Topix - Wednesday, September 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are dismayed that one reporter who interpreted for ITN News, a British television station investigating drug trafficking, has been charged with libel after the head of the navy filed a complaint against him" The International Federation of Journalists today wrote to President Joao Bernardo Vieira... more
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Middle Eastern origin of Neolithic pigs
Topix - Wednesday, September 05, 2007
p> Via the BBC Pig DNA reveals farming history : Between 6,800-4,000 BC, farming methods spread across Europe, but the question of how these methods spread has not been fully established. via Dienekes' Anthropology Blog ... more
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President receives NAM FMs
Topix - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
p> Iran - NAM - Ahmadinejad President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Monday received foreign ministers of a number of NAM member states on the sidelines of the NAM Ministerial Meeting on Human Rights and Cultural ... via IRNA ... more
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Country profile: Guinea-Bissau
Topix - Tuesday, September 04, 2007
p> Once hailed as a potential model for African development, Guinea-Bissau is now one of the poorest countries in the world. via BBC ... more
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Problems with Neanderthal genomic sequences
Topix - Monday, September 03, 2007
p> A new study freely available online throws into doubt the genomic sequences extracted from Neanderthal remains in two previous articles. via Dienekes' Anthropology Blog ... more
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GBissau gets tough on drugs
Topix - Saturday, September 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"From today, whatever aircraft that enters our airspace without having informed the competent authorities will be destroyed" Guinea-Bissau, a key transit point for international drug traffickers, will shoot down any aircraft that enters its airspace without permission, its prime minister has said. via Sunday Times... more
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Guinea-Bissau promises to shoot down suspected drug planes
Topix - Friday, August 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Any plane detected in this zone without authorization will be shot down." BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau : The Guinea-Bissau military threatened Thursday to fire on any suspected drug plane entering its airspace in an attempt to crack down on rampant cocaine trafficking through the poor West ... ... more
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Guinea-Bissau charges journalist
Topix - Thursday, August 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I have been formally charged with defamation, violating state secrets, abusing press freedom, colluding with foreign journalists and defaming the chief of staff of the navy" Reuters' correspondent in the poor African nation of Guinea-Bissau has been charged with libel for quoting the navy's chief as... more
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Guinea Bissau to receive electricity from Gambia River Development body
Topix - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The distribution quotas established between the four member countries stipulates that Guinea Bissau should get 8 percent of OMVG electricity production, to cover 42 percent of its energy needs" River Gambia Basin Development Organization will henceforth supply 8 percent of its electricity production to Guinea Bissau,... more
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Preliminary African World Cup Qualifiers Set; Oceania Blowouts
Topix - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
p> This is the moment you have all been waiting for. The preliminary 2010 World Cup qualifiers for Africa have been announced and we now know the fate of Djibouti, Comoros Islands and Seychelles. via World Cup Blog ... more
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Foreign Ministry seeks to collect back rents owed by embassies in Russia
Topix - Sunday, August 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The Main Department for Servicing the Diplomatic Corps is in fact 'bankrolling' the embassies of DR Congo, the Central African Republic, Somali, and Guinea-Bissau [occupying the smallest premises], which have not paid rent for several years" The Russian Foreign Ministry is working to reduce the back... more
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Europe blocks 188 would-be migrants
Topix - Thursday, August 23, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Yesterday (Tuesday) night, 188 clandestine migrants on board a boat were intercepted by Frontex off the coast of Gambia (a small country wedged inside Senegal)" A European border security agency has caught 188 would-be illegal migrants off the coast of west Africa heading to the Spanish... more
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Guinea-Bissau: Fear for 4 journalists and human rights defender
Topix - Wednesday, August 22, 2007
p> Action: Guinea-Bissau: Fear for safety/fear of torture of 4 journalists and human rights defender who documented drug-trade involvement of military officials Act By: 9/21/2007 Sponsor: Amnesty International ... via SW Radio Africa ... more
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Ghana: MTN Re-Brands Areeba
Topix - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
p> MTN, one of Africa's biggest mobile telephone operators is the latest entrant into Ghana's telecommunications industry. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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IIFJ Calls for Concrete Actions for the Security of Journalists Covering Drug Trafficking
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
he International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Guinea-Bissau to take concrete and effective action to put an end to threats and intimidation of journalists reporting on drug trafficking in the country after threats have pushed one reporter into hiding and another has been harassed by... more
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Dispatch of Experts on Mines to Africa
Topix - Sunday, August 19, 2007
p> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to dispatch experts on demining, Mr. via Rwanda Information Exchange ... more
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World's Most Unwanted Garbage: Cargo of the Khian Sea.
Topix - Saturday, August 18, 2007
p> Khian Sea barge docked in Florida in June 2002 Almost by definition, garbage is stuff nobody wants. via Neatorama ... more
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US president goes missing in Africa
Topix - Friday, August 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I don't know when the statue was taken but it must have been a while ago... well before I took up my functions in this town" A bronze statue of Ulysses Grant has gone missing in the west African nation of Guinea Bissau with police on... more
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