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Malagasy bloggers rally for Madagascar’s children
Global Voices Online - Friday, August 17, 2007
p>The Malagasy blogosphere was quite active on humanitarian efforts these past two weeks.
It all started when Jogany at the purplecorner.com invited the Malagasy blogosphere to get involved in a virtual fund raiser : a blog-a-thon where participants would write 1 post every 30... more
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Smell of success eludes Indian Ocean spice island
Topix - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We're surrounded by the sea, and what is there?" At the end of a stony track, watched by soldiers with automatic weapons, the self-appointed leader of a tiny Indian Ocean island is giving a an Independence Day speech. via XtraMSN Real Estate ... more
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Been to Mali Lately?: Baby, It's Hot Outside
Topix - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's only a dry heat. It's only a dry heat. It's only a dry heat ... " SMALL WORLD Not to get all philosophical or anything, but the weather that surrounds us also unites us. via Las Vegas Review Journal ... more
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Kids in Madagascar unable to attend school, leaving nation with little manpower
Topix - Sunday, August 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I have to fetch our water from the river." Traveling along mountain roads out of Morondava in western Madagascar, it took us more than eight hours to reach the village of Berevo. via Daily Yomiuri ... more
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The whales festival rhymes with environmental protection
Topix - Sunday, August 12, 2007
p> For the sixth edition of the festival of the whales known as "Zagnaharibe", the organizers stressed on environmental protection. via Madagascar Online ... more
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Host of the 2007 island games, Antananarivo gets a new look.
Topix - Sunday, August 12, 2007
p> The Malagasy capital posts a face of festival. The island games of the Indian Ocean is an occasion to revisit the city. via Madagascar Online ... more
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Madagascar hosts Indian Ocean Island Games
Global Voices Online - Friday, August 10, 2007
p> The Indian Ocean Island Games are underway in Madagascar and people are quite thrilled about it.
Harinjaka gives us a preview of the anticipation back home:
“C’est parti pour le 7 ème Jeux des îles de l’Océan Indien (JIOI).
La flamme olympique arrive... more
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In the jungle
Topix - Thursday, August 09, 2007
p> Issue date: 8/6/07 Section: Aggielife Welcome to Madagascar! Sorry that your leader, Matt, couldn't be here today. via The Battalion ... more
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Indian Ocean Island Games flame in Madagascar
Topix - Tuesday, August 07, 2007
p> The sports minister handed the flame to former Madagascan sprint champion Rabenala Toussaint, who carried it around this coastal city. via Nerve News ... more
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Harijaka sumarizes TED Talks in French
Global Voices Online - Saturday, August 04, 2007
p> For all you francophones out there, Harijaka (Fr) is posting French summaries of the recently released videos from the June 2007 TED Global Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. He’s summarized Euvin Naidoo ’s opening address and George Ayittey on Africans taking responsibility for,... more
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Into Africa Peace Corps teacher became one of the family in Madagascar
Topix - Friday, August 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In my tiny, little house, there was enough room for a bed, a table. I had a toilet and a shower area. It didn't work, so I used a bucket." Jill Welker is a year removed from her Peace Corps experience, but it's still a part... more
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Madagascar: World Bank Approves US$40 Million for Poverty Reduction
Topix - Thursday, August 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Budget support in Madagascar continues to advance in close collaboration with the other partners. Donors are collaborating to support Madagascar in implementing the MAP by providing financial and technical support in a coordinated way." The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development... more
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Madagascar flattens homes ahead of Ocean games
Topix - Wednesday, August 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We have had to demolish 137 houses in Ampefiloha [a city district] because they were in front of the Olympic swimming pool" Regulars Interact Antananarivo, Madagascar 31 July 2007 05:25 Malagasy authorities have destroyed 137 houses and expect to knock down more ahead of next month's... more
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Virginia Tech survivor finds solace in Madagascar
Topix - Tuesday, July 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There were students killed all around me so I don't know why I survived." Time, distance and the tranquil setting of this Indian Ocean island are helping Colin Goddard recover from the Virginia Tech shootings. The 21-year-old student was shot and injured when Seung-Hui Cho... more
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This teacher learns many lessons working in Africa
Topix - Monday, July 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I wanted to travel, but didn't have enough money" When Rebeka Adamitis visited a Wegmans supermarket with her mother recently, she was momentarily amazed by the rows of neatly displayed apples. via The Times-Tribune ... more
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Spanish couple get jail for trying to smuggle Malagasy tortoises
Topix - Sunday, July 29, 2007
p> A Spanish couple who were caught trying to smuggle 48 rare tortoises out of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar have been sentenced to one year in prison by a Malagasy court, local media reported Friday. via Earth Times ... more
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Madagascar: Community, Identity and the Malagasy diaspora
Topix - Saturday, July 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Goodbye to secular military dictatorship in Turkey and best of luck to a democratic, and perhaps even European, Turkey." As it is sometimes the case for sub-Saharan African nations, the Malagasy diaspora carries a substantial weight of the cultural, political and virtual activities related to Madagascar.... more
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Madagascar: Community, Identity and the Malagasy diaspora
Global Voices Online - Friday, July 27, 2007
p> As it is sometimes the case for sub-Saharan African nations, the Malagasy diaspora carries a substantial weight of the cultural, political and virtual activities related to Madagascar. In the World Wide Web, the bandwidth limitation is a major encumbrance to a larger participation of bloggers from Madagascar in the... more
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Dell replacement announced
Topix - Friday, July 27, 2007
p> UNITED States president George W Bush has nominated James McGee, a black diplomat, as America's next ambassador to Zimbabwe. via Financial Gazette ... more
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Madagascar village hopes gold dreams pan out
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We asked for oxygen so we could breathe properly in the mine but our patron said no, we owed him money so we must work" For 12 years, Lauren Rakotondramara has been panning for gold on the banks of the Ikopa river in the dry western... more
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