Climate only partly to blame for Africa food woes- With almost a third of the population HIV positive, many farmers have died or are either too sick to tend their fields properly. AIDS and crop failure lead to an increasing cycle of poverty that leaves them unable to buy seeds or tools.

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Islamic Party Tasks African Leaders On Looted Funds and said 'the only way conditions of the African continent could be improved upon is when leaders who had partake in looting remit the funds to their countries for the well-being of their people.'

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Pressure mounts as 30,000 call for Arroyo to resign over allegations that she tried to rig last year's presidential election.

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Thousands flee as new clan attacks hit northern Kenya after village massacre - Despite their presence in the area, members of the rival Borana and Gabra clans, which have long-running disputes over water and pasture, continued to clash two days after the attack on Turbi which has been blamed on the Borana.

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Gulf's largest oil rig listing after storm

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China, Russia issue joint statement on new world order - setting forth their common stand on major international issues, such as UN reforms, globalization, North-South cooperation, and world economy and trade.

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Russian/China Ten Activate 10 Divisions To Counter US - counter the increasingly aggressive moves being made by the United States in the Caspian Oil Regions of Central Asia. Special Forces Army Units of both Russian Spetsnaz and Chinese Immediate Action Units were also ordered to be immediately deployed to both Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to surround the large American Military bases in those regions, and that the governments of both of these countries have ordered the Americans to leave.

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