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Algeria says al Qaeda guards Sahara drug smugglers
Algeria   Drug   Photos   Qaeda   Sahara   		 DNA India 
Algeria says al Qaeda guards Sahara drug smugglers
Mon 22 Feb 2010
| Kolkata: Algerian security forces have clashed repeatedly with al Qaeda rebels providing armed security escorts for drug smugglers in the Sahara desert, a senior Algerian official said on Monday. | ... (photo: WN / marzena)
Space Shuttle Enterprise in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington DC The Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle built for NASA. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of space operations; its purpose was to perform test flights in the atmosphere.
Astronauts   Nasa   Photos   Space   Years   		 The New York Times 
NASA's Room With a View
Sun 21 Feb 2010
| Ten years after astronauts first moved into the International Space Station, they finally installed a picture window last week to take in the neighborhood. NASA | A view of the Sahara Desert capture... (photo: Creative Commons / Ad Meskens)
more than 3,000 pounds of cocaine  The Guardian  Mon 15 Feb 2010
UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa

| RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Associated Press Writer= DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday —... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Africa   Cocaine   Dakar   Photos   UN  
Police officers stand on packages of cocaine in Buenaventura, Colombia's main seaport on the Pacific coast, Monday, March 23, 2009.  The News & Observer  Mon 15 Feb 2010
UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa
| DAKAR, Senegal -- Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday - an exchange of contraband that is especially dangerou... (photo: AP / Fernando Vergara)
Arms   Cocaine   Photos   Traded   Traffickers  
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Sahara Becomes Desert of Terrorism Pravda RU Wed 10 Feb 2010
Sahara Becomes Desert of Terrorism
| Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade urged African leaders and the West to join forces in the fight against al-Qaeda's North African branch, saying it has to be done to p... (photo: WN / marzena)
Desert   Photos   Sahara   Senegal   Terrorism  
Morocco, Polisario seek to revive Sahara talks Khaleej Times Wed 10 Feb 2010
Morocco, Polisario seek to revive Sahara talks
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations will try to nudge Morocco and Western Sahara's independence movement back to serious negotiations on the future of the resource-rich t... (photo: WN / marzena)
Future   Morocco   Photos   Sahara   Talks  
File - A building damaged by the 11 December terrorist attack across the street from the UN Headquarters complex in Algiers. T Daily Star Lebanon Tue 9 Feb 2010
Facing Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb threat

| By James Badcock | Commentary by | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | They know it in Paris, Rome and Madrid. There is a big security hole to the south of Euro... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Al Qaeda   Europe   N Africa   Photos   Terrorism  
Cape Town to Cairo and back again The Observer Sun 7 Feb 2010
Cape Town to Cairo – and back again
| 'OK guys, we're stuck again. Everybody out." | Xander, nine, was already out – he'd been riding on the outside of the vehicle, hanging onto the roof-rack, feet o... (photo: WN / marzena)
Africa   Cairo   Photos   Tourism   Travel  
Ten great road trips without the stress of driving The Observer Sun 7 Feb 2010
Ten great road trips – without the stress of driving
The road to Shangri-La, | Don't fancy tackling the chocka roads of China under your own steam? On the Road in China offers chauffered drives in small convoys through many... (photo: WN / marzena)
Egypt   Photos   Road   Tourism   Travel  
Cape Town to Cairo and back again The Guardian Sat 6 Feb 2010
Cape Town to Cairo – and back again
| Two families, two vehicles, five children – and 25,000 miles up and down Africa in six months: the adventure of a lifetime | 'If you reach Libya, you've gone too far'... (photo: WN / marzena)
Cairo   Children   Egypt   Photos   Vehicles  


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School girls wallks out side a school in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir. All private and government run schools reopened across Kashmir valley on Monday, March 08, after three month winter vacation. EGYPT: FGM/C still widespread, says WHO-funded study IRINnews
8-month-old Grace Geueda holds on to her mother as they wait for the official launch of an Africa-wide three-day polio immunisation campaign aimed at reaching 100 million children, at the football stadium in Daloa, western Ivory Coast Friday, Feb. 25, 2005. The writing on the t-shirt in French reads "For a world without polio: We are vaccinating all our children from 0 to 5 years old". Nigeria makes gains in polio eradication The Independent
Four year-old Tobe Ejorfo receives drops of polio vaccine at the Ore-Ofe nursery school in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Oct. 24, 2003. Health workers launched an emergency drive Friday to vaccinate millions of Nigerians against polio as a spreading outbreak t Polio vaccine drive starts in Africa CBC
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