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FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak,83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.
Cairo   Hospital   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Hosni Mubarak   		 The Siasat Daily 
Mubarak may be moved to prison hospital
Mon 6 Feb 2012
| Cairo, February 06: Former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, is likely to be moved to the capital Cairo's Torah prison hospital, a government official says. | Mubarak is currently being held at a mi... (photo: AP / Egyptian State TV, File)
Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, top left, gestures to troops loyal to his father in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
Libya   Nato   Photos   War   Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya   		 The Independent 
Saif Gaddafi's trial could begin within weeks, says NTC
Mon 6 Feb 2012
| Fawzi Abdelali said yesterday that the trial will begin "within weeks, or months". The trial, which will focus on Saif's role as key member of the previous regime in Libya, could eventuall... (photo: AP / Imed Lamloum, Pool)
Tasmanian mosquito  Peace FM Online  Sun 5 Feb 2012
Malaria Deaths Hugely Underestimated - Lancet Study
Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. | The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggest 1. 24 million people died fr... (photo: Wikipedia Commons / Noodle Snacks)
Disease   Health   Photos   Science  
Logistics Specialist Seaman Sergio Torres draws pictures with a child at the Vladivostok children's cancer ward.  Peace FM Online  Sun 5 Feb 2012
75% Of Childhood Cancers Are Curable
A Consultant Pediatrician at the Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Lorna Awo Renner says when detected early, about 75 percent of childhood cancer can be cured. | Unfortunate... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian A. Stone)
Disease   Health   Kids   Photos   Wikipedia: Cancer  
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An anti-government protester chants slogans during a demonstration in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 Khaleej Times Sun 5 Feb 2012
Cairo protesters seek early vote, clash with police
| Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian Interior Ministry on Sunday a... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Cairo   Egypt   Photos   Protesters   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes  
Ivory Coast's captain Didier Drogba, left, and Gervinho celebrate after Drogba scored against Equatorial Guinea in their African Cup of Nations quarter-final match at Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Joy Online Sun 5 Feb 2012
Ivory Coast power past co-hosts
Ivory Coast powered past co-hosts Equatorial Guinea as the Africa Cup of Nations favourites won their quarter-final 3-0 in Malabo. | Elephants captain Didier Drogba was a... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
African Cup   Football   Ivory Coast   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage  
Syrian policeman, left, and army soldier, right, look inside the burned court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting "No more fear!" have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. The violence in Daraa, a city of about 300,000 near the border with Jordan, was fast becoming a major challenge for President Bashar Assad, who tried to contain the situation by freeing detainees and promising to fire officials responsible for the violence. The Daily Mail Sun 5 Feb 2012
Mass slaughter in Syria: UN holds urgent vote - but Russia and China veto it ...
| More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs overnight. | Activists claim ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
China   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Living the high life Independent online Sun 5 Feb 2012
Living the ‘high’ life
Drug use in Durban’s middle-class suburbia and in nightclubs and bars across the city is increasing dramatically. Cocaine, ecstasy, mandrax and heroin are finding t... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Drug   Durban   Florida   Life   Photos   Wikipedia: Florida  
Egyptian anti-government activists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations. Khaleej Times Sun 5 Feb 2012
Egypt clashes rage into fourth day
| CAIRO - Protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Cairo Sunday as clashes sparked by the perceived failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent deadly footb... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Egypt   Photos   Police   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The Independent Sun 5 Feb 2012
Was football riot orchestrated to inflame Egypt?
| Samir Zaher, the EFA president, was also said to have been banned from leaving the country pending an investigation into the Egypt's worst incident of football violence... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Egypt   Football   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes  
Flames are seen after an explosion went off at a gas terminal in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 France24 Sun 5 Feb 2012
New blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel
| AFP - Saboteurs on Sunday blew up a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel, the 12th such attack in a year, security officials said. | Masked gunmen planted explosives un... (photo: AP / Ashraf Swailem)
Egypt   Gas   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  


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File - A young malaria patient near Alem Kitmama, North East of Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia. Malaria death toll far higher than previously thought The Daily Telegraph
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Tasmanian mosquito Malaria Deaths Hugely Underestimated - Lancet Study Peace FM Online
Logistics Specialist Seaman Sergio Torres draws pictures with a child at the Vladivostok children's cancer ward. 75% Of Childhood Cancers Are Curable Peace FM Online
Egyptian anti-government activists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests but beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse demonstrations. Egypt clashes rage into fourth day Khaleej Times
Poverty
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, left, and South African President Jacob Zuma, right, shake hands as they met at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. African Union summit, food crisis in the Sahel and global hunger figures The Guardian
Brigitte Lahou COTE D'IVOIRE: Separated children yet to return home IRINnews
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns The Star
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Egyptians react after learning of the death of relatives during clashes at a soccer stadium outside a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Egypt mourns victims of football tragedy Independent online
Meager Sierra snow worries CA officials, farmers Meager Sierra snow worries CA officials, farmers Austin American Statesman
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