Africa needs "green revolution"
 Former UN head Kofi Annan has called for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis threatening Africa. "A genuinely African green revolution could lead to a doubling or tripling of food production," he told the BBC. Africa needs direct, immediate...BB
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 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The World Food Program appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to cope with rising food prices that have sparked protests and food riots and led to bans on food exports in...
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'Provocative' Clinton angers Iran
 Tehran has complained to the UN about remarks made last week by Hillary Clinton on the circumstances under which the US might attack Iran. The Democratic presidential hopeful said last week the US could "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked...
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 Zimbabwe's opposition leader has beaten incumbent Robert Mugabe in the presidential election, sources close to the country's electoral commission say. But Morgan Tsvangirai only got 47 per cent of the votes, not enough for an outright win, according to
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Drogba sends Chelsea soaring into final
 May 1, 2008 Chelsea reached the Champions League final for the first time on Thursday, beating Liverpool 3-2 after extra time at rain-lashed Stamford Bridge to set up a meeting with Manchester United in Moscow next month (cp,afrocanadians.com)
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.
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How to solve the global food crisis
 The world economy has many problems but none more pressing than what is happening to food prices. There have been food riots in Haiti, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Indonesia and several other nations. Twenty thousand desperate textile workers in Bangladesh
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 Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a new campaign on World Malaria Day on Friday, calling on the world to ensure that all of Africa has access to basic malaria control...
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Random searches ruled breaches of privacy
OTTAWA - Narcotics detected by sniffer dogs at an Alberta bus terminal and an Ontario high school cannot be used as evidence because the individuals involved had a reasonable expectation of privacy, the Supreme Court of Canada...cp by...afrocanadians.com
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Ridding life of products made with chemical BPA could prove a challenge
TORONTO _ When most Canadians open their kitchen cupboards, they're sure to find at least one product packaged in a container made with bisphenol A.
(The Canadian Press)
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GENEVA, April 24 (Reuters) - Arctic ice may be melting faster than most climate change science has concluded, the conservation group WWF said in a report published on Thursday.
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Canada top retirement destination for British: survey
More... | Mugabe ready to use violence, opposition claims
 Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change party, addresses a press conference in Harare on Saturday.
(Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/Associated Press)
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Libyan leader opens the Gadhafi National Libyan leader opens mosque in Uganda in bid to spread Islam through Africa
 Thousands of Ugandans celebrated the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and tribal and religious leaders flown in from... (photo: AP Photo/Amr Nabil
More... | Researchers say under-the-tongue vaccine could lick the flu
Flu vaccines may someday be slipped under the tongue rather than jabbed in the arm, Korean researchers say.
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UN chief urges new Somali peace effort
 By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community Tuesday to build the foundations for peace in Somalia by strengthening U.N. political efforts and deploying a new...
More... | EU tells China to stop using force against Tibetan protesters
 GENEVA (AP) - The European Union on Tuesday urged China to stop using force against Tibetan protesters and said the demonstrations should be peaceful. The EU told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva that it is deeply concerned about the unrest in Tibe
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Ont. budget promises more money for health care, infrastructure
Ont. budget promises more money for health care, infrastructure
More... | Pig farming blooms in Muslim Morocco thanks to foreign tourists
 By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, March 26, 2008 AGADIR, Morocco: Shunned by most Muslim countries where pork consumption is a religious taboo, pig farming is blooming in Morocco thanks to a growing tourist industry and pragmatic breeders like 39-y
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Rising food prices, protectionism and the poor
 RISING food prices have caused street protests from Mexico to India to Senegal. But this could be a blessing in disguise if it makes governments eliminate the trade barriers that push prices higher: the poorest countries will benefit most from dropping th
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Secret blueprints found in garbage
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OTTAWA – Defence officials are scrambling to find out how plans for a top secret building for Canada’s counter-terrorism unit were found in the garbage in downtown Ottawa.
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More... | U.S. embargo on Cuba benefits Europe, Canada firms
HAVANA (Reuters) - When ailing Fidel Castro resigned last month, stock prices of U.S. companies that stand to benefit from more business with Cuba rallied.
By Anthony Boadle,Reuters
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CANADIANS ABROAD ....In Kenya, we're saying our prayers
 This weekly feature asks Canadian expatriates what it's like living abroad. Dyana Wilkinson, 24, is studying in Kenya.
More... | Nigeria: South Africa Wants Country's Palm Oil
South Africa has indicated interest in Nigeria's palm oil. Director, West Africa International Trade and Economic Development Division in the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Mrs. Hester Obisi said
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African Union to stage rare coup in Comoros
Troops are preparing an amphibious invasion of one island in the tiny East African archipelago of the Comoros to oust its leader in the name of defending democracy on the orders of the African Union. It's a startling move for the AU, whose member...
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed the first of two laws required to enact a power-sharing deal designed to end the country's bloody post-election crisis.
By C. Bryson Hull and Wangui Kanina
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Islamophobia? Muslim leaders say West guilty
 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was among the leaders of Islamic nations attending the Islamic Conference summit in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday.
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Cuba's Fidel Castro tries to capture Asian readers
 HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro may have retired after 49 years as Cuba's leader, but he is still busy preparing editions of his memoirs, now aimed at Asian readers.
More... | Pentagon: Top al-Qaida figure in custody
 WASHINGTON - After secret interrogations, the CIA transferred to U.S. military custody a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001, the Pentagon announced Friday.
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Priest jailed for life in Rwandan genocide case
 ARUSHA, Tanzania - A Rwandan priest has been jailed for life after a U.N. tribunal extended his sentence for ordering militiamen to burn and bulldoze a church with 1,500 people inside.
More... | Mixed reaction to idea of British pledge
 proposal Tuesday from a government panel calling for the introduction of American-style patriotic rituals raises thorny questions in the sometimes fractious United Kingdom
By GREGORY KATZ
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Teen moms beat odds to succeed
 Lindsay Kretschmer, 25, shares her love of books with her daughter Emilee, 7. Becoming a teen mother gave Kretschmer a purpose and she will graduate from Centennial College in June.
Trish Crawford
Living Reporter
More... | UN warns on food price inflation
 The head of the UN World Food Programme has warned that the rise in basic food costs could continue until 2010.
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Smoke-free cars for kids?
 Ontario could become the latest province to ban people from smoking in cars carrying kids after Premier Dalton McGuinty vowed today to take a "second look" at adopting legislation he once called a slippery slope.
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More FBI privacy violations confirmed
 WASHINGTON -- The FBI acknowledged it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations aimed at tracking terrorists and spies. The breac
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 AFP Photo: A woman holds the knife she uses to performs genital mutilation on young girls in...
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More immigrants keeping mother tongue
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 Tue Feb 12,
[By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent]
Reuters Photo: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives for a lunch with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the...
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Mobile phones, coffee found unlikely to cause cancer
 CANBERRA (Reuters) - Drinking coffee, using mobile phones or having breast implants is unlikely to cause cancer, according to a risk ranking system devised by an Australian cancer specialist to debunk popular myths.
More... | Kenya's political rivals agree to review of election
 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, left, and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, center, and opposition leader Raila Odinga observe a minute of silence for the victims of the recent violence in Nairobi, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP / Karel Prinsloo)
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Australia to apologize for Aborigines' pain
 SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- The Australian government will apologize Wednedsday for years of "mistreatment" that have inflicted "profound grief, suffering and loss" on the country's Aboriginal people.
More... | Airport searches of laptops, other devices intrusive :By Jeanne Meserve
 A suit filed last week seeks clarification on the rules that allow federal agents to search laptops and other devices.
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More... | Chad president 'in total control'
 Chad's president has appeared in public for the first time since an attempted coup, saying the government had successfully repulsed the rebels.
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Nigeria to curb imports of 'toxic' old computers
More... | Many Indonesians cheer Obama in Democrat race
 By Sunanda Creagh JAKARTA (Reuters) - The 2008 U.S. presidential election is being watched closely by millions around the world but few are more fired up than Indonesians, who can lay claim to Democratic hopeful Barack Obama as nearly one of their...
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Debt Can Be Bad for Your Health
 Worrying about debt may keep you up at night, but it can also affect your health, leading to stress-related illnesses.
By Star Lawrence
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More... | US Calls on Sudan to Stop Backing Chad Rebels : By David Gollust
 State Department spokesman Sean McCormack
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Congolese Women Survivors of rape and violence
 Survivors of rape and violence in the Congo thank O, The Oprah Magazine readers for their support.
More... | Bell launches two new digital phone services
 Bell Canada today announced the availability of two new digital services, Online Voice Mail for landline customers and Text to Landline messaging for Bell Mobility customers.
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Microsoft’s Inner Thoughts on Online Advertising
 Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in a composite image. Microsoft on Friday said it had offered to acquire Yahoo in a proposed cash and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion. REUTERS/File
More... | Canadian Jewish Congress prefer appeal to Canada's top court in Ahenakew case
SASKATOON -- Members of the Canadian Jewish Congress are grateful for the re-trial of a former native leader who called Jewish people "a disease," but say they would have preferred an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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COMING SOON AFROCANADIAN PREPAID CREDIT CARDS
 What is a Pre Paid Credit Card?
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 Hollywood couple treated dog better than maid: Judge.
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Tougher identification rules take effect at U.S. border with Canada, Mexico : By Arthur H. Rotstein
 TUCSON, Ariz. - New rules for the types of identification
More... | NKorea calls for peace treaty with US to ease tension
 North Korea said Saturday a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War should be signed as soon ...AFP
Saturday January 26, 2008
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Canada has means to thwart recession, reports suggest
 Eric Beauchesne ,
OTTAWA -- Inflation is retreating and federal coffers are still bulging with surplus cash, suggesting both the government and the Bank of Canada have the ability and resources to inject extra financial and interest-rate stimulus into
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Did Churchill really exist?
 Shocking history poll reveals most Brits don't believe so.
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