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 FEATURE - Mobile phones bring insurance to Kenyan farmers
| ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan farmers can now insure some of the costs of growing crops against bad weather by using mobile phone technology that links solar-powered weather stations to an insur... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Star
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 Domestic violence focus of women’s day conference
| The early warning signs of domestic violence in relationships were the main focus of a one-day conference held on Monday. | | Minister Mondon addressing the guests and delegates | “Look befor... (photo: AP -Damian Dovarganes) Nation
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 Darfur donor meeting in March eyes $2b - Egypt
| CAIRO: A donor conference for Darfur this month is intended to raise $2 billion for infrastructure, health, water and other projects in the war-ravaged Sudanese region,... (photo: WN) China Daily
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 Darfur's election dilemma
| Six years ago, as he fled the fighting in Darfur that killed one of his brothers, Adam Mahmoud felt utterly powerless. | Swept this way and that by a conflict that the ... (photo: WN) BBC News
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 Africans cure Jessica Simpson's weight woes
| JESSICA Simpson, known for her fluctuating figure, has revealed that she has stopped worrying about her weight following a recent trip to Africa. | The singer was in th... (photo: AP / Tony Gutierrez) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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 Obama swallows pride as Israel continues defiance
| Washington: A year ago, President Barack Obama boldly, unequivocally demanded that Israel stop building colonies on the West Bank and occupied east Jerusalem. Tod... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Gulf News
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 Egypt's political storyteller
| Were it not for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who signed Naguib Mahfouz to join her growing repertoire of developing world writers at Doubleday, few English-readers would... (photo: AP Photo ) Gulf News
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 Israel's Gaza Blockade Criticized By UN Humanitarian Chief
| UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas' hold on the territory. | John Holmes a... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) Huffington Post
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 Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
| CAIRO - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries - the fate of controversial... (photo: GFDL / Daniel Mayer) Houston Chronicle
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 43 Somalis die in capital after 2 days of warfare
| MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Associated Press Writer= MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and pro-government troops has killed at least 43 peo... (photo: Creative Commons / SuperTank17) The Guardian
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 Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
| CAIRO -- The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries - the fate of controversia... (photo: WN / Hana Kotulanova) The State
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