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¤ A Hybridist Jamming With the World
 With his major-label debut, Lionel Loueke adds to jazz’s increasingly international flavor. | ¤ Bush, in Africa, Emphasizes Successes Over Conflicts
 President Bush defended his decision not to visit violence-stricken nations like Kenya and Sudan, saying he wanted to focus on his programs to fight AIDS and malaria. | ¤ Turmoil in Africa Alters Focus of Bush’s 5-Nation Tour
On the eve of a planned trip to Africa, President Bush thrust himself into the role of peacemaker on Thursday. | ¤ Arts, Briefly; From Albright-Knox, a Benin Bronze
Albright-Knox Art Gallery sells several older works at Sotheby's; 17th-century bronze head from kingdom of Benin sells for $4.74 million | ¤ Titan Corp. to Pay $28.5 Million in Fines for Foreign Bribery
The Titan Corporation, a leading military and intelligence contractor, will pay $28.5 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it bribed the president of Benin, government officials said yesterday. | ¤ West African Leaders Spar With Togo's Army-Backed President
West African leaders summoned Togo's new president to talks in Niger, threatening immediate sanctions if he did not attend. | ¤ Oldest Profession Is Still One of the Oldest Lures for Young Nigerian Women
 For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade. | ¤ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; U.S. Will Cut Farm Subsidies In Trade Deal
US yields to pressure from developing countries and agrees to make 20 percent cut in some of $19 billion in subsidies it pays to American farmers each year, as members of World Trade Organization meet in Geneva to win approval for new deal governing world trade; US trade representative Robert B Zoellick reaches agreement to cut subsidies; also reaches accord with Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali in West Africa for eventual cutbacks in subsidies paid to American cotton growers; photo | ¤ Polio Cases In West Africa May Thwart W.H.O. Plan
World Health Organization blames Nigeria for spread of polio to at least six other West African countries in recent months; seeks to halt spread of disease through immunization of children in affected area, but acknowledges that this puts strain on countries that had already eradicated disease; chief obstacle to immunization program has been opposition by some Islamic leaders in Nigerian state of Kano; outbreak threatens WHO's goal of total eradication of polio by 2006 | ¤ Death Toll in Benin Crash Put at 138
Benin authorities say 138 people died in plane crash; Beirut-bound plane was carrying 10 crew and 151 passengers |
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¤ AFRICA: Making the case against counterfeit drugs
LOME Friday, February 05, 2010 (IRIN) - The fight against fake medicines requires a united public-private front to overcome people's resistance to health warnings and to dismantle increasingly sophisticated trafficking networks, medical professionals said at a meeting in the Togolese capital Lomé. | ¤ BENIN: Cholera kills at least five, with scores infected
COTONOU Tuesday, February 02, 2010 (IRIN) - In Benin cholera has killed five people in the past two weeks in a rare dry-season outbreak. | ¤ AFRICA: Rotavirus data must propel immunization - experts
DAKAR Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Health experts hope the release of data showing the success of rotavirus vaccine will help compel policymakers to ensure all children will be immunized. | ¤ How To: Track the scent of life
JOHANNESBURG Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - The best search and rescue workers have stamina, a phenomenal sense of smell, and sharp hearing - they usually also have four legs. | ¤ AFRICA: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer
NAIROBI Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response. | ¤ WEST AFRICA: Learning how to stop children dying
DAKAR Thursday, January 14, 2010 (IRIN) - UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) “accelerated child survival programme” in 11 West African countries did not save significantly more lives than in areas that were not targeted, says an evaluation published in The Lancet this week - but analysts say this does not mean UNICEF was doing the wrong things. | ¤ BENIN: Life after cotton
COTONOU Thursday, December 31, 2009 (IRIN) - Known for its palm oil and cotton production, Benin's agriculture sector wants to become known for high-quality rice and to quit importing rice by 2011, according to the government. | ¤ BENIN: Poor storage threatens cereal harvest
COTONOU Thursday, December 24, 2009 (IRIN) - Benin's cereal production is expected to be 45 percent higher than last year, but poor storage ruins an estimated 40 percent of the annual harvest, according to UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). | ¤ AFRICA: Vaccination key to stemming rotavirus, say experts
DAKAR Tuesday, December 08, 2009 (IRIN) - African health experts are calling on governments to vaccinate all children against rotavirus, to end an “unacceptable” yet preventable situation in which the virus kills some 1,400 children in developing countries daily. | ¤ MALI: Land grab fears linger
SEGOU Wednesday, December 02, 2009 (IRIN) - In Mali the government has approved long-term leases for outside investors to develop more than 160,000 hectares of land. Government officials say the country could not develop its cultivable land otherwise, but local farmers say they fear being pushed out. |
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