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AU SUMMIT ENDS WITH CALLS FOR FREE TRADE AREA. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (third, from left) with African Union heads of state and government at the two-day African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Themed “Boosting Intra-African Trade” summit, which ended Jan. 31, 2012, endorsed, among others, a plan to set up a continental free trade area by 2017, mobility of labour across the continent, better education and training facilities, and investment in infrastructure su...

   EGYPT SOCCER GAME TURNS DEADLY.Hell broke loose at a soccer stadium in Port Said city, Egypt  Feb. 1,2012 where 79 people  were killed and at least 1,000 injured during a mass invasion of the pitch by rivals fans  at the end of  a match between Port Said team Al-Masry and Al-Ahly. Describing it as the biggest disaster in Egypt’s soccer history, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist group, blamed the violence on supporters of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.A three-day period of national mourning has been declared.The match ended with Port Said team Al-Masry beating Al-Ahly, one of Egypt’s most successful clubs, 3-1.Photo courtesy agencies
EGYPT SOCCER GAME TURNS DEADLY
 ROAD LINK TO CAMBODIA’S  NEW ECO-TOURISM SPOT. Cambodia’s Prime Minister  Hun Sen (right), watched on by  Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia,  Pan Guangxue  (behind,left) , cuts red ribbon Feb 1,2012 to inaugurate a 127-km portion of National Road  from Snuol city (Kratie province) to Sen Monorom (Mondulkiri province).The road built with  a USD52 million soft loan from the Chinese government, is expected to boost Mondulkiri province eco-tourism potential and also help develop the triangle development area with Vietnam and Laos. Hun Sen also inaugurated a 110 kilometre stretch  linking Tbeng Meanchey with Preah Vihear province – the site of the Preah Vihear Temple, a UNESCO Heritage site.Since 1992, China has provided a total of USD1.7 billion  in soft loans to Cambodia, mostly for roads and other infrastructure projects. Photo courtesy  akp.gov.kh
ROAD LINK TO CAMBODIA’S NEW ECO-TOURISM SPOT
 FERRY SINKS OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.A frantic search and rescue operation is underway after a ferry , MV Rabaul Queen, with some 300 passengers sank in bad weather off the north coast of Papua New Guinea  about 8am Feb 2,2012. To date, 193 survivors have  been rescued by eight vessels on the scene supported by 3 helicopters. The vessel, operated by PNG company Star Ships, was travelling between the towns of Kimbe and Lae. Photo courtesy asopa.typepad.com
FERRY SINKS OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
   CHILEAN POLICE  ‘CHILLED’ OVER GLACIER THEFT. Man-induced climate change has been cited as the reason for global warming but now a “new phenomenon” appears to lend a twist to it: glacier theft as another reason for retreating glaciers! Chilean police in Cochrane  city  Jan. 30,2012 swooped in on a truck loaded with five tons of ice, packed in dozens of bags (photo). The chunks of ancient ice, stolen  from the  Jorge Montt Glacier in the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, were  meant for making designer cubes for cocktails in bars in the nation's capital, Santiago. For now, the  suspects are to be charged for  simple theft but later  may be charged with crimes against national heritage or with environmental crimes. The 454-square-kilometre Jorge Montt Glacier is retreating by a kilometre a year, making it one of the word's fastest-shrinking glaciers.Photo courtesy EPA
CHILEAN POLICE ‘CHILLED’ OVER GLACIER THEFT
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SRI LANKA: MINE CLEARANCE COULD TAKE 10 YEARS OR MORE
COLOMBO, Feb 6 (NNN-IRIN) -- Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north could take more than a decade, experts say.

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MIDDLE-EAST
QATAR MEETING TO REVIEW PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION MEASURES

DOHA, Feb.6 (NNN-QNA): The Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)' political bureau, Khaled ...

AFRICA
FIRST DRAFT OF NEW ZAMBIAN CONSTITUTION TO BE READY BY END-FEBRUARY
LUSAKA, Feb 6 (NNN-ZNBC) -- The first draft of Zambia's new Constitution is expected to be ready by the end of the is month, says the Constitutional Technical Committee Spokesman, ...

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
ALBA MEMBER STATES DISCUSS ENTRY OF NEW MEMBERS
CARACAS, Feb 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) -- Heads of state of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) discussed here Sunday at their 11th Summit the entry of ...

 
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Special/Features Energy Health
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