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Madagascar news through 2004-31-12


Aid trickling to S. Asia  31-Dec-04
Deseret News, ...find clean water. The technique works only in soft or sandy soil, not rock, and has worked well in Madagascar and Darfur. "We hope ...

Through a glass, brightly  31-Dec-04
Economic Times, Mankind has conquered most diseases but an entire community of nearly 100,000 people live quarantined on Madagascar because we don’t know how to handle the ...

These folks help inspire my resolution  31-Dec-04
Cincinnati Enquirer, There's Doug, a music connoisseur and talented writer. He's currently wrapping up the last of two years serving the Peace Corps in Madagascar. ...

Maine native among tsunami victims  31-Dec-04
MaineToday.com, America. Hillgrove visited places such as Madagascar and Central America; she filled up two passport books and was working on a third. ...

Food airlifted to isolated towns  31-Dec-04
Washington Times, A total of more than 300 were killed in Malaysia, Burma, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya and Seychelles. Madagascar also was hit. ...

CRS Commits $25 Million to Tsunami Relief  31-Dec-04
Reuters AlertNet, ...relief and rehabilitation will focus primarily on India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, but is likely to address the effects in Burma, Somalia and Madagascar. ...

Countries Expect Bumpy Transition to New Textiles Trade System  31-Dec-04
All American Patriots (press release), Many developing countries, such as Bangladesh, Egypt, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Uganda, worry that their products will be crowded out of large developed ...

South Africa : Textile competition post MFA will hit African ...  31-Dec-04
Fibre 2 Fashion, Least Developed Countries from Africa such as Mauritius, Lesotho, Madagascar and Uganda whose fledgling textile industries had over the years barely come up to ...

10th Anniversary of Death of Campaigns Director in Madagascar  31-Dec-04
Friends of the Earth (press release), Ten years ago, Friends of the Earth's then Campaigns Director, Andrew Lees died while investigating controversial proposals for a Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar. ...

Quake/Tsunami Death toll soars over 125,000/still rising  31-Dec-04
Surfersvillage In Madagascar, more than 1,000 people were made homeless while a village in northern Mauritius was submerged for almost three hours following the surges. ...

A walk on the wild side  31-Dec-04
Jerusalem Post, For the lemurs, primates found only in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, it was essential to build extremely high walls for jumping and climbing. ...

How safe are we?  31-Dec-04
The Republican, ...that the last large landslide with the potential to cause a mega-tsunumi may have taken place about 4,000 years ago on Reunion Island near Madagascar in the ...

Cinema verité: Life is like a movie when you're on location  31-Dec-04
Times Picayune, The most promising is "Madagascar," which is about a group of pampered animals from New York's Central Park Zoo who are mistakenly shipped to the wilds of ...

Rains And Landslides Worsen Seychelles Crisis  31-Dec-04
Scoop.co.nz (press release), ...is an archipelago which lies in the western part of the Indian Ocean - 1593 km East of Kenya, 2813 km South West of India and 925 km North East of Madagascar. ...

It's time to foster the future that lies to our west  31-Dec-04
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), ...in trivial misinformation, for example, that Zinedine Zidane, the French soccer player, was holidaying on the island of Reunion off Madagascar, and had to make ...

Three Radio Stations Closed Indefinitely  30-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Three privately-owned radio stations in the port city of Toamasina, on Madagascar's eastern coast, have been closed by government authorities after ...

End of textile quotas will hit Africa hard  30-Dec-04
Al-Jazeera.Net, Analysts say it will force countries like Mauritius , Madagascar , Uganda and Lesotho to compete with countries like China and India -- larger low-cost ...

80,000 confirmed dead in Asian tsunamis  30-Dec-04
Philippine Daily Inquirer, ...added. The operation stretched to the coast of Africa, with some localized aid in Tanzania, as well as the Seychelles and Madagascar.

Ginola narrowly escapes tsunami  30-Dec-04
Independent, The Real Madrid playmaker was on Réunion Island off Madagascar but was reported to be unharmed, while the Italians Filippo Inzaghi, Paolo Maldini, Gianluca ...

Around the Nation  30-Dec-04
Washington Times, ...biologist at the preserve. "This is the next best thing to Madagascar," he said. Moving the animals is expected to take about a year.

Skiing's Stenmark runs for life as tidal wave hits  30-Dec-04
The Casper Star Tribune, Zinedine Zidane, the French soccer star for Real Madrid, was vacationing on Reunion Island off Madagascar, one of the lesser-hit islands, the Italian newspaper ...

Garden Calendar  30-Dec-04
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Blvd. Eleanor Smith Glasshouse, featuring Madagascar's desert and Costa Rica's rain forest, with 500 plant species and 50 animals. ...

Football Stars Escaped Tsunami While in Maldives  30-Dec-04
Express Newsline, Real Madrid's Zidane was on Reunion Island off Madagascar and was unharmed, while Serie A stars Filippo Inzaghi, Paolo Maldini , Gianluca Zambrotta, Alessandro ...

Cinema to be seen  30-Dec-04
Kansas City Star (subscription), ...“Madagascar� (May 27) is a computer-animated effort about zoo-born animals who are shipwrecked and must learn to live in the wild. ...

Austronesian culture rises to the surface  30-Dec-04
Taipei Times, Taiwan is at the northern end of the vast area in which Austronesian languages are spoken, which stretches to Easter Island in the east, Madagascar in the west ...

Book on VI baobab trees  30-Dec-04
Virgin Islands Daily News, ...of the Caribbean.". While the book describes baobabs trees in Africa, Madagascar and Australia, it states that St. Croix is unique ...

Asian Tsunami Emergency Will Not Affect Food Relief For Africa  30-Dec-04
Voice of America Meanwhile, Ms. Hurford says ongoing operations in Madagascar are ready to serve any coastal area in Africa hit by the tsunami. But ...

Mermaid Mysteries  30-Dec-04
Wildlife Conservation Magazine, Dugongs are found from the southeast coast of Africa and west coast of Madagascar, north to the Arabian Peninsula, and east to the Philippines and Japan. ...

SOMALIA: 110 reported killed by tsunami in Somalia  29-Dec-04
Reuters AlertNet, The beaches were later reopened. Damaged infrastructure was also reported in the Indian Ocean islands of Seychelles and Madagascar. ...

Boulder 2nd-graders adopt African island nation  29-Dec-04
Denver Post, Will and his classmates have raised more than $1,500 selling bags, place mats, coasters and other products woven by villagers in Madagascar. ...

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao's Press Conference on ...  29-Dec-04
MFA China (press release), At the invitation of the Foreign Ministers of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Seychelles, the Republic of Madagascar and the Republic of Mauritius ...

5 South Africans still missing  29-Dec-04
News24, However, he appealed to South Africans in Southeast Asia, Somalia, Kenya, the Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Comores to report their presence to ...

A savory sampler  29-Dec-04
Springfield State Journal Register, Anderson was raised on the island of Mauritius, a tropical Indian Ocean spot east of Madagascar, near Southern Africa. "I grew up eating European cheeses. ...

Chinese FM to visit four African countries  28-Dec-04
People's Daily Online, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will pay official visits to Lesotho, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius, a Foreign Ministry spokesman told a press ...

Chinese FM to visit four African countries  28-Dec-04
Xinhua, 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will pay official visits to Lesotho, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius, a Foreign Ministry spokesman ...

Tsunami sweeps across Indian Ocean lands  28-Dec-04
TravelVideo.tv (press release), The British government issued a warning that tidal waves could affect Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and Mauritius, and warned visitors to be on alert for ...

EL tidal gauge monitors are 'calming down'  28-Dec-04
Dispatch Online, ..."The eastern and southern coast was exposed, but Mozambique was sheltered by Madagascar," he said. "Most of the activity here happened after lunch on Sunday.". ...

US extends Kenya duty free exports  28-Dec-04
East African Standard, Others are; Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Niger and ...

Li Zhaoxing to Visit Four African Countries  28-Dec-04
MFA China (press release), At the invitation of the Foreign Ministers of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Seychelles, the Republic of Madagascar and the Republic of Mauritius ...

Tracking tsunamis: Why was there no warning?  28-Dec-04
International Herald Tribune, ..."There would have still been some time - not a lot of time, but some time - if there was something that could be done in Madagascar, or on the coast of Africa. ...

2004: the year of living dangerously  28-Dec-04
Pretoria News (subscription), November and did not abate until this month. Earlier in March, more than 360 people were killed by Cyclone Gafilo in Madagascar.

Tsunami reaches USA  28-Dec-04
The Statesman, One person died and nine were reported missing from Seychelles, north-east of Madagascar, 6,500 km from Sumatra, the International Herald Tribune reported today ...

THE STOCKPICKERS  27-Dec-04
CBS MarketWatch She added that she's bullish on the prospects for DreamWorks' upcoming spring release, "Madagascar," after seeing clips from the movie during the studio's IPO ...

2004: The year of living dangerously  27-Dec-04
Independent, ...in mid-November and did not abate until the beginning of this month, and earlier in March, more than 360 people were killed by Cyclone Gafilo in Madagascar. ...

Waves kill 38 Somalis, UN fears toll may rise  27-Dec-04
Reuters AlertNet, ...appeared the worst-affected nation along Africa's eastern seaboard, although homes and businesses in low-lying coastal regions of Madagascar, Mauritius and the ...

Exotics exit  27-Dec-04
Savannah Morning News, ..."This is the next best thing to Madagascar.". Some of those lemurs will be going to the Bronx Zoo where a Madagascar exhibit is set to open in 2006. ...

Southeast Asia tsunami reaches Somalia coast  27-Dec-04
ITAR-TASS, In Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and on the Seychelles Islands the local population and tourists were recommended to vacate the dangerous stretches ...

Fighting a flood of textiles  26-Dec-04
Charlotte Observer (subscription), So far, 96 trade groups from 54 countries -- from Bangladesh to Mauritius, Mexico to Madagascar -- have signed the declaration. ...

Firefighters Called as Lemur Chills Out in Tree  25-Dec-04
Edinburgh Evening News, ...probably turkey.�. Lemurs are the world’s smallest tree-dwelling mammals and native to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar.

A Long, Proud Heritage  25-Dec-04
Winston-Salem Journal, ...fish forms. Carol Gentithes has created an even more engagingly idiosyncratic hybrid figure in her clay sculpture, Madagascar. In ...

Feds renege on pledged aid to global hunger charities  25-Dec-04
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), ...everything.". Kuennen said Catholic Relief Services had to cut back programs in Indonesia, Malawi and Madagascar, among other countries. ...

Season's sweet teeth make for sweet sales Christmas time a boon ...  24-Dec-04
San Francisco Chronicle, Venezuela and Colombia. He is also exploring possibilities in Madagascar. But those regions have their own issues. "Some of those ...

Breaking taboos in Madagascar  24-Dec-04
Hendon & Finchley Times, ...by JENNY LINDSTRAND. Madagascar conjures up exotic images of coffee, cocoa and tropical beaches. However Sarah Hammond has experienced ...

Africa ; Madagascar's Poor See No Benefit from Conservation  24-Dec-04
Keralanext, ..."Our ancestors have been farming here for generations," said 55-year-old Dimanche Dimasy, the village's chief elder. "Then one day ...

Flood-lashed S.Africa still faces drought  23-Dec-04
Reuters AlertNet, ...dead and thousands homeless. "We've already seen a few weak cyclones north of Madagascar," said forecaster Clark. "A cyclone would ...

Treatery dishes up Blue Ribbon Award-winning ice cream for eighth ...  23-Dec-04
Franchise Gator (press release) Beginning with a proprietary mix, MaggieMoo’s Franchisees use the freshest, best ingredients available, such as pure vanilla from Madagascar. ...

Ghana still makes US list for tariff preferences  23-Dec-04
GhanaWeb, ...of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali ...

Hope's Glory  23-Dec-04
Mason City Globe Gazette, There's a West Indian Brassavola Cordata that's fragrant only at night and an orchid from Madagascar. "It'll scent up my entire ...

Brooklyn man charged with trying to sell endangered tortoise on ...  23-Dec-04
Newsday, State and federal permits are required to sell radiated tortoises, which originate from Madagascar, off the coast of Africa, and have been on the endangered ...

A great spokesman  23-Dec-04
Press-Enterprise (subscription), ...said. More than 10 years later, King still struggles with words that he doesn't often use, such as "anonymous" or "Madagascar.". ...

Year end review of Ministry of Environment & Forests  23-Dec-04
Press Trust (press release), Mexico, Ecuador, Kenya, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar - which possess ...

African Cashews to Indian Factories: How the Continet Exports its ...  22-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Besides Mozambique and Tanzania, other notable African producers are Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Benin, Togo and Nigeria. ...

New Year Threat to Kenya's Textile Industry  22-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, The other major African clothing exporters - Lesotho, Mauritius, Madagascar and South Africa - will also be hard hit, according to this assessment. ...

Gulf Oil plans revamp of lubricants biz  22-Dec-04
Sify, ...apart, Gulf Oil Corporation is strengthening its distribution network in Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and in smaller African countries like Madagascar. ...

World rice output hits 99' record; but still inadequate :  22-Dec-04
123Bharath.com, Production is set to rise in Africa, with particularly large crops expected in Egypt, Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau, and in Latin America, with excellent crops ...

GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY  22-Dec-04
Charleston Post Courier (subscription), Credit has been given to Dr. Henry Woodward, who got some seeds from a Madagascar ship captain; to enslaved Windward Coast Africans who brought rice and rice ...

Rice trade and prices down  22-Dec-04
Daily News, Overall rice production is also set to rise in Africa - reflecting good crops in Egypt, Madagascar and Guinea Bissau - and Latin America with excellent rice ...

US cuts aid to food charities  22-Dec-04
International Herald Tribune, ...everything.". Kuennen said Catholic Relief Services had to cut back programs in Indonesia, Malawi and Madagascar, among other countries. ...

Spend a day with the animals  22-Dec-04
Modesto Bee, ...zoo. Among the highlights is the Lipman Family Lemur Forest, which opened in 2003 and is home to five species of Madagascar lemurs. ...

Opinion Shaper: Love delivers when hope falls short  22-Dec-04
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ...is that different from hope? The question arose after friends described their recent trip to Madagascar. One, a parish nurse, saw ...

Instant friendship, just add water: Day 2 of a 10-part series  22-Dec-04
Brunswick Times Record, ...here I was, pack on my back, utterly alone and feet pointing in the general direction of Maine, which, for as far away as it sounded, could have been Madagascar ...

China's military diplomacy in 2004: Foster an image of big power ...  21-Dec-04
People's Daily Online, ...the Ministry of National Defence has offered emergency humanitarianism assistances to Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Madagascar and Morocco ...

Global rice production still falls below need: UN agency  21-Dec-04
Xinhua, Production was set to rise in Africa, with particularly large crops expected in Egypt, Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau, and in Latin America, with excellent crops ...

CHARITY HITS OUT AT BAND AID STARS  21-Dec-04
Community Newswire, Aid stars celebrate scooping the coveted Christmas number one spot in the pop charts a charity dedicated to helping the people of Madagascar has criticised the ...

Swiss Re sigma 2004 Catastrophe Estimates: 21,000 Dead; $105 ...  21-Dec-04
Insurance Journal In February, 640 people lost their lives in an earthquake in Morocco; and in March more than 360 people were killed by Cyclone Gafilo in Madagascar.". ...

Hardy Lake Project update  21-Dec-04
Canada NewsWire (press release), ...is a well funded exploration company with a large portfolio of diamond properties in Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, the USA, Madagascar and Brazil ...

Global rice output seen rising in 2004  20-Dec-04
Big News Network.com, The agency said that rice output in Africa will also likely rise from a year ago, with good crops in Egypt, Madagascar, and Guinea Bissau. ...

CORRECTION: Near record levels of world rice production in 2004  20-Dec-04
Categorynet (Communiqués de presse), Overall rice production is also set to rise in Africa – reflecting good crops in Egypt, Madagascar and Guinea Bissau – and Latin America with excellent ...

Rashad finds a role of historic proportions  20-Dec-04
New York Daily News, But no amount of scholarship can quite straighten out the details of legends about an ancestor called "Marie from Madagascar," whose story, like those Aunt ...

US is slashing world food aid contributions  19-Dec-04
Baltimore Sun (subscription), Cutting those programs will likely breed resentment, said Jennifer Overton, Catholic Relief Services country representative in Madagascar, who is making plans ...

[goawebnews] 19 DEC 2004: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS  19-Dec-04
GoaCom, ...and CEO, Lall Entertainment, in an interview with Bevinda Collaco in Herald) HERITAGE JAZZ YATRA: Tala Faral, funk jazz expert from Madagascar on saxophone and ...

Environmental road trip  19-Dec-04
Nashua Telegraph, At the informational meeting for the trip, Langille held two Madagascar hissing cockroaches - the kind people often have to eat on reality shows - with as much ...

Can circumcision stop AIDS  19-Dec-04
Newsday, Trinidad, Countries in West Africa and the island nation of Madagascar have lower HIV prevalence and very high male circumcision rates.� The article attributed low HIV ...

Madagascar's Poor See No Benefit From Conservation  19-Dec-04
Planet Ark, MANTADIA - The people of Mahatsara village do not understand why they are forbidden from burning down the wild forests of eastern Madagascar. ...

FEATURE-Madagascar's poor see no benefit from conservation  18-Dec-04
Reuters AlertNet, MANTADIA, Madagascar, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The people of Mahatsara village do not understand why they are forbidden from burning down the wild forests of eastern ...

TAIWAN: Consumers may soon reap benefits of free trade  18-Dec-04
Bharat Textile (subscription), ...cost in China. Some budding textile countries in Africa, like Madagascar, Botswana and Lesotho, may lose as well. Both the Bush ...

Museums offer the unusual  18-Dec-04
commercialappeal.com (subscription), While not for everyone, the more earthy selections -- goniatites, or fossilized hunks of rock from Madagascar that show marine life, or various geodes -- make ...

President Ben Ali Calls for Resumption of the Middle East Peace ...  17-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Jordan, Indonesia, Spain, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Senegal, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the Vatican, Slovakia, Gabon, Madagascar, Venezuela, Bosnia ...

Senior CPC official leaves Beijing for Madagascar  17-Dec-04
EastDay.com, Gao Junliang, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, left in Beijing for Madagascar Friday noon. ...

KOCH Records to release 'Motifs,' new album by Paris Combo, on ...  17-Dec-04
Top40-Charts.com, Madagascar-born bassist and singer Mano Razanajato is conversant in jazz and Latin styles. His singing is an essential part of the Paris Combo sound. ...

Water, water nowhere  17-Dec-04
Al-Ahram Weekly, Jean Herivelo Rakotondrainibe, secretary-general at Madagascar's Ministry of Energy and Mines, agreed that while it is important to increase investment, "to ...

Britain closes Lesotho, Madagascar, Swaziland embassies  17-Dec-04
afrol News, In Africa, the British Embassy in Madagascar is to be closed, as are the High Commissions in the former British protectorates Lesotho and Swaziland. ...

CHRISTMAS: ASSOTURISMO, MORE AND MORE ITALIANS STAY AT HOME  17-Dec-04
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, ...intercontinental travel (5.8 pct.). Among the preferred exotic locations there are the Seychelles, Thailand, the Maldives and Madagascar.

Consumers may soon realize benefits of free trade after textile ...  17-Dec-04
eTaiwan News, ...cost in China. Some budding textile countries in Africa, like Madagascar, Botswana and Lesotho, may lose as well. Both the Bush ...

Spurring on the kingdom of evil  17-Dec-04
Ha'aretz, ...the proposal, suggested after the German invasion of Poland, to gather the Jews into a reserve near Lublin, and of course the 1940 Madagascar Plan, according ...

Here come the textiles  17-Dec-04
International Herald Tribune, ...cost in China. Some budding textile producers in Africa, like Madagascar, Botswana and Lesotho, may lose as well. Both the Bush ...

UK mission here to assume responsibility for Bahamas in 2006  17-Dec-04
Jamaica Observer, Aside from Nassau, the other embassies and high commissions to close are those in Maseru, Lesotho; Mbabane, Swaziland; Antananarivo, Madagascar - all in Africa ...

Britain pulls out of Vanuatu after 99 years  17-Dec-04
Vanuatu Online, As well as Port Vila, British missions in Tonga, Kiribati, East Timor, Paraguay, The Bahamas, Madagascar, Lesotho, and Swaziland will also close. ...

Last post for our man  17-Dec-04
Vanuatu Online, By The Guardian. The sun is setting on British diplomatic outposts in places as far flung as Vanuatu, Tonga, East Timor, Lesotho, Swaziland and Madagascar. ...

Food: Spice Guys  17-Dec-04
New York Times, She's better when reporting specific details: explaining how a Central American seedpod made its way to Reunion, India, Uganda and Madagascar; how a Totonac ...

Zoo hopes to be jumpin' with rats  17-Dec-04
Philadelphia Daily News (subscription), The Malagasy giant jumping rat is native to Madagascar, Africa, and it is classified as endangered by the World Conservation Union.

The perfect storm for Vendee fleet  17-Dec-04
Yachting World, ...be the 'perfect storm'. According to the latest forecast a low pressure system is building off Madagascar. This will descend south ...

Foreign Office to close nine embassies  16-Dec-04
Financial Times, Among the countries affected are Paraguay, the Bahamas, Swaziland and East Timor. Other closures will be in Vanuatu, Tonga, Lesotho and Madagascar. ...

Last post for our man  16-Dec-04
Guardian, The sun is setting on British diplomatic outposts in places as far flung as Vanuatu, Tonga, East Timor, Lesotho, Swaziland and Madagascar. ...

Bend author to present at Fishtrap writing event  16-Dec-04
Bend.com, Her chapbook of poetry, I Am Madagascar, was published in March by Ice River Press. Both are available at area bookstores or through the publisher. ...

Britain to downgrade, close some consulates  16-Dec-04
London Free Press, ...the Bahamas. Outposts in Fukuoka, Japan, Vientiane in Laos and Lesotho, Swaziland and Madagascar in Africa will also be closed. In ...

Vanco ha presentato il programma di Block CI-112 al largo della ...  16-Dec-04
CompanynewsGroup (Communiqués de presse), Vanco is a leading deepwater explorer in offshore Africa with over 18 million acres under license in offshore Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Ghana and ...

Euronext Paris and Madrid Stock Exchange with Fininfo  16-Dec-04
Companynewsgroup (Comunicato Stampa), Vanco is a leading deepwater explorer in offshore Africa with over 18 million acres under license in offshore Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Ghana and ...

The Land of Plenty  16-Dec-04
Egypt Today, ...timing of my visit coinciding with the arrival of the sooties (as birdwatchers affectionately call them), many probably having come from Madagascar, where the ...

Update 1: Swiss Re Says Disasters Killed 21,000  16-Dec-04
Forbes, In February, 640 people lost their lives in an earthquake in Morocco; and in March more than 360 people were killed by Cyclone Gafilo in Madagascar. ...

COSAFA Cup to be revamped  16-Dec-04
Republic of Botswana, Mamelodi added that the new format would see the Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius and Namibia play each other in a four- nation format at one venue where the ...

Courts stores reopen with 2,000 job losses  16-Dec-04
Guardian, ...group's overseas divisions, Courts Overseas, Courts Group International, Courts World Wide Purchases, which operate in the Caribbean, Madagascar, Malaysia and ...

Foreign Office shuts far-flung outposts  16-Dec-04
Guardian, The nine embassies and high commissions to be closed are: Vanuatu, Tonga, East Timor, Kirbati, Paraguay, Bahamas, Lesotho, Swaziland and Madagascar. ...

Calendar of Events  16-Dec-04
Idaho State Journal, Dr. Chuck Trost will speak tonight at 7:30 pm at the Idaho Museum of Natural History on "Madagascar and Gondwana Relics." He has returned from a trip to ...

KOCH Records to Release "Motifs," New Album by Paris Combo, on ...  16-Dec-04
Market Wire (press release) Madagascar-born bassist and singer Mano Razanajato is conversant in jazz and Latin styles. His singing is an essential part of the Paris Combo sound. ...

Commentary: Microfinance, But Big Results  16-Dec-04
noticias.info (press release), Al Amana in Morocco , Acep in Senegal, Adefi in Madagascar, and Amret in Cambodia, amongst other microcredit banks, have proved their ability to bear the ...

New Stillwater resident ensures safe drinking water half a world ...  16-Dec-04
Stillwater Gazette, STILLWATER — If you just happen to be a scientific, tourism or governmental body in Madagascar looking for someone to help solve your water problems ...

Good Health: Global Tobacco Treaty Set to Become Law  15-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta ...

African Development Bank (ADB) Loans and Donations  15-Dec-04
Mathaba.Net, ...to support the African University thereby to develop the education standards by opening branches to these universities in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar ...

UK set to cut back on embassies  15-Dec-04
BBC News, The Bahamas, East Timor, Madagascar and Swaziland are among the areas affected by the biggest shake-up for the diplomatic service for years. ...

Britain to close nine overseas embassies to cut costs  15-Dec-04
Xinhua, The closures will come in Lesotho, Swaziland and Madagascar in Africa, Vanuatu, Tonga, East Timor and Kiribati in the Asia-Pacific area, and Paraguay and The ...

Paper chain pays off  15-Dec-04
News & Observer, ...family. It's a small island off Madagascar, plagued by frequent secessionist plots, and sixth-grader Alex Bynum knows who runs it. ...

Ecosystems Go to the Birds  15-Dec-04
Science Now (subscription) The habitats likely to lose the most bird species are forests, seas, and wetlands, while island regions such as Madagascar, New Zealand, and Oceania would lose ...

Rhodia compares chemical routes in vanillin production  15-Dec-04
Beverage Daily (press releases), ...export market for natural vanilla is valued at around $422 million (€317 million) with nearly 50 per cent sourced from the leading producer country Madagascar ...

"Survivor" Torch Still Burning  15-Dec-04
E! Online, ...told E! Online's Kristin Veitch earlier this year, the production team has scouted locations include the Patagonia region of Argentina, Madagascar, the Maldives ...

Panel set up to review Price Stabilisation Fund  15-Dec-04
Business Line, ...said. Vanilla prices had increased to abnormal levels due to natural calamities in major producing countries such as Madagascar. ...

Why love rat Thelma's leaving on a jet plane  15-Dec-04
Yorkshire Post Today, A spokesman for Tropical World, at Roundhay Park, said the species was native to Madagascar but endangered by habitat destruction. ...

SADC MPs evaluate elections in the region  14-Dec-04
Xinhua, Forum has played in promoting democratic elections in SADC member countries that also include the Democratic Republicof the Congo, Madagascar and Mozambique. ...

Rhodia compares chemical routes in vanillin production  14-Dec-04
Food Navigator, ...export market for natural vanilla is valued at around $422 million (€317 million) with nearly 50 per cent sourced from the leading producer country Madagascar ...

Courts to disappear after failing to find white knight  14-Dec-04
Guardian, ...group's overseas divisions, Courts Overseas, Courts Group International, Courts World Wide Purchases, which operate in the Caribbean, Madagascar, Malaysia and ...

Rhodia compares chemical routes in vanillin production  14-Dec-04
Nutra Ingredients, ...export market for natural vanilla is valued at around $422 million (€317 million) with nearly 50 per cent sourced from the leading producer country Madagascar ...

Outrigger canoe highlights old links  14-Dec-04
Taipei Times, ...dispersion of a single language family -- prior to the European colonial expansion following Christopher Columbus -- from the island of Madagascar off the east ...

Spreading the word -- no bull  14-Dec-04
Munster Times, ...said. As the young students shared memories of loved ones gone, LeMonnier told a story from Madagascar about the choice of dying. ...

Sugar production in Malawi drops  13-Dec-04
Business in Africa Online (subscription), ...exported 46,825 metric tonnes to non-African markets with less than 1% in refined form, while regional exports to Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar and Tanzania ...

Madagascar is topic for Audubon meeting  13-Dec-04
Idaho State Journal, 16, ornithologist Chuck Trost will give a slide show and presentation on the birds, other wildlife, plants and natural history of Madagascar. ...

The story of America's favorite flavor  12-Dec-04
Washington Times, Mr. Ecott traveled to Mexico, the Indian Ocean island Reunion (a French department), and the Republic of Malagasy (Madagascar) to research vanilla farmers ...

12/13/2004: " Madagascar merchandise"  12-Dec-04
Animated News ...reports that they have inked a deal with DreamWorks Animation to produce merchandise for the upcoming CGI feature Madagascar . "In ...

Titanium mine would profit Madagascar - World Bank  12-Dec-04
Business Report, Antananarivo - The World Bank has urged Madagascar to begin developing a controversial titanium mine with mining giant Rio Tinto, saying it would help ...

Make tracks to Connecticut's dinosaur park  11-Dec-04
Providence Journal (subscription), ...and fossils are given in the The Discovery Room nearby, a colorful, upbeat "classroom" with a glass cylinder filled with creepy Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches ...

Ikranegara stays true to his spirit  11-Dec-04
Jakarta Post, He called the organizer, asking if they misspelled the title because the singer to perform was a beautiful woman from Madagascar, not from Makassar, South ...

Punched-Up Potables  11-Dec-04
U.S. News & World Report (subscription), Navan ($39; 80 proof), a cognac-based liqueur, introduces black vanilla beans from the temperamental orchids of Madagascar to soften the harsh edge of the ...

Tusker Open Campaign Against Old Foes  10-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Club Villa (Uganda) v Adulis Club (Eritrea)In the Confederation Cup are Kipanga (Zanzibar) who play Kampala City Council (Uganda) and a Madagascar club who ...

Baltimore Movie Museum Posts Schedule  10-Dec-04
The Baltimore Chronicle, Wed. Mar. 23--"Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919, Wiene) with Madagascar. ... The fantastic, stylized sets are matched by Madagascar's moody, Eastern-influenced score. ...

IFC: IFC Signs Advisory Mandate With Government Of Madagascar For ...  10-Dec-04
Webbolt Business News (subscription), SUMMARY: IFC is already working with the government on two mandates for the structuring and implementation of public-private partnerships for a container ...

African football federations to be reviewed  10-Dec-04
Business Day, South Africa, ..."The committee will among other items on the agenda study the reports of an inspection team to Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Zimbabwe when it meets ...

Export zones havens for exploitation of workers  9-Dec-04
Business Report, Norosoa Ravalanirina is a 32-year-old in Madagascar who earns less than $30 (about R175) a month making sweaters for a Belgian company, which could not be ...

Getting Animated About Summer  9-Dec-04
BusinessWeek, As things stand now, the studio expects to release Madagascar, a film about Central Park Zoo animals stranded on a desert island, on May 27. ...

"Shrek 3" Swamped Until 2007  9-Dec-04
E! Online, Prior to that opening, DreamWorks will release Madagascar in May 2005, Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were Rabbit in October 2005 and Over the Hedge in May 2006 ...

He Brooks No Small Change  9-Dec-04
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) ...failing.". During a recent trip to Madagascar to monitor a new World Bank-financed project, he said, "five kids approached me. Two ...

DreamWorks Animation Meets Expectations  9-Dec-04
Los Angeles Times (subscription), Pixar said its future films would also be released in the summer. DreamWorks' next film, "Madagascar," is set for next May. Before ...

DreamWorks Animation Rides 'Shrek 2' to a Profit  9-Dec-04
Los Angeles Times (subscription), The comedy "Madagascar" is slated for release in May next year, followed by the stop-action film "Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were Rabbit" in October. ...

Sugar registers mixed fortunes  9-Dec-04
The Nation, Malawi, 46,825 metric tonnes to non-African markets with less than one percent in refined form while regional exports to Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar and Tanzania ...

DreamWorks Swings to Black, Postpones 'Shrek 3'  9-Dec-04
Smartmoney.com (subscription) However, the company plans to release two animated films, "Madagascar" and "Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were Rabbit," in 2005. ...

DreamWorks postpones 'Shrek 3'  8-Dec-04
CBS MarketWatch DreamWorks still plans to release its next film, "Madagascar," on May 27, 2005. "Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were Rabbit" -- Oct. 7, 2005.

ADF provides Madagascar with grant for communicable diseases ...  8-Dec-04
Xinhua, 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The African Development Fund (ADF) has provided Madagascar with a grant of 9 million US dollars to finance a project for the control of ...

DreamWorks 3Q Earnings Meet Expectations  8-Dec-04
Hartford Courant (subscription), ..."All of this jockeying that has gone on is really, really good news for us.". DreamWorks' next film, "Madagascar," is set for next May. ...

Brandy Eggnog: Holiday Warm, Holiday Cool  8-Dec-04
Happy Hours (press release) For example, substituting Korbel XS Brandy, which is blended with Madagascar vanilla, natural orange essence and spices, in the recipe produces brandy eggnog ...

DreamWorks Moves 'Shrek' to 2007, 'Madagascar' in 2005; Pixar ...  8-Dec-04
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) Dreamworks has now turned its spotlight on "Madagascar," a caper about Central Park Zoo animals that are shipwrecked, and which is now scheduled for a May ...

DREAMWORKS RELEASE SCHEDULE 2005  8-Dec-04
Movie City News, When those plotting penguins sabotage the ship, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves washed ashore on the exotic island of Madagascar. ...

African health care systems: what went wrong?  8-Dec-04
News-Medical.net, In 1985, the government budget for drugs and supplies in Madagascar decreased to 20% of the 1977 level, and only 10% of programmed medical imports were realized ...

Shrek 3 pushed to May 2007  8-Dec-04
The Malaysia Star, Based on this change, DreamWorks will release Madagascar on May 20, 2005; Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were Rabbit on Oct 7, 2005; Over the Hedge on May 19 ...

MTC Final Moves to Windhoek  7-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Namibia, Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius will play each other in a four-nations format at one venue where the winner will qualify to the last four to join ...

Revenge of the PKI Nerds  6-Dec-04
CSO, ...a fish that was assumed to have been extinct for hundreds of thousands of years and then—bam!—one turns up in a fisherman's net off the coast of Madagascar ...

A Very Martha Christmas: No muss, no fuss, no freedom  5-Dec-04
Canton Repository (subscription), ...like “sauté� in favor of “fry,� “smash� rather than “puree� and knowing that when it comes to “essence of Madagascar spice,� cinnamon will ...

The Geography Olympics  4-Dec-04
The Malaysia Star, ...world in sports and culture but in one arena where size doesn't matter, the “Geography Olympics,� the US was 88th behind minnows such as Madagascar and the ...

SOUTHERN AFRICA: New watchdog body for children's rights  3-Dec-04
Reuters AlertNet, ...observatory" for monitoring progress in efforts to improve the lives of an estimated 9.5 million children in the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and ...

Mubaiwa Twins Power Zim Into Semis  2-Dec-04
AllAfrica.com, Peter and Patrick - powered Zimbabwe into the semi-finals of the Cosafa Vodacom Under-20 soccer tournament with a hard-fought victory over Madagascar in a ...

RUSS Signs Madagascar Movie License  2-Dec-04
Gifts & Decorative Accessories, ...multi-year licensing agreement with Dream Works Animation for plush toys based on characters starring in the studio’s next computer-animated movie, Madagascar ...

DreamWorks/Go Fish Pictures 2005 Preview  2-Dec-04
Comingsoon.net Included in their preview for next year are new pictures and plot summaries for horror sequel The Ring Two and the animated comedy Madagascar.

Geography not the best subject for Americans  29-Nov-04
Independent Online, ...sports and culture but in one arena where size doesn't matter, the "Geography Olympics," the United States was 88th behind minnows such as Madagascar and the ...

US bombs out in 'Geography Olympics'  29-Nov-04
NEWS.com.au, ...the world in sports and culture but in one arena where size doesn't matter, the "Geography Olympics," the US was 88th behind minnows such as Madagascar and the ...

Madagascar Juggles Conservation with Mining  28-Nov-04
Planet Ark, ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar's ministries of environment and mining have cut a deal that will allow some mineral projects into environmentally sensitive areas of ...

How good is your geography?  27-Nov-04
Independent Online, ...and culture, but in one arena where size doesn't matter - the "Geography Olympics" - the United States was 88th behind minnows such as Madagascar and the ...

Madagascar juggles conservation with mining  26-Nov-04
Reuters AlertNet, ANTANANARIVO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Madagascar's ministries of environment and mining have cut a deal that will allow some mineral projects into environmentally ...

Grenade explodes outside Madagascar PM's home  26-Nov-04
Reuters AlertNet, ANTANANARIVO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A grenade exploded outside the home of Madagascar's prime minister in the latest of nearly 20 such attacks on government ...

Madagascar: More Grenade Attacks As Govt Tries to Keep Prices Down  24-Nov-04
AllAfrica.com, Madagascar's defence ministry on Wednesday downplayed concerns that a spate of grenade attacks on government-linked targets was threatening to destabilise the ...

Pan African Commences Diamond Drilling on the Mountain of Gold ...  24-Nov-04
Business Wire (press release), This Property is located in the Dabolava region of the Central-West Plateau of Madagascar. ... situated in the provinces of Toliary and Antananarivo, Madagascar. ...

MADAGASCAR: More grenade attacks as govt tries to keep prices down  24-Nov-04
Reuters AlertNet, JOHANNESBURG, 24 November (IRIN) - Madagascar's defence ministry on Wednesday downplayed concerns that a spate of grenade attacks on government-linked targets ...

Madagascar grenade attacks target properties-police  23-Nov-04
Reuters AlertNet, ANTANANARIVO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Three grenade attacks in Madagascar's second city targeting the home of a government official and a dairy company owned by the ...

Grenade blasts in Madagascar target president, top official  23-Nov-04
Cape Times (subscription), Tantananarivo: Three grenade attacks in Madagascar's second city targeting the home of a government official and a dairy company owned by the island's ...

Review: 'Madagascar' never fails to fascinate  21-Nov-04
Salt Lake Tribune, By Brandon Griggs. Early in "Madagascar," a young woman turns to the theater audience and says, "There's no such thing as a coincidence. Dig deeper. ...

Madagascar seeks to maintain low HIV rate  19-Nov-04
Boston Globe, ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- This island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa poses one of the world's great AIDS mysteries. ...

MACARTHUR FOUNDATION PROVIDES MORE THAN $2.8 MILLION IN GRANTS  19-Nov-04
Environmental Media Services (press release), T. MacArthur Foundation has announced ten grants totaling more than $2.8 million in support of conservation and sustainable development efforts in Madagascar. ...

Visas needed if touring or doing business in Madagascar  18-Nov-04
Pretoria News (subscription), It must be paid in cash. All applicants for tourist and business visas have to demonstrate their intent to leave Madagascar after a temporary visit. ...

Oil Company on Trial in Madagascar Over Pollution  16-Nov-04
Yahoo News ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The operator of Madagascar's privatized oil refinery went on trial on Tuesday, accused of polluting the environment around the Indian ...

Oil company sued in Madagascar over pollution  16-Nov-04
Reuters AlertNet, ANTANANARIVO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Madagascar opened a civil case for damages against the operator of the Indian Ocean island's privatised oil refinery on Tuesday ...

Oil company on trial in Madagascar over pollution  16-Nov-04
Reuters AlertNet, ANTANANARIVO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The operator of Madagascar's privatised oil refinery went on trial on Tuesday, accused of polluting the environment around the ...

Vanilla Market in Deeper Trouble  16-Nov-04
AllAfrica.com, ...vanilla. Madagascar produces far more - about 70%, other countries produce the remainder. ... sell. Buyers are going to Madagascar first. ...

Profits Prove Elusive in Madagascar Sapphire Rush  11-Nov-04
Reuters, By Tim Cocks. Bending his knees, the 23-year-old hauls out a tray full of grayish brown gravel and starts meticulously sifting through it with his hands. ...

Ecotourism saves Madagascar's rainforest and boosts living ...  8-Nov-04
Mathaba.Net, Led by its president, the Indian Ocean nation of Madagascar is racing to save an environment as precious and fragile as any on earth. ...




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