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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Audio slideshow: Timbuktu’s ancient manuscriptsTimbuktu, Mali - Xan Rice talks to historians and scholars in Timbuktu about their efforts to preserve hundreds of thousands of manuscripts dating back to the 11th century. |
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Ban on Ivory Proposed in AfricaNairobi, Kenya - The hope is a 20-year ban would protect the continent's elephants from extinction. |
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Mali signs pact with Tuareg rebelsAlgiers, Mali - Mali signed an Algerian-brokered peace agreement on Tuesday with Tuareg rebels seeking greater autonomy for their northern desert region, witnesses said. |
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MALI: Anti-globalisation forum comes to AfricaBamako, Mali - Africa, the world's poorest continent, for the first time is playing host to the World Social Forum, the anti-globalisation movement set up as a counterweight to a forum of the world's rich and powerful. |
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WEST AFRICA: Tandja wins new ECOWAS mandateNiamey, Niger - President Mamadou Tandja of Niger has been re-elected chairman of the West African regional group ECOWAS at a summit where leaders pledged strides in bolstering peace across the world?s poorest region. |
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