Tag: africa
|
November 23, 2009 09:05 AM EST --
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali businessman says a ship hijacked by pirates off East Africa two weeks ago has been released.
Ali Dheere, the chairman of a group of traders in Mogadishu, says . . .
more
|
|
January 17, 2007 01:05 PM EST --
This is the final chapter of my recent 32 day trip of Africa (Cape Town to Cairo) and post trip to Jordan.
It was good to get to sleep late before we had to go.
Hamdy got us all checked in-no . . .
more
|
|
July 15, 2008 11:54 AM EDT --
TWO MEN RAISED A LION CUB FROM INFANCY AND WHEN IT GOT TOO BIG TO TAKE CARE OF IN CAPTIVITY THEY RELEASED 'CHRISTIAN' INTO THE WILDS OF AFRICA.
.
AFTER A YEAR, THEY TRAVELED TO . . .
more
|
|
July 21, 2008 10:17 AM EDT --
Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note. The announcement came Saturday, ahead of a Monday release.
Battling a chronic . . .
more
|
|
July 31, 2008 09:04 PM EDT --
This is a true story. You should know that. Before the story begins, Cassell says it’s fiction, but it isn’t. It really happened as he describes. It’s important that you understand this because then the . . .
more
|
|
November 14, 2008 08:01 AM EST --
Elephants march through hotel lobby after it was built on their migration trail
These amazing pictures show why you shouldn't get between an African elephant and its favourite food.
Mfuwe Lodge . . .
more
|
|
November 22, 2009 12:04 PM EST --
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said. . . .
more
|
|
December 11, 2006 04:09 PM EST --
Sick Puppies, a specialty depraved tastes jeweler, is pleased to announce the release of the Blood Diamond brand of engagement diamond rings. Each BD ring has a genuine spot of dried blood on . . .
more
|
|
November 22, 2009 12:04 PM EST --
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan officials were offended Sunday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered out loud whether Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was truly as brutal as he was reputed to . . .
more
|
|
July 19, 2006 10:55 PM EDT --
South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2 500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then . . .
more
|
|
November 22, 2009 08:05 AM EST --
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital.
Mourners . . .
more
|
|
June 15, 2006 12:37 PM EDT --
I finally got my act together and will be publishing a series of articles about my vacation to Cape Town, South Africa over the next couple of days. This is the first.
I'm a big fan of penguins . . .
more
|
|
June 22, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
Speir is located in Stellenbosch, South Africa and is famous for it's widespread wine estates and it's invaluable Cheetah Outreah Program. Now I don't drink wine and it was rather . . .
more
|
|
March 03, 2009 09:37 AM EST --
Besides the subject being of enormous interest to me, when I see a picture or read an article like this I can't help but travel back in time.
I want to know what he looked like, what he thought, . . .
more
|
|
January 21, 2006 03:08 AM EST --
My Africa travels have resulted in some great photos of big cats...lions, leopards and cheetahs. Of all the African animals, I think my favorites to photograph are the cats. I won't try . . .
more
|
|
January 28, 2006 01:06 AM EST --
I would never go to Africa because (substitute one of the following)
a) It's too dangerous...terrorists, you know, and all those poor, starving people who will kill you for your money or your clothes. . . .
more
|
|
November 21, 2006 07:35 AM EST --
This is to funny not to share this mornng.
more
|
|
April 25, 2007 11:40 PM EDT --
Despite my earlier post on reality shows, I loved American Idol tonight. Did any of you see it? It was the Idol Gives Back special. They were raising money for charities here in the US . . .
more
|
|
January 14, 2008 01:48 AM EST --
Today is one of those days everything I read in the newspapers was depressing. This headline on the front page of the New York Times caught my interest and the article was frightening:
"Europe . . .
more
|
|
January 14, 2008 10:06 AM EST --
Let's see how many countried we can think of or find that are in Africa. There are over 50 so let's see how we do.
I will start: . . .
more
|
|
|
|
