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Citizen Diplomat awards presentedThe Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy presented its 2010 Citizen Diplomat Award to Ambassador John Price, Marcia Price and Rosemary Baron during a ceremony Thursday at Westminster College.
Topix.net | 16-Aug-2010 06:49
Citizen Diplomat awards presented at Westminter ceremony
The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy presented its 2010 Citizen Diplomat Award to Ambassador John Price, Marcia Price and Rosemary Baron during a ceremony Thursday at Westminster College.
Topix.net | 13-Aug-2010 06:01
Genetic diversity on the Comoros Islands shows early seafaring as...
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Topix.net | 11-Aug-2010 14:26
Crash probe locates doomed Yemeni flight recorders
French investigators said on Sunday they had detected the signal from the flight recorders from a Yemeni jet that crashed last week with more than 150 people on board.
Topix.net | 31-Jul-2010 05:13
Country Report No. 10/233
Union of the Comoros: First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for a Modification of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review - Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Union of the Comoros.
Topix.net | 29-Jul-2010 08:47
Artepharm Global Corp.: Humanitarian Organization To Monitor Malaria Project
Main Category: Tropical Diseases Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 20 Jul 2010 Artepharm Global Corp.
Topix.net | 20-Jul-2010 16:59
Reuters Reports That Artepharm Global's Artequick Eradicates Malaria...
Artepharm Global Corp. reports that at the 5th Pan-African malaria conference, held in Nairobi in early November 2009, it was announced that malaria has been eliminated on the East Africa Comoros island of Moheli, with a population of 36,000. This was done with the aid of a comprehensive Chinese-assisted Artequick treatment program that was ...
Topix.net | 19-Jul-2010 12:56
Artepharm Global Corp.: World Health Organisation Reports Half The...
Main Category: Tropical Diseases Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 14 Jul 2010 The World Health Organisation reports that half of the world's population is at risk of Malaria, and an estimated 243 million cases led to nearly 863 000 deaths in 2008.
Topix.net | 15-Jul-2010 04:46
Africa closer to single currency, central bank governors say
There is an elaborate plan by African countries to form a single monetary zone, with a common currency, by 2021.
Topix.net | 15-Jul-2010 00:41
Artepharm Global Corp. (ARGC.OB) Announces $10 Million Investment for ArteQuickA Malaria Treatment
Artepharm Global Corp. Announces $10 Million Investment for ArteQuickA Malaria Treatment Artepharm Global Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Qater Foundation, The Chinese Federal Government and a private syndication for the purpose of attempting to eradicate malaria from East Africa's Comoros Islands through ...
Topix.net | 07-Jul-2010 23:49
Qatar Charity opens field office in Comoros Islands
Qatar Charity has opened a field office in the Comoros Islands to oversee its development projects there.
Topix.net | 06-Jul-2010 05:38
IMF and World Bank Announce Comoros Can Start Receiving Debt Relief
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's International Development Association have determined that the Union of the Comoros has taken the necessary steps to reach its decision point under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.
Topix.net | 30-Jun-2010 04:10
Comoros Islands VP Appeals for Election Funding
Comoros Islands President Mohamed Abdallah Sambi formed an interim government Monday aimed at organizing the upcoming vote on 7th November.
Topix.net | 23-Jun-2010 05:51
Comoros president reshuffles government
Moroni - Comoron President Mohamed Abdallah Sambi has formed an interim government tasked with leading the politically volatile Indian Ocean archipelago to elections within six months.
Topix.net | 22-Jun-2010 18:17
France condemns killing of colonel in Comoros
France's Foreign Ministry has condemned the killing of a top colonel from the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros.
Topix.net | 15-Jun-2010 01:26
Comoros: Men Quizzed over Suspected Terror Links
Police in Lamu are questioning two Comoros nationals who were arrested at the weekend over possible links with terrorism activities in Somalia.
AllAfrica | 14-Jun-2010 22:21
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Brazilian business ventures in Angola might reach US$ 4 billion mark this year, a figure first attained in 2008 but dropped significantl y in 2009.
Topix.net | 05-Jun-2010 04:09
Namibia: Government Tightens Screws On Smoking
The writing is on the wall for tobacco marketing companies in Namibia regarding future regulations that would essentially prohibit sponsorship of any Namibian event, however charitable, by tobacco companies or distributors of tobacco products.
AllAfrica | 03-Jun-2010 15:30
Comoros: Waiting Game As Crisis Talks Resume
France has commended the return of "constructive dialogue" between political parties in the troubled Comoros, with the aim of fixing a date for presidential elections. Crisis talks in the Indian Ocean archipelago resumed after the president's term expired at midnight on Wednesday.
AllAfrica | 01-Jun-2010 10:04
Government announcement deepens Comoros turmoil
FOMBONI, Comoros: Fresh rioting broke out Wednesday in the Comoros after the remote African archipelago's president appointed a new government on the eve of his original scheduled departure from office.
Topix.net | 28-May-2010 04:58
Opposition: Comoros Islands President Clings to Power
President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi A top official of Comoros Islands opposition coalition told VOA President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, whose original mandate ends Wednesday, has refused to organize elections.
Topix.net | 26-May-2010 04:57
Emir ratifies several MoUs
Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday issued an instrument of ratification approving a draft Memorandum of Understanding establishing a joint ministerial committee between governments of the State of Qatar and the Union of the Comoros signed in Doha on March 10 this year.
Topix.net | 14-May-2010 10:12
Plane crash survivor has precedent
Paris - The case of the eight-year-old Dutch boy who was the sole survivor of Wednesday's plane crash in Libya which left 103 dead, is a reminder of the story of a 12-year-old girl who survived a Yemeni airliner crash last year.
Topix.net | 13-May-2010 00:24
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Some 250 flights to and from Morocco were cancelled or d iverted to other airports on Tuesday because of ash clouds from the Icelandic vo l cano, official sources in Rabat told PANA.
Topix.net | 12-May-2010 04:41
UT Students Receive Scholarships
Forty-four students have received scholarships from Center for International Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that will help them study abroad this summer and during the 2010-11 academic year.
Topix.net | 11-May-2010 08:03
Victory for Comoros Islanda s Democracy
"They are really very happy about the decision of the Constitutional Court, which is a right decision which is a victory for democracy," Ali Houmadi Msaidie A prominent member of Comoros Island's opposition coalition says the Constitutional Court was right to annul the law extending President Mohamed Abdallah Sambi's term.
Topix.net | 10-May-2010 03:36
Comoros annuls law extending leader's term
Comoros' highest court has annulled a law which extended the mandate of the Indian Ocean islands' leader after weeks of heightened political tensions on the coup-prone archipelago.
Topix.net | 09-May-2010 13:02
Emir donates 20mn euros to Comoros
The Emir visited the Comoros on April 22 and promised to pay off nine months of salary arrears for civil servants.
Topix.net | 04-May-2010 06:04
Emir visits Comoros
HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani confers upon Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi the Collar of Independence in the capital Moroni yesterday.
Topix.net | 23-Apr-2010 06:05
Emir holds talks with Comoros president
A session of official talks was held yesterday at Al-Salam Presidential Palace here chaired by HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and President of the Union of the Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Sambi.
Topix.net | 23-Apr-2010 06:05
Qatar to boost investment in Comoros
The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani being welcomed by the President of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, at the Moroni international airport yesterday.
Topix.net | 23-Apr-2010 06:05
Comoros: Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission
The mission met with Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, the President of the Union and Mr.
Topix.net | 21-Apr-2010 06:07
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Libyan leader Mouamar Kadhafi has hailed the Middle East p olicy of US President Barack Obama and called on the international community to help him con solidate the peaceful ties between Washington and the Arab world.
Topix.net | 19-Apr-2010 03:59
Comorans hold crisis talks on presidential transition
MORONI: Crisis talks between the Comoros federal government and executives of the three islands in the Union of Comoros resumed Friday in the capital Moroni, negotiators said.
Topix.net | 17-Apr-2010 03:58
Comoros leader ready to bring forward poll
MORONI: The president of Comoros has said he is ready to bring forward the date of the presidential poll in the politically tense Indian Ocean archipelago, where Libyan troops are now part of his guard.
Topix.net | 15-Apr-2010 04:39
The Union of the Comoros: IMF and World Bank Consider Eligible for...
IMF and World Bank Consider the Union of the Comoros Eligible for Assistance Under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative Press Release No.
Topix.net | 10-Apr-2010 01:25
'We are tired of Sambi's lies'
Fomboni, Comoros - Hundreds of protesters demonstrated on Friday in the Comoros island of Moheli against the extension of the term of the Indian Ocean archipelago's president.
Topix.net | 09-Apr-2010 17:22
Comoros Islands Opposition Accuses Tanzaniaa s Foreign Minister of a Meddlinga
Comoros Islands Opposition Accuses Tanzania's Foreign Minister of - Meddling' A leading member of Comoros Islands opposition coalition said the group will officially present a protest letter to Tanzania's government Wednesday after accusing its foreign minister -- Bernard Membe -- of meddling in Comoros Islands internall affairs.
Topix.net | 07-Apr-2010 09:19
Comoros police chief's home arsoned
MORONI: The home of the police chief of the Indian Ocean state of the Comoros burned down overnight in an arson attack, injuring his two children, witnesses and officials said Friday.
Topix.net | 03-Apr-2010 00:40
FSA seeks first extradition for insider dealing
A newly confident and aggressive Financial Services Authority is seeking its first extradition for insider dealing, hard on the heels of its highest-profile victory to date on such charges.
Topix.net | 16-Mar-2010 04:18
Prime Minister to open Comoros aid conference
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani will open on Wednesday a conference to support investment and development in the Republic of the Comoros to be hosted by Qatar in collaboration with the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Conference and the United Nations Fund for Development.
Topix.net | 08-Mar-2010 05:25
'Comoran opposition concerned about President Sambi's moves to extend rule'
Several opposition leaders in Comoros on Wednesday expr essed concern about the decision of President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi to ex t end his rule by one-and-a-half years.
Topix.net | 04-Mar-2010 04:51
Comorians protest, plane crash search resumes
French and U.S. aircraft joined the hunt on Wednesday for possible survivors from a plane that crashed off the Comoros archipelago, while in Paris expatriate Comorans tried to block another flight by the same airline.
Topix.net | 14-Feb-2010 14:34
Economy
World Bank President Robert Zoellick, has vowed to help Co te d'lvoire in its process of finding peace to the political crisis which broke o ut in 2002.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2010 04:22
Comorosa President Called on to Resolve Teachers Strike Over Pay
In the Comoros Islands, the chairman of the Mayor's Association of Grande Comoros is calling on President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi to resolve an indefinite strike by teachers who are demanding their pay arrears.
Topix.net | 27-Jan-2010 04:34
China grants Comoros 4.3 mln USD in financial aid
China grants the Comoros a financial assistance worth 30 million yuan under an agreement signed on Sunday evening during a visit by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun to Moroni, capital of the Indian Ocean island nation.
Topix.net | 26-Jan-2010 07:38