CIA: No more fake vaccination campaigns

By Olivier Knox, Yahoo News Amid a deadly backlash and a resurgence of polio in Pakistan, the White House has promised that the CIA will never again use a vaccination campaign as a tool of spycraft. “I wanted to inform you that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) directed in August 2013 that

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Ethiopian Scribes Trying to Preserve the 4th Century Art of Parchment Making

IPS By James Jeffrey DEBRE LIBANOS, Ethiopia, May 9 2014 (IPS) - It is generally agreed that the origin of parchment making found in Ethiopia today likely lies with Christian monks who braved crossing the Red Sea around the 4th century and brought the bible with them. Methods exist in Ethiopia that have not been used in

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ALLANA POTASH & ICL SPONSOR PROGRAM TO BE CONDUCTED BY ETHIOPIA’S AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY

Marketwired TORONTO, ONTARIO – Allana Potash Corp. (TSX: AAA) (“Allana” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that ICL, Allana’s strategic investor, has joined Allana in its efforts to support the development of fertilizer application in Ethiopia via a contribution

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ALLANA POTASH & ICL SPONSOR PROGRAM TO BE CONDUCTED BY ETHIOPIA’S AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY

Marketwired TORONTO, ONTARIO – Allana Potash Corp. (TSX: AAA) (“Allana” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that ICL, Allana’s strategic investor, has joined Allana in its efforts to support the development of fertilizer application in Ethiopia via a contribution

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Genetic code of bloodsucking tsetse fly cracked 

The major scientific breakthrough is expected to speed up research on controlling the tsetse fly, the bane of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa  UN News  April 25, 2014 VIENNA – Scientists in a United Nations-backed collaborative have cracked the genetic code

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Genetic code of bloodsucking tsetse fly cracked 

The major scientific breakthrough is expected to speed up research on controlling the tsetse fly, the bane of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa  UN News  April 25, 2014 VIENNA – Scientists in a United Nations-backed collaborative have cracked the genetic code

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Hydrologist Warns Ethiopian Dam Could Cause Ecological Harm

24 April 2014 By Shem Oriere ENR. Com Photo Courtesy of Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation The controversial Gibe III dam is nearly 75% complete. Construction of the $2-billion Gibe III dam in Ethiopia could have harmful effects on one of

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Hydrologist Warns Ethiopian Dam Could Cause Ecological Harm

24 April 2014 By Shem Oriere ENR. Com Photo Courtesy of Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation The controversial Gibe III dam is nearly 75% complete. Construction of the $2-billion Gibe III dam in Ethiopia could have harmful effects on one of

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Ethiopia’s Rift Valley 2nd in Lonely Planet Top 10 World Wonder List

28 March 2014 By CAROL DRIVER DailyMail Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia: Dallol volcano in the Great Rift Valley – the world’s largest rift system which stretches 6,000km from the Red Sea down to Lake Malawi. Up to 74km in places,

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World Unprepared for Climate Damage to Food Security – Oxfam

26 March 2014 By Megan Rowling Source: AlertNet A key U.N. report on climate change, due out early next week, will show that the impacts of rising temperatures on food security will be more serious and hit earlier than previously

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