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May 18 2013

From chidi opara reports Sat May 18 2013, 04:48:00

Background: Data for trends in contraceptive use and need are necessary to guide programme and policy decisions and to monitor progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for universal access to contraceptive services. We therefore aimed to estimate trends in contraceptive use and unmet need in developing countries in 2003, 2008, and 2012 . Click here to read report

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From Global development news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Sat May 18 2013, 04:30:11

Borrowers get business advice and a buffer against disaster from growing microcredit sector in cyclone-prone Madagascar

Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin village, in Madagascar's southern Atsimo-Andrefana region. The work is hard, but in the past year, access to microcredit has boosted both her business and her hopes for the future.

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From Africa is a Country Sat May 18 2013, 04:09:55

With the gutting of foreign coverage by most U.S. newspapers and the need to populate infinite Web space with content, a new creature has emerged: the foreign affairs blogger. Max Fisher, who hosts the Washington Post's WorldViews page, is a leading exemplar of the species. Fisher's newsy nuggets are often low-priority zeitgeist items that may [...]

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From Constitutionally Speaking Sat May 18 2013, 03:34:18

The University of KwaZulu-Natal has announced that it will make isiZulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students from next year. This modest step, aimed at promoting multilingualism in South Africa, has been sharply criticised. Some have compared it to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in schools in 1976 (a move [...]

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From ::Colored Opinions:: Sat May 18 2013, 03:23:00

Great book by Bryan F. Lebeau 'Jonathan Dickenson and the Formative Years of American Presbyterianism' gives additional information on the debate surrounding New Side - Old Side.

New Sider Alexander Craighead plays a central role in both the New Side- Old Side debate and in the push independence as we can read in Hanna's book about the renewal of the covenant in november 1743.

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From the whinery 2.0 Sat May 18 2013, 02:45:06

  We're waiting with delicious anticipation for the start of summer fruit season here in BC. The season is short and sweet, just like the fruits but plentiful; luscious and fragrantly ripened fruits with vibrant colours; from delicate shades of peach, rich golden apricots to deep ruby hues of cherries. In the meantime we have [...]

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From Hamish In Auckland Sat May 18 2013, 02:32:00

It is difficult to fathom why the leaders of Antwerp would market the city with chocolate hands but it does on the grounds that they represent friendship. They don't they represent the most brutal and repressive aspects of Belgium colonialism in the Congo. A Rwandan friend of mine surprised me when he mentioned that they were still a product sold in Belgium given the historical context I didn't really believe him. He was right.

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From IT News Africa news alert Sat May 18 2013, 02:00:31

This week Africa's competitors within the continent's high-growth ICT sector have published their efforts to attract greater market share. Clearly there is renewed focus on empowering the consumer...

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From PHOTOGRAPHY Sat May 18 2013, 00:24:31

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May 17 2013

From The Lede Fri May 17 2013, 22:24:02

Commuters on the trains that collided late Friday, and local reporters, began posting images from the scene almost as soon as the crash occurred.

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