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Comprehensive News Feed for Zambia.

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  1. Kenya: Another Sachang'wan DisasterRead the original story

    Friday | AllAfrica.com

    This was another case of jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. Scores of passengers dashed for safety from a burning bus they were travelling on only to find themselves in a pool of sulphuric acid.

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    Related Topix: Boat Disaster, World News, Kenya, Africa, Eldoret, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya, Western, Zambia, Kitale, Zambia, Nairobi, Kenya

  2. Surreal drama of Zambia 'porn' trialRead the original story w/Photo

    19 hrs ago | From Our Own Correspondent

    The trial of a news editor in Zambia, accused of distributing obscene material, is coming to an end.

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  3. Zimbabwe: Dairibord Regional Markets Under ThreatRead the original story

    Friday | AllAfrica.com

    CLOVER Industries Limited, South Africa's largest maker of dairy products, is determined to end Dairibord Holdings Limited 's local and regional dominance in milk products with plans to set up a milk processing plant in Zambia, which would be sub-Saharan Africa's processing and distribution hub.

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  4. Namibia: Bidvest Namibia Set for Regional Growth'Read the original story

    Friday | AllAfrica.com

    ... Tsumeb. At the same time, Waltons has also developed a strong customer-base for its stationery range in Angola and Zambia. "Local growth complemented by cross-border sales can help you entrench important gains." Local success plus Angola 'add-ons' ...

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    Related Topix: Namibia, World News, Africa, Travel, Namibia Travel, Western, Zambia, Kankonde, Zambia, Tsumeb, Namibia

  5. AgricultureRead the original story

    Yesterday | Panapress

    ... i de hunger strike against chronic hunger. full text... World leaders urged to salvage UN World Food summit Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Summit in Rome, Italy, sch eduled for 16-18 November, could be a waste of time and ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Lusaka, Zambia, World News, Italy, Rome, Italy, Lazio, Italy, Travel, Nigeria, Nigeria Travel, Africa, Lagos, Nigeria

  6. EnvironmentRead the original story

    Yesterday | Panapress

    ... n ister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, to attend the high-level summit from 17-18 December . 13/11/2009 full text... Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - In an effort to build on growing interest in the Kyoto P rotocola's clean development mechanism (CDM) in Africa, ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, Lusaka, Zambia, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, Cataluna, Spain, Copenhagen, NY

  7. Death and one young woman's feelings for Kazini, MayomboRead the original story

    Friday | Daily Monitor

    Because death is the guaranteed physical end for each one of us, it is not something we obsess about in any noticeable way, certainly not collectively.

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    Related Topix: Uganda, Africa, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  8. Dairibord regional markets under threatRead the original story

    Friday | Financial Gazette

    CLOVER Industries Limited, South Africa's largest maker of dairy products, is determined to end Dairibord Holdings Limited 's local and regional dominance in milk products with plans to set up a milk processing plant in Zambia, which would be sub-Saharan Africa's processing and distribution hub.

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  9. Fred M'membe: a hero in a mad worldRead the original story

    Friday | Guardian Unlimited

    Fred M'membe, editor of the Zambia Post , is one of my heroes: utterly straight, utterly fearless, and utterly up to his neck in trouble again.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Journalism

  10. Zambia: KCM Riots CondemnedRead the original story

    Thursday | AllAfrica.com

    ... KCM and surrounding townships, bringing the total number of those arrested to 38. Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) president, Joyce Simukoko condemned the violence by KCM unionised workers over salary increments. Mrs Simukoko said ...

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    Related Topix: Copperbelt, Zambia, World News, Chingola, Zambia, Kitwe, Zambia, Social Security, Personal Finance, Riot

  11. Zambia: Fuel Shortage Blown Out of Proportion - RBRead the original story

    Thursday | AllAfrica.com

    PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has accused some people with vested interests in the fuel procurement process of blowing the current fuel shortage Zambia is experiencing out of proportion.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Rupiah Banda, Eastern, Zambia, Chipata, Zambia

  12. MoreRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 12 | The Ghanaian Chronicle

    President John Atta Mills , Haruna Iddrisu, NDC National Youth Organiser Despite pleadings from President Mills, during his recent visit to Ejura in the Ashanti Region, to the teeming youth of the National Democratic Congress to exercise restraint, and that the jobs his party promised them, will be provided at the right time, the youth appear to ...

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    Related Topix: Western, Zambia, Takoradi, Zambia, Sekondi, Zambia, World News

  13. World's Worst Polluted Places Endanger Public HealthRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 10 | Voice of America

    ... the years, the New York-based non-profit group has cited cities on most every continent, from mining sites in Kabwe, Zambia and La Oroya, Peru, to the polluted air of Linfen, China and Magnitogorsk, Russia. This year, the institute, which works with ...

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    Related Topix: Western, Zambia, Kabwe, Zambia, World News, Magnitogorsk, Russia, Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia, Linfen, China, Russia, China, Shanxi, China, Ghana, Africa

  14. Truck rams into taxi on Jinja Highway [details]Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | Daily Monitor

    Jinja A yet unknown number of people are feared dead in an accident that has occurred at Mabira along the Kampala -Jinja highway.

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  15. Zambia: Riots Incited - KCMRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | AllAfrica.com

    ... Underground Mine and Concentrator, where work came to a complete standstill. However, the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) and the National Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) have appealed to KCM workers to resume normal duties today as the ...

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    Related Topix: Lusaka, Zambia, World News

  16. Zambia: State Restores Solwezi Land AgencyRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | AllAfrica.com

    ... labour laws because it wanted the locals to benefit from investment in their areas. "We are engaging all investors in Zambia to observe labour laws because we want the people to live in harmony with the investors. I congratulate the people in ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  17. EnglishRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Panapress

    ... have been suspended by the 15-member regional bloc, PANA reported Wednesday. 11/11/2009 Full Text... 18 die in Zambia road crash Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A tanker in the fleet of several others ferrying fuel fr om the port of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, ...

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    Related Topix: Ghana, Africa, World News, Lusaka, Zambia, Comoros

  18. SocietyRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Panapress

    More than 2,000 Angolan refugees in Zambia have been rep atriated to their country this year, Angola's Ambassador to Zambia, Pedro De Morais Neto, di sclosed here Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Lusaka, Zambia, World News, Ghana, Africa, Northern, South Africa, Tamale, South Africa, South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, Mauritania

  19. 7 killed in bus crashRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 11 | New Vision

    By Luke Kagiri Seven people died and over 30 were seriously injured in an accident involving a Kalita bus on the Mubende-Fort Portal highway yesterday.

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    Related Topix: Western, Zambia, Fort Portal, Zambia, World News

  20. Kampala bound bus overturns, kills sevenRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Daily Monitor

    Seven passengers yesterday died after a bus in which they were travelling in from Fort Portal Town to Kampala overturned several times.

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