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      Sunday 12 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      White lions from South Africa in their snow-covered enclosure at the Safari Park in Hemmingford in Canada's Quebec on January 26. Despite the cold, the lions have adjusted to the Canadian winter, according to the park's zoological director Sophie Robidoux.
      Bulletin: Lions adapt to winter at Canada safari park

      Bulletin: Lions adapt to winter at Canada safari park

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      Packets of cigarettes in a mobile tobacconist's booth in the Senegalese capital Dakar, December 2011. Switzerland has seen a large-scale hike in cigarette-smuggling from Africa where prices are 10 times cheaper, a senior customs official said Wednesday.
      Bulletin: Swiss see spike in tobacco smuggling from Africa

      Bulletin: Swiss see spike in tobacco smuggling from Africa

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      Guests sunbath poolside at The Glen Boutique Hotel at Sea Point in Cape Town. The guesthouse was the first listing on the Pink Map to Cape Town, handed out at the airport for the 225,000 gay tourists who visit every year.
      Bulletin: Cape Town, alone in Africa, chases gay tourist dollars

      Bulletin: Cape Town, alone in Africa, chases gay tourist dollars

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      People work near a ferryboat at the Beach, the port of Brazzaville, linking Congo to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2011. Africa is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent, the World Bank said Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Africa losing out on billions in trade: World Bank

      Bulletin: Africa losing out on billions in trade: World Bank

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      Wendelinus Hamutenya, pictured here on January 12, became the country's most visible gay man, after winning the inaugural "Mr Gay Namibia" pageant -- which will make him the first black African to compete for the title of Mr Gay World in neighbouring South Africa in April.
      Bulletin: Gay pageant sparks breakthrough, backlash in Namibia

      Bulletin: Gay pageant sparks breakthrough, backlash in Namibia

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      Bulelwa Panda, the manager of the township gay rights Christian centre and safe house Ithemba Lam, poses in the street in Gugulethu, in January 2012. Gay people and lesbians, in particular, face an especially tough time in the largely patriachial communities found in many South African townships.
      Bulletin: South African lesbians under shadow of rape

      Bulletin: South African lesbians under shadow of rape

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      Schoolgirl in Liberia
      Radio Show: Radio show: The taboo of menstruation

      Radio Show: Radio show: The taboo of menstruation

      In a continent where most people own mobile phones, simple things such as sanitary...
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      Kenyans celebrate Obama's election vistory
      Article: Call me black, not African-American

      Article: Call me black, not African-American

      The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people...
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      Ugandan gay activist David Kato is featured in a book during a one year memorial service for Kato in Kampala following his murder. Facing increasing hostility in their homelands, growing numbers of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Africans are fleeing to Kenya
      Bulletin: Persecuted at home, African gays seek Kenya refuge

      Bulletin: Persecuted at home, African gays seek Kenya refuge

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      Nigerian Economy and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Africa is at last ready to shake off the shackles of poverty and strife and to play a new role in the global economy as a powerful driver of growth, leaders declared Thursday.
      Bulletin: African leaders say continent ready to lead world growth

      Bulletin: African leaders say continent ready to lead world growth

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