Witch Doctors Seventeen year old‚ Samukeliso Sithole is one of Zimbabwe’s rising athletic stars. During last years Southern regional Championships in Botswana‚ she won several tittles for her home country. However‚ this year she finds herself in court trying to keep her medals. Why? Because Samukeliso Sithole may be a man. Sithole is not the first athlete to have a question mark next to gender. Stella Walsh‚ a 100 meter champ‚ was exposed to be a man after death‚ and Richard Raskins‚ a pro tennis
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Commonwealth of Nations. English is one of the main official languages in the EU through which all business is conducted. The Commonwealth is comprised of 52 nations which were formerly British colonies‚ and two which elected to join for trade reasons (Mozambique and Rwanda). English is the main language for all business transacted by the Commonwealth‚ which promotes free trade amongst its
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Janelle Mae C. Margallo III-Sodium Asia There are 27 countries in Asia; Asia stretches from former "stans" of the USSR to the Pacific Ocean. Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Greater Arabia The 23 countries of the Middle East
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own awareness of their economic weakness after two world wars. Decolonization was mostly completed within a few years of 1960‚ though white minorities effectively continued colonial rule in South Africa‚ while the Portuguese remained in Angola and Mozambique for the most part. Since independence‚ African countries have experienced many issues such as political instability‚ corruption‚ harsh poverty‚ and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. With the end of the Cold War‚ however‚ rivalries in Africa began to condense
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| Indian Ocean Trade | Global Trade System beginning in the 1500s | | Kendra Turner-Phillips | 12/8/2009 | | Indian Ocean Trade Global Trade System beginning in the 1500s The Indian Ocean‚ considered the third largest ocean‚ is located between Australia and Antarctica. This Ocean is a major sea lane connecting the Middle East‚ East Asia and Africa with Europe and the Americas. The Ocean is essential because of its location. The location helps to boast the production of trade
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affected by warfare. War destroys families and farms leaving most people with nothing at all but extreme poverty and starvation. Famine follows wars in most cases in Africa. poverty in Africa In conflict-torn countries such as Angola‚ Burundi‚ Mozambique‚ Liberia‚ Ethiopia‚ Sudan‚ Congo‚ Sierra Leon‚ and Uganda‚ the capacity of rural people to make a livelihood has been dramatically curtailed by warfare‚ and food production has plummeted. Lack of good drinking water Lack of good drinking water
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Main articles: Middle Eastern and North African music traditions‚ Arabic music‚ and Middle Eastern music North Africa (red region on map below) is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage‚ civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eventually‚ Egypt fell under Persian rule followed by Greek and Roman rule‚ while Carthage was later ruled by Romans and Vandals. North Africa was later conquered by the Arabs‚ who established the region
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EUROPE (49 - including Russia and Turkey) Country Capital Country Capital Albania Tirana Liechtenstein Vaduz Andorra Andorra la Vella Lithuania Vilnius Armenia Yerevan Luxembourg Luxembourg Austria Vienna Malta Valletta Azerbaijan Baku Macedonia Skopje Belarus Minsk Moldova Chisinau Belgium Brussels Monaco Monaco Bosnia & Herzegovina Sarajevo Montenegro Podgorica Bulgaria Sofia Netherlands Amsterdam Croatia Zagreb Norway Oslo Cyprus Nicosia Poland Warsaw
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A few weeks ago‚ I introduced Huffington Post readers to a group of important diseases that most had never heard of -- neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In that piece‚ I mentioned one disease that has a particularly devastating impact on girls and women in developing countries -- female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). Schistosomiasis‚ also known as bilharzia or "snail fever‚" is a parasitic disease carried by fresh water snails. It is transmitted by contact with contaminated fresh water‚ so swimming
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Since the beginnings‚ creation stories have been a key part to the foundation of a culture. Creation stories were told and past own to generations by word of mouth until they could later be transcribed. In the early twentieth century‚ the creation story of the Pima‚ was transcribed by one of their own‚ Edward H Wood. The creation story of the Pima was created by Thin Leather‚ the uncle of Edward H Wood. According to “Voices”‚ these native people tried their best to stay away from influences such
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