International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The discovery was made in the Torotorofotsy Wetlands of Madagascar, more than 400 kilometers north of the isolated pockets of bamboo forest where the rest of the known populations of the species live.
Monkeys In The News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Researchers in Madagascar have confirmed the existence of a population of greater bamboo lemurs more than 400 kilometers (240 miles) from the only other place where the Critically Endangered species is known to live, raising hopes for its survival. The discovery of the distinctive lemurs with jaws powerful enough to crack giant bamboo, their favorite food, occurred in 2007 in the Torotorofotsy wetlands...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
CALGARY, AB (MARKET WIRE) EnerMad Corp. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has executed a Heads of Agreement with Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX: NKO) ("Niko"), whereby it will farm-out an interest in its Grand Prix block production sharing agreement ("PSC") to Niko. The Grand Prix block covers oil and gas prospects in an area of approximately 16,845 square kilometers (4.1 million acres) situated...
thomasfortenberry.net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Talk about your leapin’ Kratt Brothers, check this out. New Rare Lemur Group Found in Swamp by Christine Dell’Amore A new population of wrinkly-faced, bamboo-eating lemurs has been found in a swampy region of east-central Madagascar—more than 240 miles (400 kilometers) from the other only known group of the critically endangered primates, conservationists announced today. The 2007 finding comes [...]...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
RUGBY Cranes coach Yayiro Kasasa is optimistic injured Timothy Mudoola will be fully fit for next week's encounter with Madagascar in Kampala.
National Geographic (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new population of the highly endangered greater bamboo lemur has been found in east-central Madagascar wetlands, hundreds of miles from its forest-dwelling relatives.
El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Have I mentioned how ridiculously honored I am to be able to work with people like Diana and the Foko team? I am looking forward to meeting Pati [podcast] at the Global Interdependence Youth Summit in Brussels in September and meeting the rest of the Foko family in Madagascar the following week. Please click on [...]
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Baguio City – A friendship boxing match sanctioned by the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) was held at the Igorot Garden Park which started at 11:30 am this 21 July 2008 (local time). A boxing team from Africa which composed of Zambia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Namibia and Congo faced the amateur boxers from the Philippines. The Beijing bound African boxers were invited by ABAP to...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Two Taiwanese officials were in Madagascar to join a search for eight businessmen from Taiwan who went missing in a boat that reportedly sank off the African nation, an official said last week...
CNN (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
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Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
AllAfrica.com, via UN Regional Information Networks : In Madagascar, where community resilience and livelihoods are continuously eroded by cyclones, floods and drought, the gap between emergency humanitarian action and development assistance can become too wide to cross. "When the question is not, 'if disaster will strike; but where, how long and how often?", there is little time to help communities...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Commission's humanitarian wing are working together in Madagascar to provide medicines and other vital health services to a series of villages, five months after they were devastated by Cyclone Ivan in February.
International (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
IN MADAGASCAR, UNICEF PROVIDES HEALTH SERVICES TO CYCLONE-HIT AREAS New York, Jul 18 2008 6:00PM The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Commission's humanitarian wing are working together in Madagascar to provide medicines and other vital health services to a series of villages, five months after they were devastated by Cyclone Ivan in February. UNICEF has delivered medicines...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Mialy, a blogger in Antananarivo, describes the plight of young married girls in rural areas who are subject to health and social concerns stemming from early pregnancy (fr). She explains that fistula, a consequence of giving birth at an early age, results in incontinences and therefore health complications compounded with social rejections. Malagasy [...]
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abportail | 06/19/2008
About trailer of the new Madagascar: Madagascar 2 always with the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett. Here is the trailer of Madagascar 2 HD!
