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...in January 2011. The brand new stage show aimed at family audiences stars the cast of popular characters from the beloved "Madagascar" film series, including Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippo and members of the madcap Madagascar...
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Broadway World
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http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/DreamWorks_Theatricals_Broadway_Across_America_Launch_MADAGASCAR_LIVE_Tour_20101018
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A former disc jockey who seized power in Madagascar is defying international efforts to resolve the crisis on an Indian Ocean island known for its rare wildlife and fractious politics.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/madagascar-s-rajoelina-rejects-250144.html
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Giant rainforest trees, rare and beautiful orchids, spectacular palms, minute fungi, wild coffees and an ancient aquatic plant are among more than 250 new plant and fungi species discovered and described by botanists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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EurekAlert
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/rbgk-kbd122109.php
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Rowan Moore Gerety, special to wildmadagascar.org
December 16, 2009
Illegal Logging and Impotent Government in Madagascar's Northeast
In the midst of cyclone season, a 'dead' period for tourism to Madagascar's east coast,
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EcoEarth News
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http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1215-rowan_madagascar.html
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Steatornis caripensis (the oilbird) is a very unusual bird. It supposedly never sees daylight, roosting in huge aggregations in caves during the day and bringing back fruit to the cave at night. As a consequence a large number of the seeds from the
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ScienceBlogs
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsChannelLifeScience/~3/ZkEu8XDquXY/new_and_exciting_in_plos_one_227.php
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Rhett A. Butler, wildmadagascar.org
December 08, 2009
Despite damage from ongoing illegal logging, Madagascar's remaining forests are poised to benefit from the proposed REDD mechanism, a U.N.-backed scheme that would
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Mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1208-madagascar.html
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Although
most fans know Chris Rock from his hilarious stand-up
specials or long career in live action movies,
an entire generation of younger kids grew up with
Rock after hearing his
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The Deadbolt
http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/106676/chris_rock_merry_madagascar_interview.php
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Geography
Area: 592,800 sq. km. (228,880 sq.
mi.).
Cities: Capital--Antananarivo (pop. about
1,300,000) Other cities--Antsirabe (about 500,000),
Mahajanga (about 400,000), Toamasina (about 450,000).
Terrain: Mountainous central plateau, coastal plain.
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Scoop - New Zealand News
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00311.htm
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline. Earlier, the island's rivals signed a deal under which
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ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9023362
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Félix Ratelolahy and his team of field researchers are hiking through the dense growth of the Makira forest in northeastern Madagascar. Uapaca trees tower over them, with their spider-leg roots tall enough to walk under. Brilliant white orchids pour
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Nature.com
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091104/full/462026a.html?s=news_rss
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MAROJEJY NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar — A political crisis in this African island nation has triggered a pillage of its mythical wildlife and forests, and conservation groups fear that the peril will worsen as donors suspend funding to punish coup leaders
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010085784_madagascar18.html?syndication=rss
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Antananarivo, Madagascar – An exceptional authorisation from the Malagasy transitional government for the export of raw and semi-processed precious woods risks opening a loophole for the legal export of illegally cut timber and encouraging further
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WWF
http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/news/?uNewsID=176121
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The Democratic Republic of Congo says it is not to blame for Madagascar’s threat to consider withdrawing its membership from the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Antananarivo expressed displeasure after SADC members prevented embattled
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Soldier of Fortune
http://www.sofmag.com/wp/2009/10/kinshasa-denies-undermining-madagascar-government/
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The Democratic Republic of Congo says
it is not to blame for Madagascar's threat to consider withdrawing its
membership from the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Antananarivo
expressed displeasure after SADC members prevented
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Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/africa/2009-10-01-voa2.cfm?rss=africa
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Sept. 23, 2009 - Asity Madagascar (BirdLife in Madagascar) has joined a group of Malagasy civil society organisations, Voahary Gasy, calling for an end to the plundering of natural resources in the national parks of north-east
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YubaNet
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Yubanet/~3/sIxgkJWo6-U/Madagascar-NGOs-unite-against-plunder-of-natural-resources.php
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Rhett A. Butler, wildmadagascar.org
August 20, 2009
As governance collapses and aid disappears, poaching emerges
New pictures released by Conservation International depict a troubling development in Madagascar: the emergence of a commercial
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Mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0820-lemurs.html
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Madagascar has become one of the worlds most famous places for tourism. Tourism in Madagascar has been on an increase since the past few years. Madagascar is the land where nature displays itself at its best, which explains the growth in the tourism
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Buzzle
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http://www.buzzle.com/articles/head-to-madagascar-to-acquire-a-one-in-a-lifetime-experience.html
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Kara Moses, special to mongabay.com
August 17, 2009
After the success of their Sahafina Forest project, Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar is now branching out to the tsingy forest of Beanka, a project set to launch in October this
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Mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0817-moses_tsingy_bcm.html
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Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean 250 miles off the eastern coast of Africa across the Mozambique Channel, just south of the equator. Over 1000 miles (1580 km) long and 350 miles (570 km) wide, Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island.
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Buzzle
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...leader Marc Ravalomanana. [ID:nL9580205] The crisis cut economic growth, scared away tourists and alarmed foreign investors in Madagascar's minerals mining and nascent oil sectors. [ID:nL9712518] But analysts said the deal was fragile and the power-brokers...
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA320841.htm
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...elections under international supervision that will lead to the restoration of democratic institutions and stability in Madagascar," the statement said. Former President Marc Ravalomanana, who was toppled in March by his army-backed rival Andry Rajoelina,...
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Pakistan News.net
http://feeds.pakistannews.net/?rid=26865955&cat=2411cd3571b4f088
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...in January and, with the support of part of the army, he seized power on 17 March. The coup has resulted in the suspension of Madagascar from SADC and from the African Union, and a halt to most foreign aid. After the formal opening session on Wednesday, the...
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AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200908070822.html
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... Amnesty for fallen president Marc Ravalomanana is set to be a key issue for Madagascar's political rivals on Friday as a third round of crisis talks got under way to resolve the island's political deadlock. The issue of amnesty for Ravalomanana,...
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Mail & Guardian Online
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-08-07-madagascar-talks-resume-with-focus-on-amnesty
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...interim President Andry Rajoelina and his ousted predecessor Marc Ravalomanana are meeting in Mozambique’s capital for talks on ending their country’s political crisis. The talks, scheduled to last for four days, began in Maputo Wednesday. Two other former...
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Soldier of Fortune
http://www.sofmag.com/wp/2009/08/rival-madagascar-leaders-meet-in-mozambique/
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...to the talks from France, where he is in exile. Zafy served three years as president from 1993 to 1996 and still lives in Madagascar. The talks are expected to focus on how to prepare the ground for new, inclusive elections. The issue of amnesty is expected...
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Independent Online
http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=nw20090804112515296C805541&setid=1§id=68&url=iol&vne=0&csect=Africa
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...political rivals to meet in Mozambique:/n/a/2009/08/04/international/i075809D54.DTL Article:Madagascar political rivals to meet in Mozambique:/n/a/2009/08/04/international/i075809D54.DTL Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Two...
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San Francisco Chronicle
http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=5ebe5754d2685dfd62dbabcad8faf4c3
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...ongoing uncertainty is clearly exacerbating an already fragile economy weakened by the global economic recession." OCHA said Madagascar remains unprepared for the next cyclone season, with inadequate stocks of emergency goods and inefficient mechanisms to...
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AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907270373.html
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VNR is a young journalist at one of the largest newspapers in Madagascar. When we first talked over the phone, her number was hidden and the first thing she said was to ask carefully what was the purpose of me wanting to talk to her. She and another
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Global Voices Online
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/07/23/%e2%80%9cresign-or-else%e2%80%9d-portraits-of-media-repression-in-madagascar/
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Bronx, NY July 22 - The Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo is celebrating the birth of five newborns during the first year of its newest exhibit, Madagascar!.
Three red ruffed lemurs, 1 collared lemur and 1 Coquerel's sifaka,
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YubaNet
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Yubanet/~3/pbrsWPn3KPQ/Madagascar-Exhibit-Becomes-Maternity-Ward.php
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...the southeastern coast of Africa. African and Western nations have called Rajoelina's takeover a coup. The African Union and the Southern African Development Community have suspended Madagascar's membership. The U.S. has cut off all non-humanitarian aid....
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Pakistan News.net
http://feeds.pakistannews.net/?rid=26278099&cat=2411cd3571b4f088
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Johannesburg — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has appointed former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, to lead an inclusive dialogue between the warring political parties in Madagascar.
A SADC Extra Ordinary Summit was held in
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AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200906210012.html
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The Madagascar coup government is continuing to underestimate the diplomacy issue of the actual crisis in Madagascar. Many international partners heave terminated their partnership with Madagascar and this is causing a very hard impact on everyday life
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News Blaze
http://newsblaze.com/story/20090614104221zzzz.nb/topstory.html
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Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
June 08, 2009
Six nations and three conservation organizations have issued a statement calling for action against illegal logging in Madagascar’s protected areas.
Following a political coup, in which former President
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Mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0608-hance_madagascar.html
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The opening panel discussion at BeyondBroadcast is titled “Local Perspectives” and it invites citizen media innovators from around the world to show off their work. Unfortunately for the schedule, the panel includes six terrific speakers, roughly twice
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My Heart's in Accra | Ethan Zuckerman
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/06/04/local-perspectives-at-beyond-broadcast-2009/
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Kara Moses and Derek Schuurman, special to wildmadagascar.org
June 01, 2009
Despite being one of the last habitable land masses on earth to be settled by man, Madagascar has lost more of its forests than most countries; less than 10% of its
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Mongabay.com
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The US Ambassador to Madagascar, Niels Marquardt, articulated the position of the international community regarding the necessity of Madagascar's Presidential Elections this year.
Rejecting the International Community viewpoint, the coup Government
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News Blaze
http://newsblaze.com/story/20090515190940zzzz.nb/topstory.html
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...democracy and human rights since March 2009. More than 200,000 people are likely to be jobless before the end of this year if Madagascar is suspended from the AGOA, plus there are many other projects supported by the US. Diplomacy has become irrelevant to...
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News Blaze
http://newsblaze.com/story/20090515190940zzzz.nb/topstory.html
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A Hollywood "villain" is set to be the newest star at Utah's Hogle
Zoo.
Fossa, the largest mammalian carnivore on the island of Madagascar and a
bad guy in the first animated "Madagascar" movie, steal the show at the
zoo's new summer exhibit,
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Deseret News
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705304464/Madagascar-exhibit-to-open-Saturday-at-Hogle-Zoo.html?linkTrack=rss-30
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2009-05-15 02:15:04 -
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Madagascar's ousted president believes the coup that toppled him shows what can happen when an impoverished country's soldiers are neglected, and said in an interview he would focus on building
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/ousted-madagascar-leader-counts-on-r1255244.htm
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2009-05-14 00:11:04 -
SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/13/09 -- MineCore International, Inc. ("MineCore") (PINKSHEETS: MCIO) discusses the calculation of the estimated Probable (Indicated) Reserves for the sapphire bearing concessions in
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PR-Inside.com
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(CNN) -- Around 200 new species of frogs have been found in Madagascar, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots.
A study has found nearly 200 new species of frogs in Madagascar.
A study identified between 129 and 221 new species of frogs on the
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/gqolKqNRmkQ/index.html
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The seemingly unlikely rise to power of Andry Rajoelina, was triggered by contemporary international turbulence and instability, namely the global financial crisis and mounting apprehensions over food security. From Keesings.
Violent anti-government
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ISN
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/.?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=99686
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Madagascar's transition government is ready to hold elections by the end of the year, African Union officials said in Addis Ababa late on Thursday.
The authority set up by army-backed opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, who forced Marc
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Mail & Guardian Online
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-05-01-madagascar-set-for-elections-by-end-of-year
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar A top aide to Madagascar's ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation's new, military-backed
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1170861.html
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A series of unfortunate decisions taken by the Andry TGV Rajoelina, High Authority for the Transition (HAT) government--the violent arrest of a protester and the shutdown or intimidation of radio stations and journalists--is seriously threatening
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Global Voices Online
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http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/25/madagascar-transitional-government-is-trampling-on-freedom-of-speech/
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ANTANANARIVO, 24 April 2009 (IRIN) - International donors need to face up to the seriousness of Madagascar's deepening humanitarian crisis and, perhaps more importantly, they need to pay up,
said aid agencies on the Indian Ocean Island.
As if the
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/dec235c3f86a28e0424981221eb67c04.htm
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Madagascar is facing an evolving humanitarian crisis of proportions unprecedented in its history. The country was
already facing an extremely worrisome drought in the south, to which has been added the effects of cyclones and tropical storms while
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217440/c6ddd4cbae552fba06fbbd057c1097cf.htm
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ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR Gangs of armed criminals, exploiting a political crisis, are assaulting the fabled forests of Madagascar, one of the world's most sensitive biological zones.
Organized by foreign businessmen, hundreds of illegal loggers and
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Globe and Mail
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-International/~3/gK1jT2w1TJc/
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Opponents to the Haute Autorite de la Transition (High Authority for the Transition) have been holding daily demonstrations in the Malagasy capital since March 21, 2009. Last Saturday's protest was harshly repressed by the security forces, and
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Global Voices Online
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/02/madagascar-security-forces-harassing-bloggers-and-twitterers/
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