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Watching Africa’s agony again  -  Nov 15, 2008
Times Online,The 62 villagers lived in mud huts with corrugated iron roofs and made a living fishing the rich waters of Lake Tanganyika. Linton spent her spare time

Husband sells albino wife for 3.6m/-  -  Nov 11, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,Rukwa Regional Police Commander Isunto Mantage told reporters here yesterday that John Josef (35) from a small fishing camp along Lake Tanganyika in Nkasi

Doctor Livingstone, I Presume  -  Nov 10, 2008
Dakota Voice,...was the greeting NOVEMBER 10, 1871, by New York Herald newspaper reporter Henry Stanley as he met David Livingstone on the banks of Lake Tanganyika.

On This Day in History: November 10 The Doctor Was In  -  Nov 10, 2008
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,10, 1871, in finally coming upon the missing missionary at Lake Tanganyika where Stanley greeted him with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

Way back when: Today in history  -  Nov 10, 2008
Tulsa World,David Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in central Africa and delivered his famous greeting: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

Solo in the Congo  -  Oct 30, 2008
Wall Street JournalBy GEOFF WISNER By Tim Butcher In 1874, three years after he greeted David Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, the journalist and explorer Henry

Albino Africans live in fear after witch-doctor butchery  -  Nov 15, 2008
guardian.co.uk,Last week the Daily News reported the arrest of a 35-year-old fisherman at Lake Tanganyika who had allegedly attempted to sell his 24-year-old albino wife

Today In History  -  Nov 10, 2008
GoErie.com,...-e_STnS1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika

Today in History  -  Nov 10, 2008
Radio Taiwan International,Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley located missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present-day

Today in History - Nov. 10  -  Nov 10, 2008
Boston Globe,In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in

Goodall branches into humanitarian cause  -  Oct 31, 2008
United Press InternationalSo she created TACARE, or the Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education Project, which offers natural-resource management training and education

Roundtable for Monday November 10th 2008  -  Nov 10, 2008
Capitol Hill Blue,1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika saying "Dr. Livingstone,

One killed in Nkasi road accident  -  Nov 9, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,...carrying some passengers on top of a load of maize and rice from Namanyere township to Kirando area along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the district.

Korongwe secondary school project stalls  -  Nov 8, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,Korongwe Ward, situated along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, comprises five other villages including Isamba, Kazovu, Utinta and Korongwe and three quarter

DRC: Operational Update, 10 Nov 2008  -  Nov 10, 2008
ReliefWeb (press release),Seven hundred tons of food is also being dispatched from Dar es Salaam on 26 trucks for Goma, and food is also moving across Lake Tanganyika from Zambia

Annual Report to shareholders  -  Oct 23, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Following completion of the transaction interest holders Lake Tanganyika forms part of the western arm of in the South East July Concession will be: the

Monday, November 10  -  Nov 2, 2008
International Herald Tribune,1871 - American journalist Henry Stanley finds African explorer Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, central Africa, on Lake Tanganyika; delivers his famous

No Curtains, No Lights  -  Nov 10, 2008
Metropoleparis,Exactly 72 years later Henry Morton Stanley found Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika. He is reported to have said, "What's up, Doc?

DR Congo: Holy See calls for end to violence, urges dialogue  -  Nov 4, 2008
Independent Catholic News,...has great potential in terms of forestry, agriculture, water, and energy (there are petroleum and gas reserves beneath Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika).

Preaching conservation amidst Congo chaos  -  Nov 4, 2008
OneWorld.net,Other recent articles have concerned the accumulation of litter close to the shores of Lake Tanganyika, which has decreased fishing yields; a call to revive

Destination East Africa to go single tourist Visa  -  Oct 21, 2008
Travel Daily News International,In Burundi: The second deepest Lake in the world, Lake Tanganyika, and wonderful landscapes making the country a real paradise from the top of the mountains

People Week in Review: Obama fever sets alight book sales  -  Nov 9, 2008
Inside Bay Area,In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in

FirstAlert[tm] 11/10: What To Hope For Now  -  Nov 9, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Today in History: Henry Morton Stanley located missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, in 1871, near Lake Tanganyika saying "Dr.

Algemene informatie over Tanzania  -  Nov 4, 2008
Computable,Als gevolg van het ontstaan van de Great Rift valley ontstonden er ook verschillende grote meren, waaronder Lake Natron, Lake Manyara en Lake Tanganyika,

Southeast African rainfall depends on northern hemisphere  -  Sep 24, 2008
environmentalresearchweb (subscription),But sediment records from Lake Tanganyika have shown that other factors, such as the temperature of the Indian Ocean and the strength of the Indian monsoon,

Sinopec Group Offers $1.8 Billion for Tanganyika (Update1)  -  Sep 25, 2008
BloombergIt takes its name from a former East African republic located by Lake Tanganyika, now part of Tanzania. ``This transaction is an important component of

New Link To Tropical African Climate Proposed  -  Sep 11, 2008
Science Daily (press release)11, 2008) — The Lake Tanganyika area, in southeast Africa, is home to nearly 130 million people living in four countries that bound the lake,

Life stories  -  Sep 26, 2008
Business Standard,...which cover Burton’s Hajj and then his second expedition through Africa with John Speke from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika — where his second voice is

Fox Island Wilderness Lodge, Alaska  -  Sep 5, 2008
Independent,Fringed by dramatic rocks and beaches, and with a private airstrip, tiny Lupita lies on Lake Tanganyika. Last December a sublime lodge opened here,

Mpanda Airport rehabilitation impresses PM  -  Sep 23, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,It would be a gateway to Katavi National Park, Gombe Conservation Area in Kigoma region as well as other sites around Lake Tanganyika, Africa’s deepest

Beach Petroleum Shareholder Update  -  Sep 25, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Sharing Agreement with the Tanzanian Government to explore the southern half of Lake Tanganyika, where oil seeps and surface slicks are well documented.

New hope in the heart of Katanga province  -  Sep 26, 2008
Reuters AlertNet,...various local initiatives," noted Philippe Creppy, head of the UNHCR office in the town of Moba, which lies 160 kilometres from Fube on Lake Tanganyika.

Social Fish And Single Mothers: Brain Evolution In African Cichlids  -  Sep 17, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...we studied how ecology, sexual selection and parental care have influenced brain evolution across the highly diverse cichlid fishes of lake Tanganyika.

Northern climates felt a world away  -  Sep 24, 2008
The Brown Daily Herald,Researchers extracted sediment containing tens of thousands of years of climate record from southeast Africa's Lake Tanganyika.

At Africa’s table  -  Sep 13, 2008
The Times,...port had turned into brandy and the brandy had finally caused the realisation to dawn that we weren’t going to make it to Lake Tanganyika the next day.

The new women wildlife presenters  -  Sep 13, 2008
Times Online,She lived in a hut for four years on the edge of Lake Tanganyika, following chimps through the forest and recording their long-distance calls for her PhD,

Reeling in the fishermen  -  Aug 30, 2008
The South African Star,Sport-fishing is the main focus and although fishing trip packages can be organised to the Zambezi and Vaal rivers, Mozambique, Lake Tanganyika and Lake

Preliminary Final Report  -  Aug 28, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Lake Tanganyika forms part of the western arm of the 6400-kilometre long East African Rift system. Exploration in the concession will target an oil

Refugees who fled ethnic massacres set aside anger to return to ...  -  Sep 8, 2008
guardian.co.uk,He abandoned his family home in Nyanza Lac, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in 1972 when, in response to a Hutu insurrection, the Tutsi-dominated army

Drastic Changes to Life on Earth Caused by Global Warming, Confirm ...  -  Sep 18, 2008
Natural News.com,...and others dealt with changes in populations, such as the decline of Antarctic krill stocks and overall productivity of Lake Tanganyika.

Pop Tarts: VMA Staff Prepping for Britney Spears to 'Gimme More'  -  Sep 1, 2008
FOXNewsGoodall Institute's Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education girls' scholarship program as the Ambassador of Hope for FINCA International.

Bagamoyo fishermen bitter over being blocked from their source of ...  -  Aug 30, 2008
IPPmedia,Bagamoyo was also the ending point of a major slave trade route that began in Lake Tanganyika area. At its peak an estimated 50000 slaves per year were

New Safari Options in Western Tanzania  -  Sep 10, 2008
The Open Press (press release)The region south of the great Lake Victoria and on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Western Tanzania, is home to prized populations of chimpanzees and also

Researcher Walks Among Dying Baby Chimps  -  Aug 29, 2008
LiveScience.com,It is situated along the shores of a vast lake, Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. Mahale Mountains National Park is a foot-walking Park.

UNHCR helps Congolese refugees return home  -  Sep 7, 2008
Afrique en ligne,...are opting to head home from Tanzania as the situation eases in their home province of South Kivu across Lake Tanganyika, the UN refugee agency said.

DR Congo: Sharing safe messages  -  Sep 2, 2008
ReliefWeb (press release),Located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Katanga Province, Moba was a strategic port during the Second Congo War from 1998 to 2003 and is part of the

잠비아  -  Sep 10, 2008
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UNHCR�?タンガニイカ湖を渡りコンゴ難民�?�帰還を支�?�  -  Sep 22, 2008
UNHCR,...コンゴ民主共和国を逃れ�?難民�?��?��?��?��?��?�カシンディ・イディ（Kashindi Iddi）�?��?タンガニイカ湖（Lake Tanganyika）を渡�?��?�先�?��?�キブ�?�状�?�?��?��?��?��?��?��??�?��?��?�

�?атали Портман получила гуманитарную премию  -  Sep 1, 2008
Lenta.ru,Денежна�? �?о�?тавл�?юща�? награды - 50 ты�?�?ч долларов, их Портман отправит в танзаний�?кий фонд �?типендий дл�? девочек TACARE (Lake Tanganyika Catchment

Lake Tanganyika project in progress -minister  -  Jul 22, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,The government has said the implementation of Lake Tanganyika Environmental Development project is well under way. The project, which has its headquarters

L.Tanganyika security to be intensified  -  Jul 23, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,Police patrols will be intensified on Lake Tanganyika to stem banditry and other illegal activities, the Parliament was told yesterday.

Lake regions short of health facilities  -  Jul 30, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,On the situation on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, the deputy minister said, the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) gave the council a boat to

Burundi: Glad to Be Home  -  Aug 11, 2008
AllAfrica.com,In the morning when I woke up I could not wait to see what is really on this side of Lake Tanganyika, only to be told that there is a curfew and travelling

How fish farms are coming back from wartime neglect  -  Jul 27, 2008
Toronto Star,Perversely, some of that imported fish actually originates in Congo: it's netted in Lake Tanganyika and then shipped to Zambia before coming back through

EDITORIAL: Railway services should be increased to more than four ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
ThisDay,People who travel to places such as Kigoma on the shores of Lake Tanganyika or Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria have three options.

Tale of two sister nations going in opposite directions  -  Jul 19, 2008
Daily Nation,By JOSH KRON On the slick beach-street bars of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, on Lake Tanganyika, 10 Rwandans pass time drinking gin and slapping the sides of

Tanzania`s Tourist Attractions  -  Aug 4, 2008
IPPmedia,Three huge border lakes – Lake Victoria to the north, Lake Tanganyika to the west, and Lake Nyasato the south-west – have given the area international

Tracking Congo's misery  -  Aug 8, 2008
International Herald Tribune,...including souvenir drawings she had bought in what is now Kalemie, the hollowed-out ruin of a town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika where I now stood.

Rwanda: Mess With Nature And Soon Enough It Will Mess Back  -  Jul 29, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The shrinking is directly linked to human irrigation to grow cotton and foods. Lake Victoria has dropped 1.5 meters in the last 5 years. Lake Tanganyika 1.3

Bujumbura could pass for a Ugandan town  -  Aug 3, 2008
Daily Monitor,One should try out the numerous hotels, restaurants and beaches on Lake Tanganyika but with all the weddings that take place on any given Saturday,

Burundi embraces Pam awards  -  Jul 31, 2008
Daily Monitor,...the Cercle Notique Hotel, which overlooks Lake Tanganyika was beautifully decorated with African ornaments and flags from the various nations that are

Quarterly Activities Report  -  Jul 30, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Sharing Agreement with the Tanzanian Government to explore the southern half of Lake Tanganyika, where oil seeps and surface slicks are well documented.

Burundi sets sights on oil  -  Aug 4, 2008
East African Business Week,...for Geology and Mines Mr. Damien Riragonya Burundi potentially large oil deposits are said to be existing on the Burundi side of Lake Tanganyika area.

Burundi: Will Bujumbura Ever Live Again?  -  Aug 7, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The city lying at the north-eastern corner of Lake Tanganyika remained silent not until we got to Cercle Nautique Hotel where patrons had gathered for the

Congo boat disaster leaves 45 dead  -  Jul 25, 2008
AFPDozens of people died when a boat carrying an unknown number of people sank in Lake Tanganyika in May, while 17 people died and dozens more were reported

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