Healing the ozone layer: ‘Guided by science, united in action’

17 september 2025 - 05:01:58
New York, US (PANA) - Every year on 16 September, the UN celebrates the international community’s success in healing the [...] Full text...

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Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring

11 september 2025 - 14:30:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency announced on Wednesday that a deal has been [...] Full text...

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A fourth generation nuclear survivor’s push for justice

06 september 2025 - 14:12:08
New York, US (PANA) - Standing behind the United Nations rostrum on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, Oemwa Johnson, [...] Full text...

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Sudanese health ministry says no chemical weapons used in Khartoum

02 september 2025 - 12:13:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The Sudanese Ministry of health has dismissed widespread rumours about the possible use and residues of [...] Full text...

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UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best

22 february 2025 - 16:26:36
New York, US (PANA) - As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic [...] Full text...

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Strike on Chernobyl: ‘No room for complacency’ says atomic energy watchdog

14 february 2025 - 20:17:13
Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Ukrainian authorities said on Friday a Russian drone strike with a high explosive warhead struck the [...] Full text...

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As heat records fall, experts call for reductions in this often-overlooked greenhouse gas

17 january 2025 - 08:30:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Last week, several prominent scientific organisations confirmed what had been predicted for months: 2024 was the [...] Full text...

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Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery

17 september 2024 - 06:20:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New evidence in the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) annual Ozone and UV Bulletin published on Monday [...] Full text...

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Eswatini looks forward to increased sugar exports from improved cane production

18 april 2024 - 13:07:24
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries [...] Full text...

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New WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest year on record

19 march 2024 - 14:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea [...] Full text...

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Path to low-carbon construction is clear as mud (A UN feature)

06 march 2024 - 07:24:52
Bangalore, India (PANA) - The use of building materials such as cement and steel create a massive carbon footprint, and [...] Full text...

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World unites at UN Environment Assembly to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’

27 february 2024 - 05:45:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The latest meeting of the “world’s parliament on the environment” opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday [...] Full text...

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Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services

01 february 2024 - 17:34:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...

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Burundi and Russia ratify civil nuclear cooperation agreement

01 february 2024 - 15:54:37
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Assembly Thursday adopted a bill ratifying a cooperation agreement between Burundi and Russia on [...] Full text...

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European Council greenlights new rules to reduce harmful emissions

29 january 2024 - 11:41:28
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday has adopted two regulations to phase down fluorinated gases (F-gases) and [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister pledges to treat oncology patients inside and outside country

10 january 2024 - 15:08:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has announced his [...] Full text...

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UN News looks ahead to 2024: July to December

01 january 2024 - 08:24:06
New York, US (PANA) - In the second half of 2024, the UN will look to a brighter future, with [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister inaugurates Radiation Oncology Centre in Tripoli

26 october 2023 - 19:02:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, Thursday inaugurated a [...] Full text...

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WHO makes key leadership appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives

18 april 2023 - 08:38:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...

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Global cooperation to protect ozone layer can ensure better future for us all - UNEP

17 september 2022 - 06:32:57
New York, US (PANA) - As the Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone Layer turned 35 on 16 September, World [...] Full text...

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Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Mauritius: Minister

13 september 2022 - 06:27:27
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Cancer is the third leading cause of death  in Mauritius, accounting for 12.8% of deaths in [...] Full text...

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'Cancer care in Africa improves, but challenges persist'

15 march 2022 - 05:59:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Although cancer care has improved significantly in many African countries over the past decade, challenges in [...] Full text...

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New WHO platform promotes global cancer prevention

06 february 2022 - 10:32:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With one in five people worldwide developing cancer during their lifetimes, prevention of the disease has become one of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves immediate deployment of 5G network

08 september 2021 - 20:19:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks, effectively giving [...] Full text...

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Companies asked to renew their ozone depleting substances permits

16 march 2021 - 12:40:57
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Meteorological Services has put out a call to companies to renew their annual [...] Full text...

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Mozambique withdraws statement on decolonization before UN commission

04 november 2020 - 16:51:26
New York United Nations (PANA) - Mozambique's permanent representative to the UN has withdrawn a statement on decolonization in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda set to inaugurate second cancer treatment center in Kigali

03 february 2020 - 23:45:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  The second cancer treatment center at a military hospital located at Kanombe, one of the suburbs [...] Full text...

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Botswana to mark World Ozone Day

03 october 2019 - 12:51:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, through the Department of Meteorological Services, will [...] Full text...

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Burundi to sign amendment to Montreal Protocol on Ozone

16 september 2019 - 20:15:30
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi is preparing to sign the amendment to the Montreal (Canada) Protocol on the Protection of [...] Full text...

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Basketball: U-17 BWB takes place 28-31 July

19 july 2019 - 14:54:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - From July 28 to 31, sixty basketball players, boys and girls aged 17 and under, from [...] Full text...

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Stress, overtime, disease contribute 2.8 million workers’ deaths per year – ILO report

19 april 2019 - 11:35:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Stress, excessively-long working hours and disease contribute to the deaths of nearly 2.8 million workers every [...] Full text...

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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

28 february 2019 - 12:55:21
Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – The sign-post is hard to miss on the narrow highway linking Ukunda, a small resort town [...] Full text...

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Healing of ozone layer gives hope for climate action: UN report

06 november 2018 - 05:54:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The findings of a new UN-backed report, released on Monday, showing the ongoing healing of the [...] Full text...

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Now is a ‘pivotal time for climate action’ says UN chief, looking to ozone layer gains

17 september 2018 - 01:41:58
New York, US (PANA) - With record-breaking heat once again enveloping the earth this year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...

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UN underscores need to celebrate indigenous peoples, not confine them

10 august 2018 - 05:48:46
New York, US (PANA) - Celebrating some 370 million indigenous people across 90 countries, marches, ceremonies and a host of [...] Full text...

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Top Caliph calls for nuclear disarmament 'as third world war' looms

03 august 2018 - 14:11:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has urged world [...] Full text...

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Drones ready to join fight against deadly diseases – UN agency

20 april 2018 - 06:12:15
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Robotics may soon be a critical ally in the fight against disease-spreading bugs, a United Nations [...] Full text...

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IAEA chief urges greater access to cancer diagnosis, prevention, treatment services

02 february 2018 - 20:32:53
Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Millions of people suffering from cancer in developing countries still lack access to effective prevention, screening, [...] Full text...

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Austria: IAEA opens new lab to boost UN efforts to keep harmful insects at bay

26 september 2017 - 06:45:04
Vienna, Austria (PANA) – The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday opened the doors of a new [...] Full text...

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US: ICRC boss urges all countries to sign treaty on prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

20 september 2017 - 11:21:58
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr Peter Maurer, has [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Countries urged to reap benefits of food trade by setting standards

13 july 2017 - 06:29:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 'Restrict use of sunbeds to reduce rising skin cancer' - WHO

22 june 2017 - 06:21:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has underscored national actions to limit the use of artificial [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Montreal Protocol marks milestone with first ratification of Kigali amendment

03 april 2017 - 17:46:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global efforts to protect the climate and the ozone layer have received a boost with the [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says early cancer diagnosis, better trained medics save lives

03 february 2017 - 19:57:35
New York, US (PANA) - Early cancer diagnosis saves lives and cuts treatment costs, particularly in developing countries where the [...] Full text...

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US: 'Halt proliferation of weapons of mass destruction' - UN Security Council

16 december 2016 - 05:54:49
New York, US (PANA) - Expressing concern over the threat of terrorism and the risk that non-State actors may acquire [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Amended Montreal Protocol to be signed on Friday

14 october 2016 - 06:15:39
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The ratification of the amended Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone layer is expected [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Montreal Protocol ministerial meeting to focus on Ozone

12 october 2016 - 13:23:48
KIgali, Rwanda (PANA) - The 28th annual ministerial meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, scheduled to open on [...] Full text...

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UN: IAEA database highlights global disparities in access to cancer care

29 september 2016 - 14:19:20
New York, US (PANA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a revamped global database which highlights startling [...] Full text...

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UN: IAEA promotes peaceful application of nuclear science, technology

06 june 2016 - 17:00:54
New York, US (PANA) - UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano on Monday said the agency’s activities [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges governments to reverse environmental degradation

19 may 2016 - 18:37:48
New York, US (PANA) - The environment is deteriorating faster than previously thought, making it imperative that governments act now [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Limited registration of voters, attack at radio station reported in Ghana

30 april 2016 - 05:37:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The commencement of an exercise to update the voters’ register, the Electoral Commission’s launch of a [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Unhealthy environments cause 12.6 million deaths each year - WHO

15 march 2016 - 10:13:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa leads the way with solar power projects

04 march 2016 - 11:12:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two massive solar power projects in South Africa’s Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO to provide expertise to help curb spread of Zika virus

10 february 2016 - 06:09:20
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Under the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations system, including the UN [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana urged to invest in solar energy

23 october 2015 - 07:34:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has been urged to explore solar power and stop grappling with persistent electricity shortage. Senegalese banker [...] Full text...

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UN: Countries charged to improve global emergency preparedness, response

19 october 2015 - 21:01:33
New York, US (PANA) - National-level response plans in preparedness need to be in line with international safety standards and [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief tasks governments on protecting Earth

16 september 2015 - 16:22:16
New York, US (PANA) - A political commitment to manage hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol, an environmental success that agreed [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Nuclear power plant ambition gains momentum

11 september 2015 - 21:16:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2022 is gaining momentum with last week’s [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief stresses need to achieve nuclear-weapon-free world

09 august 2015 - 18:24:05
New York, US (PANA) - Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Cricket legend dies at 66

28 july 2015 - 11:56:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African cricket captain Clive Rice, who was once rated as the top [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Senegal’s tsetse fly eradication project wins award for best sustainable practices

24 july 2015 - 18:46:30
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A project in Senegal to eradicate tsetse flies that is jointly supported by the [...] Full text...

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UN: Benefits of mammograms outweigh adverse effects for older women – UN agency

05 june 2015 - 07:56:30
New York, US (PANA) - A group of 29 independent experts from 16 countries, convened by the specialized cancer agency [...] Full text...

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UN: FAO-backed study on fruit flies prompts better pest controls

28 october 2014 - 18:10:17
New York, US (PANA) - A new study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has shown that what [...] Full text...

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US: Officials hail progress in reducing damage to Ozone layer

17 september 2014 - 08:44:06
New York, US (PANA) - UN officials have hailed the progress made in reducing the damage to the Ozone layer [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 'Mobile radiation levels within the safety limits'

28 april 2014 - 14:13:25
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Information and Communications Technology Minister, Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, said on Monday that the amount of [...] Full text...

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Italy/FAO: Tsetse fly genome breakthrough brings hope for African farmers

25 april 2014 - 13:25:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the bloodsucking tsetse fly, prompting hope that the breakthrough [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Focus on Vector-Borne Diseases on World Health Day

07 april 2014 - 13:01:42
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, said here Monday that mosquitoes remained [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Nigeria to harness nuclear energy for development'

24 march 2014 - 16:57:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Monday reaffirmed his country's full commitment to the global effort against the [...] Full text...

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Beyond World Cancer Day: Raising awareness, dispelling myths about cancer (WHO Features)

28 february 2013 - 16:16:52
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An anonymous cancer patient in Brazzaville, Congo, once declared during a treatment session: “Given the fact [...] Full text...

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'People living near high voltage power lines susceptible to cancer'

30 december 2012 - 12:19:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has warned that people who live under or close to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's meteorological agency warns of 'hot and dry' harmattan season

28 november 2012 - 22:01:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the dry season begins in Nigeria, the country's meteorological agency has warned citizens to prepare [...] Full text...

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South Africa to sign host agreement on AU nuclear ban body

29 july 2012 - 08:04:32
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is in negotiations with South Africa on the terms of hosting [...] Full text...

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UN strengthens regulations on melamine, seafood, melons, dried figs and labelling

05 july 2012 - 09:49:21
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN food standards body has agreed on new regulations -- including the maximum level of [...] Full text...

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Egyptian national awarded 2012 Innovation Prize for Africa

27 march 2012 - 08:20:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An Egyptian professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Mohamed Sanad, has been awarded [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for early diagnosis to curb cancer deaths

04 february 2012 - 09:53:59
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said that early diagnosis was the key to [...] Full text...

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CCK postpones switch off date for users of fake mobile phones in Kenya

21 december 2011 - 19:34:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has again extended the deadline to switch off subscribers using [...] Full text...

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French nuclear energy group, AREVA, sets up health centre in Niger

08 december 2011 - 13:41:11
Paris, France (PANA) - AREVA, the French group specializing in nuclear energy, has announced the creation of a health centre [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe suffers record high temperatures

25 october 2011 - 13:52:38
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Tuesday recorded its highest temperatures in nearly 50 years, with most parts of the country [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian papers focus on fish imported from Japan, furor in Parliament

30 july 2011 - 10:09:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Fears about radiation-contaminated fish imported from Japan and squabbles in the National Assembly after [...] Full text...

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Tanzania advises travelers to postpone trips to Japan

15 march 2011 - 20:45:30
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Authorities here Tuesday advised Tanzanians planning to travel to Japan to put off their [...] Full text...

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World Cancer Day: Sambo says knowledge, awareness key to battling cancer

04 february 2011 - 10:51:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - On the occasion of the World Cancer Day being observed worldwide 4 Feb., WHO Regional Director [...] Full text...

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UNEP to release study to combat global warming

06 october 2010 - 14:29:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said it would release one case study daily for 30 [...] Full text...

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IAEA says 10 million people face cancer threats

29 april 2010 - 18:06:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said tha t more than 10 million people [...] Full text...

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French firm to investigate impact of uranium mining in Gabon

17 april 2010 - 11:43:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The French group Areva, which specializes in nuclear energy, plans to set up a health institute [...] Full text...

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Mauritania sets up Nuclear Safety Authority

19 march 2010 - 17:07:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has set up a Radiation Protection, Safety and Nuclear Security Authority, according to [...] Full text...

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Mauritania sets up Nuclear Safety Authority

19 march 2010 - 16:39:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has set up a Radiatio n Protection, Safety and Nuclear Security Authority, according [...] Full text...

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IAEA officials in Zimbabwe for nuclear talks

27 october 2009 - 08:05:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Officials from the nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrived in Zimbabwe Tuesday for [...] Full text...

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IAEA trains regulators from 14 African nations

07 october 2009 - 08:52:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Vienna, Austria-based International Atomic Energy Ag ency (IAEA) has started the training of regulators from [...] Full text...

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US, Morocco sign agreement on nuclear, radioactive emergencies

16 september 2009 - 17:43:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Morocco and the US have signed a statement of intent on co operation in preparation [...] Full text...

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UNESCO launches International Year of Astronomy

09 january 2009 - 17:49:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Year of Astronomy will be launched at U NESCO headquarters here between 15 and [...] Full text...

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