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Bollywood News
City celebrates Africa Day with dance, music
New York Daily News
The motive behind the event was to build bridges between African and Indian youths, organisers said. The evening saw unique performances by band Indian Ocean, African dance group Horn of Africa, andchildren from a hip hop group from Delhi named ...
Africa Day celebrated with music and danceZee News

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Lobster-sized shrimp moving into NC waters
WCNC
There has been an ominous spike in catches here and across the Southeast of Asian tiger shrimp, a Pacific and Indian Ocean species that can grow more than a foot long and weigh nearly a pound. Throughout the shrimp's new range along the Gulf Coast and ...

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The Hindu
I'll come back to Zanzibar...
The Hindu
Being a history buff, I knew that as early as 8th century AD, Arabs from present day Oman migrated to Zanzibar, an Indian Ocean island near mainland Africa, to grow and trade in spices. Eventually the island became the hub of global spice trade, ...


 
Boat Tragedy Off Indian Ocean Island Highlights Dangers of Irregular Migration
AllAfrica.com
Paris, France — The UN refugee agency expressed sadness on Tuesday after at least five people, including three children, drowned when a small motorized boat sank off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Nineteen people were rescued and ...

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Globe and Mail
Indian Ocean piracy impacting on the real economy
Creamer Media's Engineering News
“Our people need to understand the challenges we face at sea,” affirmed South African Navy Chief Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu in his closing address to the 2012 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), in Cape Town, in April. “All of us– we're not safe ...
EU carries out strikes on Somali piratesUSA TODAY
EU forces strike at Somali pirates land basesZee News
EU carries out first air strikes on Somali piratesAtlanta Journal Constitution
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Boat Tragedy Off Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte
AllAfrica.com
More than 20 people are dead or missing after a small motorized boat carrying around 40 people sank on Saturday off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. The boat had set sail from the island of Anjouan in the Comoros Islands.
Boat tragedy off Indian Ocean island highlights dangers of irregular migrationReuters AlertNet

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Independent Online
Mauritius Set to Announce Second Carnival in the Vanilla Islands
TravelVideo.tv (press release)
(eTN) – It is reported from Mauritius that they will soon be announcing a second Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Carnival to be in Mauritius. Although invited to participate in the carnival with Seychelles and La Reunion this year that was held in ...
Mauritius sees balance of payments surplus halvedIndependent Online

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