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To match feature ENVIRONMENT-KENYA/FOREST
02 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Farmers who live on disputed land at the Mau forest seek shelter from the rain in a makeshift teahouse August 26, 2008. A familiar Kenyan saga of corruption, illegal landgrabbing and the use of state resources to buy electoral votes has destroyed a quarter of the 400,000 hectare forest in the last decade with an impact that could be felt as far away as Egypt. Picture taken August 26, 2008. To match feature ENVIRONMENT-KENYA/FOREST REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (KENYA)
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Egyptian Special Forces check their bags at a military airport near Cairo September 29, 2008. Eleven European tourists and eight Egyptians abducted in a remote border area of Egypt have been ...




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