- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community by A_sharmila http://a_sharmila.instablogs.com/ - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://a_sharmila.instablogs.com/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:15:57 +0000 High turnout in Mozambique vote http://a_sharmila.instablogs.com/entry/high-turnout-in-mozambique-vote/ http://a_sharmila.instablogs.com/entry/high-turnout-in-mozambique-vote/ Sharmila

A big turnout is being reported in Mozambique as people queue to vote in an election for a new president, parliament and regional assemblies. The BBC’s Jose Tembe in Maputo says there is an air of excitement - a marked difference to 2004...

]]> A big turnout is being reported in Mozambique as people queue to vote in an election for a new president, parliament and regional assemblies.

The BBC’s Jose Tembe in Maputo says there is an air of excitement - a marked difference to 2004 when only 34% of those eligible cast their vote.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:15:57 +0000 votingelectionspresident Outreach Forbidden in Africa's Comoros - 98% Muslim http://a_sharmila.instablogs.com/entry/outreach-forbidden-in-africas-comoros-98-muslim/ http://a_sharmila.instablogs.com/entry/outreach-forbidden-in-africas-comoros-98-muslim/ Sharmila

The islands struggle between coups and unemployment leads to adoption of Islamic law. Many years ago the Comoros Islands were known for their exports of perfume essences, as well as vanilla and cloves. Also famous is the prehistoric deep sea fish...

]]> The islands struggle between coups and unemployment leads to adoption of Islamic law.
Many years ago the Comoros Islands were known for their exports of perfume essences, as well as vanilla and cloves. Also famous is the prehistoric deep sea fish known as the coelacanthe, thought to be long extinct, which was discovered off the coast earlier this century. Today, however, the Comoros have become the “Forgotten Islands.”

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