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26 November 2008

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Stories from 26 November 2008

Angola: Children as young as 6 face accusations of witchcraft

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

Children as young as six years old have been accused of witchcraft and abandoned, mistreated, tortured and even killed in Angola, where such accusations are deemed valid. Clara Onofre investigates this practice advised by members of illegal churches and seemingly not related to local peoples' historical traditions.

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Brazil: Over 80 deaths in the worst environmental tragedy

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America

Over 80 people have been killed in landslides and floods caused by heavy rain in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, and the death toll is rising by the minute, as rescue workers sift through the wreckage of the flooding that started at the weekend.

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Congratulations Pour in on Queen Rania's Youtube Award

Written by Mohammad Azraq · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers from across the Middle East and North Africa are tipping their hats to Jordan's Queen Rania, and her visionary initiative on YouTube, after she was awarded YouTube's first-ever Visionary Award for launching an interactive online channel to combat stereotypes and misconceptions associated with Arabs and Muslims.

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India: First photographs of Mumbai blasts on flickr

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

The first photographs from Mumbai on flickr are coming up. Vinu from Vinu's Online Cloud has uploaded a lot of photographs from the streets of Mumbai. MumbaiHelp is back online...

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India: Terror attacks continue in Mumbai

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

In what appears to be a surreal sense of reality, television channels are airing footage from the various places in Southern Mumbai that are being attacked. Ultrabrown writes - A...

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India: Blasts, Gunfire and Terror in Mumbai

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

In a series of blasts and shoot outs, the city of Mumbai appears to have come under attack. According to the news, there appear to be at least seven different...

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Updates from 26 November 2008

South Korea

Mahefa Rakotomalala writes at L'express de Madagascar that the alleged land deal with South Korean company Daewoo has been officially rejected by the Malagasy government. The minister of land reform explained in a press release to local newspapers that anyone can request to lease an unlimited amount of land but it has to be approved by the state cabinet (fr).

• Lova Rakotomalala