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In South Africa, about 150 km west of port Maputo, Mozambique, a giant stone city has been discovered. It became possible to determine the age of the site by measuring the erosion rate of the dolerite. The 1500 square kilometre metropolis was believed to have been built between 160,000 and 200,000 years ago!

Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban on Thursday, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 which spread through developing countries dependent on imports. The announcement by Vladimir Putin came as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation called an emergency meeting to discuss the wheat shortage, and riots in Mozambique left seven dead. The unrest in Maputo, in which 280 people were also injured, followed the government’s decision to raise bread prices by 30 per cent. Police opened fire on demonstrators after thousands turned out to protest against the price hikes,...

MAPUTO, Mozambique, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A 30 percent rise in bread prices triggered riots in Maputo, Mozambique, that killed at least seven people and injured 228, government officials said. The riots Wednesday and Thursday in the country's capital prompted fears that food protests could spread across poorer African countries relying on agricultural imports, similar to the riots of 2007-08, the Financial Times reported Thursday. Wheat prices rose in reaction to Russia's extension of its grain export ban for another year, increasing the potential of more riots over food shortages, officials said. "Bread is the key item in the basket...

Heidi Baker Emergency Update: She says bombs are hitting their church and their children's center with children in it—PRAY! NOTE FROM EDITORIAL STAFF [of The Elijah List http://www.elijahlist.com ]: We are all asking for you to please stop and pray right now, many precious people are in extreme danger! —Steve Shultz, Aimee Herd, Jessica L. Miller, Julie Smith, Terry Lea, Jeris Cribbs and all the Elijah List and Elijah Rain family. The following update was sent out by Iris Ministries. Heidi asked me to contact you for prayer as bombs have detonated in our capitol city Maputo, Mozambique. Three bombs...

Trickery and Deception Pushed Abortion-Promoting Maputo Plan Through African Union AU heads of state have never actually approved document; re-opening of discussion disallowed By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, August 23, 2007 (C-FAM.org) - In recent months abortion advocates have championed a document called the Maputo Plan of Action[2] as a regional victory in Africa in their work to achieve a universal right to abortion. While proponents of the Maputo Plan of Action present the document as a consensus document of the African Union (AU) the truth is far different. High level government officials have told the Friday Fax that AU...

Explosion of a deposit of weapons with Maputo: 72 died, 360 wounded MAPUTO - At least 72 people were killed and 360 wounded Thursday during the explosion of the largest deposit of weapons of Mozambique, close to the international airport to Maputo, one announced official source. “On the whole, it there has 72 died”, declared the Minister for Health Ivo Garrido on television national TVM. “There are approximately 360 wounded”, it added, specifying that it was about a provisional assessment. Explosions in series of bombs, mines and ammunition began little before fallen the night towards 18h00 (16h00 GMT) and...