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AfricaNewsOne of Africa's hottest and sensational models is in the making. At age 21, Ghanaian-born Sarah Siakie, is already making waves in New York, USA where she is based. The architecture student is crazy about modeling and is on the verge of realizing her dreams after winning a competition that guaranteed her a place to audition with producers of America's Next Top Model reality show.Suave Siakie is talented, successful, and has a sparkling personality that can grace the covers of top class fashion magazines globally. The photogenic modeling star is never afraid to fail and looks forward to impress at the show which has gained worldwide respect.
AfricaNews-A man in Kwa Kwa village in Mbonge sub-division in the South West region of Cameroon has reportedly been roasted to death for allegedly killing his girlfriend Akwe Angeline Tenjoh.Local newspaper, The Sun, quotes some villagers as saying the man, whose only name was given as Elias had impregnated the girl but neglected her and engaged himself with a housewife under the suspicion of Akwe.
VOANews-Australia's Conservative opposition is planning to reopen a controversial refugee camp on the tiny South Pacific island of Nauru to deter a steady flow of asylum seekers arriving by boat. Asylum is emerging as one of the key election issues ahead of the August 21 poll. The steady flow of asylum seekers arriving in Australia's northern waters in recent months has made immigration a key issue in this year's federal election campaign.
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At least two employees of the US embassy in Paris, the French capital, are being treated for suspected poisoning after opening mail, it has been reported. Paul Patin, a spokesman for the US embassy, told reporters at the scene that a number of staff had been taken for medical check-ups on Friday after receiving a "suspicious" letter, but gave no further information. "We don't know if it was poison. 
Aljazeera-The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan has reached at least 313, Pakistani rescue and government officials said.More than a million people have also been affected by the floods that have bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides throughout the northwest of the country.Rescue workers were struggling to reach people who were stranded by the flooding, thought to be the worst in the region since 1929.Pakistani TV on Friday showed images of people clinging to fences and other stationary items as water gushed over their heads.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's government cannot afford pay demands from thousands of public service workers and hopes a deal can be reached next week before a strike widens to nearly a million workers, a minister said on Friday.Several thousand public servants stopped work on Thursday and union leaders said around a million workers could strike next week over wages.The labour action has had little impact so far on Africa's biggest economy but a broader strike including customs officers, healthcare workers and other state services could disrupt the economy.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to halt expulsions of Somalis to Mogadishu, rebuking the kingdom for deporting 1,000 a month by aircraft to the violent capital.Neighbouring countries should offer legal residence to Somali workers and asylum-seekers until it is safe to return to Mogadishu, where civilians are often targeted in the fighting between Somali forces and Islamist al Shabaab rebels, it said.
AfricaNews-Chad's Public Security Minister, Ahmat Mahamat Bashir, has banned the use of Land Cruiser pick-ups and reserved them "exclusively for military use," in a press statement on Tuesday following their frequent use by rebel forces to oppose the government of President Idriss Deby."Any ownership of an all-terrain Land Cruiser pick-up is banned across the territory except those owned by the administration, by NGOs, by diplomats and by traditional chiefs," he said."This decision stems from a choice made by the government to consider this type of truck as a vehicle reserved exclusively for military use and related purposes.”
