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		<title>L&#8217;ambassadeur d&#8217;Angola au Portugal pour la grande participation des États membres de la CPLP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisbonne, &#160;&#160;&#160; Lisbonne - L'ambassadeur d'Angola au Portugal, Marcos Barrica, a d&#233;fendu samedi dernier, &#224; Lisbonne (Portugal), une grande participation des &#201;tats membres de la Communication des Pays de Langue Portugai...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Lisbonne, <p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />Lisbonne - L'ambassadeur d'Angola au Portugal, Marcos Barrica, a d&eacute;fendu samedi dernier, &agrave; Lisbonne (Portugal), une grande participation des &Eacute;tats membres de la Communication des Pays de Langue Portugaise (CPLP) &agrave; l'application des r&eacute;solutions issues de diff&eacute;rentes r&eacute;unions.</p><p align="justify"><br />Le diplomate angolais a emis ce point de vue &agrave; la presse, dans le cadre de l'inauguration du nouveau si&egrave;ge de la Communaut&eacute;, pr&eacute;vue ce lundi.</p><p align="justify"><br />Dans cette perspective, a-t-il poursuivi, on esp&egrave;re qu'avec l'entr&eacute;e en fonctionnement du nouveau si&egrave;ge, la CPLP puisse accomplir les objectifs qui ont orient&eacute; sa cr&eacute;ation, fondamenetalement dans la poursuite de la promotion de la langue portugaise sur le plan mondial.</p><p align="justify"><br />Il a, d'autre part, indiqu&eacute; que l'Organisation devrait &ecirc;tre une v&eacute;ritable plateforme de concertation,&nbsp; non seulement des politiques, mais &eacute;galement des id&eacute;aux, dans le sens du d&eacute;veloppement social et &eacute;conomique, compte tenu de la d&eacute;vise &ldquo;Unit&eacute; dans la diversit&eacute;&rdquo;.</p><p align="justify">&nbsp;<br />Sur le travail r&eacute;alis&eacute; par l'Angola en tant pr&eacute;sident de la CPLP, Marcos Barrica a affirm&eacute; que &quot;bien que le pays ait la grande opportunit&eacute; d'inaugurer un nouveau si&egrave;ge pour l'Organisation durant son mandat, c'est l'un des piliers fondamentaux, vu qu'il pr&ecirc;te son exp&eacute;rience, principalement dans la r&eacute;solution de conflits, comme maintenant en Guin&eacute;e-Bissau, qui vit une p&eacute;riode troubl&eacute;e.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rohr satisfied with Gabon effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gabon coach Gernot Rohr is pleased with the co-hosts' performance despite their Nations Cup quarter-final exit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gabon coach Gernot Rohr is pleased with the co-hosts' performance despite their Nations Cup quarter-final exit.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Drought kills seals in Kilunda Lake in Luanda</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luanda , Luanda &#8211; Drought killed at least 12 seals in Kilunda Lake in Funda locality in Luanda.&#160;This was said to Angop on Monday by the head of Mukulo ward, Jos&#233; Paulo.&#160;According to him, drought of the referred lake happens due t...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Luanda , <p>Luanda &ndash; Drought killed at least 12 seals in Kilunda Lake in Funda locality in Luanda.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was said to Angop on Monday by the head of Mukulo ward, Jos&eacute; Paulo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>According to him, drought of the referred lake happens due to the interruption since last October of the entrance of the normal current of water from Bengo River.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He said that the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries and local administration of Cacuaco are informed about the situation.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diassonama theatre group to stage “entre um quarto e sala”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luanda , Luanda - Diassonama threatre group will exhibit on 10-12 February some of its plays entitled &#8220;entre um quarto e sala&#34;, &#8220;O mulherengo&#8221; and &#8220;Por amor&#8221;.&#160;This was said to Angop on Monday by the administrativ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Luanda , <p align="justify">Luanda - Diassonama threatre group will exhibit on 10-12 February some of its plays entitled &ldquo;entre um quarto e sala&quot;, &ldquo;O mulherengo&rdquo; and &ldquo;Por amor&rdquo;.</p><p align="justify">&nbsp;<br />This was said to Angop on Monday by the administrative director of the referred group, Jorge Teixeira.</p><p align="justify"><br />Diassonama group was founded in 1999 by youth linked to S&atilde;o Joaquim parish of the Catholic Church.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Former striker blames technical options for country&#8217;s failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luanda, Luanda &#8211; The former captain of the national senior males football squad, Alcebiades Maieco &#8220;Akw&#225;&#8221;, blamed Angola&#8217;s negative performance at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, happening in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Luanda, <p align="justify">Luanda &ndash; The former captain of the national senior males football squad, Alcebiades Maieco &ldquo;Akw&aacute;&rdquo;, blamed Angola&rsquo;s negative performance at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, happening in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, on coach Lito Vidigal&rsquo;s choice.</p><p align="justify"><br />Speaking at Angola National Radio sports channel, Akwa, the author of the goal which resulted in Angola&rsquo;s qualification for the Germany 2006 World Cup, added that the coach summoned players that are out of shape for the competition, instead of giving opportunity to <br />those in good shape.</p><p align="justify"><br />Reacting about Angola&rsquo;s elimination, at the first phase of Africa Cup of Nations, Akw&aacute; stressed that the defender Lunguinha from kabuscorp do Palanca and the midfielder Geraldo, playing for Curitiba of Brazil, as being the main absences from the squad.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buengas population gets several goods</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uíge, &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; U&#237;ge - The population of Buengas Municipality, northern Uije Province, benefited from several goods handed over by governor Paulo Pombolo, over the weekend.Amo...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Uíge, <p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />U&iacute;ge - The population of Buengas Municipality, northern Uije Province, benefited from several goods handed over by governor Paulo Pombolo, over the weekend.</p><p align="justify"><br />Among the goods are used clothes, rice, beans, cooking oil, radio sets, zing sheets, soap, cutlasses, blankets, hoes and professional kits.</p><p align="justify"><br />On the occasion, Paulo Pombolo said that the equipment will serve to lessen the difficulties facing the local population, guaranteeing their integration in the government&rsquo;s programme of Improving people&rsquo;s living conditions.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tocoist bishop calls for youth to transmit knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luanda, Luanda - The bishop of Our Lord Jesus Christ Church in the World (Tocoist Church), Afonso Nunes, appealed on Sunday in Luanda the youth of his church to transmit to other young people messages and principles that enable them to live in harmony ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Luanda, <p>Luanda - The bishop of Our Lord Jesus Christ Church in the World (Tocoist Church), Afonso Nunes, appealed on Sunday in Luanda the youth of his church to transmit to other young people messages and principles that enable them to live in harmony and peace, seeking for their studies and professionalisation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Afonso Nunes said so to the press, on the fringes of the closing ceremony of the second international conference of Tocoist youth, which started on January 31 and counted on the participation of 652 delegates from Angola, Portugal, Namibia, DR Congo, South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He said that with their professionalisation, the young people will have a better living conditions and only with hard work and study it will be possible to contribute to peace and development of the country.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>According to him, it is necessary to have faith in God for the building of a world of peace, where all people think on good things.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xá Muteba Municipality to gain agriculture institute</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xá Muteba, X&#225; Muteba &#8211; The governor of Lunda Norte Province, Ernesto Muangala, announced this Sunday in X&#225; Muteba Municipality the construction of the Agriculture Institute.&#160;The government official revealed the fact to residen...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Xá Muteba, <p>X&aacute; Muteba &ndash; The governor of Lunda Norte Province, Ernesto Muangala, announced this Sunday in X&aacute; Muteba Municipality the construction of the Agriculture Institute.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The government official revealed the fact to residents of the municipality during ceremony for the building of four T3 type houses and a health post in Samba locality, as part of the programme of integrated development and fight against poverty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the framework of the implementation of the programme to combat poverty, the governor said the location will also gain 200 houses this year.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This year, he said, we&rsquo;ll also see the rehabilitation of the road diversion of X&aacute; Muteba / Cuango / Cafunfo / Louremo and Mussuco, a distance of 130 kilometres and even the fifty-kilometres link between the municipal headquarters and&nbsp; Samba ward.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>President&#8217;s secretary works in Lunda Norte</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luanda, Luanda&#160; &#8211; A multi-sector delegation, led by the Angolan President&#8217;s secretary for social matters, Rosa Pacavira, is paying this Monday a 48-hourvisit to the eastern Lunda Norte province, aimed to check the implementation of the...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Luanda, <p>Luanda&nbsp; &ndash; A multi-sector delegation, led by the Angolan President&rsquo;s secretary for social matters, Rosa Pacavira, is paying this Monday a 48-hourvisit to the eastern Lunda Norte province, aimed to check the implementation of the programme to combat hunger and poverty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Speaking to Angop at Luanda&rsquo;s &ldquo;4 de Fevereiro&rdquo; International Airport, Rosa Pacavira said that during her stay in the region, she will attend the opening ceremony of the 2012 academic year in Lunda Norte province.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The source said that a local plan for combating hunger and poverty for 2012 will also be analysed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regarding the national programme to combat hunger and poverty, Rosa Pacavira said that it is on good way and she reaffirmed that a programme aimed for the construction of modular houses is underway the whole country.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lwini Fund official happy with show put up by Chinese disabled artists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luanda, Luanda&#160; &#8211; The vice chairwoman of the Lwini Foundation, Joana Lina, last Sunday here said the group of Chinese disabled artists put up an excellent show for Angolan public, especially for the children, at the Belas Conventions Centre....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Luanda, <p>Luanda&nbsp; &ndash; The vice chairwoman of the Lwini Foundation, Joana Lina, last Sunday here said the group of Chinese disabled artists put up an excellent show for Angolan public, especially for the children, at the Belas Conventions Centre.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Speaking to the press, at the end of the show, the Angolan official said the Chinese company conveys to the public its liveliness through its various artistic themes, an experience that can be used by Angola.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Joana Lina also revealed that the country has a lot of talented children, with whom the foundation can work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On his turn, the vice minister of Culture, Corn&eacute;lio Caley, stated that the show was a great lesson for Angolans.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have the opportunity to organise a show like that, so that others can also live the same emotion we experienced by watching this show&rdquo;, he said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Chinese artistic company, made up by 88 people, was created in 1987 with the aim of promoting the sense of equal opportunity through the arts.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>The show was witnessed by the vice president of the ruling MPLA party, Roberto de Almeida, MPs, the vice chairwoman of the Lwini Foundation, Joana Lina, and Chinese Embassy officials, among other personalities.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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