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Madagascar : Madagascar mutiny under control, says army
on 2012/7/23 11:10:00
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AFP
Madagascar's army said Sunday it had put down a mutiny in a military camp Sunday, after clashes in which at least three people were killed.

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Madagascar : Sapphire find sends panners into Madagascar lemur park
on 2012/7/23 11:00:00
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20120723
AFP
Knee-deep in muddy water, a 10-year-old child and a woman with braided hair lean over a large sieve, washing earth and rocks, their eyes clenched against the filthy splashing water.

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Madagascar : Madagascar army mutineers take over military base
on 2012/7/23 11:00:00
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AP
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A group of mutinous soldiers in Madagascar took over a military camp near the Indian Ocean island's main airport on Sunday and shot an army officer sent in to negotiate their surrender, the Defense Ministry said.

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Madagascar : Madagascar military quells soldiers' mutiny
on 2012/7/23 11:00:00
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20120723
AP
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A group of mutinous soldiers in Madagascar took over a military camp near the Indian Ocean island's main airport early Sunday, but were eventually driven out in an assault by government forces, the military said.

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Madagascar : Panners seek sapphires in Madagascar lemur haven
on 2012/7/23 11:00:00
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20120723
AFP
Knee-deep in muddy water, a 10-year-old child and a woman with braided hair lean over a large sieve, washing earth and rocks, their eyes clenched against the filthy splashing water.

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Madagascar : Madagascar rivals to meet next week
on 2012/7/22 11:17:30
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AFP
Madagascar's rival leaders will meet in the Seychelles next week, a source close to the talks said Saturday, in a bid to resolve the country's three-year-old political crisis.

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Madagascar : The Madagascans who really are saving the environment
on 2012/6/12 16:43:15
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AFP
With his hat pulled down low over his face, Mamy braved the autumnal winds and rain of the southern hemisphere to proudly point to a range of grey granite mountains in Madagascar.

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Madagascar : Thousands turn out for Madagascar opposition radio rally
on 2012/5/20 15:01:20
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AFP
Malagasy police made several arrests Saturday after using tear gas to break up an unauthorised protest of several thousand people who turned out to support opposition radio Free FM.

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Madagascar : Madagascar strongman says ready for accord with rival
on 2012/5/19 16:19:38
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AFP
Madagascar's strongman leader Andry Rajoelina said Friday he was ready to make a political agreement with the president he ousted ahead of new elections.

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Madagascar : Conjoined Madagascar twins die after operation
on 2012/3/24 10:48:17
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AFP
A pair of six-month-old conjoined twins who were connected at the stomach, sternum and liver have died in Madagascar two days after a marathon surgery to separate them, their doctor said Friday.

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Madagascar : Cyclone Giovanna kills 3 on Madagascar
on 2012/2/15 17:57:43
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AP
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Officials in Madagascar say a cyclone that hit the Indian Ocean island left three people dead.

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Madagascar : Exiled Madagascar ex-leader's wife barred from going home
on 2012/2/5 11:31:01
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AFP
The wife of ousted Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana was on Saturday blocked from returning home on a commercial flight from exile in South Africa, an airline spokeswoman said.

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Madagascar : Madagascar feared 'troubles' from ex-president's activists
on 2012/1/23 11:08:37
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AFP
Madagascar's authorities wanted a plane carrying former leader Marc Ravalomanana to land away from the capital so he could be arrested without trouble from his supporters, officials said.

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Madagascar : Madagascar: Coup leader wants to fly rival home
on 2012/1/23 11:07:40
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AP
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — After blocking an attempt by Madagascar's exiled president to fly to the Indian Ocean island, the man who ousted him says he wants to send a plane to South Africa to pick up Marc Ravalomanana and bring him home to be arrested.

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Madagascar : Madagascar police teargas ex-president's supporters
on 2012/1/18 12:25:38
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AFP
Madagascar police on Tuesday fired teargas to disperse a crowd of opposition supporters addressed by former president Albert Zafy in the capital city.

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Madagascar : Madagascar government resigns in line with road map
on 2011/10/18 16:57:46
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Reuters
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's interim government has resigned, a move required under the terms of a political road map signed by the Indian Ocean island's main political parties last month that paved the way for elections within a year.

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Madagascar : 32 candidats pour le poste du Premier ministre
on 2011/9/23 15:19:33
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Xinhua
ANTANANARIVO, 23 septembre (Xinhua) -- Trente deux candidats concourent actuellement au poste du Premier ministre de la Transition, suite à la signature de la feuille de route de sortie de crise le 17 septembre dernier, a rapporté vendredi le journal Midi Madagascar.

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Madagascar : Madagascar says will arrest former leader if he returns
on 2011/9/19 16:56:21
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Reuters
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar will arrest exiled former president Marc Ravalomanana if he returns to the Indian Ocean island, a senior cabinet minister said a day after signing a road map aimed at holding elections within a year.

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Madagascar : Madagascar leaders sign road map to elections
on 2011/9/17 17:09:48
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Reuters
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina bowed to foreign pressure on Saturday and signed a political road map that allows for the unconditional return of his exiled predecessor ahead of elections within a year, mediators and political parties said.

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Madagascar : Madagascar to reject return of political exiles
on 2011/6/14 18:45:14
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Reuters
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar will reject a call from southern African leaders to allow all political exiles, including former President Marc Ravalomanana, to return home to end a crisis, a government source said on Monday.

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