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- 02-09-2001 - Chad's camel schools
- It might not be the usual kind of classroom, but Chad is planning to revive the school-on-a-camel idea. A teacher travels on a camel with a nomadic community so that the children can receive schooling throughout the year
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- 1996-09-07 - You're in for a humpy ride
- Jack Barker saddles up for the six-mile Camel Derby - the big racing fixture in northern Kenya, where the essential skill is endurance.
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- 1997-08 - Camel-Racing in Berlin?
- By Corinna Matthies. It's neither a tale of the Arabian Nights nor is it a mirage: where elegant thoroughbreds sprint down the track today, camels might soon be racing each other. The European premiere of camel-racing, which has been a popular sport in the Arab world for generations, could kick off in Berlin in August.
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- 1998-01-19 - Rift Valley fever: the background
- Monday, January 19, 1998 Published at 13:20 GMT from BBC News: Sci/Tech. Red Cross officials say the outbreak of deadly Rift Valley Fever in Kenya has now spread from the north east to parts of the coast and central provinces.They say the numbers who have died from the disease may be double the government figure of 350 since late last year. Graham Easton of BBC Science has this report on the outbreak, and the nature of the disease.
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- 1998-04-02 - Bangladeshi child jockeys sent home
- Thursday, April 2, 1998 Published at 14:12 GMT 15:12 UK from BBC News: World: S/W Asia. Authorities in India have sent home a group of Bangladeshi children who they suspect were to be smuggled to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, to act as jockeys in camel races.
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- 1998-04-10 - Drunk in charge of a camel
- Friday, April 10, 1998 Published at 17:24 GMT 18:24 UK from BBC News: World: Asia-Pacific. The first Australian man to have been charged of being drunk in charge of a camel, Richard Church, has become something of a celebrity in the central Australian outback.
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- 1998-04-17 - The seamy side of camel racing
- Friday, April 17, 1998 Published at 13:34 GMT 14:34 UK from BBC News. The plight of children from South Asia forced to become jockeys in camel races in the Middle East has recently received international attention. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge reports from India, cruelty to the youngsters involved has been denounced and there are increasing efforts to protect vulnerable children.
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- 1998-07-29 - Camels give disease the hump
- Wednesday, July 29, 1998 Published at 10:11 GMT 11:11 UK from BBC Newswire: Health. Camels, the ancient ships of the desert and modern tourist attraction, could have another job title added to their list - that of life-savers.
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- 1998-09-02 - Kuwait to control wandering camels
- Wednesday, September 2, 1998 Published at 12:30 GMT 13:30 UK from BBC News: Middle East. The authorities in Kuwait are adopting stricter measures to control stray camels after a series of accidents caused by the beasts roaming on to highways.
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- 1998-09-28 - Zoo trespassers tried riding camels
- Five University of Cincinnati students were charged with trespassing Sunday after they allegedly entered the Cincinnati Zoo and attempted to help themselves to some free camel rides
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- 1999-05-30 - Saudi Arabia lifts livestock ban
- Sunday, May 30, 1999 Published at 11:32 GMT 12:32 UK from BBC News: World: Middle East. Saudi Arabia has lifted a sixteen-month ban on livestock imports from several countries in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.
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- 1999-26-5 - From Alice to Arabia
- Australia's camels, sturdy South Asian creatures honed by the outback, have gone from hauling cargo to piggy-backing tourists.
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- 2000-03-02 - Camels Wrapped Up in Red Tape
- Camels wrapped up in red tape. From the BBC News - Europe. Three camels from Kazakhstan have been ordered to be destroyed after spending weeks in Belarus, held up by bureaucratic wrangling.
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- 2000-04 - Camel/Lama Cross
- By Paul Taylor. On January 14, 1998, two branches of the camelid family that had been genetically separated for millions of years, converged to create "Rama the Cama".
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- 2000-04-29 - Why it's all-white for some
- ARIEL the baby albino camel was all alone in the world after being rejected by his mother because of his white coat. Instead of joining the rest of the eight-strong herd at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, it seemed the calf might have to fend for himself. But now two-week-old Ariel, just 4ft tall, has a surrogate mother.
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- 2000-05-09 - Camels may hold key to preventing famine caused by drought
- MATTHEW KALMAN: Special to the Globe and Mail. Negev Desert, Israel -- An Israeli veterinary expert is planning a camel farm in a joint venture with Jordan that he believes will prove that the animal can solve hunger problems in areas of the world plagued by drought.
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- 2000-06-13 - 3 Are Arrested for Smuggling Child Jockeys
- From Tribune News Services. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Pakistani authorities said Monday they had broken an international ring that smuggled children to serve as camel jockeys in Persian Gulf states and arrested three gang members.
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- 2000-06-24 - Lulu, Queen of the desert
- Dr Lulu Skidmore has come a long way from her Pony Club childhood in Suffolk. These days she breeds racing camels for the Crown Prince of Dubai, and explores the frontiers of animal genetics (bred Rama the cama). Lucy Cavendish visits her.
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- 2000-08-09 - Camels gave Benicia legend and more
- BENICIA - In 1855, the United States was expanding rapidly into lands taken from Mexico during the war between those countries. The U.S. secretary of war, Jefferson Davis, got an idea for carrying military supplies across the deserts, mountains and badlands that blocked the path of anyone trying to reach the Pacific Coast: camel caravans
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- 2000-08-30 - Camel compensation for lost teeth
- By Mannir Dan-Ali in Lagos - BBC News. The judge in an Islamic court in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Sokoto has ordered a man to pay 50 camels as compensation to his wife, who lost 10 of her teeth as a result of a battering from him.
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- 2001-02-26 - Illegally Trafficked Children Used As Camel Jockeys In Qatar
- Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Young boys, many from poor African and South Asian countries, are being illegally brought into the Gulf state of Qatar to be trained and used as camel jockeys, despite laws in that country that prohibit human trafficking and child labor, according to a published report.
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- 2001-09-07 - Sunset Looms for Africa's Salt Trekkers
- High up on his camel, Adam Mahamoudane surveys the scene below him. The dry, sandy riverbed is a sea of color. Some 60 camels mill about, stirring up the dust and leaving apple-shaped footprints in the sand, while riders rest on their haunches in the shade of acacia trees.
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- 2001-12-14 - Camel Races Held In Sultan Qaboos's Honour
- Ibri - Sayyid Ali bin Hamoud al Busaidy, Minister of Interior, presided over a thoroughbred Arab camel race here yesterday in honour of the presence of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos in the wilayat of Ibri
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