| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Plague of locusts infests Madagascar | | Half of Madagascar is infested by a plague of locusts, a crisis that officials warn could get worse -- spreading to two-thirds of the island nation and, without action, potentially lingering for 10 years -- without an immediate and effective response. |
| Mandela in hospital with lung infection | | Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital after a recurrence of lung infection, the South African president's office said Thursday. |
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