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The Music for Malindi CD will be officially launched on Friday December 18 at 8pm.

Local volunteers who set up training projects in bee keeping and honey production for farmers in southern Malawi in Africa recently returned from a five week assignment there assessing existing projects.

A young Galway woman died of natural causes while holidaying in Cameroon, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The African country of Ethiopia consistently ranks among the poorest in the world. Since 1984, when pictures of desperate famine raced around the world, the country has become a byword for poverty. But when journalist Liam Horan visited recently with Irish humanitarian agency Self Help Africa, he was pleasantly surprised to find many signs of progress. Here he focuses on the work of the agency as it tries to bring about improvements in the lives of people accustomed to living on the edge.

Two man charged with robbery in relation to the death of popular Galway photographer Trent Keegan have been acquitted by a court in Nairobi, prompting fears in Mr Keegan’s family that his killers may never be brought to justice.

Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other in New York in 1947. He is the eldest son of America's most beloved singer/writer/philosopher Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional dancer.

The body of a young Galway woman discovered in Cameroon almost a week ago, was flown home to Ireland yesterday.

Cinemobile, Ireland’s mobile cinema, will be making its first visit to Crossmolina on Monday and Tuesday January 26 and 27 at Fagan’s Car Park. On Tuesday at 11am Cinemobile will be screening The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Pupils from nearby schools are invited to view this timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found by ringing the number below. Children’s films The Tale of Despereaux and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will also be screened and the teen favourite Twilight. Free phone on 1800 924 949 for movie listings and times, telephone (091) 751 629 or log on to www.cinemobile.net for further information

A group of Kilkenny volunteers are setting out for Kenya in Africa this weekend where they plan to build a a secondary school/ training centre in the city of Mombasa with the Building of Hope project.

Honourable, brave, decisive, and a fierce love for his country, these are all the qualities of the very complicated and heroic Col Claus Von Stauffenberg who dared to attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, however, Tom Cruise’s performance takes away from the otherwise good plot line.