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Radiated tortoises, originally a native species of southern Madagascar, are on display during an annual flora and fauna expo in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 29, 2010. (Dita Alangkara/AP)
August 21, 2023, 11:31 am
Madagascar sentences Israeli caught smuggling tortoises to two years
Man stopped with 59 rare reptiles in his suitcase; attorney says crowdfunding campaign to pay legal fees failed but hopes for release on appeal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Malaysian Customs official holds an exotic tortoise smuggled from Madagascar at a news conference at Customs office in Sepang, Malaysia, on May 15, 2017. (Daniel Chan/AP)
August 3, 2023, 1:17 pm
Israeli held for weeks in Madagascar on suspicion of trying to smuggle out tortoises
Man caught with 59 specimens of rare valuable species in his suitcase, claims he didn’t know it was illegal; Foreign Ministry reportedly working to improve detention conditions
By ToI Staff
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina drinks a sample of the "Covid Organics" or CVO remedy at a launch ceremony in Antananarivo on April 20, 2020. "Covid Organics" or CVO is a remedy produced by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA) created from the Artemisia plant and is claimed to help prevent coronavirus Covid-19 infection. (RIJASOLO / AFP)
April 22, 2020, 3:43 am
Madagascar president claims herbal tea remedy for coronavirus
Announcing the brew, Andry Rajoelina drinks a bottle of ‘Covid-Organics,’ which he says has already cured 2 people; scientists warn of risks from untested herbal concoctions
By AFP
Illustrative: A small boat out at sea (Creative-Family/iStock)
December 27, 2017, 8:34 pm
Polish man, and cat, rescued after 7 months drifting in Indian Ocean
Sailor says he and his pet survived on half a packet of Chinese soup per day, plus what he caught fishing
By AFP
Elysha Netsarh visiting the US from Madagascar to speak about the Jewish community there. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
December 7, 2016, 9:12 am
In Madagascar, ‘world’s newest Jewish community’ seeks roots
After 121 Malagasies converted to Judaism, all that remained was to build a religious infrastructure. Now, the community seeks funds abroad to establish itself
By Josefin Dolsten
Some of the Malagasy Jews-by-choice in Madagascar see the practice of Judaism as a return to their roots and an overthrowing of the last vestiges of colonialism. (Deborah Josefson)
June 6, 2016, 2:25 am
In remote Madagascar, a new community chooses to be Jewish
After years of self-study and correspondence with rabbis in Israel, 121 Malagasies converted to Judaism, pray in Sephardic-accented Hebrew and strictly observe Sabbath and holidays
By Deborah Josefson
Pedro Opeka and Henri Cohen Solal (Simona Weinglass/The Times of Israel)
December 13, 2015, 9:51 pm
Israeli psychoanalyst and Argentine priest unite to help at-risk kids
Having met in Madagascar at a ‘kibbutz’ for the disadvantaged, the two realized they shared a belief in unconditional love for society’s most marginalized people
By Simona Weinglass
In this Sunday, March 21, 2010 file photo, shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires burning outside family huts at an Mbuti pygmy hunting camp in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve outside the town of Epulu, Congo. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell,File)
December 6, 2015, 6:10 am
At climate talks, African nations pledge to restore forests
Tropical deforestation said to produce 15 percent of carbon emissions; states seek to restore 386,000 square miles by 2030
By LYNSEY CHUTEL
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