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AFRICA News, Sep 26, 2011

Britons accused of trying to join Somali militants
Telegraph.co.uk
In Somalia, they have been joining up with al-Shabaab, a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda in East Africa and there are concerns that they could return to Britain to launch attacks. The latest arrests involved three men who were detained for ...
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White first. African second
News24
Did you see Stats SA's latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for 2011? Did AfriForum tell its supporters that the year-on-year unemployment rate of white people was the only population group to have decreased? Did you explain to them that 30% of adult ...
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Africa Faces 'Considerable Risks' From Global Downturn
International Monetary Fund
However, recent developments in the global economy posed downside risks to sub-Saharan Africa, particularly through heightened pressures on the balance of payments, reduced export demand, and declining government revenue. “The risks are even greater ...
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D.C. parents raise concerns about middle schools
Washington Post
The list of after-school clubs includes international cooking, African drumming, gardening, Scrabble and Gay-Straight Alliance. This fall, the school has 1014 students in a building designed for 980. How middle schools in the District compare in math ...
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THE POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Arms deal, police leases take centre stage
Business Day
Commentators argue that the terms of reference of the arms deal inquiry could be crucial, and depending on their scope, could even implicate senior African National Congress (ANC) and government leaders, including Mr Zuma himself and possibly former ...
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Alvarez: The view from Spain
ESPN
Read » This week's Africa Report offers advice Bob Bradley as he prepares to take on the Egypt job. Read » Chelsea's missed chances hand Manchester United sole leadership of the Premier League. Read » Premier Fantasy returns for another campaign, ...
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They don't have EA-style democracy! (Pssst...
East African
By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi (email the author) On June 15, President Omar al-Bashir of the Republic of Sudan wrote to his Burundian counterpart, Pierre Nkurunziza, the current chairperson of the Summit of East African Community Heads of State. ...
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Under pressure
Fin24
Evoking memories of 2008 when investors offloaded emerging assets for more liquid securities such as US Treasuries, this latest wave of foreign-led selling has been especially punishing on recentmarket darlings Indonesia, South Korea and Russia. ...
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Authoritative women have less sex, says study
HealthJockey.com
In an investigation done in Sub-Saharan Africa by experts from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, it came to light that women who had the final say in varied matters of the house apparently did not indulge in sex often. ...
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Wales can 'put Namibia to sword'
BBC News
Hook replaced his fellow former Osprey in that game and wore the 15 jersey for the 17-16 defeat by South Africa and 17-10 win over Samoa. Leigh Halfpenny came off when Hook suffered his latest shoulder injury and turned the game in Wales' favour with a ...
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Kenyan banks' figures 'too good to be true'
East African
“A more open disclosure by the banks about the impact of the recent movement in interest rates would have certainly contributed to the discussion on the party and the hangover,” said Cannon Asset Managers in their latest market outlook report. ...
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New Boom Reshapes Oil World, Rocks North Dakota
NPR
But for Featheringill, it was just the latest in a string of bad luck. "We made a decision," he says. "We decided to pick up and move in about three days. Packed all our stuff up in storage. Drove 24 straight hours on I-29, and made it to Williston ...
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Migrants Abused at the EU Border
Islam Online
As many as 2500 illegal immigrants a week are flooding into the EU from North Africa through Italy, the European Union's border protection agency has revealed. Europe's border police force has been knowingly aiding the serial abuse of migrants during ...
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Afghan endgame: As Americans retreat, India needs plan B
Rediff
Things are so bad that the New York Times, which is essentially the voice of the US establishment and therefore generally supportive of Pakistan, has seen fit to thunder in an editorial titled The Latest Ugly Truth About Pakistan that something must be ...
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Convict couldn't handle being free
Houston Chronicle
Released in April after years of incarceration, he could not adjust. â€Å“Everything had gone fast forward without me,†he said in a recent interview at Bexar County Jail. Church, 46, admits he did it. He already has pleaded guilty to arson and is ...
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Retail sector expects slim growth
Malaysia Star
In a recent report, Credit Suisse AG expects the 2011 gross domestic product in Malaysia to drop to 4.6% from 5.3% as the Western world is plunging into a recession, with Asia remaining highly sensitive to economic developments in the United States and ...
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Media Monkey's Diary
The Guardian (blog)
And this intriguing clash might well spell doom for "soft current affairs" such as the recenttravelogues of Dimbleby, Simon Reeve (Africa) and Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt (India). Which is likely to mean that the world beyond Europe and North ...
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Pepe Escobar: The West and the Rest in a One-Model-Fits-All World
History News Network
It could open up its societies, economies, and cultures to China, India, and Russia, while pushing southern Europe to connect far more deeply with a rising Turkey, the rest of the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa (and not via further NATO ...
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Obama to Congressional Black Caucus: 'March with me'
Washington Post (blog)
... numbers among African Americans have also taken a sharp dive in recent polls. The latestWashington Post-ABC News poll found 58 percent of blacks say they have “strongly favorable” views of the president, down from 83 percent just five months ago. ...
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Schools supplying most All Blacks, Dan Carter's goal-kicking and Elton Jantjies
ESPNScrum.com
It was mentioned in a recent column that the All Blacks had failed to score in only eight Tests. What's the corresponding figure for South Africa? Johannes Gouws, SouthAfrica New Zealand's Dan Carter lines up a kick , New Zealand v Tonga , Rugby ...
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Bankie Banx delivers at Red Bones
Jamaica Observer
It's the senior Banks' latest album being recorded at the studio of engineer Steven Stanley, on which the junior Banks provided background vocals as well as his a song titled Move On. "I love to involve my kids with what I am doing if they want to. ...
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Pressure needed to end child soldier use: France
AsiaOne
"In Africa's Great Lakes region, we have cooperation attaches in place who specialize in devising policies geared toward the demobilization of child soldiers," Zimeray said. Such policies include training for soldiers and officials in the tenets of ...
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NUTS: Facebook Reveals New Features, HP Gets New CEO
Business Insider
Facebook revealed new features to up the ante against Google+, while HP rethought its recentdirection and replaced its CEO. News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events on in the mobile industry. Want the news but don't want it ...
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Central Queensland can point to awards successes, says The Ear
Courier Mail
THE Central Queensland NRL franchise group pointed out recent league awards were a good guide to the area's depth. Former CQU Norths Chargers player Javarn White, who now plays with Norths, won The Courier-Mail Best and Fairest Medal. ...
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'Dolphin Tale' Producer Says About Morgan Freeman's Anti-Tea Party Remarks: “I ...
Deadline.com
Much of the African American Community refuses to call out Louis Farrakhan, another rabid anti-semite. I don't recall one black politician or celebrity speaking out about the recent racially motivated mob attacks by blacks upon whites at various ...
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Standard Chartered discusses importance of electronic banking solutions for ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
(Source: Middle East Company News)Standard Chartered held today, a client conference to discusslatest innovations in the field of electronic financial solutions and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) under the title "Delivering Seamless Integration ...
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