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AFRICA News, Oct 09, 2011


S.Africa's ANC officials visit China - local papers
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG Oct 9 (Reuters) - High-ranking officials of South Africa's ruling ANC visited China this week, local media reported on Sunday, in what could be seen as the party's unreserved support for Beijing. African National Congress (ANC) officials ...
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South Africa 9 Australia 11: match report
Telegraph.co.uk
Read a full match report for the Rugby World Cup 2011 quarter-final between South Africa and Australia at Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand, on Sunday Oct 9, 2011. By Brendan Gallagher, in Wellington Quite how a team beats the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Africa Cup of Nations 2012 qualifying all down to maths
BBC Sport
The teams who will fill the 10 remaining places in the finals of the 2012Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon are being determined this weekend. Senegal, Ivory Coast, Botswana and - subject to a legal case - Burkina Faso were already ...
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BBC Sport
Cameroon's longtime president, 1 of Africa's strongmen, seeks a 4th decade in ...
Washington Post
One of Africa's remaining strongmen, Biya has won every election since he was bequeathed power in 1982 by what was then the country's only political party. Since then, he has introduced modest democratic reforms, allowing multiple political blocs and...
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Flying in Africa still pricey despite busier skies
AFP
CAPE TOWN — It has never been easier to fly to Ouagadougou, Juba or Maputo but Africa's increasingly busy skies are still among the most expensive in the world. Budget carriers are cropping up in the bigger countries, with South African taxi operators ...
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AFP
Australia in South Africa 2011-12 Good to come off hardened competition - White
ESPNcricinfo.com
He appeared in front of the media minutes after his country's national rugby union team knocked South Africa's defending champion Springboks out of the World Cup by 11 points to nine and, in so doing, qualified for the semi-finals. ...
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ESPNcricinfo.com
Live - Africa Cup of Nations qualifying
BBC News
By Matthew Kenyon There have been a whopping 15 matches on Saturday as the final round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers produced a dramatic day of action. Scroll down for all the details of how the day unfolded - but here are the headlines: ...
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BBC News
Williamson won't resign over Cranes failure
New Vision
By Swalley Kenyi EVENTS in the rundown to Uganda Cranes heartbreaking failure to qualify for the 2012 Africa Nations Cup cannot force Coach Bobby Williamson out of the job. The 50-year old Scot for the first time in his four year stay in Uganda lost ...
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New Vision
Mobile phone: Weapon against global poverty
CNN International
(CNN) -- When renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs visited rural villages in sub-SaharanAfrica in 2005, he saw impoverished communities with poor drinking water, feast-and-famine crop cycles and rampant malaria infections. What he didn't see was mobile ...
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South Africa: Only Four Found Guilty in Lesbian's Murder - Four Years Later
Gayapolis
It took two weeks for the news to filter to media, that nineteen year old Zoliswa Nkonyana had been stoned, beaten and kicked to death by a large group of men, in Khayelitsha Township, outside of Cape Town, South Africa. It took another five years to...
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South Africa`s Chad wins six golds at Swimming World Cup
Zee News
Dubai: South Africa`s Chad le Clos became the star of the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup by bagging six gold medals. Le Clos, 19, raced in six events in the two-day competition, winning three golds in 400m individual medley, 200m butterfly, ...
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Zee News
South Africa : Deportations of Zimbabwean Migrants Set to Resume
Zimbabwe Guardian
Johannesburg — After months of rumour and speculation, South Africa's Department of Home Affairs appears to have quietly lifted a moratorium on deportations of undocumented Zimbabweans who did not apply for legal status through the Zimbabwe ...
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Sata's clean sweep gets thumbs up
NewsDay
Since his upset September 20 election victory, former opposition leader Michael Sata, who keeps a statue of rearing a snake on his desk as a reminder of his venomous tongue, has made his mark on Africa's biggest copper producer. ...
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South Africa: Oral Sex Can Lead to Cancer
AllAfrica.com
"If you look at the studies done in South Africa, it shows that up to about 30 % of people would use condoms for their first coital sex versus 4 % for oral sex. People are not using protection for oral sex because it's not regarded as a dangerous ...
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2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations: Libya Clinch Dramatic Qualification Against ...
Tripoli Post
Libya secured the most famous of qualifications to next January's African Cup of Nations finals to be held in Gabon and Equitoreal Guinea following a goalless draw with Group C winners Zambia in Chingola. The won qualification as one of the best ...
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Ambitions in check on global climate deal
AFP
PANAMA CITY — With just weeks to go before UN talks on climate change open in South Africa, negotiators have shifted their goal from striking a historic deal to ensuring that the global system survives. Participants have long billed the conference ...
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AFP
Women Like Sirleaf and Gbowee Clear Africa's Path to Prosperity
Huffington Post
Founded in 1972, BRAC is on a drive to apply solutions created in its native Bangladesh to defeating poverty in Africa. We do this by removing the causes of poverty and hunger at the root with a comprehensive approach geared toward individual ...
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South Africa - Team profile
Ninemsn
South Africa have played New Zealand in three of their World Cups and beaten them twice. • South Africa's Jannie de Beer holds the record for most drop goals in a World Cup match with five in the 1999 quarter final against England. ...
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Ranger to sell around world
Detroit Free Press
The new Ranger will be built in South Africa and shipped to 148 countries. "You know how important trucks are to Ford throughout the world," said Joe Hinrichs, head of Ford in Asia and Africa. Hinrichs was in Johannesburg last week for the start of the ...
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UK to reduce aid to Africa's anti-gay regimes
Daily Nation
Homosexuality is illegal in most African countries save for South Africa, Chad and Gabon. Photo/FILE By Joseph Ngugi in London African countries which persecute gays will have their aid cut, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said. ...
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Daily Nation
Tony Blair's charity staff discover gold in Africa
Telegraph.co.uk
Tony Blair's charity set up to alleviate poverty in Africa spends more than £1.6 million on its staff. The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative works in countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Rwanda. Photo: PA By Richard Eden Tony Blair ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Falsely accused priest returns to Galway parish
Irish Examiner
A Galway priest who was wrongly accused by RTÉ's 'Prime Time' of fathering a child inAfrica has returned to his parish today. The 'Prime Time Investigates' programme, 'A Mission to Prey', which was broadcast in May, alleged that Father Kevin Reynolds ...
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All Blacks and Wallabies in Rugby W. Cup semis
FRANCE 24
Australian Wallabies captain James Horwill (centre) reacts with Berrick Barnes (left) on the whistle during the 2011 Rugby World Cup quarter-final match against South Africa at the Wellington Regional stadium in Wellington on October 9. ...
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Rugby World Cup 2011: Bryce Lawrence reduced breakdown to a farce in...
Telegraph.co.uk
He made a complete hash of today's game between Australia and SouthAfrica and the Springboks will be furious. They identified the breakdown as a crucial area of the match beforehand, but they did expect there to be some sort of reffing. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Tales from Africa: BYU graduate visits to Botswana to serve with the Peace Corp
Daily Herald
BYU graduate Sydney Lambson has been serving since April 2010 in Nata, Botswana, in southern Africa, as part of the Peace Corps. Photo courtesy of Sydney Lambson Imagine that you are about to begin a new job. Now imagine that your job is in another ...
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Australia beats South Africa in quarterfinals
Forbes
AP , 10.09.11, 05:26 AM EDT WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Winger James O'Connor landed a 72nd-minute penalty and Australia rallied to beat South Africa 11-9 in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals Sunday, ending the aging Springboks' bid to defend their...
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North Africa change is a historic opportunity - Africa News
By newsroom (online)
Here we add the position paper on geopolitics “The change triggered by North Africa is a historic opportunity” presented during the last International forum “Developing the Regions of Africa and Europe”, in Taormina, Italy, the 6 and 7 October ...
Africa News - News from Africa
Zambia: The dawn of 'Rupiah-Bandacracy' in Africa (2) | Ghana ...
By VibeGhana
This trail that has been blazed by the Zambian people, must be a wake-up call to hopelessly visionless block-headed African leaders who are under chronic illusion that, once voted into power, they will always end up serving two-terms in office irrespective of their shambolic performance. And to honour the good people of Zambia for being ....Ghana · Audio · News Videos. © 2011 Ghana News, Breaking News, Ghana Sports, Ghana Movies, Ghana Music Entertainment, live Ghana TV. ...
Ghana News, Breaking News, Ghana...
Rugby World Cup: Australia scrape past South Africa News
By Staff
Wellington, Oct 9 (IANS) A fierce battle between two of the southern hemisphere's major rugby powers for a place in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals ended with Australia's Wallabies just tipping the balance to send South Africa home Sunday. ...
News One
Kenyans mourn Wangari Maathai, 'Tree Mother of Africa' | Women's ...
Thousands of Kenyans mourn Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel peace Prize for promoting conservation, women's rights and transparent government.
Women's Views on News
Capital News » Flying in Africa still pricey despite busier skies
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
CAPE TOWN, Oct 9 – It has never been easier to fly to Ouagadougou, Juba or Maputo but Africa's increasingly busy skies are still among the most expensive in the world. Budget carriers are cropping up in the bigger countries, with South ...
Capital News
Tibet to exercise South Africa's model of reconciliation | APN News
By admin
Dalai Lama says, Tibet may one day use South Africa's model of reconciliation. The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is an admirer of the post.
APN News
“Zorba the Greek” Translated into Persian | News from Greeks in ...
By Fani Toli
GreekReporter.com Greece Hollywood USA Australia Canada Europe World You TV OPA.fm Classifieds Travel Map GR · Home · About · News from Greeks in Africa, Asia, and South America World.Greekreporter.com ...
News from Greeks in Africa, Asia,...
Allsomali24.com | Latest News Around the World » South Africa iyo ...
By admin
Inkastoo Niger ay guuldarro 3-0 ka soo gaartay Masar oo iyada waa hore hartay hadana waxa ay natiijo fiican ka heysatay kulamada ay iska hor yimaadeen South Africa sidaas ayayna markii ugu horeysay ku soo baxday. South Africa ayaa ...
Allsomali24.com | Latest News...
'What about gays and sanctions, Archbishop?' - News - Mail ...
THE SMART NEWS SOURCE | Oct 09 2011 12:52 | LAST UPDATED Oct 09 2011 12:52. ADVERTISE ... Williams is due to lead a communion service in a Harare stadium on Sunday as part of his three-nation African tour. Williams may not be ...
Mail & Guardian News Feed
Rugby World Cup 2011 Match Pack : Australia edge out South Africa ...
Australia booked a place in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals with a battling 11-9 victory over South Africa in Wellington. ... News: Smit: Australia have mental edge. News: Deans calls on Turner and Hodgson. Head to Head: Winner takes all in ...
Rugby news from Scrum.com
Libya, Niger qualify as Nigeria, South Africa fail - ModernGhana.com
JOHANNESBURG AFP - Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia and Zambia qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Saturday while Nigeria and South Africa were eliminated after a day of drama and confusion.South African ...
ModernGhana News
Soccer-Nigeria, S.Africa fail to reach Nations ... - Morocco World News
By abennis
Nigeria and South Africa were among the heavyweight casualties on the penultimate day of African Nations Cup qualifying as Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Tunisia, Zambia and Niger all made it through to next year's tournament. War-torn ...
Morocco World News
AfricaNews - Muslim clerics roar at Kenyan chief justice - The ...
Musdaf Abdullahi, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya. Muslim clerics differed on the move taken by the Kenyan Chief Justice(CJ) Willy Mutunga.Mutunga ...
www.africanews.com/site/Muslim_clerics_roar.../39931
IRIN | Horn of Africa
humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Advanced Search · IRIN GLOBAL · AFRICA · East Africa ...
www.irinnews.org/region.aspx?Region=HOA
Africa News Briefs | Sahara Reporters
Africa News Briefs. Posted: October 5, 2011 - 19:47. Posted by siteadmin. caption : Archbishop Tutu and Dalai Lama. Global Information Network. China Seen ...
saharareporters.com/news-page/africa-news-briefs-1
Was South Africa right to deny Dalai Lama a visa? | Africa News blog
Given that China is South Africa's biggest trading partner and given the close relationship between Beijing and the ruling African National Congress, it didn't ...
blogs.reuters.com/.../was-south-africa-right-to-deny-dalai-lama...
South Africa news: Boeta Dippenaar backs Jacques Rudolph for ...
Boeta Dippenaar, the former South Africa batsman, thinks Jacques Rudolph can become "the Michael Hussey of South African cricket," after playing against him ...
www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/535058.html
South Africa Software News - Software Industry Today
Latest software news for software industry professionals & analysts. Breaking company, security, distribution, application, programming & freeware news.
software.einnews.com/country/southafrica
Jewish Services Expand in Sub-Saharan Africa - News Stories ...
Headquarters for Jewish communities ranging from 100 to 1000 strong across a wide swath of the continent, Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa now serves ...
www.chabad.org/.../African-Jewish-Services-Expand.htm
Kenya gets own YouTube domain - IT News Africa
YouTube has announced the launch of a Kenyan domain, YouTube Kenya (http:// www.youtube.co.ke) that will now offer some of the most informative and ...
www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/.../kenya-gets-own-youtube-dom...
Somalia's al-Shabab vows more attacks - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Armed anti-government group warns of "more serious blasts" after bombing in Somali capital leaves at least 70 dead.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/.../201110492730534222.ht...
China Africa News - October 2011 > 27/09/2011 to 02/09/2011
rant Chinese firms? One suggestion I made in last week's blog was that China might begin to do more to regulate sm ...
www.chinaafricanews.com/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric...
Central Africa News
Central Africa News - the most comprehensive global news network on the internet. News and analysis on international current events, politics, economy, human ...
archive.wn.com/2011/10/05/1400/centralafricanews/
Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of HIV
By PAM BELLUCK The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southernAfrica, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk ...
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/health/04hiv.html

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