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S Africa urges world to approve climate deal
ABC Online
The South African government insists agreement has been reached on many key issues at UN climate talks it is hosting in Durban. But the text of a draft agreement it presided over does not specify legal obligations, and would not come into force for ...
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S. Africa's Vavi May Accept New Cosatu Mandate, Independent Says
Bloomberg
By Mike Cohen - Sun Dec 11 09:51:51 GMT 2011 Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, will serve another term if nominated for re-election to the post next year, the Sunday Independent reported, citing Vavi. ...
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Bogart's African Queen to sail again
Vancouver Sun
Built in England in 1912 for service in British-controlled parts of Africa, the AfricanQueen (originally known as the S/L Livingstone) was already in a run-down state when it was secured by American director John Huston to become the central prop and ...
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Ex-British premier assures S. Sudan of UK support
Sudan Tribune
Former British PM Tony Blair (R), who leads a panel discussion on aid to Africa, speaks as Liberian Minister of Economic Affairs Amara Konneh (L), South Sudanese Minister of Finance Kosti Manibe Ngai (2nd L), listen during a forum on the sidelines of ...
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Uhuru anniversary and logic of nation`s sentimental warfare
IPPmedia
One can only project that there is a second awakening that awaits the breadth ofAfrican universities in the coming decade, when they start coming to terms with what it takes to become a strong economy. This isn't the sort of sentiment or attitude that ...
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Taxi driver 'lost control'
Independent Online
Transport Minister S'busiso Ndebele gave his condolences to the families of the deceased and urged drivers to take breaks on long-distance trips. As part of the festive season road safety plan, compulsory stops had been implemented along major arterial ...
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Independent Online
Open house planned for 100th birthday
Palladium-Item
He served three years, including 18 months in Africa and the rest of his time in Europe, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. When the Army felt he'd spent enough time on the front lines, he was reassigned to the Riviera. ...
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Ashley Madison's Noel Biderman on the Profitability of Infidelity
BlackBook Magazine
So if you travel to South Africa, for example, you will not be able to get on to Ashley Madison. Even if you're already a member of the site in your home country? You've also said that you estimate the site gains a new member every seven seconds. ...
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30 International Football Legends in Hamburg: Zidane, Ronaldo, Drogba ...
EIN News (press release)
... players at the "Match against Poverty" on Tuesday, December 13 at Hamburger Sportverein (HSV), one of Germany´s premier football clubs. With this match, the players are campaigning to raise funds for hunger relief programmes in the Horn ofAfrica. ...
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Uganda wins 12th CECAFA Cup
New Vision
Let''s now focus on South Africa and 2013. When you get there, we shall be there to support you as some of us had planned for the Nations Cup. God Bless. This is good news for Uganda as the ''ACN loss and Goloola tears'' have completely and rapidly ...
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New Vision
Infosys hire 10000 by March 2012: CEO
Times of India
"We are looking at the markets of China, South Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia," he added. Gopalakrishnan said despite the global turmoil, the IT sector has shown resilience and there have been no lay-offs. "There would, however, be consolidation in IT ...
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ExxonMobil: Invesco Ltd.'s Largest Energy Sector Stock Position
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Internationally, Anadarko has exploration and/or production operations in Africa, Asia, South America, and the Caribbean. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL): On 06/30/2011, Invesco Ltd. reported holding 18398329 shares with a market value of $938314779. ...
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Gauteng must revise prized projects
Mail & Guardian Online
The treasury has ordered the government of South Africa's wealthiest province, Gauteng, to revisit a range of prestigious mega-projects. The treasury is not only concerned about the administration of the province's malfunctioning health department but ...
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Weak rupee stalls coal mine buys by India Inc
mydigitalfc.com
Tata Power, which had been looking at small mines of around 10 million tonnes annual capacity in South Africa, Indonesia and Australia, may be going slow in any new purchase. S Ramakrishnan, executive director of Tata Power, recently told FC that the ...
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The Way We Were: Woburn's Cottage Hospital
Milton Keynes Today
Also commemorated would be Johannes Zacherias Truter FRCS of Wellington, South Africa, who until his death on December 15, 1918 had been the assistant surgeon at the hospital. Apart from nursing, the Duchess also developed a passion for flying, ...
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Milton Keynes Today
30 International Football Legends in Hamburg: Zidane, Ronaldo, Drogba ...
PR Newswire UK (press release)
... players at the "Match against Poverty" on Tuesday, December 13 at Hamburger Sportverein (HSV), one of Germany´s premier football clubs. With this match, the players are campaigning to raise funds for hunger relief programmes in the Horn ofAfrica. ...
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Recommended holiday titles for young readers
Monroe News Star
Based on the real story, Belle becomes a symbol of the hard work and simple living many African Americans faced in the 1960s, "and they never backed down," write the authors. Based on the TV series of the same name is a genealogy how-to book for ages 7 ...
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Thousands protest across Russia
Irish Times
The rallies, many of them held in freezing snow, were a test of the opposition's ability to turn public anger into a mass protest movement on the scale of the Arab Spring rebellions that brought down rulers in the Middle East and North Africa. ...
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Irish Times
LyondellBasell (LYB) - Analysts' Weekly Ratings Changes
LocalizedUSA
Its regional sales offices are located in Netherlands, Honk Kong, China, Indian and the United Arab Emirates with a worldwide network of local sales and representative offices in Europe, Asia and Africa. Shares of LyondellBasell traded up 1.72% during ...
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Engine 557 started as a workhorse for WWII
Columbia Basin Herald
MOSES LAKE - During the World War II, the United States Army Transport Corps was called upon to provide a heavy freight steam locomotive for use in Europe andAfrica. Many of the locomotives were to be stockpiled in Britain in the lead up to the D-Day ...
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Fujifilm Tilburg celebrates new plate production line
Graphic Repro
Fujifilm has invested in the construction of a new plate production line in Tilburg to meet the growing demand for its 'lo-chem' and processless printing plates in Europe, Africa and Middle East markets, together with a desire to reduce the carbon ...
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Graphic Repro
NZ dash S Africa hopes to win sevens
Voxy
South Africa's hopes of claiming victory in the inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay South African Sevens tournament were cruelly dashed with a try on the final siren by New Zealand, who overturned a two-point deficit to win the title, 31-26, after Tomasi Cama ...
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Zambia: Interview with Sakala Brothers, 25 years of Music fame
UKZAMBIANS
Within the SADC Sub-Region, their music enjoys listenership on radio stations in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Congo and South Africa. Currently, the group is involved with the Oxfam Make Fair Trade – Big Noise Campaign. They spearheaded the campaign at ...
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Dravid, Wadekar get top BCCI honours
Times of India
"It was a mixed year, with the disappointment in South Africa and then the (stellar) series against England and the West Indies. But it is an honour to be recognised by your own board for being the best player of the year," he said. ...
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I shop, therefore I am
Times LIVE
"South Africa," he said. "I've not been there yet." Back in my front-row seat, I do another double take because sitting almost directly opposite me is a little girl in a pretty sundress, tinkering on her iPad, her patent-leather Mary Janes bobbing up ...
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Times LIVE
Photo Galleries: Nation/World
News & Observer
AFP/Getty Images Sean McMahon of Australia tackles Cecil Afrika of South Africa during the match between South Africa and Australia on day one of the 2011 IRB South Africa Rugby Sevens at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on December 9, 2011, ...
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News & Observer
IATA: Mideast airlines could make $400m loss in 2012
Arabian Supply Chain
The Middle East and Latin America would both be expected to post $400 million losses, while Africa would be $200 million in the red. “The biggest risk facing airline profitability over the next year is the economic turmoil that would result from a ...
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Arabian Supply Chain
Mombasa Hosts KCB Mtaani Rally
The Standard
Duncan is being navigated by Amaar Slatch, who guided him to victory in the 2007 edition of the East Africa Safari Classic. The rally proper starts on Sunday and many of Mombasa's fans will drive out of town to catch the first section action at ...
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Weekly News Roundup: General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE)
StocksandShares.TV
(NYSE:GE) General Electric (NYSE:GE) has seen the chances rising for a green economy in Africa. The US based company has been encouraged by the reliability and range of programs associated with Africa's transition to a green economy and plans to expand ...
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Occupy South Africa? Activists stage a sit-in at UN ... - GCC News Brief
By Siva
The Occupy movement has arrived in Durban. As the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change talks near their finale, activists staged a sit-in aimed at highlighting the vulnerability of poor countries. The protesters, many of whom lost...
GCC News Brief
FUFA rewards Cranes players with sh50m - In2EastAfrica - East ...
By In2EastAfrica
World News · East African Community ... Uganda's soccer governing body FUFA has rewarded the Cranes players with $20000 (sh50m) from the prize money they won after lifting this year's CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup on Saturday. ...
In2EastAfrica - East African...
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BBC News - Is South Africa's Aids plan working?
Over the past two years South Africa has introduced some radical shifts to its Aids policy. But is life now better for those living with this disease?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15854793
South Africa's Info Bill Protests Continue [50176238] | African news ...
Civic society activists and the media have threatened to ratchet up protests as dissatisfaction over South Africa's controversial Protection of Information Bill ...
www.theafricareport.com/.../south-africa-s-info-bill-protests-c...
Latest Business For Sale South Africa News - SAUSCHAMBER
Latest Business For Sale South Africa News. OPIC Loan Links Micro Borrowers to Clean Energy Products Through Carbon Markets DURBAN, South Africa, Dec...
sauschamber.com/.../latest-business-for-sale-south-africa-news/
S.Africa Q3 GDP disappoints as mining contracts - Africa News
South Africa's economy grew less than expected in the third quarter highlighting domestic weakness that might see the Reserve Bank consider cutting interest ...
www.africanews.it/.../s-africa-q3-gdp-disappoints-as-mining-c...
Top 10 South Africa News Search Trends over internet in 2011 ...
Top 10 South Africa News Search Trends over internet in 2011- Google insight.
www.greenitweb.co.za/.../418-top-10-south-africa-news-searc...
S.Africa launches new drive to cut HIV infection - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa wants to cut new HIV infection rates by at least 50 percent within five years as it seeks to build on ...
news.yahoo.com/africa-launches-drive-cut-hiv-infection-0605...
South Africa news: South Africa-Sri Lanka Tests get sponsor | South ...
Cricket South Africa hope to secure a sponsor for the one-day series against Sri Lanka by next week, after confirming that sunflower cooking oil manufacturer ...
www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/544531.html
Ex-S.Africa police chief loses corruption appeal | Top News | Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African police chief Jackie Selebi lost a court appeal on Friday to overturn a 15-year prison sentence for accepting ...
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7B103020111202
Gadget Web Site - Yahoo! comes to South Africa
Mail and a new Yahoo! News offering for South Africa. ... This step brings SouthAfrican news, sport and entertainment content together with the best of Yahoo! ...
www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=4046
South Africa's new homes selling fast - Market News, News
South Africa's new homes selling fast : While some estate agents report a slowdown in property buying, others are experiencing a boom especially in new ...
www.property24.com/articles/south-africas-new.../14434
Yahoo! re-launches website in South Africa - IT News Africa
Yahoo! has re-launched their South African portal, with a new Yahoo! homepage, new Yahoo! Mail and a new Yahoo! News section. South Africa currently has.
www.itnewsafrica.com/.../yahoo-re-launches-website-in-south-...
Brazil, S Africa indicate joining climate pact: EU - World News ...
Brazil and South Africa on Friday indicated joining a new climate pact proposed by the EU for a legally binding treaty for all parties to be signed by 2015, even as ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/brazil-s-africa...pact.../210403-2.html
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Rewarding South African Renewable Energy with Cash Source: Moneyweb (South Africa) ... Source: News 24 (South Africa). Please enable JavaScript to view ...
www.africa.com/.../blog,this_week_africa_com8242s_top_10,...
China takes lion's share of S.Africa Nov coal, Freight News ...
South Africa's November coal exports dipped to 6.2 million tonnes from the previous month's 7.4 million peak but China again was the biggest importer at a ...
www.hellenicshippingnews.com/News.aspx?ElementId...
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