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Mar 3, 2012

ARGENTINA Summer News, Mar 03, 2012


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Friendly: Switzerland vs Argentina Preview
ESPN STAR Sports
Messi and the rest of the Argentina squad are preparing for their first friendly outing of the year, which forms a key part of their preparations ahead of the resumption of the South American World Cup qualifiers thissummer.
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ESPN STAR Sports
SNYDER: For big-game hunters, Argentina is a trip worth taking
Yorkdispatch.com
I'm surrounded by lakes, thick forests and, thanks to a squall late this afternoon, freshsummertime snow on the nearby peaks. Remember, this is the southern hemisphere. It's warm out. Argentina is a sportsman's paradise. But it's also a great reminder ...
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Switzerland vs Argentina LIVE Commentary
Goal.com
Three minutes of additional time to be played. GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! MESSI!! He has got his second of the night and what a finish. Affolter is far too lax in defence and loses possession, allowing Messi to run at Senderos. He canters past him as he moves...
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Poznan hoping will be third time lucky after launching late bid for 2018 ...
Insidethegames.biz
By Duncan Mackay March 2 - Poznan, who unsuccessfully bid for the 2010 and 2014Summer Youth Olympic Games, have joined the race for the 2018 edition, making it six cities to have submitted applications by the deadline, it was announced today.
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Argentina: Celebrating Life, History, Beauty and LGBT Friendliness
EDGEOnTheNet
This would only be my second time visiting South America and I was very eager to discover a different country and culture. Over the years, I had heard many positive things about Buenos Aires and Argentina as a whole, but I had yet to experience them...
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Switzerland vs Argentina Preview
Goal.com
With Nicolas Burdisso not included in Argentina's squad after injuring his knee in World Cup qualifying late last year, Napoli duo Federico Fernandez and Hugo Campagnaro may get the start at centre-back. The latter has never represented his nation at ...
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Falkland Islands Dispute: Argentina Denies Entry to Two Cruise Ships
International Business Times
A decades-old dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom has put the remote Falkland Islands, which the Argentines call the Malvinas, back in the news just in time for the 30 th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War.
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International Business Times
Moyse ready to complete Olympic crossover move
Globe and Mail
Earlier this week, Moyse hopped on a plane to Argentina, and endured a six-hour bus ride to Mar Del Plata, for the event that runs from March 3 to 11. She'll compete in two individual events, the sprint and the 500-metretime trials.
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Globe and Mail
Moreno Valley High School students to study in Argentina
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
29), juniors Andrew Gonzales and Sylvia Kaeck left their familiar surroundings at Moreno Valley High School to study for nearly five months at a school in Corrientes,Argentina though a direct-exchange program. “Most of your classes, if not all of your ...
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Triple-Threat Moyse Adds Cycling to her Résumé
CTV.ca
After taking time off to heal an injury, the 33-year-old expressed her interest in joining the track cycling program this past summer. After talking with Clara Hughes, Moyse was introduced to track cycling coach Tanya Dubnicoff.
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CTV.ca
Martin Rivero makes splash with Rapids, just in time for MLS season
Denver Post
10-type offensive difference maker in MLS, after he earned that reputation last summerin Argentina. "He's your classic Argentinian — good footwork, good finishing," Rapids captain Pablo Mastroeni said. The 22-year-old playmaker signed with Colorado ...
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Robben double gives Dutch win over experimental England side
CNN
It was cruel on England's stand-in manager Stuart Pearce, who had seen his experimental side battle back from 2-0 down only for the Bayern Munich star to grab the winner in extended injury time. An entertaining game burst into life just before the hour...
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US beats Italy for first time ever
NBCSports.com
The United States beat Italy for the first time in 11 games over 78 years, a 1-0 victory in an exhibition Wednesday night on Clint Dempsey's goal in the 55th minute. Queen Elizabeth II's busy summer calendar just got a bit more crowded.
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NBCSports.com
Olympian Heather Moyse to compete at Pan Am cycling
Waterloo Record
MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINE — Heather Moyse, an Olympic gold medallist in bobsled, will compete on a different type of track this weekend. The Summerside, PEI, native — also a member of Canada's women's rugby team — is trying her hand at a third sport, ...
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Rodinia Lithium set to receive "re-rating" soon, says Dundee Securities
Proactive Investors USA & Canada
Drilling can begin as early as in a month's time, "but would ideally start in thesummer time when conditions are better", the Dundee report noted. Drilling is to pick up from where it left off back in 2010 - moving south along the previously ...
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Get Theo Walcott playing like he's Michael Owen: Martin Samuel
Daily Mail
He collects the ball from David Beckham just inside Argentina's half and runs, straight, shrugging off the attentions of defender Jose Chamot. As Owen approaches the penalty area, Roberto Ayala, at the time regarded as one of the greatest defenders in ...
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Daily Mail
VP Biden goes to Latin American amid drug debate
Contra Costa Times
Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Mexico already allow the use of small amounts of marijuana for personal consumption, while political leaders from Brazil and Colombia are discussing alternatives to locking up drug users. Business leaders are weighing in as ...
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Azerbaijan, Argentina will become close partners - envoy
News.Az
As it is known, the largest Armenian community in Ibero-America (Latin America, Spain and Portugal) lives in Argentina and for a long time in the absence of the Embassy of Azerbaijan, Armenian side spared no effort to influence the political circles of ...
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News.Az
International friendly betting preview: Switzerland to keep the first half ...
Goal.com
Argentina for their part have already begun their attempt to qualify for the next World Cup and after a desperately disappointing run in the Copa America last summer, what they needed was a positive start to the campaign. Despite this, two wins, ...
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Goal.com
Popular protests sparked by deadly train accident in Argentina
World Socialist Web Site
The region's high summer heat and high humidity forces passenger cars, which have no air conditioning, to operate with open end-doors. The Argentine rail network was built in the nineteenth century by British capital as a means of transporting that ...
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Greek Official Warns Debt Holdouts
New York Times
“There is just no money for holdouts,” said Petros Christodoulou, who has been at the forefront of Greece's debt restructuring process since it began last summer. “We are prepared for legal challenges but the risk here is that people are trying to be ...
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Soybeans, Corn, Wheat, Coffee And The Brazil Drought - Will El Nino Form?
Seeking Alpha
After all, Argentina is the second-leading exporter of corn and soybeans in the world, but over the last few weeks, the drought has expanded and shifted into southern Brazil, and Paraguay, something we advised clients would happen several weeks ago.
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Foreign Buyers Heat Up Miami's Condo Market
BusinessWeek
Brandishing a roll of blueprints, the 33-year-old Argentine developer declares, “This is Miami. We are 10 minutes from the airport, 10 minutes from South Beach. We found—some would say we 'stole'—good land.” Melo says he acquired the 28000-square ...
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BusinessWeek
The Magic of Messi Sees Off Switzerland
La Liga Weekly
This may seem like a rambling and unrelated opening that has nothing to do with the Switzerland vs Argentina match from Wednesday night, but in fact it does. The star men in the match were all of small stature and they all play in a similar style.
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La Liga Weekly
Boston hockey star Crista Cullen going for Olympic gold with Team GB
This is Lincolnshire
I was gutted down to my core about the Champions Trophy, but we proved that we are contender and this summer is going to be a very exciting time for us. It does give you a little bit of extra determination and we'll work a little bit harder and really ...
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SOUTH AFRICA Summer News, Mar 03, 2012


Summer course offers three-city tour of South Africa
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
“Destination South Africa” is a new summer course that will offer students the ability to travel for three weeks to several cities in South Africa. Thissummer, students will have the opportunity to travel to South Africa for three weeks and tour three ...
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Binghamton University Pipe Dream
Worst performance of the summer
Stuff.co.nz
Black Cap Rob Nicol drops a catch in the second ODI against South Africaat McLean Park. South Africa's Justin Ontong plays a shot as Brendon McCullum looks on. Kyle Mills celebrates taking the wicket of Jacques Kallis during the second ODI at McLean ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Steyn hunts with the pack
ESPNcricinfo.com
There was a time in South African cricket where the bowling spotlight was occupied entirely by Dale Steyn. It probably started when New Zealand toured South Africa in the summer of 2007 and Steyn made his big splash, first by remodelling Craig ...
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ESPNcricinfo.com
Montclair High School Teacher Builds Bridges to South Africa
Baristanet
There to hear Montclair High School's English teacher, Dr. Liz Voltman, talk about her summer experience teaching in Khayelitsha, South Africa, attendees also had a chance to practice some Xhosa, complete with clicks and phrases of welcome.
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Baristanet
India's men and South Africa's women book places at London 2012
Insidethegames.biz
In the women's qualifiers South Africa beat hosts India 3-1 to reach the London 2012 women's hockey tournament. It was the second time the South Africans booked their place at the Olympics, having won their continental qualifier last year.
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Superb Brian Soutar sinks Stone to take South Africa title
Scotsman
BRIAN Soutar of Leven Golfing Society has kept the South Africa Amateur title in Scottish hands after he emulated compatriot Michael Stewart to claim the biggest title of his career. The 27-year-old Fifer has taken his golf to a new level after ...
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Scotsman
Trip to South Africa helps OSU entrepreneurs
Daily O'Collegian
The School of Entrepreneurship will work with disadvantaged entrepreneurs in Cape Town this summer as part of the Entrepreneurship and Empowerment in South Africaprogram. Michael Morris, director of the School of Entrepreneurship, designed the 60-day ...
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The South Africa Partners Annual Education Tour: July 17 to 31, 2012
Africa.com (blog)
The Annual Tour takes place each summer at the end of July. The 2011 Education Tour was held between July 19th and August 2nd, 2011 as a group of nine educators from the United States toured South Africa. The group visited Johannesburg, East London, ...
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African Inspiration
Apparel News
South African brand Lalesso modernized its Spring/Summer collection with more contemporary designs and edgy accessories this season. Olivia Kennaway and Alice Heusser understand the challenges of taking a South African brand to the international market ...
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Apparel News
New Zealand vs South Africa – 3rd ODI – Match Preview
bettor.com (blog)
... they battle South Africa in the 3rd ODI, played at the Eden Park, Auckland, March 3, 2012. The hosts have endured a turbulent time against the touring Proteas, where they failed to build on their impressive work earlier in the home summer - beating ...
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The Southland Times
Brendon McCullum during the 3rd and final ODI cricket match against South Africa at Eden Park. Rob Nicol during the 3rd and final ODI cricket match against South Africa at Eden Park. Colin de Grandhomme dives as he is run out during the 3rd and final ...
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The Southland Times
Bracewell eyes right spot
Hawke's Bay Today
PLAYING SMART: Doug Bracewell prepares during a nets session at Nelson Park, Napier, yesterday before tomorrow's New Zealand versus South Africa ODI. No doubt his shoulders are broad and every time he steps up to whizz the ball past a batsman's ears at ...
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Makeshift Proteas stay potent!
SPORT24
And yet a thoroughly professional, ruthless South Africa still proved way too strong for New Zealand at a damp Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, completing a crushing 3-0 clean sweep of the one-day international series. This was probably the Proteas' ...
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MSC Opera to join MSC Sinfonia for South Africa 2012/13 season
Seatrade Insider
MSC Opera will join MSC Sinfonia in South Africa for the region's 2012/2013 summerseason. MSC Sinfonia will replace MSC Melody and take over the cruises departing from Cape Town while, for her first season in the region, MSC Opera will operate out of...
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HotChillee launches The Cape Rouleur in South Africa
BikeRadar.com
With Cape Argus entry, plus a relaxed 96km escorted ride into Cape Town following the tour, entrants can look forward to a full week of cycling at the tail end of South Africa's summer. Cyclists on the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour at the start of ...
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South Africa: The heart beat of the Nation
CHANNELS
... Johannesburg and Pretoria has been described as a summer rainfall area with an average annual rainfall of 484 millimeter. After its struggle out of apartheid, south Africans have diversed every possible method to stay together in peace and unity, ...
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Evans dominant at Sabie Marathon event
SuperSport.com
Four-time South African marathon champion, Kevin Evans (Nedbank 360Life), left nothing to chance when he raced to a dominant victory over a strong international field at Round 3 of the South African National Marathon Series in Sabie in the Mpumalanga ...
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SuperSport.com
Climate change threatens South Africa's rooibos tea
Mother Nature Network
By Claire Price, AFPMon, Feb 27 2012 at 3:09 AM EST SEEPED IN THE HEAT: A farm worker harvest rooibos tea at the Elandsberg Eco Tourism farm in Clanwilliam, near Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo: Nathalie Bardin/AFP) CLANWILLIAM, South Africa — Farm ...
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Mother Nature Network
Letter from South Africa Where 'insurance' is 10 planks of wood
Concord Monitor
Not so in the sprawling Cape Town Flats, home to a few million of South Africa's urban poor and near to where my wife and I recently moved from Concord. Walking through part of Cape Town's Khayelitsha township with colleagues the other day, ...
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PCB eyes SA as neutral venue for Oz series
The News International
A senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official told 'The News' on Friday that the PCB is planning to host the 'home' series against Australia in South Africa in August because the weather during that time of the year will not be suitable to stage the ...
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Kumar: The girls gave their all
ESPN STAR Sports
By Joshua Nath It will be disappointing not to see the Indian women's hockey team take the flight to London this summer. Their dreams to get an elusive Olympics berth were shattered as they lost 1-3 to South Africa at the Major Dhyan Chand National ...
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ESPN STAR Sports
Nicol, Ellis in NZ test squad to face South Africa
Reuters Africa
(Reuters) - Batsman Rob Nicol and all-rounder Andrew Ellis have been included in New Zealand's squad for the first of three home tests against South Africa, while captain Ross Taylor returns after a calf muscle injury. Nicol and Ellis have both played ...
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New RFU chief Ritchie happy to look abroad to find new England coach
Daily Mail
England's current interim coach Stuart Lancaster has applied for the full-time post and he is thought to be up against Nick Mallett, the Hertfordshire-born South African, and former Ireland boss Eddie O'Sullivan. Ritchie, who took office on Monday ...
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Daily Mail
A review of real economic developments across SA, Africa & the world
Creamer Media's Engineering News
BMW SA POSITIVE ON DROP IN PORT CHARGES, BUT MORE IS REQUIRED, SAYS DONAUER – The announcement that port charges for manufactured goods, including cars, will be dropped was “definitely a move in the right direction”, says BMW South Africa MD Bodo ...
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Hockey news: Revelry as India in Olympics race, hard road ahead
Economic Times
From Dublin, Korea should qualify on the strength of their World No 6 ranking and they will be challenged by Malaysia, and from the Japan leg, China, Japan and South Africashould be fighting it out. Imagine the kind of competition India will be facing ...
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New Zealand announce squad for first Test against South Africa – Cricket News ...
bettor.com (blog)
"We are pleased with the way the Test team has performed this summer and this group is looking forward to the challenge of continuing that success," Littlejohn said. "Both Rob and Andrew have shown promise against South Africa in limited-overs cricket ...
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SA ignorant about its land struggle
Mail & Guardian Online
This said, however, by the time the first Europeans rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the late 1400s, it is clear that African agropastoralist communities had long been settled on the well-watered summer-rainfall land suited to their crops and cattle, ...
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Poznan hoping will be third time lucky after launching late bid for 2018 ...
Insidethegames.biz
Mooted late bids from South Africa and Sweden failed to materialise. It followed the decisions yesterday by Dagestan and Abuja to abandon proposed bids. But Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was still pleased ...
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Young cricketer picked for South African tour
Teesdale Mercury
A BARNARD Castle cricketer has been selected to attend Durham County Cricket Club's pre-season training base in South Africa. Fast bowler Josh Bousfield, who plays for the town team, jets off to Potchefstroom next Wednesday and is one of two academy ...
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Cape Town's Summer Tourism Season gets Back into Action
TravelVideo.tv (press release)
Deidre Davids, Communications Manager, Airports Company South Africa: Cape Town International Airport, commented: “In essence, this means that while passenger numbers had started to slowly but steadily grow, we had not yet recorded as much growth as in ...
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TravelVideo.tv (press release)
South Africa: More Gauteng schools included in improvement programme
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
She urged learners and teachers to play their part and commit themselves to 100 percent attendance at every SSIP session during summer and winter. "Principals need to manage their schools' participation in SSIP. Each principal is responsible for ...
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Experience an issue for hungry Germany
ESPN
The last time Die Mannschaft were in town was in September 2005, whenSouth Africa were vanquished 4-2 courtesy of a Lukas Podolski hat-trick. Today, the Weserstadion's running track is gone and its stands are pressed right up to the edge of its pitch, ...
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Stuart Pearce's young Lions get their chance to stake a claim
Evening Standard
Whatever happens in the summer, there will surely be no repeat of the mutiny that tore apart Les Bleus' World Cup campaign in South Africa. Tonight's friendly against Germany will be an interesting test, although coach Laurent Blanc has sought to ...
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Evening Standard
Cheetahs Troop Into Camp
AllAfrica.com
Leitao will be donning the Cheetahs jersey for the first time sinceDecember when he travelled to Dubai. He missed the South African leg of the IRB World Series due to personal commitments. The Cheetahs will be training with the Goshawks at the same ...
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Gidza's Time is Now
AllAfrica.com
Middleton would then join the Cheetahs for the overseas assignments, especially on the International Rugby Board Sevens Series legs in Hong Kong, Dubai and South Africa. However, Nyamutsamba proved a capable coach on the occasions that he was with the...
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