AFRICA News, Aug 15, 2011

Few will fear creaking Boks Times LIVE Coach Peter de Villiers may need one the size of a redwood log if he believes SouthAfrica were beaten only on the scoreboard. It's the Max Boyce philosophy of rugby: the comedian from Glynneath always maintains that Wales never lose, it's just that ... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

Lion bones off to Asia Times LIVE Scenes from African Cats, Disney's latest documentary, include Layla chilling out in a tree, left; and Sita with her litter, opposite. Filmmaker Keith Scholey says the documentary focuses on the two mothers and their mutual enemies - a gang of adult ... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

Tanzania raises petrol pump prices on high oil costs Reuters Africa Fuel prices in Tanzania, like its other east African neighbours have been rising inrecent months, and have had a significant impact on the rate of inflation in the region's second-largest economy. On Sunday, Kenya increased pump prices for petrol, ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters Africa

OFW families urged not to hoard dollars Philippine Star Latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that the growth in OFW remittances picked up in May, expanding 6.9 percent and posting its fastest monthly growth since January amid the political tensions in the Middle East and North ... See all stories on this topic »

People First: The latest in the watch on Ukrainian democracy Kyiv Post ... Chile, Ecuador and the Republic of South Africa. The Ukrainian propensity for addictive behaviors, as evidenced by a recent surge in the use of alcohol, tobacco, illegal and prescriptive drugs, television and online games, is further debilitating ... See all stories on this topic »

'Apes' takes in $27.5 million to again thump its chest atop the box office Los Angeles Times "The Help," about a young white woman who writes a book about the struggles of a group of AfricanAmerican maids, resonated most with older women. The crowd who showed up to the picture was 74% female, and 60% of the audience was older than 35. ... See all stories on this topic »

The war habit: What are we doing in Libya? RenewAmerica The report was verified by United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). Oh, but that's only to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, the White House at first claimed. AFRICOM spokeswoman Nicole Dalrymple insists, "US aircraft continue to ... See all stories on this topic »

IBM's Earnings Growth: Overrated or Just Beginning? Seeking Alpha The Americas' second-quarter revenues were $11.2 billion, an increase of 10 percent (8 percent, adjusting for currency) from the 2010 period. Revenues from Europe/Middle East/Africa were $8.6 billion, up 16 percent (3 percent, adjusting for currency). ... See all stories on this topic »

In the name of the New Sports Minister, Peace Vanguard The latest one has to do with his view that we can get more medals from athletics at the All AfricaGames than what we are projecting presently. In order to share this view point with the leadership of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria I have gone ... See all stories on this topic »

Why the Left Elites Are Criticizing Obama American Thinker A recent Pew poll showed a 10 percentage point increase in the number of white voters under age 30 who identified themselves as Republican since 2008. The latest Rasmussen poll reports that among identified Democrats the older they are the more they ... See all stories on this topic »

BOOK WORLD Bestsellers — August 14, 2011 Washington Post (blog) In fiction, the most recent of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series stays firm at #1, with two other robust series (with fan bases to prove it) joining the top 10 rankings — Preston & Childs' Special Agent Pendergast returns, making a #2 debut, ... See all stories on this topic »

Asmaa Mahfouz, Egyptian youth activist, is charged by military prosecutor Washington Post “The Mubarak trial is supposed to be about an end to the police state and a break with that abusive past,” said Heba Morayef, a Middle East and North Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Yet, ironically, what you have in parallel is the military ... See all stories on this topic »

Dublin High Dropout Rate More Than 10 Times the Tri-Valley Average Around Dublin Blog (blog) This latest graduation rate is significantly lower than last year's dropout rate of 5.7%. The CDE estimates that 18% of all California high school students will drop out over a four-year period. While Dublin High School's projected dropout rate of ... See all stories on this topic » Around Dublin Blog (blog)

England deserves to rule The Hindu England's ascent to the top of Test cricket is richly deserved: nowhere is the game's grandest format treated with such reverence — Australia and South Africa come close — and nowhere do the cricketers commit so much of themselves to it. ... See all stories on this topic »

GEBHART: Movie theater trip not what it used to be Delaware County Daily Times On television every day we see previews of all the latest releases. I have yet to see one preview that didn't either have (1) a car hurtling through space, (2) a bridge collapsing, (3) a building destroyed by an explosion or (4) a gunfight in which the ... See all stories on this topic »

S.Africa's municipal workers start wage strike Reuters Africa By Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - At least 145000 South Africanmunicipal workers will walk off the job on Monday in a strike aimed at shutting down services including garbage collection, in the latest dispute to disrupt Africa's biggest... See all stories on this topic » Reuters Africa

London Postcard: Punishment and Punditry New Yorker (blog) This patchwork of neighborhoods houses large Turkish, Kurdish, Vietnamese, Eastern European, Orthodox Jewish, Caribbean, South Asian, and African communities. Only forty per cent of residents in the latest census described themselves as white, ... See all stories on this topic » New Yorker (blog)

World Community vs International Community Mathaba.Net Just ask anyone on the streets of Africa or Asia, even if they don't watch tell-lie-vision. After all, the uprising in Libya did not come in the capital city, Tripoli, where 2.7 out of Libya's 6 million people live. It started along the borders, ... See all stories on this topic »

All Blacks expect 'torrid' Springboks battle Independent Community Newspaper The 14-9 Tri-Nations defeat to Australia in Durban was quickly being digested by the All Blacks as they arrived in South Africa. All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith said his initial analysis was there were ominous signs from the Boks, ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Community Newspaper

Maxaa dhacay asbuucii tagay: ku dhagayso Barnaamjika 7aadka ... By Gedoonline Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 1: Sidee loo arkaa ka bixitanka Al-shabaab ee Muqdisho, maxay siyaasiyiintu ka dhaheen? 2: Maxaa ka jira in Muqdisho looga cabsi qabo in hogaamiye ... Latest English News. Here are some economic and stock market news: At world's biggest refugee camp, UN relief chief calls for more aid for Somalis ( UN News Centre - Africa ); UPDATE 3-Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food ... Gedoonline

AfriMoney.com | Kenya: Court Ruling Sends Cabinet Into a Panic ... By AllAfrica News: Latest August 15, 2011 By AllAfrica News: Latest. Anxiety has gripped sections of the Cabinet over the future role of ministers in appointing parastatal chiefs after their powers were severely shaken by the courts this week. Article by AllAfrica News: Latest (c) AllAfrica News: ... African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific awards. D/L 15 September.Arthur B. Schultz Foundation grants aimed at non-profit groups involved in women's empowerment and disabled mobility … [Read More...] ...

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