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AFRICA News, Aug 18, 2011


African Markets - Factors to watch on Aug 18
Reuters Africa
... AFRICA STOCKS For the latest news on African stocks, click on AFRICA FIXED INCOME For news on African fixed income, click on SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS South Africa's benchmark 2015 bond yield hit an all-time low on Wednesday, extending a recent trend as ...
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Latest EIU report predicts RB victory
Times of Zambia
"Zambia is expected to remain on good terms with other countries in the region, underpinned in part by its membership of two regional trade blocs, the Southern African Development Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa," the ...
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Interest rate increase raises fears of surge in borrowing costs
Business Daily Africa
The Central Bank's latest move to stabilise the shilling by mopping up liquidity in the financial system came under scrutiny as the overnight borrowing rate shot to 15.68 per cent, raising fears of a surge in the cost of government borrowing. ...
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Business Daily Africa
Premier's house costs taxpayers R25m
Independent Online
Although Mokonyane was not premier when the house was bought, the ANC has run the province since 1994. South Africa went into a recession in May 2009, weeks after Mokonyane took over as premier, and more than R2m was spent on the house under her ...
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Independent Online
Freshlyground's support for rhinos
Independent Online
By Billy Suter One of South Africa's most successful music groups have lent their support to creating awareness about the horrors of rhino poaching in this country, and their efforts will be showcased in next week's episode of SABC3's Top Billing at ...
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Independent Online
'Strike season' mars South Africa's growth
Globe and Mail
Partly because of the frequent labour unrest, South Africa's mining industry is widely seen as more unstable and more expensive than others in the developing world, and the latest strikes will add to that perception. Strike settlements in the mining ...
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Globe and Mail
2010 census offers tidbits on changes within Becker County
DL-Online
The population is exactly half men and half women (according to 2009 figures, the latest available in this category). Women own 23 percent of the businesses. There were 3637 business in the county in 2007, mostly white-owned, but 2.3 percent were owned ...
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Harbingers of the 21st century
Tehran Times
The recent protests in London and other British cities can be analyzed in the framework of similar events happening in other parts of Europe and also in the Middle East and North Africa region, which all have common roots and messages. ...
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Testing the Theory that More Troops Equals Less Crime
InSight Crime
Scattered reports have linked the killings to criminal organizations who own vast African Palm plantations. On Friday, the Guatemalan government decided to impose a "state of alarm" in the embattled northern state of Peten. This replaced the "state of ...
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Bracing for financial pain
Moneyweb.co.za
Internet policing, in the form of blocking sites where people may spur one another on to take protest action, has intensified in recent months as has policing of social unrest in hot spots like Xinjiang. As in other countries in the world, ...
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Phosphate Producers Poised to Benefit from Tight Grain Market
Resource Investing News
“New supply for phosphate fertilizers from Northern Africa and the Middle East is expected to be absorbed without pushing prices for the next 12 months,” according to Horst Hueniken, Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. The quality levels of ...
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Price and volume growth led to success
Irish Times
ANALYSIS: FOLLOWING CRH'S announcement of interim results on Tuesday, Kerry Group yesterday became the latest Iseq heavyweight to post first-half numbers. Like the construction giant, Kerry's figures did not disappoint. Any company that can deal with ...
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Chancellor Linda P. Brady's Speech at Fall Convocation 2011
UNCG University News
People like Koami Amaglo from UNCG's Housekeeping Department, who came to the United States in March 2002 fleeing political instability in Western Africa. He also works at Gentle Hands, giving back and serving patients with disabilities. ...
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Morgan Stanley downgrades India ratings, maintains underweight
Business Standard
2 while Brazil is at fourth level in the score card and South Africa improved fast to 6th position from its earlier 10th position. "Weaker growth in the developed world will bring further downside risk to external demand. Moreover, net export remains a ...
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Viewpoints / The Arab Spring: Bloodshed and a revolution across Syria
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Whether it is Jordan, the Gulf states, or North Africa, our policies in the region have helped give cause to the uprisings currently taking place. In the past six months, the Syrian government, led by President Bashar Assad, has killed more than 2000 ...
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Talk of Inter move for Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan smacks of Massimo ...
Goal.com
Forlan went into the 2010-11 season on a high after leading his country to the semi-finals of the World Cup and being named the best player in South Africa. Things began well at Atletico Madrid, too, as he resumed his deadly partnership with ...
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Goal.com
6 Cheap Stocks to Buy Now for 2012 Profits
Seeking Alpha
DRDGold Limited (DROOY): With mining assets in South Africa, the company runs operations from exploration through to smelting. Shares are trading at $4.23 at the time of writing, toward the bottom end of their 52-week trading range of $3.96 to $6.23. ...
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Westbrook woman making third try at English Channel swim
KeepMEcurrent.com
Despite her ambition, Gallant-Charette, 60, insists that swimming the channel is not an obsession, merely the latest in a series of goals she has challenged herself with ever since she began marathon swimming over 10 years ago. ...
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Tale of Woe for Weary Indians
Wall Street Journal
In that period, Australia has played 45 one-day internationals, 13 Tests and 19 Twenty20 games, or 129 days of play, while South Africa and Sri Lanka have both faced just 100 days of cricket. England is the only country with an international schedule ...
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SIM card registration and UK riots
BusinessDay
Growth in recent years has been phenomenal. For Africa , it is even revolutionary. Latest statistics from the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, says Africa has deployed more mobile phones in the last decade than any part of the world. ...
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Feeding the World
The Guatemala Times
There is ample evidence that parts of the Andes, Mesoamerica, North Africa, the Middle East, Europe, South and Southeast Asia, New England and even the Great Plains (to name but a few) were overfarmed to the point of degradation or collapse using ...
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Robert Madoi: When will local athletes stop chasing shadows?
The Observer (blog)
From a personal point of view, I will be fixating my gaze on Oscar Pistorius as the double amputee from South Africa pits his prosthetic limbs against able-bodied 400m runners. That won't be my only highlight. The potential duel between Asafa Powell ...
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Alexander Payne's 'Descendants' to Close 49th New York Film Festival; Main ...
Indie Wire (blog)
Finally, the two subjects of this haunting meditation on Africa's past and future dovetail—effortlessly, seamlessly—and the cumulative impact is stunning. At “The Cinema Inside Me” program at the 2009 NYFF, Pedro Almodóvar surprised many when he ...
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Indie Wire (blog)
Canny bid tactics in the battle for Foster's
Telegraph.co.uk
Foster's is suffering from slow growth in its home markets and has seen its shares drift lower in recent weeks. Photo: Reuters By Richard Fletcher But his latest move is more than just mere posturing. By launching a hostile offer for Foster's now, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
IABM to present IBC keynote
Screen Africa
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) has announced that the association will present a keynote conference session at IBC2011, the premier technology event attended by many South African broadcast engineers and equipment ...
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Decades of Conflict and Instability Continues to Impede Progress in Somalia
Politic365
By Nigel Roberts An outbreak of cholera is the latest woe assailing an already anguished nation. The United Nations reported Aug. 13 that cholera is spreading among thousands of starving Somalis living in over-crowded camps in the capital, Mogadishu. ...
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Wallabies 30 Man Squad Announced
ARU Rugby
All but four of the players who travelled to South Africa on the recent away leg of the Tri Nations series have been included in the squad. The players to miss selection from the South Africa trip are winger Lachie Turner, flanker Matt Hodgson, ...
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More Toronto Additions
Indie Wire (blog)
There is a long awaited film from Nancy Savoca and Lynn Shelton's latest. It's going to be a busy week. I cannot wait. A romantic comedy based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electro-mechanical vibrator ...
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Seven Years After Outfoxed, Murdoch's Empire Continues Corruption
AlterNet (blog)
As recent news makes clear, Murdoch only has continued to lead a legacy of corrupting journalism and harming the public interest. The latest information released reveals how widespread internal knowledge and support was around wiretapping practices. ...
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My Suit of Armor -- And the Clothes That Mock Me
StyleList
The peasant blouse inspired by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, the suede fringe jacket or the Monet inspired sequined top all hanging in my closet with the tags attached -- never worn. (Yes, I bought a suede-fringed jacket, which begs another question: ...
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A big day for ... U2's claw
Sydney Morning Herald
Nicknamed ''the Claw'' for its unique design, which incorporates four large crab-like legs, the huge set was seen by more than 7 million fans at 110 concerts in 30 countries on U2's recent 360 Tour. And now, with the tour over, it's up for sale. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Media 24 newspapers confident of continued recovery
The Media Online
Reacting to Audit Bureau of Circulations of SA (ABC) statistics for the quarter, released today, Van Zyl notes declines in circulation numbers for most of South Africa's major publications, with some key publications holding steady. ...
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The Media Online
Gold: What happened to Canada's stash?
Vancouver Sun (blog)
(Mauritius is a tiny island off the southeast coast of Africa, population 1.3 million; Tajikistan is a former Soviet republic that remains a de facto one-party state). Selling our 109000 ounces would yield about $195 million today. ...
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Iran News Round Up August 17, 2011
Critical Threats Project
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by Ali Alfoneh, Ahmad Majidyar and Michael Rubin. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. The poet Mohammad-Hossein Jafarian, ...
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The Return of the Cossacks: Russia's Warrior Clan Wants Its Old Country Back
TIME
But they looked fearsome enough, and were it not for their blond hair and distinctly Slavic features, these few dozen boys in fatigues could have passed for child soldiers geared up to fight somewhere in Africa. Even the youngest ones had hunting ...
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The great failure of globalisation
Financial Times
China, realising this, has sold Africa many billions of dollars per year of infrastructure export projects, financed by long-term Chinese loans. Yet the US and Europe have virtually ceded that market to China by the lack of financing to African and ...
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Financial Times
Australia Israel Trade Awards night recognising Sydney Travel Wholesalers
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
2010 was a record year with a total of 3.45 Million tourists, a 26% annual growth compared to 2009 .Latest figures released for the first half of 2011 show that tourist arrivals to Israel continue to rise. Gonen invited travel agents who are ...
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A Whiff Of a Good Fund
Prfire (press release)
There are many Forestry funds and Timber investment opportunities on the market today; they range from planting trees in Africa to buying woodlands in Scotland. The one thing they all have in common though is an underlying asset class which continues ...
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Charlie Simpson: Interview
Gigwise
From his musical beginnings in pop-punk boy band Busted, through to his more recentrock reinvention in Fightstar, Charlie Simpson has displayed a wide range of styles and incarnations in the 10 years since he entered the music industry. His latest ...
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Gigwise
Famine 'could kill 400 000 children'
Independent Online
The latest pledge brings Britain's total aid to help tackle what aid agencies are calling the worst drought in decades to hit Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, to more than 100-million pounds. “We call today on other countries to put their shoulders to the ...
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Independent Online
AfriMoney.com | Africa: Emerging Trend Towards Establishing ...
By AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance
August 18, 2011 By AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance. As several Africangovernments examine the possibility of setting up their own "offshore" financial centres, the trade name for tax havens, campaigners are calling for transparency and fair tax regimes. ... I've had manyrecent trips to the post office, tracing lost dusty packages, new keys, dividend cheques and other mail which 85% of which are bills & statements, and 10% are marketing … [Read More...] ...
AfriMoney.com
Waftigii Raisal wasaarah Turkiga ee Lasugaayay oo dib u dhacay ...
By wararka
August 18, 2011 | Filed under: Latest News | Posted by: wararka. Muqdisho-(GMN) Waftigii uu hogaaminaayay Recep Tayyip Erdogan Raisal wasaaraha dalka Turkiga ee la sugaayay inuu Maanta soo gaaro Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa lasoo ...
Gedoonline
Suicide in the Country a Crisis | Latest News ... - Portal to Africa
Latest: Libya - Fighting rages in Libya, rebels deny talks ... suicides were reported to the Ministry of Health in the eleven months between 2010 and 2011. ...
www.portaltoafrica.com/news/.../suicide-in-the-country-a-crisi...
South African Wine | wine news | Knorhoek Pinotage 2009: gentle ...
WineNews | latest south african wine related news ... Knorhoek Pinotage 2009: gentle giant with great varietal integrity. 15 August 2011 by Knorhoek Wines ...
www.wine.co.za/news/News.aspx?NEWSID=18468

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