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Cable theft likely to moderate along with copper demand
Creamer Media's Engineering News
The latest South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) copper theft barometer deteriorated to a level of 15.84 in July 2011, from 14.37 in June, but remained below the average of 16, or R18-million rand a month. Sacci said the figure was ...
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Latest Minnesota measles outbreak prompts reminders to vaccinate
West Central Tribune
Outbreaks have been occurring not only in Africa but in Eastern Europe and France as well. “We've been very sensitive about travel, period,” said DeBruycker, who oversees the travel clinic at ACMC. “We are paying close scrutiny to that. ...
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Triton turns a corner
iAfrica.com
Mitsubishi is changing its Triton one-tonners in South Africa by offering a facelifted model that is imported as a fully built-up unit and not assembled locally, as has been the case in the past. The new pick-ups will take over from the Triton line ...
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As it happened: Battle for Tripoli
BBC News
South Africa's foreign minister says the country has not sent planes to Libya for Col Gaddafi's exit. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane also says South Africa will not recognise the rebel government at this moment if Muammar Gaddafi falls. ...
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Breakbulk Africa Transport Congress
Einnews Portugal
Despite its long history of violence and instability, Africa's three major regions – North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa –have made great strides in recent decades to become significant drivers in global economic expansion. ...
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SA still confident after Davis Cup scare
SuperSport.com
South Africa's Davis Cup tennis team have recovered from a scare after a freak accident in which Rik De Voest injured his hand while running into the scoreboard at the Farmer's Classic in Los Angeles last month. John-Laffnie de Jager, South Africa's...
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ECOWAS adopts proposal for regional sea-link project
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By Bassey Udo The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the weekend adopted the proposal by the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) for the establishment of a Sea Trade Link system to deepen trade and promote economic integration in the ...
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A Prolific Painter & Passionate Collector of Contemporary African Art
AfricanColours.com
By Margaretta wa Gacheru | AfricanColours.com Mary Collis is not only a prolific painter-primarily an abstract expressionist and colorist whose most recent work, a triptych filled with a menagerie of multi-colored trees, was the star attraction at the ...
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Uganda: First 100 Days Rocked By Riots, Inflation
AllAfrica.com
Mr Johnnie Carson, US' Assistant Secretary for Africa, called Mr Museveni to tell him that his government was becoming "uncivil" "We are troubled by the tragic loss of life and injuries at the hands of Uganda's security forces during the recent ...
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Swaziland: Speed dating for the King
New Zealand Herald
About 1.3 million foreigners visited in 2009, the latest year for which statistics are available - up 13.3 per cent on the previous year. But tiny Swaziland has a problem, officials confide. Many people think it is part of South Africa - which it isn't ...
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New Zealand Herald
Swimmer dreams big
The New Age Online
Tezna's medal haul at the recent championships followed three other competitions in March and April where she emerged as the toast of the province. She holds, among others, the South African50m backstroke record. South Africa's latest Paralympic star ...
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Thank God We Are Not a Nigerians is an insult – Blakk Rasta
Myjoyonline.com
The controversies emanating from the FOKN Bois' latest single, Thank God We Are Not a Nigerians is definitely not ending any time soon as many have called on the duo to withdraw the song before it poisons the atmosphere. While Nigerians have bared ...
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Gains against malaria recognized on World Mosquito Day
News-Medical.net
... made in recent years in terms of developing new drugs, devising tests to diagnose the disease, and promoting the use of nets," as well as noted "the prospect of the first vaccine against malaria, which is currently in third-stage trials in Africa. ...
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Blackstone Buys More Stake In Monnet Ispat For Rs 75Cr
VC Circle
The latest round of stake buy came on Friday when the PE major picked up the shares both on the BSE and the NSE for an aggregate sum of Rs 75 crore. With the recent deals, Blackstone's stake in the company will go up to more than 6.2 per cent for a ...
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National Youth Theatre brings 'rage' to London stage
BBC News
The National Youth Theatre's latest production sees young actors and writers responding to past riots and protests in North Africa, the Middle East and in London. The recent spate of rioting across the capital has seen the company rapidly tweaking the ...
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Rep. West: Obama's Rules Scorn Constitution
NewsMax.com
The administration's latest edict on immigration amounts to giving undocumented workers a free pass to be here illegally, says West, who also expressed concern that the policy's roll-out occurred as members of Congress were on their summer break. ...
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Our View: Right way to fight for Arabs' rights
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Analysts say that especially in recent days, the aerial surveillance we have provided rebel commanders was key to the success of the latest revolution to topple a Mideast dictator. The Arab Spring has expanded through the summer and almost into the ...
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Sugar hits Sh200 per kilo as supply shortage persists
Business Daily Africa
On the retail front, the supply shortage has been aggravated by reduced imports from traditional markets such as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(Comesa) as producers divert their supply to better paying global markets. The latest...
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Business Daily Africa
State waives duty on GSM equipment
Zambia Daily Mail
The smart phone has since been launched in more than 50 countries including America, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, and has already achieved sales of over two million units to date. ...
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Hit Animal Smugglers Hard [editorial]
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Aug 23, 2011 (The Citizen/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The one-year ban on export of live animals and the disciplining of wildlife officials to pave the way for a probe into smuggling activities are moves that show government's commitment to ...
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Surfer and uShaka team up
Independent Online (blog)
The legendary Shaun Tomson, right, will be launching his latest book at uShaka s Kids World on Saturday after Shawn Thompson, right, the chief operating officer of uShaka Marine World invited him to meet his young fans at the venue. ...
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Independent Online (blog)
Hana Mining Ltd.: Infill Drilling Encounters High-Grade Copper-Silver ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Samples are placed into labelled bags, closed and packed into sealed bags that are shipped to ALS Chemex Laboratory in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hana has implemented an industry-standard QA/QC program that includes the blind insertion of certified ...
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WAfrica Crude-Supported by Asian demand
Reuters Africa
ASIAN BUYING TENDERS * Traders awaited details on Monday of the results of the latest crude oil buying tender by India's largest oil refiner, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC), which has been seeking more West African light sweet crude for October. ...
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Joan McAlpine: Home and away Scotland still makes a difference
Scotsman
Even in the post-World War Two period, a time of prosperity and low unemployment, we were snapping up one way tickets to Canada, South Africa, Australia and England. Devine is in the business of debunking some myths, however. ...
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Pick a winner
FOXSports.com
Recently I wrote about the frustration of Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson, who wants baseball to better promote its players and in turn attract more African-American kids to play the sport. Granderson was one of approximately 30 prominent ...
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Labour watch
Leadership Magazine
And, the most recent employment survey released by Adcorp showed employment dropping for the third consecutive month during July. The survey predicted that the South African economy would shed a massive 468192 jobs in the remaining months of 2011 and ...
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Maxine Waters to tea party: Go to Hell
Washington Post
The unemployment rate among African Americans is 16 percent, almost double the national average. Waters, who has faced complaints about ethics over the last year, has been at the forefront of a recent, more public venting of frustrations between the ...
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Water And Israel - The Facts
Green Prophet
A recent report by the analysts Maplecroft placed Israel in the 'extreme risk' of water insecurity category along with Kuwait, Niger and Iraq. It also ranked Israel as the fifth most water scarce country in the entire Middle East and North Africa ...
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ON THE STAGE: Christina Kennedy
Business Day
To extend that thought, the South African arts landscape is a walking cliché at the moment, because much of its survival is reliant on those very creative synergies and strategic partnerships that would make the antijargon brigade bristle with ...
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Sentiment Improves as Markets Anticipate Policy Response
Credit Writedowns
Singapore and South African CPI and central bank meetings in Turkey and Hungary in focus. The dollar looks set to begin the week on its back foot as market sentiment is improving on the hopes of a policy response from the Fed ahead of this Friday's ...
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Obesity at 25 Tied to Shorter Lifespan
Weight Loss Surgery Channel
The finding was true for all ethnic groups, with African-American women experiencing the biggest impact of being overweight at 25 compared to Caucasian women. Although trimming down later in life can still deliver significant health benefits for those ...
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In Defense of the Park Slope Food Co-op's Israel Boycott
New York Observer
It is in large part a 1600-word critique of The Observer's recent series on the BDS debate that has swept the brownstone bastion in recent months. We considered grabbing a few paragraphs for a “smug” blockquote commentary of our own, but instead, ...
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New York Observer
France plans to host Libyan rebel leader
eTaiwan News
By JAMEY KEATEN AP The French president has invited a top Libyan opposition leader to Paris for talks this week _ France's latest overture to the rebels as their advances into Tripoli appeared to spell the end of Moammar Gadhafi's regime. ...
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Vietnam Sells Another 300000 Tons of Rice to Indonesia
Jakarta Globe
“The market is now frozen, African buyers cannot accept high Vietnamese prices,” the trader said, but gave no estimates on the latest volume affected by delays or defaults. Another trader in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest grain trading market, ...
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Jakarta Globe
Supremes' and Temptations' 50th Anniversaries--Motown/UMe to Release CD's ...
Jazzcorner
At the same time, The Supremes notched breakthroughs for African-Americans and for African-American women on stage and on television. Both groups brought people together, no matter their race, becoming more than merely the most successful vocal groups ...
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The 50 Most Historically Significant Games in College Football
Bleacher Report
First African American Player To Play in Bowl Game: 1916 Rose Bowl Why: Two reasons, but mainly because Fritz Pollard of Brown became the first African American to play in the Rose Bowl. Washington State defeated Brown 14-0, which was a better margin ...
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AfriMoney.com | Africa: Five Ways Kenya And Africa Can Consign ...
By AllAfrica News: Latest
August 23, 2011 By AllAfrica NewsLatest. Calestous Juma posted these two quotes by the American politician Ross Perot on his Facebook page. "The activist is not the one that says the river is dirty. He cleans it. And. The activist is not the one that counts the ... Having bought shares inrecent East African IPO's (Uganda: Stanbic Bank and Rwanda: Bralirwa Brewers), there appears to be some progress in addressing one of long standing problems of buying … [Read More...] ...
AfriMoney.com
Sierra Leone oo sheegay inay ciidamo u soo diri doonto dalka ...
By wararka
August 23, 2011 | Filed under: Latest News | Posted by: wararka. Sierra Leone-(GMN) Dowladda dalka Sierra Leone ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in sida ugu dhaqsiinyaha badan ay ciidamo ugu soo diri doonto dalk Somali kuwaasoo qayb ka noqon doona ... Leone ayaa sheegay in dalkiisa markii ay dhibaatada ka jirtay QaramadaMidoobay ay gaysay ciidamo gaaraya 17 ilaa 18-kii bishaan August kuwaasoo uu guddoominaayey guddoomiyaha guddiga nabadgelyada Midowga Africa Mr. Ramtane Lamamra. ...
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