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Shark Attack Death: Tim Van Heerden Killed By Shark In South Africa (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
The death of a surfer in South Africa is the latest in a world-wide spate of shark attacks in areas previously thought to be relatively safe. Tim Van Heerden was killed on Monday in South Africa'sPlettenberg Bay. His death was the first-ever reported ...
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Pryor could be latest QB to change position
Yahoo! Sports
In fact, the NFL has been converting college quarterbacks into other positions since the '70s, when teams were still reluctant to entrust African-Americans to take snaps under center. Dennis Franklin, who led Michigan to three consecutive Big Ten ...
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Ron Paul Leaps Past Bachmann in Latest Poll
San Francisco Chronicle
He has advised numerous countries on constitutional reform, including South Africa, Hungary and Russia. Apparently the American people are starting to take notice, too. According to the mostrecent Rasmussen survey of likely voters, Ron Paul is a mere ...
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BHP Billiton latest to be quizzed over returns
BusinessLIVE
The company, whose roots are in South Africa, declared a final and total dividend of 40 US cents and 65 US cents respectively for 2010. By comparison, BHP Billiton's closest rival Rio Tinto in February declared a 40% increase in its final dividend to ...
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BusinessLIVE
Info bill a threat to media sources: DA
Times LIVE
The issue had cropped up repeatedly in recent deliberations on the bill. The ruling party had insisted the clause would stay and rejected opposition proposals for exemptions from prosecution for possession of state secrets. According to the latest...
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Times LIVE
Algeria into the top 50 in the Fifa's world rankings
BBC Sport
Algeria have moved into the top 50 in the world according to the latest Fifa rankings. The Desert Foxes have moved up six places into 46th despite having not played a game since July's rankings. Ivory Coast remain the highest ranked African team at ...
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BBC Sport
Q&A: Gadhafi's options, future scenarios and more
CNN International
The pictures Tuesday of fighters carting heavy weaponry and boxes of ammunition from Gadhafi's Tripoli compound with no discipline were the latest example of the weaponized chaos that has overtaken Libya in recent months. A large army compound west of ...
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CNN International
Putting print fundamentals to work
gulfnews.com
Dubai: The latest bout of US economic angst, the recent UK riots and the final countdown in Libya have all hit newspaper headlines across the globe. But for a brief two-week stretch that began in mid-July, it was actually one newspaper that made news ...
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gulfnews.com
No More Kids Outside My Marriage
Information Nigeria
In a recent interview with Nollywoodgossip's Live Online, Tuface Idibia, who is arguably the most successful African artist in recent times and winner of about 34 awards both national and international shared some insights about his success and ...
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Information Nigeria
Shots - Health Blog : NPR
NPR
Medicare officials have unveiled the latest initiative to spring from last year's overhaul, and it's one some health economists have been lusting after for years: Bundling payments so that hospitals, doctors, and even post-hospital caregivers all have ...
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Shipping giant reports revenue is up by 12%
NW Evening Mail
We have seen that the UK, Europe and USA markets aren't the best so we take these skills and sell them in Asia and Africa. “We are not deserting the UK, we are just focusing on where the opportunities are.” The latest figures, which reveal a 26 per ...
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Soundboard, August 25-31
Chicago Reader
On her terrific new album, Afrodiaspora (Luaka Bop), Baca takes a different approach than on previous recordings, drawing on her recent travels and academic studies to interpret songs of the African diaspora in the new world—not just Afro-Peruvian ...
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Chicago Reader
Markets crisis could prompt new spending dip, says Sorrell
The Independent
In terms of its like-for-like revenues, WPP's Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa and Middle East and central and eastern Europe division was the star performer, delivering a 10.5 per cent sales growth. This compares with a lowly 2.9 per cent in ...
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Can strikers be brought under control?
Moneyweb.co.za
However given the advanced employment laws in South Africa is there a need for these blatant acts of unlawfulness to be carried out year after year? One need only recall the world's horror when pictures of the recent riots in London played out on TV ...
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Lessons Learned on High Schaool All American Tour
RugbyMag.com
Their four-match tour of South Africa resulted in one blowout victory, two tough wins, and one very tight and fractious loss. “The guys learned a lot,” said the Tempe-area schoolteacher. “I've been to South Africa twice with the U19s, ...
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Nas Talks: Aiding Somali Children, New Album, Fatherhood, Marriage And More
Huffington Post
Seventeen years since his classic 1994 debut, "Illmatic," the Queensbridge, New York, native is gearing up to release his latest offering, "Life Is Good," which he plans to have out by the end of the year. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post ...
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Emerton's return to Sydney a further A-League coup
The Roar
As I wrote yesterday, Kewell's signature should be seen as the start, an opportunity to build some momentum, and Emerton's return is just the latest piece of good news. A favourite among the NSL faithful for sticking around for a few seasons and ...
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In Sierra Leone, Seaweeds attack Lumley Beach again
Awareness Times
By Aruna Turay Less than a month since the US based Sierra Leonean firm, the African Business Consulting and Construction Group, conducted a week long cleaning of seaweeds on the Lumley/Aberdeen beaches in Freetown, another attack of a new breed of ...
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Gambia drops new FIFA ranking
West Coast Radio
As the Scorpions prepare to face Namibia in Windhoek in the weekend of 2nd to 4th September, The Gambia has jumped down to seven places in the latest world ranking released by FIFA, world football's governing body, on Wednesday. ...
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Trio of teams announced for Tour of Britain
Bike World News
Team NetApp lead the way as they prepare to make their debut at The Tour of Britain, with a team led by South African rider Daryl Impey that also includes recent Tour of Austria runner-up and Best Young Rider Leopold König. “As a young team, ...
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Green building leaders to address urban food security in SA
eProp.co.za
He cites the recent African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) survey of low-income areas in 11 southern African cities, which found 77% of households are struggling with food insecurity. “Many of the protests of the recent “Arab Spring” had their ...
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Commodities markets summary
Sydney Morning Herald
World oil prices were mixed on Wednesday ahead of a key speech by the US central bank chief, while traders also monitored the latest unrest in Libya. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude for delivery in October, ...
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Altın Koza festival promises strong lineup in 18th edition
Today's Zaman
The southern Turkish province of Adana's long-running Altın Koza (Golden Boll) International Film Festival is preparing to open its 2011 edition next month with a lineup that seems to be one of the event's strongest in recent years. ...
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Today's Zaman
Jason Smyth says he is in good form ahead of Daegu
BBC News
Like South African Oscar Pistorious, Smyth is hoping to achieve a piece of athletics history next year by competing at both the London Olympics and Paralympics. The Irish athlete's times have been well down on his personal best during his recent runs ...
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BBC News
World Travel Health Alerts – August 24, 2011
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Measles outbreaks were reported in Europe, Africa, the USA, and the Pacific this week. EUROPE: The Continent has now had 26000 cases, 6 of them fatal. Cases are rising in Dublin, which has over two thirds of Ireland's 135 cases. More details. ...
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Kenya's slump continues in rankings
SuperSport.com
Kenya is tied with two other nations namely Dominican Republic and Yemen while fellow East Africans Tanzania are 125th while Uganda continues its good showing inrecent months moving to 80th. Harambee Stars next face Guinea Bissau in an AfricanCup of ...
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SuperSport.com
British Admiral was tireless UFO advocate at the House of Lords
Open Minds UFO News
Peter Hill-Norton was born in South Africa in 1915, the son of a pilot in the then brand new Royal Flying Corps and, on his mother's side, a family of naval officers going all the way back to 1635. He entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1928 and ...
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Open Minds UFO News
Why Juan Mata has the poise and maturity to suit Chelsea
BBC Sport
A year after being part of the Spain squad that won the World Cup in South Africa, he spent this June as an over-age player captaining the Under-21s to victory at the European Championship in Denmark. In a recent interview with Esquire, Mata described ...
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BBC Sport
Venezuela to Repatriate Gold Reserves
MetalMiner
First of all, even a farmer in his mud hut in India or Africa is aware that gold prices have gone through the roof. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon to buy the metal as dollars and euros look less intrinsically valuable every day. ...
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UN, US express concern as 26000 displaced from Jonglei conflict
Sudan Tribune
The latest clash was perpetrated by the Murle ethnic group against the Luo Nuer apparently in response to a reciprocal attack in June. Tit for tat cattle raids and revenge attacks between the neighbouring tribes have resulted in the death of 1000 ...
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Growth for Gas Is International
Minyanville.com
The US is the world's largest natural-gas producer, annually extracting almost as much gas as the Middle East and Africa combined. North America is essentially a self-contained market, with the US and Canada supplying enough gas to meet their domestic ...
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National Jobs Corps to Fight Unemployment?
CNBC.com
Professor William “Sandy” Darity, whose expertise is public policy, African American studies and economics, calls it the National Investment Employment Corps. The program would guarantee all US citizens over the age of 18 a job at a minimal salary of...
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CNBC.com
What Does the President Think About the Criticism of His Vacation?
ABC News (blog)
That emerging action was the latest word on Libya and yesterday's quake. Photographers caught the President talking in his cell phone on the Farm Neck golf course. “He has been satisfied with his ability to do his job even in these unusual locations,” ...
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Mother of Maryland writer missing in Libya speaks with son, says he has ...
Washington Post
He met his girlfriend Lauren Fischer in 2006 in a hostel in Spain while waiting to set off on a motorcycle trip across north Africa and the Middle East. He ended up staying in Spain eight months teaching English and fixing the bike, she said. ...
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Mangum: Standing up to bullying in our public schools
Pomerado Newspaper Group
Recent studies reflect that up to 23 percent of students in grades 4-6 had been bullied at least “several times,” while 8 percent said they were bullied at least once a week. About 20 percent of the students admitted they had bullied others. ...
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Risk factors for development of TB after starting HIV therapy identified in ...
aidsmap
However, research conducted in Africa has found a high incidence of TB in patients shortly after the initiation of HIV therapy. Possible reasons could include previously undiagnosed disease, the unmasking of sub-clinical TB, recent infection, ...
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Ciidamo kawada Tirsan dowladda oo isku Risaaseeyay degmada ...
By wararka
August 25, 2011 | Filed under: Latest News | Posted by: wararka. Muqdisho-(GMN) Iska hor imaad wakhti kooban socday ayaa waxaa uu xalay ciidamo ka wada tirsan dowladda KMG ah ee Somalia uu ku dhexmaray degmada Dharkeynley ee gobbalka ...
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Shark Death In South Africa Latest In World-Wide ... - News on Green
The death of a surfer in South Africa is the latest in a world-wide spate of shark attacks in areas previously ... Wednesday, August 24 2011. News on Green ...
newsongreen.org/shark-death-in-south-africa-latest-in-world-...
South African Wine | wine news | French harvest bigger than 2010 ...
WineNews | latest south african wine related news ... is predicted to exceed 47 million hectolitres (hl) this year - an increase of 6% compared to 2010. ...
www.wine.co.za/news/news.aspx?NEWSID=18524

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