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AFRICA News, Aug 26, 2011


Glencore eyes bid for South African miner
Financial Times (blog)
Glencore is eyeing a bid for Optimum Coal, the South African miner, as the world's largest commodities trading house plans to use the current market turmoil for bargain-hunting, taking advantage of the recent falls in resource stocks, the FT reports. ...
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556 Western Sahara Separatists Mercenaries Arrested in Libya
Morocco Board News Service
The Polisario mercenaries were among groups of sub-Saharan African mercenaries who have been detained by the Libyan rebels. These latest arrests have confirmed the duplicitous role of Algeria's Government and its frantic support of Colonel Gaddafi. ...
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IMF official: Global economic outlook weaker
MarketWatch
Financial markets have been roiled by a number of factors in recent weeks, including ongoing fears of European fiscal health, the stagnant US economic recovery, and ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. The latter issue has taken center ...
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Ardour cools after anthem
Independent Online
“It's obvious Ard hates South Af… South Afr… South Arffk… South Ra-Ri-Ra”; “Of coz he only got the African language parts wrong on the national anthem…” and “While the other section of society see the Ardgate scandal as an insult, the other thinks ...
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Independent Online
More than just the second son
Mail & Guardian Online
His 2009 publication, Architects of Poverty, is about how Africa's elites are responsible for the continent's grim state; his latest tome, as editor, Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa'sChallenges, features essays by top thinkers proffering ...
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Rhino Horns Put Europe's Museums on Thieves' Must-Visit List
New York Times
So far this year there have been 260 rhino deaths from poaching in South Africa alone, compared with a total last year of 333, she added. The problem was a major focus of the recent meeting in Geneva of the Convention on International Trade in ...
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New York Times
Sex with Neanderthals Gave Humans Immunity Boost
LiveScience.com
These genetic gifts might have helped our species as we expanded out of Africa, investigators added. Although we modern humans are the only surviving members of our lineage, others once roamed the Earth, including familiar Neanderthals and the newfound ...
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Rhino poaching surges on S. Africa's private reserves
AFP
South Africa has lost 275 rhinos to poaching this year, up from 13 in 2007, with a recent swing to private reserves which hold about a quarter of the country's rhinos. One of the latest victims was a huge male, which died on Thursday after having its ...
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Flames dislodge Zebras
Nation Online
Recent inactivity has not cost the Flames much ground on the latest Fifa ranking with Malawi now rated second best in southern Africa despite climbing down from 72 to 73 on this month's world chart. On the world rankings released on Wednesday on Fifa ...
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Ex Naspers exec talks emerging markets and entrepreneurship
Memeburn
This South African online retail site is looking to gain significant market share in a sector where Naspers-backed Kalahari.net is the country's predominant force. Memeburn sat down for an exclusive interview with Reid, tackling his views on emerging ...
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Ensure Lower Healthcare Costs
Cape Business News
The rising cost of healthcare in South Africa is a cause of major concern for employers, with annual medical inflation in South Africa currently running at 5.4% as at 30 June, according to lateststatistics by Statistics South Africa. ...
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Too many children dying
The New Age Online
South Africa is a signatory to this declaration signed in 1990. While child mortality rates have experienced a steep decline in many parts of the world, in sub-Saharan Africa the number of deaths has increased, according to the UN. ...
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We're under attack from dark forces - ANCYL Limpopo
Politicsweb
We also appreciate the latest victory brought about by the recent Constitutional Court ruling on the Moutse demarcation matter. We call for unity in the ANCYL and the ANC. We support our provincial chairperson in the ANC and premier in government. ...
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Socrate Sarfo Arrested Over Missing Sperm
Peace FM Online
On location shooting his latest movie titled 'Sons Of Satan', which is a sequel of his earlier movie 'Sakawa Boys' released in 2009, the police appeared on set with one of the actors in the movie-Duke Felix, they disrupted the set and arrested him. ...
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Peace FM Online
26/08/2011 (On-The-Air)
Creamer Media's Engineering News
In the meantime, government appointed lawyers to do a legal audit of the process and they found a few problems with Nersa having set predetermined tariffs, given that South Africa procurement rules require a determination on either price or BEE. ...
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Denel Dynamics markets high-tech missile offering to SANDF and friendly countries
Creamer Media's Engineering News
South Africa has been at peace for a little over 20 years now, but the world, if anything, is getting more turbulent. Fortunately, a number of major countries with recent (and continuing) war experience publish their experiences, lessons and future ...
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Obama Issues Executive Order Mandating Racial Favoritism
National Legal and Policy Center
This is the latest in a series of presidential executive orders proposing a strong dose of affirmative action for the federal bureaucracy. On October 12, 2000, President Clinton issued Executive Order 13171 directed at executive departments and ...
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ANALYSIS: Doctors treating sick in Africa now aid US uninsured
iWatch News
If the candidates witnessed what I saw, I'm betting they would finally understand just how much the US health care system has deteriorated in recent years – and why, even now, health care reform must go forward. If they had been with me at that Chicago ...
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Nigeria: How Not to Antagonize Islamic Banking
AllAfrica.com
Fiery Pan-African writer, Naiwu Osahon, was even more caustic in his antagonism of Sanusi and Islamic Banking. Osahon has never failed to fault every step the CBN boss takes, but he went beyond the boundary of logic in his latest tirade against the CBN ...
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L-Tido agrees to 'tickle' Botswana revellers
Mmegi Online
The Botswana launch, however, follows a recent series of launch campaigns dubbed 4-FOR-4 that took place in cities all over South Africa. Remy said to ensure that L-Tido is promoted well they decided to buy 100 copies of the All Or Nothing album, ...
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Rugby Word Cup 2011: Lewis Moody inspired by Dame Kelly Holmes
Metro
Adversity is a word Lewis Moody has known all too well throughout his swashbuckling career and he is convinced he will win his latest injury battle to play in his third World Cup next month. The Bath flanker – a member of the World Cup-winning team of ...
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Metro
Belabouring the issue
Fin24
Recent observations follow a speech by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan at an auditors' conference in Johannesburg last week. Gordhan said that South Africa would have to lower the cost of employing young, inexperienced and poorly schooled workers to ...
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Solve rape cases, activists demand
Mail & Guardian Online
In light of the recent spate in sexuality based violence, particularly in townships, communities across South Africa are outraged. We travel to Kwa Thema, home of the latest victim. The group presented a memorandum to Ekurhuleni metro police department ...
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Hurricane Irene a major threat to East Coast
Summit County Citizens Voice
Video clip courtesy NOAA showing Irene morphing from tropical wave off the coast of Africa to a Category 3 hurricane churning toward the Carolina coast. SUMMIT COUNTY — Growing larger and stronger, Hurricane Irene is how aiming for North Carolina, ...
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Shots - Health Blog : NPR
NPR
And the latest Medicare data show that doctors frequently order MRI back scans for patients who haven't tried recommended treatments such as physical therapy. An MRI often prompts surgery. In2009, 32 percent of Medicare patients with lower back pain ...
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Dancing around convention
Mail & Guardian Online
In her 2010 production of Swan Lake, Masilo took on what seemed like the impossible task of fusing classical ballet and African dance. She is adamant that she does not aim to provoke, but rather attempts to magnify and explore the ideas surrounding the ...
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WORLDVIEW: 'Things fall apart'
BP News
Long-term regimes have fallen -- or are falling -- in the Middle East and North Africa, but no one is sure what will follow them. Perhaps something worse? Scenarios range from a new dawn of freedom and democracy to the rise of Islamist theocracies ...
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Women grabbed with tons of wee
Myjoyonline.com
In the latest arrest, the two suspects were 40-year-old Kate Yaa Akyempim, a land-lady at Krofrom, and Akosua Anokyewaa, also 40, and a native of Nkoranza in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The suspects were nabbed when the police raided their home at Columbia ...
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Theater Listings: Aug. 26 — Sept. 1
New York Times
(Rooney) 'Olive and the Bitter Herbs' The title character in Charles Busch's latest comedy is an unceasingly kvetching elderly actress who finds herself haunted by a ghost from her past. Marcia Jean Kurtz grouses capably, and Mr. Busch is an expert ...
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The world's poor can best be served by adopting the best of both worlds
Southwest Farm Press (blog)
My latest search turned up the text of a speech given by Bill Gates at the World Food Prize's Norman Borlaug Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2009. Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp., and one of the world's wealthiest individuals, ...
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The Hidden Things of Muammar Gaddafi
OpEdNews
To quote: (ANSAmed) - ROME - Black magic and African shamans are the latest weapon that Gaddafi has made recourse to in order to extend the life of his regime. Shamans and witches from Mali, Mauritania, Gambia, Morocco and Nigeria have the main task of ...
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Retail property - Property expansion
FM.co.za
Spanish fashion retailer Zara will open a flagship 2500m² store — its first in Africa — at Sandton City in Jo'burg on November 10. In addition, UK clothing retailer Topshop, Australian fashion brand Cotton On and America's Burger King are believed to ...
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'IEA release won't meet demand'
Upstream Online
The IEA recently flooded an extra 60 million barrels of oil on to the market in reaction to a drop in production in civil war-ravaged Libya and the wider Middle East and North Africa. However, the short-term effects of this decision and disagreement ...
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PetroChina's first-half profit flat at $10.3bn
Gulf Times
While first-half sales and profit were hit by political upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa, chief executive Said Darwazah told Reuters key markets were now recovering and Hikma was continuing to scour the region for acquisitions. ...
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Gulf Times
Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to ...
Washington Post
One of Syria's most famous artists, Ali Ferzat, 60, earned international recognition and the respect of many Arabs with stinging caricatures that infuriated dictators including Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and, particularly in recent ...
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Pentagon warns India of Chinese build-up
Times of India
India remains concerned over China's close military relationship with Pakistan and Beijing's growing footprint in the Indian Ocean, Central Asia and Africa," says the report. All this might not startle the Indian defence establishment, which also keeps ...
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The weekend Sports Fix
Herald Sun
It's only +5.5 and we'd like a little more, but the All Blacks are coming back from South Africa and even though they will add a lot more experience to their team, we've seen in recent weeks how hard it is to pull together a disjointed team with lots ...
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Saturday morning cartoons not meant for babies
Tri State Defender
With the exception of a small percentage, the pressing demands on today's parents to earn dual incomes, succeed in the workplace, contribute to community and stay on top of the latest trends related to parenthood have many finding themselves asking: ...
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Uproar expected: Hard rock bands slated to take over Toyota Pavilion on Saturday
Scranton Times-Tribune
The latest was the recent departure of guitarist Troy McLawhorn, bringing the band back to a trio. "Going back to a three-piece feels organic and real and right," Mr. Stewart said. "It's definitely a challenge to hold your own against four-piece bands, ...
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Scranton Times-Tribune
Newspaper Briefing, including 'Bank of England could launch fresh round of QE ...
Proactive Investors UK
It described the deal as one of the areas most significant lettings in recent years. The oil majors neighbours at the site, which is close to Manchester airport, will include fellow FTSE company Serco. Move of the day: Shares in Molins soared 10% or ...
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New York City Prepares for Hurricane Irene
WFUV News
The latest political poll from the Pew Research Center paints a grim picture of the American public's view of Washington. Both political parties have seen their approval ratings slip since the beginning of the year, and nearly nine out of 10 Americans ...
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EDT
CNBC.com
Grandparents in recent decades have often filled in for absent parents who were ill or battled addiction, or were sent to prison. The latest trend of grandparent involvement, reflected in census figures released Thursday, is now being driven also by ...
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World Championships preview – men's sprint events
Athletics Weekly
LJ van Zyl of South Africa owns the four fastest times in the world this year, but his best form was in the first half of the year and he was only fourth in Monaco in mid-July. » Jamaican relay pool includes three of the four fastest sprinters of ...
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Athletics Weekly
AfriMoney.com | Kenya: Nation Among Countries With Large Number of ...
By AllAfrica News: Latest
Having bought shares in recent 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...] ... The Future of the Post Office? August 5, 2011 By bankelele. 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
Ganacsigii Suuqa Bakaaraha oo mar kale dib u bilowday | Gedoonline
By wararka
August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Latest News | Posted by: wararka. Muqdisho-(GMN) Ayadoo Sanadihii ugu dambeeyyay aysan jirin wax dhaq dhaqaaq Ganacsi ah oo ka socday Suuqa weyn ee Bakaaraha ee Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa Bishaan ...
Gedoonline
IMF Raises South Africa GDP Forecast To +4 - Latest News | Global ...
Latest News | Global Finance. IMF Raises South Africa GDP Forecast To +4% In '11 ... SouthAfrica's economy shrank 1.7% in 2009 at the height of the global ...
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