AFRICA News, Aug 28, 2011

Music as message BBC News This view infuses Rudder's latest album, Random Notes, which marks key events inrecent Caribbean history and covers topics from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to modern life in Jamaica and Trinidad. David Rudder was one of the pioneers of the modern pacy... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Bee Attacks Across the Country Lead to Questions About 'Killer Bees' ABC News By CHRISTINA NG A string of recent bee attacks in Florida, California, Texas and Arizona have left both humans and animals injured this summer. (Getty Images) A errant playground ball hit a beehive in Cocoa Beach, Fla., sending a swarm of angry bees ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Ghana should avoid complacency-WANEP GhanaWeb Mr. Justin Bayor, National Coordinator of the West Africa Network for Peace building, Ghana (WANEP-Ghana) has warned the country's security agencies not to let their guard down despite the Global Peace Index latest report which rated the nation as the ... See all stories on this topic »

Does the racial make-up of local government reflect the community? Muncie Star Press Regardless of those ties, however, Quirk maintained that he's "never heard any official, Democrat or Republican, say, 'I don't want to hire an African-American.'" "As far as the three commissioners I've worked under since 2009, race has never been a ... See all stories on this topic »

Uganda tea exporters protest Kenya plant permit charges East African By A JOINT REPORT (email the author) Uganda is planning to lodge a complaint against Kenya at the East African Community headquarters over what it terms unfair trade practices. The landlocked country is against the introduction of a plant-health ... See all stories on this topic »

Zanzibar Ivory Haul Highlights Large-Scale Killing of African Elephants International Business Times However, IFAW says the impact of large-scale elephant slaughter on African elephant populations is of more importance than the value of the latest ivory haul. “While we gather to discuss combating the ivory trade elephants continue to be killed for ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports Agent taught summer class at UNC Reesenews Carl Carey Jr., an agent who represented Julius Peppers in his recent deal with the Chicago Bears, was hired to teach a course in the African and Afro-American studies department. He was also representing two UNC football players who had been selected... See all stories on this topic » Reesenews

Standard Bank SA predicts MMD victory Times of Zambia According to the latest Standard Bank African research report on Zambia, dubbed "Africa Trade Idea", the failure of the pact between the Patriotic Front (PF) and the UPND would advantage President Banda. According to the report, the buoyant nature of ... See all stories on this topic »

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is fitting tribute Sun-Sentinel This latest monument, however, figures to be as well-received as all of the recent ones, with the Vietnam Memorial in particular becoming one of the most popular and poignant sites in Washington. According to one recent poll, 91 percent of Americans ... See all stories on this topic »

Uganda slips in FIFA rankings StarAfrica.com The Cranes are experiencing one of their forms in recent times and are in a good stead to qualify for next year's Africa Cup of Nations with two matches remaining. The East African nation all-time best position is 63 rd attained in September 2010. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Fall of Tripoli SBS Plus we look back at our 2010 interview with Gaddafi, when he confidently insisted that the people were with him and dismissed the title of 'dictator' as stupid. WATCH - Get the latest on the situation in Libya on Sunday at 8.30pm on SBS ONE. ... See all stories on this topic »

China energy demand holds a reservoir of opportunity gulfnews.com The country's state-controlled companies, which include CNPC, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and China Petrochemicals Corporation (Sinopec), had spent most of the last decade purchasing assets in Africa and Central Asia, which produces ... See all stories on this topic » gulfnews.com

Minnesota's princess tradition: Maybe we all just want our heads carved in butter. Twin Cities Planet There may be no Princess Kay scandal in the competition's history, but there is this recentphenomenon: a concentration of three Princess Kays in one family over the past several years. Katie Miron, the 2010 and 57th Princess Kay is younger sister to ... See all stories on this topic »

Thomas Cook seeks ticket out of time warp The Independent And this is against the backdrop of an industry that has had to cope with erupting volcanoes, revolutions in popular North African destinations, rising fuel prices, and the downturn in consumer spending. Simon French, a leisure analyst at Panmure ... See all stories on this topic »

Contemporary classical: a guide for the perplexed Today's Zaman The idea that good music can bring together a range of traditions, from rock to WestAfrican drumming to Javanese gamelan, is today a given for most younger composers, and emerges in surprising ways (like Lang's “Little Match Girl Passion,” a ... See all stories on this topic » Today's Zaman

Emails: Jeb Bush was upset Scott fired staffers Boston Herald King's son, Army Pfc. Brandon King, was killed in Afghanistan in July 2010. "All three are AfricanAmerican, non-political and good workers," Bush wrote to Wiles. In another email, Wiles told the director of administration in the governor's office that ... See all stories on this topic »

Is LA The World's Next Great Literary City? The Los Angeles Review of Books ... LAist The latest major California survey claimed 80% of Californians had read a book in the last month. Reading is alive and well, and all the research shows that people with eReaders read more than they did before getting the reader. ... See all stories on this topic » LAist

Who was behind the bombing in Nigeria? CNN International It is the latest, and most ambitious in a series of bomb explosions that have hit the city in the last year. The last one, in June, targeted the police headquarters in Abuja, killing two people. Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group (sometimes ... See all stories on this topic » CNN International

Souq.com records an increase of 33% in number of unique visitors in the first ... Zawya (subscription) (press release) From humble beginnings in 2005, Souq.com now attracts over 2 million unique visitors per month - a figure which is growing in double digits monthly - from countries across the Middle East and NorthAfrica. Headquartered in Dubai, Souq.com has offices ... See all stories on this topic »

Wall Street's Wrong About These Stocks Motley Fool Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ ) decision to abandon the PC market is only the latest symptom of a movement that began when IBM (NYSE: IBM ) sold off its computer business to Lenovo. Some might point to Dell as a computer maker still, but even there the ... See all stories on this topic »

Exodus Slows in Horn of Africa But Grows in Yemen [press release] Middle East North Africa Financial Network Some 15000 of them have arrived since January. Learn more about the crisis in the Horn of Africaand how to contribute by visiting the UNHCR Horn of Africa emergency donation site. For the latestupdates follow us on Facebook or Twitter. See all stories on this topic »

Fresh questions over Mandelson's business dealings after secretive new venture ... Daily Mail By Robert Verkaik Fresh questions have been raised over Lord Mandelson's business dealings after it was disclosed that his latest commercial venture is a secretive international business consultancy with no website or even an advertised address. ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

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