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Malaysia seizes nearly 700 elephant tusks
AFP
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 700 elephant tusks bound for China, an official said, the latest in a series of hauls indicating Malaysia had become a key ivory transit hub. Inspectors discovered the 695 African elephant tusks,...
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AFP
750000 Somalis are at risk of starving within the next few months
Globe and Mail
Famines, relatively rare in Africa in recent years, are officially declared when at least 30 per cent of children are suffering from acute malnutrition, food supplies are far less than adequate, and two adults (or four children) are dying of hunger ...
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Globe and Mail
10 players to watch at this year's Rugby World Cup
Winnipeg Free Press
South Africa has some of the best loose forwards in world rugby and Brussow is the best of their best. Goneva is the latest in a line of Fiji players who made their mark in sevens before establishing themselves in the test arena. ...
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Cable claims Mugabe dying from prostate cancer
ABC Online
GINNY STEIN: Of course, Mr Mugabe has in recent days said that he wants an election to be held at latest early next year. What's the MDC's position on that? DOUGLAS MONZORA: The call by Mr Mugabe for any election is the corroborating evidence. ...
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South Africa: Experts mull violence prevention measures
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The latest research on the extent of violence in specific countries will be released. Experts will highlight violence prevention programmes in countries such as Brazil, Canada, Colombia, SouthAfrica, United Kingdom and United States. ...
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More Threats From Dhlakama
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Maputo, Sep 05, 2011 (Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has threatened that Renamo will set up barracks throughout ...
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Closing in on Colombia's 'Madman'?
InSight Crime
He is one of the most enigmatic and successful of the latest generation of Colombian drug traffickers, and thought to be responsible for the shipment of over 100 tons of cocaine a year. Operation Deep Water saw the arrest of 19 people, all believed to ...
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Of beasts and men
Discover Magazine (blog)
In particular, they seem to possess the diverged variants found in the western Pygmies, the Biaka, and the Khoisan populations of southern Africa. As assumed the pattern of admixture seems to be such that the two Pygmy groups and the Khoisan exhibit ...
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Discover Magazine (blog)
Warner wants green, and blue too
Sydney Morning Herald
Warner is likely to miss the start of NSW's Sheffield Shield season, which clashes with the Twenty20 leg of Australia's tour of South Africa, and possibly the Blues' second game as well if he is included for the one-day internationals. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
The world needs a better moral compass
Thought Leader
It is worth noting that economic growth in Africa rebounded in 2010 with an estimated increase in gross domestic product of 4.7%, a trend that was expected to continue. The projected economic growth rate would be revised downwards as the conditions for ...
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UAE may see 3.3% real GDP growth
Khaleej Times
“It was a result of our view that the country would be among the few to actually benefit from the widespread social unrest unfolding throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at this juncture.” As one of only a few states, which have so far ...
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AUC Chairperson meets in Cairo with Prime Minister of Egypt
StarAfrica.com
In this regard, he referred to the recent pledge made by the Government of Egypt during the AU Pledging Conference for countries of Horn of Africa affected by drought and famine. He also expressed the AU's gratitude for hosting the AU High Level ...
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What is next for platinum?
Mineweb
Speaking on Mineweb.com's Metals Weekly Podcast, he said that despite the turmoil seen inrecent weeks, the group still remains positive on the outlook for autocatalyst demand in the second half of the year. After a first half characterised by robust ...
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England should not worry about Bale
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Still, England have not exactly made England a fortress since returning from their dismal showing in South Africa last year, wining none of their last four home matches against Montenegro, France, Ghana and Switzerland. For the second time this year, ...
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JC De Vera is the face of Freego
Manila Standard Today
Another thing that the actor loves about Freego is how the denim brand keeps a pulse on the latestglobal trends, while crafting offerings that are relevant to the Filipino market. “With Freego, I know that I'll constantly be in style,” De Vera says. ...
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Western intervention in the Arab spring
The Guardian
Libya is the most recent casualty, with peaceboat diplomacy never even considered. Until the real alternative to war is hammered out round the conference table, the easy option will always be assumed to be the only one. • The latest revelations of ...
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'Zimbabwe empowerment minister powerless'
BusinessLIVE
Several other foreign companies with operations in Zimbabwe are up in arms with the government over the issue while the latest information suggests that Kasukuwere's empowerment ministry has rejected compliance submissions by Mwana Africa and Nestle. ...
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Exclusive Economic Zone: The Blue Line of the Greek Foreign Policy
EMportal
The question after the recent developments in North Africa is how the government of Mr. Papandreou will give the sense of continuity to this effort? In the past PASOK did not make use of its good relations with Mr. Kaddafi and Mr. Mubarak. ...
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Zimbabwe: New Churches Good, but . . .
AllAfrica.com
The church related schools also helped in instilling the much needed discipline in the country elites hence the will to struggle for the betterment of the people something that is lacking among therecent latest graduates. The media is currently awash ...
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Fresh attacks leave 11 dead in central Nigeria
AFP
JOS, Nigeria — Attacks in two villages in central Nigeria have killed 11 people, including children, the latest deaths in a fresh flare-up of violence in the region, a government official and a witness said on Monday. The attacks late Sunday occurred...
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AFP
Nigeria: Surging Demand Drives Hotel Rates Growth
AllAfrica.com
As hotels around the world report rate growth of 4 per cent in the first half of 2011, on the strength of the latest hotel survey from Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the international corporate services company, the rates in Nigeria may continue to toe the ...
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Tibet's mining menace
chinadialogue
And the solution, according to central planners, is to tap into sources of copper and gold more remote than China's current mines in Zambia, Peru, Mongolia, Laos, South Africa and Kazakhstan. The answer to China's accelerating demand for copper and ...
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Rare industrial metals, proxy to gold, silver investment
Commodity Online
I have spent time in Africa, had an opportunity to live in Europe for a few years and I currently live in Panama. This experience has opened my eyes to what is happening outside of the USA. What I see is a great mass of people who were once walking now...
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Commodity Online
Risk of another downturn rises
Fight Back! Newspaper
There was also a big increase in the unemployment rate for African Americans of almost a whole percentage point. The African American unemployment now stands at 16.7%, more than twice as high as the rate for non-Hispanic whites, which is 7.2%. ...
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Claudia Schiffer spirits her clan away to Suffolk mansion
Daily Mail
Earlier this summer Stowe-educated Vaughn was at the centre of speculation about Jones's baby after he directed the actress, who bears more than a passing resemblance to his wife, in the latest film of the X-Men franchise. He has categorically denied ...
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Daily Mail
Chinese military growth presents more risks
NavyTimes.com
That's according to a new 84-page Pentagon report outlining some of the latest intelligence on the Chinese military. US officials say that the pace and scope of China's sustained military investment have allowed Beijing “to pursue capabilities that we ...
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Global Property Investment Volumes Continue Strong Growth
Property Abroad News
This is the key highlight of the latest release of Jones Lang La Salle's Global Markets Perspectives report. Overall the report is positive, with a common thread; the recent glut of doom and gloom has served to increase caution among investors, ...
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Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook facing high-level probe over email ...
Telegraph.co.uk
When Dr Anthonia raised the email with Cook, he insisted he had not been responsible for its content and that he had been away from work in South Africa when it had been sent, before adding via email: “I cannot and will not condone this unacceptable ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
After 9/11: 50 dates that quietly changed us
Tucson Citizen
It suggests various things to Americans, including the nation from whence they or their ancestors immigrated; tribal regions of South Africa under apartheid; and Nazi Germany. To Orlando Sentinel columnist David D. Porter, the term evokes a ...
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Religion Today Summaries - September 5, 2011
Crosswalk.com (blog)
The study appears in the latest edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry and is getting considerable attention from both sides of the abortion debate. The researchers examined 22 studies from 1995-2009 involving 877000 women, including 163000 who ...
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Crosswalk.com (blog)
How did I end up at Mom and Dad's?
Salon
I had been spending too much time writing about the world's latest earthquake at the relief organization where I worked, and I was ready to get back on an exercise regimen. I also knew it was the floor that Dag worked on, so I poked my head into his ...
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Salon
Libya live: latest developments after Gaddafi downfall
Telegraph.co.uk
18.12 Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - the terror group's north African branch - has acquired a stockpile of weapons during the turmoil in Libya, including surface-to-air missiles that are threatening air travel, the EU's counter-terrorism coordinator ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Marcegaglia hikes coil and tube prices, plate likely to rise
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
Despite the recent slowdown in Germany, this country is still the most interesting and strongest in the European market, he says. “In term of tubes we are looking closely at the end of the spring revolutions in north Africa, focusing on some markets in ...
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Western Digital wins three Channel Awards this year
Al-Bawaba
Commenting on these awards wins Khwaja Saifuddin Ahmad, Senior Director Sales Middle East,Africa & South Asia, “We are very proud of our achievements to date and the recent award wins are a testament of all the hard work we pursue to support the ...
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William Faulkner & F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bookslut
It's impossible to imagine him publishing anything like the confessional essays Fitzgerald delivers in The Crack-Up, or the self-portraits Hemingway provides in The Green Hills of Africa and A Moveable Feast. When Malcolm Cowley tried to include some ...
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Special Report Podcast: Terence Goodlace, Metorex CEO
Moneyweb.co.za
We have competition authorities and that's Zambia, South Africa and China, then overall we have the Republic of China consents that we need to get through. ALEC HOGG: So, this is very much a set of results that will make god reading to your potential ...
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Gerard Butler in Tears
AhlanLive.com
Aww. The 300 star plays real-life Sudan hero Sam Childers in the film, and admits it's becoming difficult for him to recall the time spent on the set of the film in South Africa, without crying. Sam transformed his drug-riddled, crime-filled life after ...
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AhlanLive.com
Humans Had Sex Regularly With Mysterious Extinct Relatives in Africa
LiveScience.com
In comparison, recent estimates suggest that Neanderthal DNA makes up 1 percent to 4 percent of modern Eurasian genomes and Denisovan DNA makes up 4 percent to 6 percent of modern Melanesian genomes. [Neanderthals Had Sex With Humans] "We need to ...
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LiveScience.com
State Security Ministry on Secrecy Bill
Screen Africa
South Africa's Ministry of State Security has issued the following statement with regards to the processing of the Protection of State Information Bill (often referred to by the media as the Secrecy Bill). The statement reads: “The Ministry welcomes ...
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Deloitte South Africa Tax News – Number 3 of 2011 « Deloitte SA
By David Graham
Welcome to the latest edition of Deloitte Tax News, kindly compiled by the Deloitte South Africa Tax services line. If you have any questions or require any ... One of the main focus areas in this edition of Tax News is the international tax arena. We examine some key considerations ... In the recentcourt case of Oceanic Trust Co Ltd, the South African tax authorities challenged the “place of effective management” (and thus tax residence) of the taxpayer. Our article dealing with this case ...
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