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| In Mogadishu, an enemy retreats but fear remains Washington Post But the African Union troops stationed in the city are still nervous. On a desolate stretch of Bakara market, which al-Shabab used as a base, the troops walked past shuttered shops and houses pocked with bullet holes during a recent visit. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SOURCE: DIAMOND-FUELED VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN CAR Tacy Recent fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) between rebel groups competing for control over the country's alluvial diamonds have left 30 dead and dozens wounded over the course of a week, reports the AFP, citing an unnamed military official. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Coal of Africa: The project that could alter its fate Moneyweb.co.za But with the latest transaction that we hope to finalise over the next few months for the Trephudi... transaction we've got another potential three or four projects that one can bring on stream over the next decade or so. ALEC HOGG: So, you would be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Is Africa Rising Or Flailing? - Analysis Eurasia Review In this way Egypt is typically 21st century 'African'. The most recent World Bank trade brief published a year before the uprising in Egypt gave a glowing assessment of the Mubarak government's compliance with the World Bank's demands. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| "Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent ... PolitiFact Poverty among African-Americans went from just under 26 percent to over 27 percent. Poverty among white people is much lower than those other groups but it is rising, too, and fast. It went up from 9.4 percent to 9.9 percent. The only large segment of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Schramm named greater Philadelphia Manufacturer of the Year Daily Local News Each rig ranges from $750000 to $2.2 million with over 70 percent of revenues from export sales (in 2010), including major market positions in China, Chile, Brazil, Australia, Russia and South Africa. Schramm has transitioned to become an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| BlackBerry brand so powerful in SA, consumers associate it with their right to ... MarkLives.com The BlackBerry brand in South Africa found itself in the midst of two seemingly disastrous public relations crises in the past two weeks. But, says ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK, both events said more about the power of the brand, and the fall-out gave it even more ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Palm Oil Fuelling Scramble for Land in Africa The International News Magazine They're keen to capitalise on the latest oil boom – one involving the humble African oil palm that is, sadly, threatened by the push to cultivate its 'improved' varieties on millions of hectares of precious African farmland. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| More Texas students eying college as their future Fort Worth Star Telegram The latest national SAT reading scores are the lowest on record, and the math figures are the lowest since 1995, the College Board said last week. In Texas, the average scores also were lower in each category, and all ranked below the national average. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ANC tells Zille to keep her word and quit after 'dodgy' tender Business Day The latest revelation, that her special adviser, Ryan Coetzee, was indeed from the beginning part of the concept, (which is) against guidelines, vindicates the ANC's call for Mr Coetzee's suspension." The recent calls for Ms Zille to resign can be seen ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Greek Default Worries Ignite Broad Flight To Safety Wall Street Journal By Stephen L. Bernard Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Thelatest bout of Greek default fears sent investors rushing into safe havens to start the new week. Traders slashed positions in the euro, stocks and oil, opting instead for the yen,... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Singer Bob Dylan's Latest Incarnation as a Painter SecondAct (blog) Indeed, Dylan is so protean that his authorized cinematic biopic, director Todd Haynes' 2007 film I'm Not There, portrayed him by utilizing six different actors -- including a woman, Cate Blanchett, and an African-American child (Marcus Carl Franklin). ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sensex jumps 2.1% on hopes Greece will avoid near-term default India Infoline.com As part of its strategy to enter emerging markets, Ssangyong said it will start selling its vehicles in South Africa in early 2012 through M&M's sales network. Ssangyong will bring knockdown units of the Korando and the Rexton SUVs from its South ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chiefs win derby, Dynamos close Fifa.com Kaizer Chiefs are early leaders in South Africa after winning the fabled Soweto derby at the weekend as their status as the country's glamour club was embellished by victory over Orlando Pirates. Other well supported teams like Dynamos in Zimbabwe and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Al Gore and the Alternate Realities of Climate Change TIME He tied the recent rash of devastating disasters — heat waves and floods and storms — to rising carbon emissions and predicted more devastation on a warmer planet in the future. Most of all, he called on his audience of more than 8 million viewers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Libya and the limits of humanitarian intervention Daily Star Online It was in their strategic and commercial interests to remove the eccentric and unreliable dictator who had been sitting on Africa's largest oil reserves for some four decades. Supporting the Libyan people's quest for democracy and human rights provided ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia Harsher On Smoking Daily Markets Industry groups from Quebec, the Ukraine, Chile, Brazil, Peru and East Africa have raised voices against the bill claiming that it is biased. However, Australian Medical Association president Steve Hambleton urged senators to support Tobacco Plain ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TIFF '11 Reviews: Last Roundup — Your Sister's Sister, Chicken with Plums ... Movie City News With her latest film, Your Sister's Sister, writer-director Lynn Shelton again teams up with Mark Duplass, who plays Jack, an affable slacker caught between two sisters, Iris (Emily Blunt) and Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) in this lightly drawn but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gavitt left an indelible mark Boston Globe Should the Blade Runner have to run leadoff for South Africa's 4x400 relay at Olympus? That was the agreement at the recent world championships in South Korea where Oscar Pistorius made history by becoming the first amputee to compete against ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Impact Wrestling a mess Examiner.com There seems to be a state of turmoil right now in the Impact Wrestling world from therecent troubles of Matt hardy to the continuing troubles of Matt Hardy to injuries to Ric Flair (ruptured bursa sac) during his match with Sting to comments made by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Players will be picked on trust not reputation says Gregor Townsend Scotsman A glance back at the big wins in recent times, over Australia, South Africa, England, Ireland and Argentina show common themes - a terrific aggressive defence that was almost impregnable, unstinting work at the breakdown, good tactical kicking and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cisco Introduces Safety, Security and Communication Solutions for Urban ... MarketWatch (press release) At ASIS, Cisco is demonstrating support for the latest generation of open IP standards interoperability between P25 radio networks and the IP network infrastructure using P25 ISSI gateway capabilities and a universal media services appliance. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Indian Companies Buy Coal Assets Overseas Voice of America From Indonesia and Australia to Mozambique and South Africa, conglomerates such as Reliance and Tatas have spent an estimated $8 billion in the last four years to buy coal mines. The “coal rush,” as it is being called, comes as India's appetite for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| DeHart: Dinner theatre improves audience experience Kelowna Capital News Congratulations to Cheryl McNaughton and well-known artist Alex Fong on their recentmarriage Aug. 22 in San Francisco. Fong is hosting a water colour demonstration and workshop called The Joy of Coloured Water from Oct. 14 to 16 at the Sailing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama's Arc of Instability CounterPunch The dream of the Bush years was to militarily dominate that arc, which largely coincided with the area from North Africa to the Chinese border, also known as the Greater Middle East, but sometimes was said to stretch from Latin America to Southeast ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 'Habibi' Gracefully Subverts Orientalist Tropes Harvard Crimson His intricate tale follows a rigid structure: using an Arab North African talisman, which Thompson compares to Sudoku, as the book's framework, he divides "Habibi" into nine chapters, each with its own number, Arabic letter, and distinct visual design. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medishop 2011 launched… Accra Daily Mail He said it had created an opportunity for both foreign and locals to introduce the latesttechnology in the health care market. “It is also an opportunity for the Ghanaian health care industry to benefit from the latest technology to improve on quality ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| EIA forecasts higher global oil prices, growing volatility Oil & Gas Journal “Clearly, sanctions and other financial and institutional constraints that are restricting development of abundant resources in other countries could be alleviated,” said Gruenspecht. “Recent political unrest in North Africa and elsewhere also remind ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| GE's Field-Proven and Flexible Technology to Help OGX Develop Offshore Brazil ... MarketWatch (press release) GE's template design has been field-proven in similar projects in West Africa. "Our goal was to find a viable technology solution that gave us maximum flexibility in the development of the Waimea and Waikiki fields, and GE was able to meet that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wallop Papers and Spirit Preserved At U-W K2 Radio A recent program looked at emerging democracies in North Africa and the Middle East and featured conversation with UW Students from Egypt, Libya and Iraq. Malcolm Wallop died Wednesday September 14th at the age of 78 at his ranch near Big Horn. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Social Good Summit Day 1: The Power Of Youth And Social Media Care2.com (blog) USAID Administrator Raj Shah said during his discussion of today's launch of FWD, USAID's new social media campaign to raise awareness and mobilize donations for the ever burgeoning crisis in the Horn of Africa. As the FWD (for famine, war and drought) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Americas News AT 0500 G WSLS UNITED NATIONS US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges women world leaders to reach out to the new emerging democracies in the Middle East and North Africa and help ensure that the women who demonstrated, blogged and put their lives on the line are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Beating the Racism Card American Thinker Allen said -- and there's no reason to doubt it -- that he got the term from his mother, who had spent her early years in an African colony where the word was in wide use. While never explained by the press, it's likely that it was derived from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ethiopia: Claims Crackdown On Dissent Intensifies Eurasia Review “The recent spate of arrests points to a broadening crackdown against dissent by the Ethiopian authorities,” said Rona Peligal, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The detention of Debebe Eshetu, Eskinder Nega, and Andualem Aragie is just ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Turkey: Erdogan's Gamble In The Middle East Puzzle Spero News Such a policy basically dreams of building a regional system of relationships in which Turkey is the center, linked to countries ranging from Bosnia in the Balkans to Yemen and Africa, united by a common denominator which is Muslim culture; ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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