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AFRICA News, Sep 21, 2011


Troubling news from Africa
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
AFRICOM's latest maneuver, undoubtedly part of an effort to prevent Defense Department budget cuts in upcoming cost-trimming exercises, has been the claim of its commander, Gen. Carter F. Ham, that al-Qaida seeks to coordinate its efforts in Africa. ...
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Tennis star Serena Williams becomes UNICEF's latest Goodwill Ambassador - with ...
UNICEF (press release)
VIDEO: 20 September 2011 - UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on the recentappointment of tennis ace Serena Williams as UNICEF's latest Goodwill Ambassador. Watch in RealPlayer At the 2nd Annual Social Good Summit UNICEF Executive Director ...
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UNICEF (press release)
Qaddafi Calls New Libya Government a Propped-Up 'Charade'
New York Times
The new flag of Libya — an adaptation of the flag from before the Qaddafi era — flew over the United Nations for the first time in decades, and the African Union officially recognized the council as the country's governing authority. ...
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New York Times
Fresh fears strike EM currencies
Financial Times
Since September 1, the Brazilian real, South African rand and Polish zloty are all down by more than 9 per cent against the US dollar; Hungary's forint, long vulnerable because of the country's big foreign currency debt, is down more than 10 per cent. ...
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Financial Times
KENYA: Disasters continue to happen
IRINnews.org
NAIROBI, 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - To illustrate the lack of disaster preparedness across EastAfrica, a cartoon in a weekly newspaper lists, tongue in cheek, the six chapters of the region's disaster preparedness and management blueprint. ...
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India faces new epidemic with 60 million people morbidly obese
The Australian
Despite GDP growth of close to 8 per cent per year, a space programme and superpower aspirations, there are still more people living in absolute poverty in just eight Indian states 410 million - than in all 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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Rapidly Growing Online Payments and E Money Business Ukash Adds to Recent ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table ranks Britain's 100 private tech (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over the latest three years. Tech Track 100 is compiled by Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times each ...
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Ford Kuga, Focus ST for Joburg show
Independent Online
Yet despite its relatively modern looks, the Kuga in fact shares its platform with the previous Ford Focus and is expected to be replaced in the next year or two by a new global vehicle previewed by the recent Vertrek concept vehicle. Ford South Africa ...
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Independent Online
Brics driving commodity demand
Mail & Guardian Online
Made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China, the Bric economies now include South Africa under the new acronym Brics. In a twist of fortunes, these emerging economies last week indicated they were willing to come to the aid of heavily indebted European ...
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The 10 Lamest White Savior Movies
Complex.com
Compared to Hollywood's recent output of movies based on heroic caucasians, Machine Gun Preacher's shoot-'em-up angle makes it far more interesting than its racially pandering peers. But, still, it's the latest in an elongated line of movies focused on ...
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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. ...
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Runway In Review
New York Times (blog)
(Fashion Wire Daily) “Burberry classics stayed close to the labels DNA in shape but referenced African textile and decoration for a hit of heat and sunshine.” (Grazia) “Burberry Prorsum's spring collection seemed to be 'Out of Africa,' with the ...
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New York Times (blog)
Tell Europe What Luxury Cars to Build
Wall Street Journal
But deciding which of the latest crop eventually make it into showrooms will depend in part on audience reaction at the Frankfurt show, which runs until Sept. 25, and on consumer feedback online. A look at which of the concept cars on display in ...
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Aureus Mining's New Liberty is one of the highest-grade resources being ...
Proactive Investors UK
With a grade of 3.7 grammes per tonne, Aureus Mining's (LON:AUE, TSE:AUE) flagship New Liberty gold project, Liberia represents one of the highest-grade resources being developed in West Africa, an Edison analyst said today. In a note from the research ...
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Proactive Investors UK
Global warming and the twisting of our children's minds
Daily Mail
But its latest hefty edition, published at the eye-watering price of £150, has become the focus of a bizarre climate change row. The new atlas shows the ice in Greenland — the northern hemisphere's largest ice cap — to be melting so fast that, ...
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Daily Mail
Weight Loss Gifts Giveaway Tackles Public's Unbridled Lust For Food
Latest Breaking News (press release) (blog)
In the last 50 years we have practically undone two million years worth of evolutionary fine tuning that saw us go from a two-legged curiosity on the African savannah to the most successful species to arise in this part of the cosmos. ...
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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 ...
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Financial chief leaves Instinet Europe
Financial News
Corker joined Instinet in March 2008, having spent over 10 years at interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, where he rose to finance director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Corker's departure follows a round of redundancies instigated by Instinet ...
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Obama might pull out
The Hill
Obama's historic race to the top in 2008 was animated by huge margins and turnouts among four key groups: African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and young voters. New polling data and the results of the Brooklyn-Queens Turner-Weprin elections suggest that ...
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Kenya tourism: where do we go from here?
TravelBite.co.uk (blog)
Heath Ashcroft, Marketing Director of Acacia Africa reiterated the point, said: "Our bookings haven't suffered as a result of the recent news in Kenya, and there have been no cancellations as yet. While we don't offer stays at that specific resort, ...
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HTC unveils fashion-style smartphone in New York
Focus Taiwan News Channel
The Android-based HTC Rhyme will go on sale in the coming weeks through Verizon Wireless, the top US mobile provider, and will also be available in Europe, Middle East,Africa and Asia-Pacific in October, according to HTC. A local analyst contended, ...
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Focus Taiwan News Channel
How Is Civil Society Doing In Libya? - Analysis
Eurasia Review
Although the influence and support to militant Salafist groups has certainly grown in North Africancountries, it makes sense to believe that more moderate views of political Islam, represented by the Muslim Brotherhood and the Senussi Sufis, ...
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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 ...
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No more empty pots
KVNO News
Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. No More Empty Pots offers weekly cooking classes; Chef Johnson conducts this class at the Charles Drew Health Center. (Photo by Angel Martin) On a recent hot...
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KVNO News
Court Ruling Backs Ecuadorian Effort to Hold Chevron Accountable For Amazon ...
Democracy Now
It is the latest development in a complex, 18-year legal battle that has gone before judges not just in Ecuador and the United States, but also The Hague. We speak with Atossa Soltani, executive director of Amazon Watch, which has worked closely with ...
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Democracy Now
Caribbean news briefs
eTaiwan News
It was just the latest of numerous flare-ups between Jamaican marine patrols and Honduran boats inrecent years. GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) _ Authorities say aggressive Africanized bees have killed a 49-year-old mechanic in Guyana. ...
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