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AFRICA News, Sep 24, 2011

Africa: Sudan Struggle - an African Self-Determination Cause
AllAfrica.com
Clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Sudan Armed Forces are thelatest flashpoints in a crisis that points to issues beyond the borders of Sudan, writes Explo N. Nani-Kofi. On 2 September, the President of Sudan declared a ...
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Africa: Why Free, Fair and Transparent Elections Are Not Enough
AllAfrica.com
Recent data published in the latest South Africa Survey show that most racial groups saw their Gini scores increase over the past ten years, meaning that the distribution of wealth has become more unequal (proving Malema right after all). ...
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Latest iPhone 5 Rumors: Oct. 4 Launch? No T-Mobile? Al Gore?!
PC Magazine
At the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in South Africa, Gore mentioned "the new iPhones" coming out next year. Naturally that prompted hysterics; TWO iPhones!? Could it be?! No matter how many iPhones Apple might release, it appears Samsung is ...
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An African American executed as court ignores world protests, appeals
The News International
Davis' supporters, many mobilised in recent months through Twitter and Facebook, seethed with outrage after the lethal injection was carried out Wednesday night.” The eminent media outlet had stated in its September 22 report: “Davis was convicted in ...
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Zambia's new president and the next 90 days
How we made it in Africa
Following the recent performance of the Zambian economy, which has averaged over 6.0% GDP growth over the last 3 years and is expected to top 7.6% in 2011, the resultant growth has been a combination of a buoyant copper mining industry, ...
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Bafana Bafana star says -Nobody should underrate them
StarAfrica.com
According to the latest Fifa rankings, South Africans has dropped four places to 51st perhaps their lowest position since January. The rankings were determined by therecent 2-1 loss they suffered in the hands of Niger in the Africa Cup of Nations ...
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StarAfrica.com
ROCKERS ON BROADWAY Concert to Benefit BC/EFA, 10/31
Broadway World
Proceeds will benefit The Broadway Dreams Foundation, Broadway in South Africa and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Directed by Rockers on Broadway founder Donnie Kehr (Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot) "ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - HALOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR" promises ...
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Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Financial Times
Today, with the Philippines [who will become the latest state party to the treaty on November 1) we have 2.4bn covered by our system. We are growing faster than Facebook,” he says, in one of his stranger analogies. The recent conflict in Libya has,...
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Financial Times
South African Airways profit increases as nation's smaller carriers Comair and ...
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
Independent low-cost carrier 1time reported a loss in its most recent results for the six months ended 30-Jun-2011. The carrier reported an operating loss of USD5.0 million, compared to an operating profit of USD4.0 million in 1H2010. ...
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Traore: Auxerre was the right choice
Fifa.com
Those strengths have come in handy for his country, who have been indebted to the performances of their rising star, whose latest goalscoring contribution to the Stallion cause came in the recent 1-0 friendly defeat of Equatorial Guinea. ...
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International delight at Durham
Durham Times
Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand will all be visiting Durham Emirates ICG before the end of the 2016 season after the ECB issued a massive vote of confidence in the extensive rebuilding work that has gone into improving the ...
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Even Bastion Indonesia Not Immune
Wall Street Journal
In the same period, the greenback is up 19% against the Brazilian real, 18% against the South African rand and nearly 9% against the Korean won. It's up more than 7.5% against the Indian rupee. A weaker currency makes imported goods, ...
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Wall Street Journal
Abuse in Dutch Catholic care: more evidence
Radio Netherlands
One Catholic brother was banished to Africa for doing unethical brain research. Radio Netherlands Worldwide tracked him down. Until recent years, most abuses in Dutch institutional care were kept out of the public eye. One exception was a scandal in ...
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CHA coach/actor starring in 9/11-themed play Saturday
Chestnut Hill Local (blog)
by Laura Beitman Hoover When Kyle Dandridge prepared for a recent role as a child soldier inAfrica, he watched historic movies, looked at photographs, practiced his accent and even did push-ups to get his blood pumping before going on stage. ...
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Are police becoming too violent when dealing with public protests?
DefenceWeb (press release)
In South Africa, as much as anywhere else, protests have become increasingly violent and adversarial in recent years. Whether trade unionists protesting in support of their demands on the streets of Johannesburg, or anti-globalisation demonstrators ...
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DefenceWeb (press release)
A lot should be done to improve players' fitness
Mmegi Online
Part of the reason Dirang Moloi did not struggle to make the grade in South Africa is because before he joined Vasco da Gama for trials, he went through a rigorous and intensive private training session under the watchful eye of an experienced exercise ...
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NASA Reports Re-Entry of Defunct Satellite
Wall Street Journal
Those shifts, in turn, prompted NASA experts to reassess their predictions of likely impact areas Without identifying where some parts may have landed, NASA said the satellite was passing on an easterly course over Canada and Africa during the final ...
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WWE News: How Can WWE Revive SmackDown Live Event Attendance?
Bleacher Report
Randy Orton at a Smackdown house show in July in Durban, South Africa. Presumably, he's happy because it's an international tour and thus he was actually able to draw a decent crowd. In return, the only established top guy that SmackDown got was Randy ...
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Bleacher Report
OVER A COFFEE: Rise of the apes —Dr Haider Shah
Pakistan Daily Times
Latest archaeological discoveries have convinced anthropologists that the first humans originated inAfrica and all differences in appearances of various races resulted from environmental adaptations. Speaking rationally and scientifically, ...
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Afghan funeral leads to demonstration
STLtoday.com
The daylong funeral observances for Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former president, brought Afghanistan's capital to a near standstill, with some of the heaviest security in recent memory. Afghan police and soldiers in armored vehicles patrolled the streets, ...
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The Secrets to Discovering Authentic Sicily
Fox News
English-speaking is sparse and Sicilian Italian isn't the same as what is spoken on the mainland, due to centuries of invasions by visitors from Arabia and Africa. The good news is that locals want to communicate and will do the very best they can with ...
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Emerging-Market Local Bonds End Winning Streak In Anxious Market
Wall Street Journal
By Erin McCarthy and Cynthia Lin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Emerging-market local currency bond funds ended a 25-week winning streak, posting outflows in thelatest week as concerns about slowing global growth and the escalating ...
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Grains storage – strategic planning
WorldCrops.com
And the leading proponents of strategic grain storage will be countries in the Middle East and North Africa, where long-term water shortages have already stifled expansion of their traditional agriculture. Some have said that the world is just one poor ...
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WorldCrops.com
Mobile Marketing Association Webinar Focuses on State of the Mobile Marketing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
What: The webinar will discuss the latest findings from the Relevancy Group's recent survey on the challenges and opportunities in mobile marketing, and a real-world case study from Paper Hat Press on using mobile advertising to build an email ...
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The Week in Review
theTrumpet.com
These armed drones, however, are likely to further destabilize an already volatile region of Africa, unless the United States has the willpower to see the operation through to the end. Recent history and Bible prophecy indicate that America does not ...
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New Zealand name squads for Zimbabwe tour
Times of India
AP | Sep 24, 2011, 04.53AM IST WELLINGTON: Uncapped fast bowler Doug Bracewell has been named in New Zealand's Test and one-day squads to tour Zimbabwe next month, becoming thelatest player with that surname to represent New Zealand. ...
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Mobile testing units show success in linking people to HIV care, treatment13 ...
aidsmap
These results echo recent studies in South Africa showing a high loss to follow-up prior to receiving a CD4 test result; highlighting the critical need for point of care CD4 testing in both mobile and stationary facilities. Of the 145 (73%) remaining ...
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Global commodity demand to double - Rio Tinto CEO
SteelGuru
Also addressing investors, Rio Tinto CEO of Energy Mr Doug Richie echoed emerging coal miner Coal of Africa's CEO Mr John Wallington's prediction that Southern Africa's coking coal potential stands to rival that of Australia. ...
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Singing legend Cesaria Evora retires at 70
AFP
"Her new health problems come after she had to undergo several operations in recentyears, including open heart surgery in May 1010," the statement said. "Her Paris doctors told her she had to cancel her upcoming tour, so Cesaria and her producer and...
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AFP
EU: Ergenekon, coup cases opportunity for Turkish democracy
Today's Zaman
The European Union is set to call on Turkey to approach the ongoing trial on Ergenekon and other alleged coup attempts as a chance to improve its democracy and to boost the rule of law in the country in its latest progress report. ...
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Today's Zaman
Sri Lanka news: Geoff Marsh geared to help Sri Lanka rebuild
ESPNcricinfo.com
Marsh arrives in Sri Lanka on September 27 to start his two-year contract, and it will be the beginning of a busy period for the side, as they prepare to head to the UAE to take on Pakistan, followed by a tour of South Africa. ...
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ESPNcricinfo.com
Rwandan Catholic Church Promoting “Faith-Based' Justice
Coastweek
“Many of those who took part in the killings of my people are now my fellow parishioners,” Munyampenda told Xinhua in a recent interview. However, he affirmed that he has managed to forgive but “will never forget,” affirming his determination to ...
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Coastweek
Ghana: The Electoral Process - Issue of Biometric Registration and Voting
AllAfrica.com
A document edited by Astrid Evrensel of the UNDP entitled, 'Voter Registration in Africa: A Comparative Analysis', offers a comprehensive introduction to the single most complex process within the electoral cycle. The publication produced with the ...
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MD of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Alhassan Andani tells government not to be ...
Ghana Business News
The latest bullish outlook on the economy came from the Standard Bank, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, which predicted a healthy 16.3 percent growth for 2011. Mr. Stephen Bailey-Smith, Head of Africa Research, Standard Bank, said in the bank's ...
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Ghana Business News
Agricultural Innovations for Global Food Security
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Shah, however, noted that the famine again stalking the Horn of Africa is largely an issue of governance. Yes, drought has compounded the problems, but drought-affected countries like Kenya and Ethiopia, with better governance, are not facing famine ...
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LCP launches sharia-compliant London fund
Financial Times
A recent report by Savills found that the predominantly Muslim nations of north Africa and the Middle East accounted for 9 per cent of buyers in the prime market in the first half of 2011 – up from 7 per cent in 2010. In value terms, the proportion is ...
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More deaths as Europe extends Syria sanctions
AFP
... recent months," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa. "But this is particularly shocking." The latest deaths come as both the European Union and Switzerland announced broader sanctions against Damascus....
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AFP
Falling satellite may hit Canada, Africa | Latest CNN News
By najam
Recent data showed that debris was expected that the Earth's atmosphere on Friday and Saturday at 11.45 o'clock to 0:45 (from 0345 to 0445 GMT Saturday), according to the latest NASA. “At that time, satellite, and a visit to Canada, Africa, ...
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