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AFRICA News, Sep 28, 2011

Africa Rising: African countries create new rules in the oil game
Christian Science Monitor
But the concept has only become popular in Africa in recent years due to the new discoveries and the rising price of oil, according to Willie Olson a senior adviser with INSTOK Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners. “Local content in this part of the world is ...
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Childhood vaccine funds agreed for more poor nations
Reuters
GAVI said its rollout of rotavirus vaccines in Africa had started, in Sudan, and Tuesday's agreements meant funding will now be available for these shots to go to children in 12 more African countries. GAVI said it had also agreed funding for 18 more ...
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Blacks leave Obama
The Hill
By Dick Morris - 09/27/11 06:36 PM ET Behind the president's whining to the Black Caucus, begging them to “quit grumbling,” is a decline in his personal popularity among African-American voters that could portend catastrophe for his fading reelection ...
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" 'Green News Report' - September 27, 2011 "
Brad Blog (blog)
TODAY: GOP's latest hostage: FEMA!; 100+ arrests in Canada pipeline protest; Legacy of oneAfrica woman; PLUS: Climate Science Rapid Response Team, ACTIVATE! Part 2 of Ernie Canning's analysis of a recent hearing examining new restrictions meant to ...
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Marsh rivalry set for international stage
The West Australian
WA could soon have brothers playing cricket for Australia following the announcement of the latestnational one-day and Twenty20 squads. Mitch Marsh has been named alongside older sibling Shaun in the squad for the T20 series against South Africa next ...
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Manufacturing jobs vulnerable to yet more power price increases
Creamer Media's Engineering News
Statistics South Africa's most recent 'Quarterly Labour Force Survey' shows that the manufacturing sector shed 3.8% of its workforce in the first quarter, which is equivalent to 68 000 jobs. Worringly, the Manufacturing Circle's survey shows that the ...
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Sugar Hill Cemetery receives plaque
Longview News-Journal
On Monday, September 26, 2011, a plaque was installed at the entrance to the African American Cemetery in recognition of unnamed slaves. The inscription reads the "Historical African American Sugar Hill Cemetery". Although there is no way of ...
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Texas Tech sets Fall enrollment record
KCBD-TV
"In the latest US News & World Report rankings, Texas Tech ranked sixth overall in students graduating with the least debt," Bailey added. "Combine that with our inclusion in the Wall Street Journal's list of the top 25 producers of college graduates, ...
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Engineering industry feels the pressure
The New Age Online
Trading conditions in the consulting engineering industry continue to be challenging, show the results in the bi-annual economic and capacity survey conducted by Consulting Engineers South Africa(Cesa). The latest results for the period January to ...
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Nigeria: Nation and Global Terrorism
AllAfrica.com
Thus, the Nigerian government can take a cue from the inspirational examples of national societies that had experienced violent upheavals in the recent years but are now enjoying relative peace and tranquility like the post-apartheid South Africa and ...
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In The Beginning, There Were Citizen Journalists
Huffington Post
The latter was the topic of their latest film, "Hidden Truth," which just won the Prize for Best Documentary at the Zanzibar International Film Festival. If you think about it, "People are always speaking for African woman," Sevcik observed. ...
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Japan Muddies Water in South China Sea Debate
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
This latest development apparently at the behest of the Philippines and Vietnam—two claimants that have have had harsh words with China over the sea in recent weeks. The United States has retreated somewhat from its outspokenness on the South China...
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Peak Games Raises $11.5M in Funding, Acquires Two Studios and Expands Into ...
Inside Social Games
When we last spoke with Peak Games, the company was experiencing a wave of growth on Facebook in Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa. The secret to its success in this case was a mix of in-house developed games that met the specific needs of the ...
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Inside Social Games
Morning Take-Out
New York Times
But as the market turmoil has weighed on trading and other businesses in recent weeks, Goldman has been revising its plans, potentially raising the cuts by as much as $250 million, to $1.45 billion, according to people briefed on the matter who were ...
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Yasmin Shiraz: Prolific Producer of Positive Content for Young People
Eurweb.com
September 16th marked the premiere of her latest documentary, “The Difference” at the Capital Cares Suicide Prevention Conference at the Kellogg Conference Center in Washington, DC. It features three African American youths from Washington, ...
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The Mo'Kelly Report: Herman Cain's Straw Poll Victory Signals Racist ...
Eurweb.com
When Herman Cain won the recent Florida Straw Poll, chants began to grow within the Republican party that the death of racism in both the GOP and America was official. The rationale being that if a Black man can win a GOP straw poll in the “South,” ...
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Indian Banks Shrug Off Arab Spring as Expats Keep Cash Flowing
Knowledge@Wharton
It continued that growth rate in the first half of 2009-2010, the latest period the RBI study covers. "There were significant increases in NRI remittances from the Gulf region (Middle East), Europe and Africa whereas those from North America and East ...
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Siena: Cuomo on a roll, hydrofracking not so much
Albany Times Union (blog)
The latest Siena poll finds more good news for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose favorability rating is up 3 percent from last month (from 69 to 72) even as his job performance rating fell by the same amount (58 to 55). Seven in 10 voters said Cuomo had done a ...
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Apple to announce new iPhone Oct. 4
San Jose Mercury News
On Oct. 4, Apple (AAPL) is expected to unveil its iPhone 5, the latest, fastest and presumably skinniest member of the Cupertino company's smartphone family. "There are a lot of rumors out there, but every Apple product has been thinner than the one ...
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Conoco to sell or shut Pennsylvania refinery
Reuters
[O/R] East Coast plants, typically heavily reliant on costly crude imports from the North Sea and West Africa, have seen profits squeezed by rising prices for those grades in recent years. Sunoco Inc. (SUN.N) put over 500000 bpd of refining capacity on ...
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Paul Simon Readies 'Songwriter' Collection, Album Reissues
Exclaim! (blog)
By Gregory AdamsWhile chances are Paul Simon isn't quite ready to quit promoting his latest batch of tunes, last April's So Beautiful or So What, the beloved songwriter is gearing up to shine a spotlight on his entire career via a new best-of ...
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Pietersen's exile over as England realise they can't live without him
The Independent
The latest beneficiary of this policy is the Surrey fast bowler Stuart Meaker, who impressed in his appearances for England Lions last season. He is the only uncapped player in the squad and one of five who were born in South Africa. ...
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Ecuador's Imperilled Paradise - One of the World's Most Important, If Least ...
Forbes
A few links to my numerous efforts to help save lives - human and other species - include: www.dancingstarfoundation.org; wapedia; IMDB (some of my films); Zorba Press (which recently brought out our latest massive tome, the Dancing Star ...
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Church and apartments to comingle
Tbo.com
Metro 510 and the remodeled 97-year-old church building are the newest members to join the colonies of apartments and condominiums that have populated downtown and Channel District inrecent years. Latest figures peg the number of urban dwellers at ...
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Lil Wayne Taking 'I Am Still Music' Tour To South Africa
TaleTela
Lil Wayne will be taking his I Am Still Music tour worldwide later this year and will be making a pitstop in South Africa. The Young Money boss finished the second leg of his North American tour last month, however, following the success of his latest ...
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Broker Roundup: Ophir, Tullow, Afren, Dominion Petroleum, Cove Energy ...
Proactive Investors UK
Citigroup's oil and gas analyst team, led by Michael Alsford, said deal activity will accelerate among East Africa focused oil stocks as the region's large potential resource base makes it magnet for the large-caps with the financial firepower to ...
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