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Pricing carbon: domestic policy and international responsibility
ABC Online
Against the backdrop of these talks and the important UN Climate Conference inDurban, South Africa, later this year, Australia's responsibility to pass the carbon price legislation is greater than ever. Pricing carbon will help us play catch-up on ...
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ABC Online
When Women Take Charge...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Oct 04, 2011 (The East African/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Women who have the final say in sexual decisions have sex less often than those whose husbands have the final word, arecent study conducted in East, Southern and West Africa shows. ...
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'Africa can sustain 10% growth for 10 years'
BusinessLIVE
A research and author, Mills' forecasts are backed by the International Monetary Policy (IMF), which last month said African economies were set to boom. According to thelatest IMF World Economic Outlook, real GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa is ...
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BusinessLIVE
North Africa's Last Line of Defense
Middle East Online
With the rest of North Africa destabilized by recent revolutions, Bouteflika continues to demonstrate his nation's willingness to fight Al Qaeda, sustaining wave after wave of terror attacks in the process. He has recently sent large contingents of ...
See all stories on this topic »Gigaba: Lack of cooperation hurts SA
Fin24
“An Africa infrastructure country diagnostic estimates annual investment needs in infrastructure inAfrica at $38bn a year over the next 10 years, with two-thirds of this required from the energy sector,” Gigaba said. “More recent studies suggest that ...
See all stories on this topic »Seda '12: Let's not forget Somalia
The Brown Daily Herald
Although the University's latest Plan for Academic Enrichment report anticipates the creation of a cultural year with a "Focus on Africa" in the near future, some action has to be taken now. We do not need — and, in fact, we cannot afford — to wait ...
See all stories on this topic »Petroceltic reports upbeat well tests
Irish Times
Brokers said the news might “go some way to allay recent market concern over the ultimate field recovery factor”. Petroceltic said the well at the northern end of the field in its Illizi basin licence in the north African state flowed at a rate of ...
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Joint effort needed to prevent further decline and instability of the
Business Daily Africa
These were the latest in various actions that the CBK has taken in the recent past to try and arrest the weakening shilling. By the end of the week, the shilling had appreciated slightly to close at Sh99 to the dollar. Unfortunately, the CBK seems to ...
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Business Daily Africa
Black voters aren't 'brainwashed'
CNN
By Andra Gillespie, Special to CNN Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has saidAfrican-Americans have been "brainwashed" into voting for Democrats. Editor's note: Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University, ...
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Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Rumors Resurface
GotGame News
... Xbox 360 with No Comments The on-and-off rumors of online play for Mass Effect 3 have been rampant in recent months but the latest rumor comes from the ME3 forums on CVG. In the forum, an ad for the game from a South African retailer (BT Games) ...
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GotGame News
Rick Perry's ranch keeps Texas governor backpedaling
CBS News
Perry's ties to the ranch were criticized over the weekend by Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, the businessman who in recent days has stolen some of Perry's thunder and the onlyAfrican American vying for the Republican nomination. ...
See all stories on this topic »Gitex Technology Week 2011 - spotlight on world's latest trends
AME Info
InfoComm Middle East and Africa (MEA) 2011 will make its REGIONAL debut alongside Gitex TECHNOLOGY WEEK, in a joint collaboration between Dubai World Trade Centre in an effort by the international association of pro AudioVisual and information ...
See all stories on this topic »Libya's NTC eyes symbolic coup in Sirte
News24
It was the latest in a string of loyalist communities to be mopped up by NTC troops in recent days as they close in on the toppled despot's diehard fighters in the centre of coastal city of Sirte, 20km to the north. Medics said they had been warned an ...
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Let's ban the classics — and watch teens read 'em
Chicago Tribune
A school board member suggested at a recent meeting that other works might be more fitting for the teens — "Out of Africa," for instance, or "The Executioner's Song" (marking, perhaps, the first time in history that a book by Norman Mailer has been ...
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Chicago Tribune
McDermott praises Royals' recovery
Reading Chronicle
They have also kept two clean sheets in the process, the latest coming in Saturday's 0-0 stalemate against high-flying Middlesbrough at Madejski Stadium. As a result, Reading can take some new-found confidence into a two week international break, ...
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Is Big Brother Beyond Saving?
OntheBox
So Heaven Africa (?!) has been evicted. Do you know who she is? Do you care who she is? She is the latest “crazy”, young, attention-seeking Big Brother contestant to be told that she's not 'special', 'unique' or 'real' ..but plain old annoying. ...
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OntheBox
Hearst Magazines boss: We've made giant strides toward becoming 'the magazine ...
Poynter.org
In addition to the nearly 100 titles we acquired from Lagardère, we have five new international editions on the launch pad, including Esquire Philippines, launching this month; Good HousekeepingSouthAfrica and Middle East; House Beautiful Brazil, ...
See all stories on this topic »Peugeot 4008 SUV
The Swazi Observer
General Motors South Africa has taken the opportunity presented by the Johannesburg International Motor Show to preview its third generation Chevrolet Utility prior to its public launch towards the end of 2011. The imminent launch of the third ...
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Anderson climbs to career-high ranking
SuperSport.com (blog)
Kevin Anderson, South Africa's No 1 tennis player, rose one place to a career-high 31st position in the latest ATP world rankings released on Monday. Anderson has not played since picking up a hip flexor injury in the host nation's 4-1 loss to Croatia ...
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SuperSport.com (blog)
Stocks, bond yields crimping inflows into LDI
Pensions & Investments
The key is at what level you derisk,” said Tarik Ben-Saud, managing director and head of liability-driven investing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for BlackRock Inc.,London. “People moving into LDI right now are sort of insuring themselves ...
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Pensions & Investments
The 1920s: The Good Times?
Brooklyn Rail
Sadly, he doesn't know New York, let alone Gotham during the '20s, and his latestbook shows it. One can well debate whether the Big Apple was the “capital of the world” in the '20s. Many insist that Gotham did not assume this role until after World ...
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Brooklyn Rail
Maine vs Thoreau: The Roxanne Quimby Question?
Forbes
Zorba Press recently brought out our latest massive tome, the Dancing Star Foundation book, God's Country: The New Zealand Factor (by Jane Gray Morrison and me, Introduction by the President of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk) which can be downloaded for free! ...
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Global Manufacturing PMI dips to 27-month low in September
FinFacts Ireland
Job losses were seen China, the UKIndiaRussia, Brazil, South Africa and Australia. September saw average input prices rise at the same pace as August's 13-month low. Cost inflation continued to ease in developed markets, whereas emerging nations ...
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FinFacts Ireland
DJ LIVESTOCK HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
JOHANNESBURG (AFP)--A ban on some meat exports after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak could cost South Africa more than $490 million a year, an industry group said Monday. An outbreak of the disease in February in parts of the eastern KwaZulu-Natal ...
See all stories on this topic »Contagions: Reality More Chilling Than Film Fiction
Huffington Post
This real scene occurred in 2009, and the virus was H1N1 influenza, another of the inspirations for Tinseltown's latest killer-bug flick. The teller of the true story is Anne Schuchat, who related her real-life scares as a top public health official ...
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Petrol price increase set to reach R10.24
Independent Online
This follows the recent wage increase of 9 percent for service station staff in 2011, which was negotiated in September last year. Economists warn that all consumers will feel the pinch as the increase has a knock-on effect on the price of all goods ...
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