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Africa: Building World Class Research Universities Is Significantly More ...
AllAfrica.com
For example, higher-level research institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa that are equipped to provide quality education and conduct relevant applied research can play a key role in training skilled workers to be fluent in the latest technologies and apply ...
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In Lagos, Putting the Frills Before the Basics
New York Times
Among the recent headlines: “Bad Roads Sink Residents in Depression.” “How Africans Underdevelop Africa.” “Living in Squalor, Decay and Despair.” “Nigeria has missed opportunities; only urgent rebirth will save it.” But right beside those headlines ...
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West Africa: ECOWAS Backs FG On Security Measures
AllAfrica.com
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, has reiterated the organization's strong condemnation of the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Nigeria and expressed solidarity with the Government and people of the country over...
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Jazz Listings for Oct. 7-13
New York Times
The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/jazz. All Nite Soul (Sunday) A long-running annual celebration to benefit ...
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Rugby World Cup preview: South Africa v Australia
stv.tv
Robbie Deans couldn't care less what Australia has done against SouthAfrica in the recent past. "All that matters is Sunday. The winner goes on, the loser goes home. The knockout phases of the World Cup are completely different to every other type of ...
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Risk South Africa rankings 2011
Risk.net
“The cross-currency basis swap market used to trade at around +5 to +15 during the first half of the year but has since moved as low as -55 in recent weeks. That's a result of European banks utilising the South African market - and certain other ...
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SA to start deporting Zimbabweans
Nehanda Radio
We are also extremely concerned that efforts to get clarity around the number of people in South Africa through the upcoming Census are being undermined by this latest move by Department of Home Affairs. Despite PASSOP being reassured by South Africa's ...
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Redmond: Desmond Tutu At 80
Vermont Public Radio
Stunned, I recognized him to be Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa , a recent Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was dressed in traditional black garb, about 5-foot-3, with shimmering perspiration on his rounded forehead. For years, Tutu had been working to ...
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Rescue of lion cub in Beirut puts spotlight on illegal animal trade
The Daily Star
And luckily for this latest lion cub, he is receiving that help. The Lebanese Agriculture Ministry has already issued the required permits, and Animals Lebanon is currently awaiting an import permit from the South African authorities before the 6.5 ...
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Pop and Rock Listings for Oct. 7-13
New York Times
The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. ...
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Africa: Remarks By Defense Secretary Panetta At Carnegie Europe
AllAfrica.com
Libya is the latest example of the importance of NATO. In support of a UN mandate, NATO led an international effort to save innocent civilian lives from a dictator who threatened to inflict great harm upon his own people. Six months after the beginning ...
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All Aboard Cain Train: Man With 9-9-9 Plan Is Latest GOP Darling
NPR (blog)
The surprise winner of Florida's recent GOP presidential straw poll has been featured on Page 1 of the New York Times. He's met with Donald Trump and sat down with The Wall Street Journal and the women of "The View." He earned Gallup's highest ...
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Pee-wee Herman's wacky Broadway show takes parents down memory lane
The Detroit News
The gang is back — including Chairry, Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis and more — in HBO's Emmy-nominated presentation of Pee-wee's recent Broadway run. "Disneynature: African Cats" (Rated G, Disney, $39.99): The latest filming technology allows ...
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The potential of African identity in advertising
Bizcommunity.com
Source: lab.colorsmagazine.com click to enlarge Gnarls Barkley's recent video, "Going On", Is a wonderful expose of contemporary African fashion. The thing that grabs the viewer is the juxtaposition of styles - traditional African adornment mixed with ...
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Unbanked hop into money market via high-tech route
The New Age Online
The latest banking technologies have become the best solution in addressing SouthAfrica's unbanked population, CEO of eWallet Solutions at FNB Yolande van Wyk said on Wednesday. She said mobile money had become a catalyst for bringing the unbanked ...
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Suicide of a superpower
Pakistan Observer
Pat J Buchanan's recent book, Suicide of a Superpower starts with its preface as , “This book is published after ten years of war in Afghanistan, eight in Iraq, the worst recession and debt crises America has faced since the 1930's,with the nation ...
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Ireland v Wales latest odds, news and free bets
FreeBetting Sports News
Wales have arguably been the form team of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, with Warren Gatland's team having beaten Samoa, Namibia and Fiji following a miscarriage of justice against South Africa in their opening Pool D game. As it turned out, defeat against ...
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif., Wallace Baine column
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
He famously collaborated with groundbreaking producer Brian Eno on the 1998 release "Nomad Soul," then later returned to a pure African sound in 2000's "Missing You." On his most recent recording, 2009's "Television," Maal finds himself in ...
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Indian shipping industry not shipshape, despite 50 years of SCI being around
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
It also remains to be seen how the Chinese, in their hurry to influence matters maritime in the Indian Ocean arena along Asia and Africa, proceed with what appears to be a massive attempt to recreate past glories and future power-plays. ...
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New Study Suggests Men Should Receive a Colonoscopy at an Earlier Age Than Women
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"At the latest you should be checked by the age of 45 if you have a family history of colon cancer," said Dr. Tabib. Additionally, La Peer doctors recommend that AfricanAmericans start screening for colon cancer at 45 years old instead of 50 years old ...
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Q and A: Forests and Climate
New York Times (blog)
The only true population-growth hot spots that remain are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Focused programs to empower women in those regions with knowledge and access to birth control could certainly bring growth rates down there, ...
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New York Times (blog)
Malawi
The Economist
Child mortality has been halved, the HIV/AIDS pandemic (affecting 11% of the adult population) is under control and Malawi is one of just four countries in sub-SaharanAfrica deemed likely to meet most of the UN's Millennium Development Goals by 2015....
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Ren-Form turbo-charges print with Kodak Prosper S10
Graphic Repro
South African print service provider, Ren-Form, has improved quality and increased speed and run lengths after investing in Kodak Prosper S10 Imprinting Systems through Kodak's South African distributor, Antalis. The company retrofitted the advanced ...
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Curating 101: Bringing magic to a room
Mail & Guardian Online
Burnett, who made a mark in the 80s with Transitions: A View of Contemporary SouthAfrican Art, an exhibition that brought black and white South African artists together in one gallery space, recently returned to South Africa after living and working ...
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Thumbs Up and Down – Views by the Echo Press
Alexandria Echo Press
Thumbs Up: The Operation Bootstrap Africa Walk was a big success, collecting $8000 to build a much-needed classroom at Olchoki Primary School in Ngateau, Tanzania. “The planning committee would like to thank the lakes area community and especially the ...
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US-Myanmar rapprochement?
Korea Times
Recent developments have provided evidence that the Obama administration is committed to the mission. The appointment of Derek Mitchell as US special envoy for Myanmar itself is a significant step. The lingering question now is how serious is this ...
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Korea Times
Two-day workshop on Arab Spring kicks off in Ä°stanbul
Today's Zaman
A two-day workshop discussing the latest developments in North Africaand the Arab countries, titled “Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy,” began in Ä°stanbul on Thursday. The workshop, jointly organized by the Turkish Prime Ministry's Office of ...
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House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
According to the latest Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data, in 2010, 60 percent of African Americans and Latinos who bought a home have used FHA insurance. Of course, making these results possible has been the most sweeping combination of reforms ...
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Newspaper Briefing, including 'Heritage deal denied by Libyas oil champion ...
Proactive Investors UK
Deal of the day: With the worlds biggest companies doing ever more business in Africa, it only makes sense for WPP to follow its clients there. The advertising group rose by 24p to 613p, after buying the South Africa-based Arcay Communications, ...
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First Friday Art Walk: Oct. 7 in St. Augustine galleries
St. Augustine Record
Coast2Coast Properties Inc., 93 King St.: Two fine artists and a poetry reader will be at this location from 6 to 9 pm Linda Janse Van Rensburg is a South African artist living in Hastings. Her work allows glimpses of Africa through her many handmade ...
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Reading culture and mass exam failures
BusinessDay
Okey Ndibe, a Nigerian who teaches Fiction and African Literature in Hartford, CT, United States, wrote something similar in his recent article titled: “Sexually Transmitted Degrees”. In the piece, the foremost newspaper columnist wrote: “There are ...
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Sportsday Live - Thursday 6 October
BBC News
1342 FOOTBALL: Marcel Desailly is to take on a role as an ambassador to Africa on behalf of the French Football Federation (FFF), the body's chairman Noel Le Graet announces. 1336 FORMULA 1: Felipe Massa defends his Ferrari team, who told him over race ...
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Reports: Syrian Army Kills Farmer Inside Lebanese Territory
RTT News
Lebanon had abstained from voting on the measure, along with Brazil, India and SouthAfrica. A popular uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule is raging in Syria, with reports suggesting that the regime was using tanks and hundreds of heavily ...
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Optimism over Europe fuels gains
Equitymaster.com
The company sees Africa as a region of tremendous potential and the most recentlaunches will serve to further strengthen the Tata brand in these markets. The company also exhibited a wide range of other vehicles laden with latest technologies. ...
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Cain vs. Obama In 2012 -- It's Not Just a Fantasy
Fox News
The latest Fox News national poll puts Cain in a strong third place position in the GOP race. He is statistically tied with Texas Governor Rick Perry for second place. He turned in a great performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday night ...
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Energy efficiency remains industry priority
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
“Even though formal environmental legislation regulating emissions and the energy used by motors and drives has not yet been passed in South Africa, it would be favourable to have it in future, as it would ensure a healthy and sustain- able future for ...
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Eurospot: Sturridge snub is nonsensical
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
After all, ever since Germany's young tyros exposed England's failings in South Africa, Capello has shown an admirable willingness to take a plunge in the fountain of youth himself. That much was made clear when, just a month after that World Cup ...
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No Indian university makes it to world's top 200
IBNLive.com
The list of top 200 includes universities in Taiwan, Brazil, Singapore, SouthAfrica and China, but this year repeats earlier trends about India. No Indian university is deemed good enough to be included in the elite list, inspite of India claiming to ...
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on security after kidnappings
Coastweek
The pattern of the latest incident mirrors that of the recent abduction of the British lady at Kiwayu Safari Village near the Kenya-Somali border during which one British citizen was killed by the abductors also from Ras Chiamboni. On Sept. ...
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Pakistan Pulls Closer to a Reluctant China
New York Times
And while Pakistan's latest flirtations with Beijing have been received cordially, Pakistani officials have walked away from their junkets with far less in hand than they might have hoped. As Pakistan's economy continues to decline, and the nation is ...
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Spain's hake appetite threatens Namibia's most valuable fish
Namibian
As he speaks, Bastos is surrounded by photos of himself with Sam Nujoma, the once celebrated rebel leader who resisted the racist apartheid regime in South Africa to become founding father and President of independent Namibia.Though no longer President ...
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24th Annual Virginia Film Festival To Return November 3-6
SHOOT Online (press release)
Other featured guests will include noted producer and U.Va. alumnus Paul Junger Witt, who will be presenting his latest film, A Better Life; celebrated family farmer, author and activist Joel Salatin (appearing with the film Farmageddon) and colorful ...
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Budapest Airport wins top award at World Routes Conference in Berlin
Travelio.net
This latest accolade comes hard on the heels of Budapest Airport's recent success as winner of the European Routes Marketing Award and supports the continued cooperation that the airport has to promote Hungary as a destination with the Hungarian ...
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SEO Deutschland Provides Inexpensive Manual Link Building Service
Press Release Centre (press release)
Apart from Germany, Seo Deutschland is a well-known solutions provider in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa and several European countries also. Seo Deutschland is recognized for all-inclusive business model. Since the majority businesses online ...
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COMMENT: England no longer the attraction in Toon
ChronicleLive
Of course, England's abysmal showing in South Africa underlined new blood was needed in the aftermath of one of the most embarrassing World Cup finals from a Three Lions point of view ever – we DID do a lot worse than Carroll! ...
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Handmade Dutch Bike Is All-Wooden -- Down To The Spokes
Treehugger
Plus, the nature of wood and bamboo lends more easily to the do-it-yourself ethic, which may explain the recent explosion of handmade bamboo bicycles in places like Brooklyn, and even far off locales like Ghana, Africa. Gunneweg, whose obsession is ...
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Getting to Denmark: On Francis Fukuyama
The Nation.
In opposition to critics who have taken liberal democracy's recent stumbles as evidence of its limited appeal, Fukuyama has launched a new offensive. His latest book, The Origins of Political Order, is an exhaustive attempt to show how different ...
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Live Q&A, 11 am ET
Washington Post (blog)
Studies based in Africa show adult male circumcision reduces HIV infection among men engaging in heterosexual sex (though the effect on men who have sex with men was unclear). It reduces acquisition and transmission of the HPV virus, which causes ...
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SC Bp Hit With Charges*Bp Charged with Adultery*Cathedral to Close*
Virtue Online
Anglican bishops in South Africa have charged their government with "bureaucratic obfuscation" for its failure to grant the Dalai Lama a visa in time to attend Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations. ...
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Best of Nashville 2011: Arts, Music & Entertainment Writers' Choice
Nashville Scene
MARTIN BRADY Mounting Lorraine Hansberry's contemporary classic about an African-American family's domestic struggles in Chicago represented some risks, if only because it was hard to know how well the 50-year-old drama would hold up. The answer? ...
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