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AFRICA News, Oct 23, 2011


Europe Safe From Falling German Satellite Debris
Space.com
A doomed German satellite plunging back to Earth tonight (Oct. 22) won't rain debris over Europe, Africa or Australia, according to the latest analysis of the spacecraft's fall from space. The German Roentgen Satellite, or ROSAT, is expected to fall to ...
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Space.com
Civilians flee Mogadishu in lull between clashes
Africasia
It was just the latest in a series of threats directed against Kenya in recent days. InNairobi, were taking the Shebab warnings seriously. The officials beefed up security in the city's central business district. Security personnel were moving ...
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Africasia
Kenya says Somalia rebels on the run
Reuters
Al Shabaab Islamist militants display weapons believed to be recovered from Burundian peacekeepers from the African Union suspected to have been killed during fighting in Somalia's capital MogadishuOctober 21, 2011. By Aaron Maasho and Ibrahim ...
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GOP campaign vs. the world
Chicago Tribune
She was opposing President Barack Obama's recent decision to send a small number of American special operations soldiers to Uganda to help defuse that East African country's ongoing civil war. "The president, he put us in Libya," Bachmann complained. ...
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The son of Africa claims a continent's crown jewels
Tehran Times
This is his bribe to fight a proxy war against America's latest phantom Islamic enemy, the rag-tag al Shabaab group based in Somalia. The RTA will play a public relations role, distracting western journalists with its perennial horror stories. ...
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Kenyan pastoralist clashes kill 12 over two days
Reuters Africa
ISIOLO, Kenya Oct 22 (Reuters) - Fighting between pastoralists over grazing land in drought-ravaged northern Kenya killed five people on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of deadly clashes this year. Cattle rustling and clashes over ...
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Cain's Not the First Self-Loathing Black
The Root
In his latest column, Leonard Pitts, Jr. wonders if Herman Cain is one of those folks who fully bought that white is right ... Pitts was responding to recent statements by Cain that downplayed the effects of racism, arguing that racism is now a ...
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Coromandel International: Buy
Business Line
However, most of the concerns have eased in recent weeks. The monsoon has proved to be quite normal in August and September, resulting in a pick-up in the demand for fertilisers. Latest numbers from the Agriculture Ministry suggest that DAP sales for ...
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Business Line
ABC follows Ch-4 into Gaffe-land
Nation on Sunday
The latest round of international LTTE misinformation and derogation propaganda against President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka armed forces, a cooked up documentary on the ABC TV channel, Australia to coincide with the visit of the President to ...
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Yet One More Doomed Education Reform
American Thinker
The latest incarnation is President Obama's altering of President Bush's failed 2002 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. In a nutshell, the Department of Education will now grant states greater autonomy (plus up to $1 billion) if they agree to overhaul ...
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Officials to look at sewer options
Tampabay.com
Lawrence McClendon of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church. "It always represented an insult to theAfrican-American community." The latest affront came in recent weeks, as residents learned the city would expand the plant. ...
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Conspiracy of silence
National Post
Donna Laframboise, Financial Post · Oct. 22, 2011 | Last Updated: Oct. 22, 2011 5:07 AM ET Next month, thousands of bureaucrats, politicians, media, activists and scientists will travel to Durban, South Africa, for the latest round of UN climate talks. ...
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If it's good for Starbucks, is it good for the country?
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
This is only the latest in a long line of light-blueish foreign and domestic policies rolled out by President Schultz in the past few years. All of them are aimed at making the United States, and the world, a better place for sipping lattes. ...
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Byron Williams: Book challenges assumptions about rights and responsibilities
San Jose Mercury News
In her latest book, "Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America," Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions ...
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Charter school dispute shouldn't obscure Evans' accomplishments
Philadelphia Inquirer
Evans and Williams argued that such a plan would harm African Americans. Williams was quite strident and we nearly came to blows. Evans, on the other hand, was cordial, professional, and argued the merits of the case. It would be the first, ...
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Sierra Leone is a progressing nation!
Sierra Express Media
AGI [African Governance Initiative] supported the government in developing a plan for abolishing fees for health services, getting donor backing and implementing system-wide reform…. But while the scheme has been welcomed and is showing positive ...
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Hixardt in Pensacola soars to the top
Pensacola News Journal
"Mike's a genius when it comes to the latest thinking on technology," Danny Grunhofer said. "And when he talks to you about technology he doesn't talk over your head. It's always in terms you can understand. He has a real talent for that. ...
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Gaddafi's death raises controversy: How will be the future Libyan scene?
Financial Express Bangladesh
Unquestionably, a clear picture about the Libyan tangle appeared quite distinct and even before the death of Gaddafi, this daily carried a post-editorial that was written before the latest developments, saying "Libyan tangle is nearing completion". ...
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Muammar, Dead at Last
Canada Free Press
“The way the jihadist-enabling mainstream media is reporting the death of Gaddafi,” observed Belman, “you would think that Libya will become some sort of western-style democracy rather than a sharia-ruled hell-hole that will become the latest haven for ...
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Canada Free Press
Marchers protest fatal shooting by police
MyCentralJersey.com
In this latest incident, a preliminary investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office found that Deloatch, 46, was shot after running from two police officers who approached him and two other men while on routine patrol. ...
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High School Changes: No Math Or English, But Vocations
Ashland Current
The latest forum was in a Madison research park and included realtors, builders, health executives and a dairy group. At least two speakers called for a regulatory conformity. Gov. Walker says this could stabilize the business climate, but what matters ...
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Few Showers (how long will winter remain "on hold"?)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
The Star Tribune's Bill McAuliffe takes a look at recent trends, and NOAA's winter forecast, along with a scientist who believes a warmer atmosphere will result in more snow. I agree (to a point), but this winter the most significant snowfalls may pass ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
TARPing War: Is the National Security Complex Too Big to Fail?
Pacific Free Press
Spiegelman's latest work, MetaMaus, has just come out. It's a daring (and beautifully illustrated) plunge into his life, his cartooning past and present, and the making of Maus. Once again, his quirky originality and intelligence shine through. ...
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The second destruction of the–HMS Aboukir
Royal Gazette
The looting of archaeological sites on land will undoubtedly continue apace, as rich and poor alike take part in the finding and marketing of artefacts, particularly from prehistoric contexts in arenas such as South America and West Africa. ...
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Central bankers need to update their outdated analytical toolkit - Fullermoney
Proactive Investors UK
In many of the developing economies like South America, Africa and parts of Asia the young population is motivated to achieve a better standard of living. They have the demographics and economic cycle on their side. The Chinese, while having a young ...
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Organised Family: From Zambia with love songs
The Times Group (blog)
It is their live performances in Malawi, other than their chart-busting hits, that have solidified their status as one of the best things that Zambia has gifted Malawi in recent years. Organised Family started in 2000 and they have four albums namely; ...
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