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| BlackBerry users may claim refund Fin24 The Passenger Rail Agency of SA has reported a loss of R1.019bn for the latestfinancial year. The SA National Roads Agency says it is designing a competition to raise an estimated R10bn to finance the Winelands toll road. South Africa is not in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South America, Asia boost SA tourism Bizcommunity.com Recent reports have revealed an increase in emerging market tourism in South Africa, led by South America and Asia, with both regions recording double digit growth in the first quarter of 2011. Latest foreign visitor statistics recorded by Pepper Club ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Naked mole rat genome may point way to long, healthy life Washington Post How this collection of traits and behaviors came to exist in a strange rodent found only in the Horn of Africa has been a mystery. Now biologists have a tool for unraveling it — and what they find may one day prove useful to human medicine. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa: Serious Games for a Better World AllAfrica.com The company's latest project is GetH2O; it's a serious computer game that aims to both inform and educate. It's set in a slum neighbourhood; the player can choose between corruption and making the community a better place to live. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hear Africa listens to Zimbabwe's call for help The Province (blog) Dr. Hester Vivier with local children during a recent trip to Zimbabwe with Hear Africa. As a girl growing up in rural Zimbabwe, Dr. Hester Vivier remembered the struggles her father had growing crops on their farm when the rains didn't come. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Greening of AIDS Prevention National Review Online Broken Promises: How the AIDS Establishment Has Betrayed the Developing World is the recent book by Edward C. Green, the former director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard School of Health. He has been conducting research inAfrica, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Emerging-market growth slows to 2-year low: HSBC MarketWatch Manufacturing production particularly fell sharply in South Africa and Taiwan, HSBC said. Brazil's manufacturing production declined at the fastest rate since the first quarter of 2009. Amid sluggish demand from developed countries, manufacturers in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Healthy banks search for the right recruits Financial Times Bankers point out that the latest crisis to grip the eurozone – fears over sovereign debt – is also not a significant issue for African banks. “Africa doesn't have the problems the eurozone countries have with over-leverage,” says Stephen Carter, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Packing up home: Mogadishu residents flee warfare The Associated Press Still, only aa few areas remain in militant hands, and African Union troops are trying to push the fighters out of the last strongholds. Large columns of Somali troops andAfrican Union troops moving toward those pockets in recent days are an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Redistricting Plan Sparks Minority Ire Patch.com Maryland's most recent round of redistricting—under the purview of Gov. Parris Glendening (R) after the 2000 Census—landed in litigation before state courts redrew the lines in 2002. On Tuesday, critics of this latest redistricting questioned whether ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Q&A: Is Africa on the brink of a networked society? IT News Africa What was the recent study in Soweto (South Africa's biggest township) all about? We're interested in finding out how to prepare the next step of data communications over the mobile network. The study was to understand what the trends are and what ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Power of Demand Elasticity in Unraveling Energy Investment Opportunities ... Energy Pulse The firm and seemingly irrevocable conclusion of Professor Ferdinand Banks in his article "A New Lecture on Electric Deregulatory Failure" Energy Pulse October 24 2007 and repeated in his latest article "A Short but Disobliging Version of my Recent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Publication of research data prompts SANUWAVE shares to jump SmallCap Network This latest trial's rigorous design is intended to determine if bavituximab may improve tumor response rates when given in combination with the commonly used second line chemotherapy treatment docetaxel. Unfortunately treatment with docetaxel alone is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wild scenes from all over the world at Los Altos Library Los Altos Town Crier The presentation will highlight two events from the couple's most recent safari. The first documents the change of habitat of the Bengal tigers to South Africa to compensate for their potential extension. The second is the filming of an elephant birth ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What is going on with emerging market currencies? AME Info Likewise, the South African authorities also stepped in to limit currency appreciation after a storming rally in 2010. However, the latest bout of turmoil has heads of emerging central banks extremely worried, but for different reasons. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The dull pain of poverty Deccan Herald The 2010 Multidimensional Poverty Index indicated that eight Indian states account for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African countries combined. According to this measure, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Vatican correspondent shares views on church | The Republic The Republic LOUIS — From covering the Vatican to far-flung ministries in Africa, journalist and author John Allen Jr. has traveled the globe in search of stories about the Roman Catholic Church, primarily for the National Catholic Reporter, an independent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Interesting timing regarding Sudan Sudan Tribune By Scott A Morgan October12, 2011 — If a person has been watching the News Cycle during the past 24 Hours it has been hard not to notice the latest American “Counterintelligence Triumph”. If one believes the hype coming from the Justice Department ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sir David Hare's plays aren't 'unflinching'. They just reflect the latest Left ... Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Or, God forbid, some of the downsides of ANC-run South Africa. They just wouldn't be made. It is not just that theatre is instinctively liberal, which it is, but also that the arts in Britain (starting with the BBC) is tied to the state. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Are Iran's Terrorists Finding a Safe Haven In Latin America? Fox News At this event, former investigative journalist Douglas Farah made the point that the Islamic Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa has gone to bed with the Bolivarian Revolution in Latin America to take common cause against US hegemony. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dow Jones European Executive Resigns New York Times (blog) In an e-mail to his staff, the publisher, Andrew Langhoff, who is also managing director of the European, African and Middle East operations of Dow Jones & Company, said he would leave his post immediately. “Because the agreement could leave the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Palestinian Claims and the "Arab Spring" Hudson New York [1] This assertion is not supported by the facts: it is not true that the dictatorships of the Middle East and North Africa have been congenial to Israel; nor is it true that the Arab Spring is showing a clear empathy, at least yet, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Quintiles opens new European headquarters in UK Pharma Times ... the UK overall and more than 9000 across Europe, Middle East and Africa, the territories that will be managed from the Green Park site. The new facility is the latestmanifestation of a string of Quintiles investments in the UK over recent years. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| August Breeze In Burma – Analysis Eurasia Review By Bhaskar Roy August, 2011 may become a watershed mark in Myanmar's recentpolitical history. 'May', because, what started in this particular month has surprised the international community, especially the US and the West. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Benson Group Hosts International Packaging Group Meeting PR Newswire (press release) A total of 28 members, including partners, visited the UK for this latest group conference. Commenting on IPG and Benson Group's opportunity to host the event, Nick Benson, Commercial Director of Benson Group, said: "The group provides a platform to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Muslim Hijab Sparks New Islam-Related Controversy in Spain Hudson New York The latest dustup occurred in late September when a teacher at the Enrique Tierno Galván public school in Madrid asked the 14-year-old student to remove her hijab (headscarf) during an exam. The school has a policy that prohibits the wearing of head... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US-Myanmar rapprochement? MorungExpress 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 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Report: Aligning Mobile Devices and Operating Systems Improves Enterprise Mobility CMSWire Notably, Google Android has become the leading smartphone OS in North America, while Apple iOS is still the leading smartphone operating system on a global scale, dominating Western Europe, South & Central America and Middle East & NorthernAfrica. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The desirability of diversity at business school CITY A.M. This summer Wharton, one of the top American schools, revealed that it has increased the number of women on its latest full-time MBA intake to 45 per cent, a record high. Harvard also has its highest proportion of women ever this year too, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bond International Software Inc. Completes Diedre Moire Upgrade on Bond Adapt ... PR Web (press release) Remarkably, Diedre Moire continued to grow during the recent recession and credits its Bond Adapt recruiting and staffing software for helping the firm. With that success and experience, Diedre Moire upgraded to Bond Adapt's v11 recruiting software to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Havana Rap Concerts: Oct. 15, 17, 21, 30 Havana Times “ADVERZARIO”, the maestro of freestyle and the master of an explosive stage presence, will be presenting a repertoire characterized by songs from his previous albums, including the most recent “Impresiones de alguien que no duerme” (Impressions of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WASDE Report for 10/12/11 Inside Futures Production is raised 0.2 million tons each for Canada and South Africa, in line with thelatest government estimates. World wheat trade is raised for 2011/12 as higher expected imports for a number of countries and larger exportable supplies in major ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Corporate News Middle East North Africa Financial Network Qatar Airways has once again been voted Best Airline in the Middle East and Africa by readers of Asia's travel trade magazine, TTG Asia. For the sixth year running, the Doha-based carrier retained the title at the TTG Asia Travel Awards ceremony held ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Apple wins Samsung tablet ban Fin24 The recent weakness of the rand will benefit South African exporters and is positive for the economy, says the treasurer general of the ANC. Sydney - An Australian court slapped a temporary ban on the sale of Samsung Electronics' latest computer tablet ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| TB Identified at New York School Fox News This latest case comes on the heels of a recent statement from the World Health Organization Tuesday saying that the number of TB cases worldwide had declined for the first time. In 2010, 8.8 million people contracted TB and 1.4 million died, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| San Bernardino City is Not for Sale Black Voice News Already these two employee associations have made the following financial contributions to the following campaigns: Councilmember Al Jenkins of the 2nd ward was given $56240 for his recent election of which $33041 came from firefighters. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| EU links Serbia's candidate status to Kosovo talks EUobserver.com And the remaining Balkan countries and Turkey have limited progress to report, the European Commission said Wednesday (12 October) in its latest enlargement reports. Apart from Croatia, which finalised EU membership talks in June and is expected to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Zawahiri calls for Algerian uprising UPI.com Zawahiri, in the latest publication of the terrorism leaflet Inspire, praised the work of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, the North African branch of al-Qaida, for its operations in Algeria. AQIM took responsibility for August attacks on the Cherchell ... See all stories on this topic |
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