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Oct 1, 2011

AFRICA News, Oct 01, 2011


Dear white America: It looks different in black America
Standard Speaker
According to the latest polls, most of you believe that anti-white racism - or "reverse racism," as many of you refer to it - is now a bigger problem than anti-black racism. That, apparently, is the majority view in white America. ...
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Technology extravaganza set to kick off
gulfnews.com
By Zaher Bitar, Staff Reporter Gitex Technology Week, the largest and most influential technology event in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, is introducing four new features to this year's event scheduled to be held from October 9 to 13. ...
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gulfnews.com
The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School
Wall Street Journal
An African-American mother of two, Ms. Williams-Bolar last year used her father's address to enroll her two daughters in a better public school outside of their neighborhood. After spending nine days behind bars charged with grand theft, ...
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Wall Street Journal
Fulani Herdsmen Must Be Checked
GhanaWeb
We respect the country's position since joining the Economic Community of WestAfrican States (ECOWAS) and other organizations that have been formed to protect theAfrica continent and its citizens, but the fact of the matter is that the barbaric ...
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Awlaqi latest victim of relentless US secret war
PakistanToday.com.pk
... Al-Qaeda in East Africa; and the Jemaah Islamiyah of Indonesia. Awlaqi's death leaves Ayman al-Zawahiri, named Al-Qaeda's leader after bin Laden's killing, as the network's most high-profile known suspect still at large. Analysts said the recent ...
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Ken Burns' latest doc fascinating, intoxicating
Winnipeg Free Press
... wedge-issue political campaigns that metastasized with horrible unintended consequences; if the story was about the demonization of recent immigrants to the United States and, as always, African-Americans; if I told you we'd been working on a film ...
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Economists downplay deficit concerns
BusinessLIVE
This had a negative impact on global trade, with trade volumes having declined in recent months, the unit noted. "Global commodity prices have come off their highs reached in April and this has depressed the value of South Africa's exports. ...
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BusinessLIVE
North Africa Oil & Gas Summit: ETAP's Mohamed Akrout to Speak About Investment ...
PR.com (press release)
Mr Mohamed Akrout will be sharing his expertise with attendees of the North Africa Oil & Gas Summit on Thursday 27 October 2011. He will be discussing the latest regional developments – technology showcases, new projects and future licensing rounds.
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Local books: What's new from East TN authors
Knoxville News Sentinel
Here in no particular order are some of the recent books written either by or about people in this area. More will be featured on next Sunday's Books page. n In her latestcollection of poems, "Regret Comes to Tea" (Finishing Line Press), Connie Jordan ...
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Geopolitics at play as Cyprus gets ready to develop offshore natural gas deposits
Kathimerini
By Costis Stambolis * A first it was the Arab Spring and the unrest that followed in the northern coastal strip of Africa, which is a net oil and gas exporter. From a European energy point of view Libya is what really matters, although Egypt's position ...
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President Obama Re-election campaign starts now.
ThyBlackMan
They cite his bus tour, and recent speeches at different venues throughout the country. Yes, Obama has demonstrated that America will vote for and elect an African-American to become president when they believe his message, and are persuaded that he ...
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ThyBlackMan
and the Kenyan Navy, several of the abductors were
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. ...
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Coastweek
Obama campaign gears up to pull in new voters
Los Angeles Times
(Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images / September 30, 2011) By Paul West, Washington Bureau President Obama's latest attacks on Republicans are another sign that his reelection effort will be more sharply partisan in tone than the idealistic-sounding ...
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Los Angeles Times
More Hispanics listed themselves as white on US Census
Chicago Sun-Times
The shift is due to recent census changes that emphasize “Hispanic” as an ethnicity, not a race. While the US government first made this distinction in 1980, many Latinos continued to use the “some other race” box to establish a Hispanic identity. ...
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Strike on Aulaqi demonstrates collaboration between CIA and military
Washington Post
The Washington Post's Africa bureau chief, Sudarsan Raghavan, reports from Yemen about what Anwar al-Aulaqi's death means for the Yemens and for the long-term US-Yemen relationship. (Audio) One of the world's most wanted terrorists has been killed, ...
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New Delhi to host Asian gay & lesbian tourism forum
eTurboNews
“The research found that among gay men, India ranks as the #2 desired cultural/adventure destination just behind Thailand, but ahead of China, South Africa and Japan,” Said Thomas Roth, Founder and President of Community Marketing. ...
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Regional stock markets expected to open lower
gulfnews.com
"Most Mena [Middle East and North Africa] equities were cheap relative to international comparisons and the centre of the crisis is far from these shores. Undoubtedly, there will be some impact on economic activity in the region. ...
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Farm Radio International vital tool in spreading facts
Winnipeg Free Press
People living in isolated rural communities were hungry for the latest information and radio was an efficient way of reaching them. The forums addressed big issues such as farm living standards, new science as it pertained to agriculture, ...
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Awlaqi latest victim of relentless US secret war
AsiaOne
... Al-Qaeda in East Africa; and Jemaah Islamiyah of Indonesia. Awlaqi's death leaves Ayman al-Zawahiri, named Al-Qaeda's leader after bin Laden's killing, as the network's most high-profile known suspect still at large. Analysts said the recent spate ...
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AsiaOne
A decadent corner of old Florence
Irish Times
An excellent self-publicist and film-producer, Conforti can be found in tartan plus fours putting up posters of his latest project in the piazza. A recenthomage to the famous 1970s Florentine film Amici Miei saw him use several hundred locals to ...
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Irish Times
'Into the Sun' a risk worth taking
Telegraph-Journal (registration)
However, his new album Into the Sun, which is expected to hit stores Tuesday, adds an international flavour to his repertoire, featuring a bold infusion of the spirited and rhythmic music of West Africa and Brazil. Although proud of his labour of love, ...
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/10
VietNamNet Bridge
Africa and the Middle East are considered highly-potential goods buyers, but Vietnamese enterprises for the most part have not been able to penetrate such markets, according to a conference held in HCMC on Tuesday. Ngo Kieu Phat, a trade manager at Tan ...
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Stop this hyena mentality
The Financial Gazette
Before its latest reign, Upfumi Kuvadiki, another youth group linked to the same party, had caused a stir by sealing off a parking company jointly owned by the City of Harare and South Africa's Easipark, claiming to be the new owners. ...
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Forum on Africa: latest program - Africa News
By newsroom (online)
Key Issues What is the geopolitical outlook for Africa taking into account the recentevents in North Africa? What will the consequences for Sub-Saharan Africa be? What will Europe's new role be with regard to the Maghreb and the southern ...
Africa News - News from Africa

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SYRIA News, Oct 01, 2011


Europe drops Syria sanctions threat
The Press Association
European nations have dropped an explicit threat of sanctions against the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad to try to win Russian support for what would be the first UN resolution condemning his military crackdown on civilian protesters. ...
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Four protesters killed during clashes with Syrian troops
Montreal Gazette
By KHALED YACOUB OWEIS, Reuters October 1, 2011 12:00 AM Syrian security forces shot dead four protesters calling for the overthrow of President Bashar Assad and clashes continued in the centre of the country between insurgents and loyalist forces, ...
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Syrian troops battle hundreds of renegades
TheReporter.com
By AP BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops fought intense battles Friday with hundreds of fellow soldiers who have turned their weapons against the regime of President Bashar Assad, revealing the increasingly militarized nature of an uprising started months ...
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Iraq's Maliki warns over Syrian sectarian turmoil
Reuters
His statements underscore fears among Iraqi Shi'ite leaders and their allies in Iran that Syrian unrest could spill over into Iraq or unseat President Bashar al-Assad and bring to power a hardline Sunni Muslim regime next door. The United Nations says ...
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Israel Snapshot - Jewish New Year 5772
IsraCast
On the other hand, Erdogan who professes to be a democratic leader seeking peace and justice in the region, now finds his alliance with neighboring Syria and Iran in tatters. Erdogan, who has vacationed with Syria's President Assad has now threatened ...
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International Right Groups Want Strong Stance on Syria by UN
StopFundamentalism.com (blog)
Stop Fundamentalism – International right groups are calling on all United Nations Security Council Ambassadors to support a strong resolution on violations of human rights in Syria by Bashar Al-Assad's government againstSyrian protesters and ...
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StopFundamentalism.com (blog)
Franjieh defends patriarch, Assad's regime
NOW LEBANON
Rai urged that Assad be given a chance to implement reforms, saying the “poor man cannot work miracles.” He voiced concern of a takeover by the radical Muslim Brotherhood, a movement theSyrian authorities have blacklisted for decades. The UN says that ...
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Faisal Daoud to Al-Manar Website: Crisis Ended… Conspirators Will Pay Price!
Al-Manar TV
He stressed that the conspiracy failed thanks to the will of the Syrian people and the wisdom of President Bashar Assad. He noted that the proof of the failure of the conspiracy was the international and regional pressure against Syria, ...
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Al-Manar TV
Erdogan Should Mind His Own Glass House – OpEd
Eurasia Review
He had once loudly advertised a regional foreign policy of “zero problems with neighbors”; helped create an EU-like free trade and travel zone with Syria, Iraq and Iran; and backed Syria's PresidentAssad and Iran's rulers in their quarrels with the ...
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Shadow Government: Will the Iranian regime ever do right?
Foreign Policy (blog)
The Iranian regime regularly serves reminders of its malevolence: its support for Hezbollah and Hamas terrorism, its killing of American troops in Iraq, its support for Bashar al-Assad's massacres of Syrian dissidents, its brutality to its own citizens ...
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Foreign Policy (blog)
NLP calls for sanctions against Syrian regime
NOW LEBANON
“We call on the Arab League to inform [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] about the limits of [his policies against the protesters],” it added. The UN says that the Syrian regime's crackdown on protests that erupted in mid-March has killed more than ...
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Fresh Swiss sanctions on Syria target oil, central bank
NOW LEBANON
The impact of these new measures are expected to be minimal as there are no known Swiss investments in Syria's oil industry. Switzerland had earlier already imposed sanctions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, targeting it with travel ...
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Protests kick off in Syria, casualties reported
Monsters and Critics.com
Opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have called for demonstrations under the banner 'Victory for our Syria and our Yemen. The people are stronger than any tyrant.' Activists based in Lebanon told the German Press Agency dpa that heavy clashes were ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
Reports of the fighting came amid reports of huge defections to the rebels in Rastan in the months-long protest against President Bashar Assad. The United States condemned an attack on US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, who was pelted with stones and ...
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Mass protests in Yemen; Saleh refuses to step down unless rivals quit power ...
Al-Arabiya
The demonstrators marched along a main avenue in the capital, chanting “victory for our Yemen and our Syria” in a statement of support for Syrian pro-democracy activists calling for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. ...
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Al-Arabiya
To isolate Abbas, US prods Jordan to host Hamas-Damascus
DEBKA file
At first, they were amenable, hoping to use the transfer to get at Syrian President Bashar Assad and weaken Iran's westward drive into the Arab world. In the second half of August, they invited Meshaal to Cairo to discuss the transfer. 1. ...
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DEBKA file
Reuters World News Highlights
Stabroek News
AMMAN - Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hurled rocks and tomatoes at US ambassador Robert Ford's convoy as he visited an opposition figure in Damascus yesterday in an attack the US said was “wholly unjustified”. ...
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• Abuzz over Adonis for Nobel Literature Prize
Interaksyon.com
The same month, he published an open letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a Lebanese newspaper urging him to end the bloody repression. "It seems your destiny is to sacrifice yourself for your mistakes and to give back voice to the people and ...
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Interaksyon.com
Middle East miscalculated
Russia Beyond The Headlines
One wonders if it will occur with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. Global politics today are an interplay of interests and values, opportunism and idealism. Missing this very real point leads the Russians to believe that any event over which they ...
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UN human rights inquiry demands access to Syria
Sunday's Zaman
A UN-backed rights commission urged Syria to let it into the country to investigate reports of killings and torture, including of children, during six months of protests against President Bashar al-Assad'srule. "We have received many scary reports ...
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Security crackdown continues in Syria
Windsor Star
Russia opposes any mention of sanctions, UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters. Robert Ford, the US ambassador to Syria, who has been a critic of Assad, escaped a violent mob of government supporters while visiting opposition lawyer Hasan ...
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Syria forces storm refuge for army defectors - TODAY News - TODAY ...
Syrian forces backed by tanks and helicopters stormed into the central town of ... of mostly peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said. ... The United Nations says more than 2700 Syrians, including 100 children, have ...
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