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Oct 15, 2011

OCEANIA News, Oct 15, 2011


Smashing Pumpkins pummel the Riviera
Chicago Tribune
Not that he ever really left, but for Corgan and the latest incarnation of the Smashing Pumpkins this was something of a homecoming, showcasing a new lineup and previewing a batch of fresh songs from a forthcoming album, “Oceania. ...
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Therapist becomes the patient
Sunshine Coast Daily
IN THE PINK: Chief radiation therapist Maryna Van Der Westhuizen (left) and Oceania Oncology business manager Jody Hawkins. MARYNA van der Westhuizen can't help but take her work home with her anymore. The chief radiation therapist at Oceania Oncology ...
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Sasson Gabai up for Asian Oscar
Ynetnews
... Feature Film category Israeli actor Sasson Gabai has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category at the fifth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, considered the Oscar ceremony of Asia and Oceania, for his role in "Restoration". ...
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Secrets of the Ancients
Epicurious (blog)
by Annie Copps As the leaves are turning all sorts of vibrant colors at home in New England, I find myself sailing again on board the Oceania cruise ship Marina, teaching hands-on cooking classes at the Bon Appétit Culinary Center. ...
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SEA renews Board, elects new Chair
Voxy
Peter Ferguson, Oceania Sustainability Tax and Incentives leader and Regional Cleantech leader Ernst & Young (re-elected) ? Glen Head, Director of HAC Consulting (re-elected) ? Harry Porrins, Principal, Red Cat Marketing (re-elected) ? ...
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America's Orwellian Liberalism
American Thinker
That is, somehow the voices of liberalism today sound less like traditional partisan pep-talks and more like Oceania's "Two-Minute Hate" sessions, where party members screamed at a giant telescreen filled with the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, ...
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Sudden Attack expands Nexon's FPS lineup, launching November
Neoseeker
Come November, a new shooter will be joining the fold, stacking up alongside Combat Arms. GameHi's online FPS Sudden Attack is launching on November 16 under the Nexon name, in North AmericaEurope, and Oceania. A teaser site launched today, ...
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Bishop inspires hope among anti-RH groups
Manila Standard Today
A pro-life advocate, Dr. Ligaya Acosta of the Human Life International for Asia and Oceania, said with the appointment of Tagle as the head of the country's richest and most influential archdiocese, the crusade against RH bill will draw more support. ...
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Bright is right for hockey's fresh approach
The West Australian
"We have progressively been able to create more opportunities and that has contributed to us scoring more goals than we have in the past," Commens said. The Hockeyroos' Oceania Cup series againstNew Zealand a week ago also showed they need to tidy up ...
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Fishing rules app launched
Voxy
The project tonight won the Wireless Government award and was also shortlisted for the Public Sector Organisation of the Year - Oceania award. This year over 20 countries were involved and there were 22 nomination categories. ...
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Who do we salute
Fiji Times
We have to start this weekend ù identify talent, name a national squad and look for quality warm-up games before the Oceania Nations Cup next June. Let's not pick seasoned players plagued with injuries. We need fresher faces with loads of energy and a ...
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Bewley on Olympics track
The Daily Post
Elliott said the real heat would go on the riders at the next camp in November which precedes theOceania Championships in Invercargill, where important Olympic qualifying points will be available for some categories. BikeNZ will then select squads to ...
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Hawaii Tourism Authority Visits Maui
Maui Now
... the state to give Hawaii visitor industry stakeholders the opportunity to meet face-to-face and interact with HTA global marketing partners representing each of our major market areas, which are Japan, Other Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe. ...
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kava etiquette
Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Theroux, in The Happy Isles of Oceania, claims, with impish glee, that the Pacificislanders love corned beef because of its similarity in taste to human flesh. Our own objective, not talked about much, is to avoid becoming corned beef for the ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Closing the gap in agricultural production
CattleNetwork.com
Regions like North America, South America, Europe and Oceania have a higher proportion of arable land and will continue to be a source of agricultural output for other regions, including Asia. Today more than 50 percent of the world's population lives ...
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Deep pool a drawcard
Waikato Times
... competitions in ItalySpain and Singapore, culminating in the Fina World Championships inShanghai. The nationals will also double as a qualifying event for next year's OceaniaChampionships, with competitors having to finish in the top two.
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Top student-athletes recognized
Saipan Tribune
... of the Month three times this year, getting the same recognition in February, was chosen in May for ruling the DFS Tennis Championships and won anew in August for her outstanding performance in the 2011 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Fiji. ...
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Religious and Spirituality : DirectRooms.com – MindBodySpirit Festival brings ...
SkyNewswire.com
(SkyNewswire.com) The show is one of the largest in the Oceania spiritualist calendar and prompts both fans of alternative remedies as well as companies which operate in the sector to attend. This year's show will be held from November the 3rd to ...
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Sports Notes
Pacific Daily News
Guam Grappling Organization is holding qualifier in November for 2012 Oceania Championships in January. Details to follow. All interested persons should contact Luis Ting at 777-6116 or Melchor Manibusan at 687-6905. FDMS Wrestling Club is holding ...
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Papua New Guinea hit by 6.7-magnitude ... - Siam Daily News
By XinhuaNET.COM
14 October 2011 | Filed under: Oceania News,World Breaking News | Posted by: XinhuaNET.COM.Papua New Guinea hit by 6.7-magnitude earthquake off coast. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit just off Papua New Guinea on Friday, the U.S. ...
Siam Daily News Online
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AFRICA News, Oct 15, 2011


100K -Year-Old Art Studio in South African Cave May be World's Earliest
International Business Times
The findings were unearthed in 2008 but were described in the recent issue of the journal Science. Henshilwood, who is of the University of Bergen, Norway, said thelatest find shows the evolution of complex human mental cognition. ...
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International Business Times
Obama sends military advisers to central Africa
Reuters
While the US military has maintained a large base in Djibouti since 2003, the latestmission marks an expanded role in conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa by putting US troops in the field to support local forces in direct combat with insurgents. ...
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Reuters
Somalia has best chance for peace in years: UN envoy
Xinhua
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Somalis currently have a rare opportunity to advance peace in the Horn of Africa country and establish a fully functioning government, the UN envoy toSomalia said here on Friday. The peace process has taken a ...
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The latest thing in bling
Independent Online
While the majority of the 300 tonnes produced each year Ñ mostly in South Africa,Russia and North America - is used by the car industry, you'll also find it in components for mobile phones, flat-screen TVs and computers. But in the past few years it's ...
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Independent Online
Lean on Me: Trust and Friendship Around the World
New York Times (blog)
That is one of the takeaways from a recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which in part looked at social relationships and trust around the developed world. Here is a chart showing the share of a country's ...
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New York Times (blog)
10/17: Paul Simon bringing 'So Beautiful' to Phoenix
AZ Central.com
by Ed Masley - Oct. 14, 2011 02:05 PM He just turned 70, but Paul Simon is looking surprisingly relevant as he brings his latest tour to Comerica Theatre on Monday night. Forty-five years after topping the Hot 100 with Simon & Garfunkel's melancholy ...
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Ethiopia set to introduce vaccine against pneumonia
Africa Science News Service
NicaraguaKenyaGuyanaSierra LeoneYemenHondurasDemocratic Republic of the Congo,MaliCentral African RepublicGambiaBeninCameroonRwanda, and Burundi are the countries that introduced the pneumococcal vaccine in recent months with ...
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Office demand still taking a siesta
ITInews
For now, no improvement in the demand for office space is detectable, this according to the latest issue of Rode's Report on the State of the South African Property Market, sponsored by FNB. Explains Erwin Rode, property economist and publisher of the ...
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ITInews
Burundi, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea alarmingly hungry – Report
Ghana Business News
The latest report to be released on the state of the world's hunger, the 2011 Global Hunger Index report, has described four countries in sub-Saharan Africa as experiencing extremely alarming levels of hunger. Themed “The challenge of hunger: taming ...
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Somali lawmaker wounded in Mogadishu bomb blast
AFP
The Shebab however said they have shifted to guerrilla tactics, and recent attacks have demonstrated they are still able to wreak havoc deep inside the city. The Horn ofAfrican country has lacked a central authority since plunging into a deadly civil ...
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AFP
'Saudi scenario diversion from US woes'
Press TV
... Middle East and North Africa following the recent popular uprisings. The senior lawmaker dismissed Washington's latest anti-Iran claims, reiterating that advocating acts of terror run counter to the principles and values of the Islamic Revolution. ...
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Press TV
Colin Bird sets a rare example at Galileo Resources
Stockopedia
In September he brought his latest project to the Alternative Investment Market in the form of Galileo Resources (LON:GLR), a rare earths business boasting 3 million tons of potentially exploitable stockpiles in South Africa. ...
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Spanish protests resume amid poverty concern
Oman Daily Observer
Demonstrations have been called in 60 Spanish cities and more than 80 other countries, ranging fromMexico and the United States to South Africa and China. Protests taking place in Germany, echoing the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in the United States ...
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Shots - Health Blog : NPR
NPR
The latest edition of the federal government's annual reviews of private Medicare health plans came out Wednesday, just in time to help seniors choose plans during this year's open enrollment period that starts Saturday and runs through Dec. 7. ...
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Hague accused of dodging questions on UK arms exports
Ekklesia
By staff writers Foreign Secretary William Hague has been accused of failing to respond adequately to criticism of arms sales to repressive regimes in the Middle East and north Africa. The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has pointed out that new ...
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PMIs will indicate likelihood of a double-dip recession
Supply Management
Having stressed the importance of PMIs in a speech to purchasers attending Smart Procurement World (11-13 October) in South Africa, André Coetzee told SM: “The Kagiso PMI precedes the actual manufacturing production numbers in South Africa by six weeks ...
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The making of a global group
Malaysia Star
In recent months, the market had been abuzz with rumours that Felda would soon return to the IPO route after the successful listing of its sugar producer, MSM MalaysiaHoldings Bhd, in June this year. Market observers are generally excited about the ...
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Malaysia Star
Do the Republicans Have a Jobs Plan?
Forbes
I've chased South Africa's first black billionaire through a Cape Town shopping mall while admirers flocked around him, climbed inside the hidden chamber in the home of an antiquarian arms and armor dealer atop San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, ...
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Prepare for more natural disasters
Financial Times
But its vast, periodic assessments of the latest state of scientific thought on climate risk remain enormously influential. The new report is not officially finalised, but Prof McGuire's thoughts are firm. It is well established, he says, ...
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Financial Times
Analyzing Andre Villas-Boas: Is He An Ideal Manager For Chelsea?
The Hard Tackle
Andre Villas-Boas, the latest addition to the long list of managers of Chelsea Football Club, completed a treble with his Porto team before joining Chelsea for a hefty 13-odd million of “Compensation”. He had previously worked at CFC under Jose, ...
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The Hard Tackle
At Furness High, a tough choice looms
Philadelphia Public School Notebook (blog)
by Benjamin Herold on Oct 14 2011 Posted in Latest news A leaky roof and crumbling brick exterior have led to extensive water damage inside Furness High, one of just two neighborhood high schools to make AYP last year. by Benjamin Herold Horace Furness ...
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High fuel price brings extra burdens - by Desie Heita
New Era
Namibia does not have a formal inflation target, as South Africa, but has always tried to keep inflation within the South African target band of below 6 percent. Transport prices are already up with the inflation for September at 6,2 percent from 5,9 ...
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Seniors carrying sex-crazed colleagues?
FederalNewsRadio.com
Follow Mike on Twitter for links to his latest columns and more. Sign up to receive Mike's daily email for links to his latest columns and to get a jump start on the news of the day. Mike Causey discusses pay, benefits, and retirement issues. ...
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Obama's Performance Rating Slips Again
National Journal
By Ronald Brownstein Like an early-autumn frost, a blast of pessimism about the country's direction has snapped a slow but steady warming trend toward President Obama in the latestAllstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor survey. ...
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Activity Rises In European Commercial Property Markets
IPINglobal.com
Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa capital markets at the firm Jonathan Hull stated that commercial property investment volumes are now expected to exceed those recorded in 2010 this year. He added: "The last quarter has reinforced some of the ...
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Cup implications at Woodbine
ESPN
Bred in Australia, she ranked as South Africa's champion two-year-old filly, and turned in four strong performances in Dubai last winter. Mahbooba has continued her campaign in England, where she just slammed males by six lengths in the Godolphin ...
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