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Aug 22, 2011

OCEANIA News, Aug 22, 2011


CruiseOne Angela Mattox Offers Travelers Spectacular Savings on a Cruise ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
CruiseOne Independent Cruise and Vacation Specialist Angela Mattox today announced substantial savings on Oceania Cruises "Dynasties and Rising Suns" 16-day Asia cruise on Oceania'sNautica, departing Beijing March 24, 2012. ...
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Tall Blacks fall short against Macedonia
TVNZ
After falling narrowly to Montenegro the previous day the Tall Blacks continued their long quest for an Olympic place in 2012 with the aim of beating Australia next month in the Oceania series. New Zealand were made to pay for a high number of fouls, ...
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Brother & Earthwatch Team Up to Raise $40000 For Oceanic Research
PRWire
Earthwatch Institute of Australia held its 40th Anniversary Oceania Gala Dinner with a Focus on Protecting our Manta Rays. (From lef to right Brother International Australia Managing Director Mr Yoshi Sugimoto, University of Queensland's Dr. Kathy ...
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Dela Cruz, Ackerman make finals
Saipan Tribune
By Roselyn Monroyo Carl Dela Cruz and Tammy Ackerman clinched finals berths in the 2011Oceania Plate played in Lautoka, Fiji. Dela Cruz entered the singles championship game in the junior boys division, while Ackerman booked a finals slot in the ...
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Oceania Cruises ...an exciting return to Canada & New England!
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Oceania Cruises is pleased to announce they will offer Canada and New England cruises in place of previously scheduled Mediterranean voyages in 2012. The 2011 'Fall Foliage' cruises were so well received by travel agent partners and their clients, ...
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17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil
E-Flux
... exhibition now opens itself up to the multiplicity of medias that defines current production, aside from remaining a traditional showcase for recent production from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Oceania. ...
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CNMI swimming records fall
Saipan Tribune
Other notable events last week were Butch Journey to XTERRA World Championship Fundraiser II, the CNMI junior tennis players' stint in the 2011 Oceania Plate and the Oceania Closed in Fiji, and the opening of the 2011 SMLBA-Youth Summer/Winter Baseball ...
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2011 KVB Kunlun Auckland Open Table Tennis Championships
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The KVB Kunlun Auckland Open Table Tennis Championships is one of the largest table tennis tournaments in Oceania each year and will be held the weekend of August 27/28. The elite men's and women's open finals will be held at 6.30pm on Saturday August ...
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ASIA PRIVATE EQUITY WEEKLY NEWS, AUGUST 22, 2011
Reuters
... is acquiring New Zealand beverage group Independent Liquor for $1.3 billion from Unitas Capital and Pacific Equity Partners, giving the Japanese brewing giant a ready-to-drink cocktail maker to add to its stash of assets in the Oceania market. ...
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Green and gold Ram
The Maitland Mercury
He flies back to Perth today to begin training for the Oceania Cup in Hobart against New Zealand and Fiji. qualifier, but Oceania has two spots, so as long as we beat Fiji, which we will, we're in,” he said. The 25-year-old was recently named the joint ...
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World Champ want's team-mate at Olympics
Radio New Zealand
Carrington and Taylor finished a disappointing last in the final of the K2 500 earlier in Hungary and Taylor now must wait to the Oceania Champs next March to qualify for London. With Carrington already qualified after becoming the first New Zealand ...
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Step ashore and stay over
Sydney Morning Herald
If you like the idea of longer stays in port, Oceania has added overnight stays to four of its popular European itineraries next year. A 10-day cruise from Venice to Athens on the new Riviera, departing on May 16, has a pre-voyage on-board stopover in ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Japan's brewing giants look overseas
Warc
"So our first consideration is seeing what more can be done in China, Asia and Oceania, but after that, we will of course need to make efforts to consider good offers available outside of those areas." Kirin, Japan's top brewer, has also been active in ...
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Australia beat Great Britain in basketball
Sydney Morning Herald
We only have two weeks left (until the Oceania Championship) andwe can't give an inch. We have to take advantage of every day. "We know we're playing against a well-coached and veteran type team in New Zealand." The Aussies struck first in OT, ...
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The London dream
Fiji Times
"He spent close to four weeks in Europe under the tutelage of German coach Boris Henry and prior to that he went through programs at the Oceania Athletics Association High Performance training centre at the Gold Coast in Australia," he said. ...
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Malthus, Famine, Disease and World Population
The Nevada View
Oceania is last with at 35 million. World population could reach 256 billion if fertility remains at 1995 levels. We may live, or already have lived, long enough to see whether or not Malthus' theory is true or not. 256 billion people require almost ...
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Exxon (NYSE:XOM) Keeps Making Money
Market Playground
The company has operations in the United States, Canada/South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania. Exxon Mobil Corporation was founded in 1870 and is based in Irving, Texas. (Yahoo Finance profile)
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Market Playground
Schemes of Arrangement - How Many Classes of Shareholders Do You Have for Your ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Oceania Capital Partners Limited, through its subsidiary Oceania Healthcare Technology Investments Pty Limited (OHTI), held approximately 24.57% of the iSOFT shares. OHTI also held all of the warrants and convertible notes issued by iSOFT. all of the ...
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BM125 Profile Brushing Machine available from HBM Packaging & Plastics ...
Ferret
The BM125 Profile Brushing Machine, manufactured by Graewe, has brushes with a maximum width of 300mm and a diameter of up to 250mm. The BM125 Profile Brushing Machines are available from HBM Packaging & Plastics Technologies in the Oceania region.
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Oceania, Regent appoint vp charter and incentive sales
Latest News. Louis Cruises introduces Greek fusion a la carte dining option on two ships · NCL teams up with renewable energy project company · Oceania, ...
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LATIN AMERICA News, Aug 22, 2011

Will troop surge prevent crime in Latin America?
Alaska Dispatch
The Honduran government is the latest to employ this measure, sending hundreds of troops to the northern province of Colon, where clashes over land have left at least 11 people dead. Scattered reports have linked the killings to criminal organizations ...
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ASIA News, Aug 22, 2011


Full text: Prime Minister's speech at IIM Calcutta
NDTV.com
We can benefit from this latest "model law" and internalise international best practices. I would urge State Governments to do the same. Many of the controversies that have arisen in the recent past arise because of the inadequacies of our regulatory ...
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Petrol to rise, but the lift is justified
Switzer Financial News (blog)
And there is an array of valid explanations including recent Aussie dollar weakness and the fact that oil prices in the Asian region have been much better supported compared with the likes of West Texas or Brent crude. In essence, it all adds up. ...
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Opinion: Bribery scandal rocks president's administration
Vancouver Sun
Muhammad was captured in Cartagena, Colombia and is accused of accepting bribes worth almost $3 million in connection with tenders for the South East Asian (SEA) Games, to be hosted by Indonesia this year, authorities said. In the corruption scandal ...
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Hickory High alumna on her way to fulfilling graduation dreams
Hickory Daily Record
When Judy Her graduated from Hickory High in June 2009, she had dreams of going to Wesleyan University and majoring in film and East Asian studies to meld the two together. Now a junior at the school, Her is well on her way. She has taken a few classes ...
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Jordan hosts Tunisia ahead of World Cup qualifiers
Jordan Times
The qualifiers commenced after Asia's 16 lowest ranked teams (based on their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification record) played home-and-away matches with the winners advancing to Round 2 to join 22 higher ranked teams. The winners from Round 2 joined ...
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Major Stock Market Low Soon?
The Market Oracle
Thus far we have been labeling this bear market with two sets of labels: 1/a, 2/b and an ongoing 3/c. The reason for this is some significant bear market declines, several waves, unfold in fives (1-2-3-4-5), ie 2007-2009, and others in simple abc's, ...
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Asian Alliance Insurance PLC – Pride of the decade
Daily Mirror
Nishantha M. Jayaweerage of Wattala Divisional Office claimed the award for Best Field Manager of the year 2010 whilst C. Upul Jayasekera from Nugegoda being awarded as the Best Territorial Manager of the year 2010.
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Another academic year begins at UI; here's what you might have missed over the ...
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Wise replaces Richard Herman, who resigned from the position in the fall of 2009 in the wake of the "Category I" admissions scandal. What's new? Besides being the first Asian-American to lead the campus (and being one of three female chancellors ...
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FEU stude bags silver in Universiade
Philippine Star
The other leading Filipino taekwondo medal hopefuls – Marlon Avenido (UST, bronze in 2010Kazakhstan Asian Championships) in the men's 80kg; Paul Romero (UST, bronze in 2010Guangzhou Asian Games) in the men's 74kg; and Camille Manalo (UST, ...
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Football fed focuses on coaches' training
Philippine Star
Coach Michael Weiss reported that during his recent vacation in Germany, he has made arrangements with the German Football Association (DFB) for four Filipino coaches to attend a Clicense course in Koblenz. “We can send four coaches from the ...
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Math Monkey Education Center (Tsuen Wan) Announces Grand Opening Event in ...
PR.com (press release)
Math Monkey Education Center (Tsuen Wan) is the 4th center to open in Hong Kong since 2009. Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, August 22, 2011 --(PR.com)-- “We are so excited to host a grand opening celebration in honor of the new Math Monkey location in Han ...
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Times they are a changin'
Macon Telegraph (blog)
According to the latest Census data, there are 50 million Hispanics living in the US And before you ask the question, “How many of those are illegal,” forgetaboutit. That's a moot point. The arguments we're having over immigration will seem quaint in a ...
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Saluting Coweta's Vets: US broadened scope of special forces in 1964
Newnan Times-Herald
American Special Forces personnel were operating in Southeast Asia as early as the 1950s under the guidance of the CIA. When President John F. Kennedy decided to increase America's presence in Vietnam, Special Forces "advisors" played a lead role in ...
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Newnan Times-Herald
Clavis Technologies International Co., Ltd. - 10-Q
Insurance News Net (press release)
The momentum is particularly strong in Europe and Asia where there is a higher emphasis on item level tagging. By tagging individual items at the store level, RFID -enabled mirrors and electronic displays enable the customer to view, select, ...
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Australian sharemarket falls at close as retail investor sentiment plummets
The Australian
Bell Potter client adviser Greg McPherson said the market reflected the volatile nature of trading inrecent weeks. "It was pretty a wild spike mid-to-late morning and then it just sort of ran out of steam," he said. "I don't think there's a great deal ...
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The Sunday Junkie: Aug. 21 edition
MMAjunkie.com
We have had the recent retirements of legends such as Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell and Chris Lytle. We have a new champion in Jon Jones who, like Georges St-Pierre, has taken MMA to another level. With their commitment, ingenuity and radical training...
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Social-media users aid in search for Stanford student in Malaysia
The Seattle Times
Like most of his peers at elite universities, he was well plugged in to the world around him, posting regular updates every two to three days on his travels through Southeast Asia. By Aug. 13, he had announced through his Google+ page that he was in ...
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