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CANADA News, Sep 12, 2011


Smith, Fairhurst return to Canada's World Cup team to face Tonga
CBC.ca
Ryan Smith has been recalled for Canada's Rugby World Cup opener against Tonga on Wednesday. Ryan Smith has been recalled for Canada's Rugby World Cup opener against Tonga on Wednesday. (Chris Hyde/Getty Images) Coach Kieran Crowley has recalled centre ...
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Canada's Oil Sands Are a Jobs Gusher
Wall Street Journal
Canada has recovered all the jobs it lost in the 2009 recession, and Alberta's oil sands are no small part of that. The province is on track to become the world's second-largest oil producer, after Saudi Arabia, within 10 years. ...
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Clark has danced her way into Canada's heart
Toronto Sun
By Lindsey Ward ,QMI Agency A small-town girl with big-time personality, Jordan Clark has danced her way into Canada's heart. The 19-year-old contemporary dancer from Tottenham, Ont., claimed So You Think You Can Dance Canada's top prize on Sunday ...
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France may resist sweeping changes against Canada
SI.com
TAKAPUNA, New Zealand (AP) -Coach Marc Lievremont may resist making sweeping changes for France's next Rugby World Cup match against Canada despite being unhappy with the opening win over Japan. Lievremont publicly criticized his players in strong ...
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Canada will pay a steep price in border talks
Ottawa Citizen
Throughout the decade hardly a year passed without some senior official reminding Americans of the threat Canada represented to the United States. Recently, Janet Napolitano, the American homeland security secretary spoke of the need to treat the ...
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All Black Read on target for Canada
ABC Online
Injured All Black Kieran Read has declared he is on target to face Canada in New Zealand's final World Cup pool match in early October after struggling with an ankle sprain. Read has been sidelined for the past two weeks after suffering the injury in ...
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'Plane people' return to Gander, Newfoundland to remember 9/11 hospitality
Vancouver Sun
By Richard Foot, Postmedia News September 11, 2011 Gander Newfoundland Canada Mayor Claude Elliott gives remarks on stage with city officials after accepting the International Community Resilience Award at the 9/11 Commemoration Summit, in Washington, ...
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Aust, Canada share concern about JSF delay
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia and Canada share a common concern that the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be delayed, possibly requiring acquisition of an expensive interim air combat capability. To present a united front, Australia and Canada will now conduct top ...
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Lamaze, Hickstead silence critics
Vancouver Sun
By Kristen Odland, Postmedia News September 11, 2011 Eric Lamaze of Canada on his horse Hickstead reacts to winning the Spruce Meadows International Grand Prix horse jumping event in Calgary, Alberta September 11, 2011. ...
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Clothing, sports equipment all cost more in Canada
CTV.ca
MONTREAL — It's a fact of consumer life that buying in Canada means paying more than you would south of the border, with a so-called Canadian premium on everything from running shoes to hockey skates, from pyjamas to pantyhose. Even the stronger ...
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Canadian 9/11 victims honoured at New York park
Toronto Star
By Mitch Potter Washington Bureau NEW YORK CITY—Canada now has a New York address for the annual remembrance of Canadians lost in the attacks of 9/11, thanks to a gesture from the British. Prime Minister Stephen Harper revealed the move Sunday during ...
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888poker's Live Tournament Series, Super Stack, Now in Canada!
MarketWatch (press release)
GIBRALTAR, September 12, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- 888 poker is proud to announce Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada as the newest location for the live tournament series, Super Stack. The Super Stack series offers live deep stack ...
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Solemn ceremonies mark anniversary in Canada
Toronto Sun
"Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra is performing for you in that spirit." Former prime minister Jean Chretien, interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae and interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel, Chief of Defence Staff Walt Natynczyk and Foreign Affairs Minister ...
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Canada sheds jobs for 1st time since March
Caymanian Compass
Source: AP TORONTO (AP) — Canada's economy shed jobs for the first time in five months as the country's unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in July, a statistical agency said Friday. Statistics Canada said the net loss of employment ...
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McGuinty demands Hudak apologize for 'foreigners' comments
Toronto Star
Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty and his wife Terri prepare a pancake breakfast for firefighters in Oakville on Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. LONDON, ONT.—Dalton McGuinty is demanding Tim Hudak apologize for ...
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SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL: Time runs out of West Canada Valley
Little Falls Evening Times
Sabastain Torres ran for two West Canada Valley touchdowns in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game in Westmoreland. By Annelise Goldman The officials called back an 82-yard interception return and the West Canada Valley Indians' fourth-quarter rally ...
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Canada's national sport gets NRI lift
Hindustan Times
Replace football with ice hockey sticks and a puck, and a feisty daughter with a rebel son who wants fulfilment in Canada's national sport, and the principal ingredients of the Canadian film, Breakaway are in place. at the ongoing Toronto International ...
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Equine Canada thanks NZ-bound sports boss
Horsetalk
Equine Canada has publicly recognised the contribution of Alex Baumann, who is stepping down as the head of the country's high-performance programme, Own the Podium. Baumann, a Canadian swimming great, has been named as the new chief executive of High ...
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9/11 remembered on Canada-US border
CBC.ca
Similar services were held across Canada and the United States on Sunday in honour of the 2977 people who were killed in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001. On that day, 19 men — most of them 20-somethings from Saudi Arabia, ...
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RUSSIA WHEAT MAKES GLOBAL COME-BACK TO BEAT CANADA, AUSTRALIA
Business Insider
Even at that level, Russian trade sources believe it will be possible to match Canada for global shipment volume, and possibly beat Australia. The latest August projections from the Canadian Wheat Board indicate a wheat harvest of 21.3 million tonnes, ...
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Tim Harper: Can New Democrats play nice for six months?
Toronto Star
By Tim Harper National Affairs Columnist The federal New Democrats are playing in a league in which they have never competed. As they launch a leadership campaign that will culminate in a Toronto vote March 24, the party's profile gives it an ...
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Arctic drilling standards key to future: groups
Regina Leader-Post
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News September 11, 2011 11:00 PM A leading Arctic environmental group says it has identified "critical weaknesses" in Canada's regulatory system for approving potential offshore oil projects in the North, ...
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Gardner: Exposing the truth behind Canada's economic miracle
Calgary Herald
By Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen September 11, 2011 "Canadian economic growth stalled in the second quarter," the Bank of Canada noted Wednesday. It was one raindrop in a downpour of bad news, says Citizen columnist Dan Gardner. How very sad. ...
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Terriers duo ready to work hard at Canada West evaluation camp
Portage Daily Graphic
Terriers forward Brendan Harms, seen here in Saturday's game against the Thunder Bay North Stars, is looking forward to taking part in the Canada West evaluation camp. By Ron Thomson A pair of Portage Terriers sophomores will head to Canmore, Alta., ...
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Six soldiers honoured for service in Afghanistan
Montreal Gazette
By Amy Chung, Postmedia News September 11, 2011 Master Corporal Jeremy Pinchin poses with Governor General Michaelle Jean after receiving the Star of Military Valour. OTTAWA — Six Canadian soldiers will be awarded the prestigious Medal of Military ...
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Australia, Canada step up defence ties
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia and Canada will strengthen their defence relationship by holding annual top level talks, after signing off on a deal for Australian troops in Afghanistan to borrow three armoured vehicles to clear roads of insurgent bombs. ...
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Refugee claimants fear for son
Toronto Sun
By Tom Godfrey ,Toronto Sun A Pakistani couple who say they fled here to prevent their son from being indoctrinated as a “jihadi” terrorist and possible suicide bomber have filed refugee claims to remain in Canada. Zafar Iqbal, wife Wajia Parveen and ...
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Paula Findlay gets an unwelcome rest
Edmonton Journal
By John MacKinnon, edmontonjournal.com September 11, 2011 10:01 PM Paula Findlay of Canadalooks on ahead of the start of the Elite Women's Race during Day 1 of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Hyde Park on August 6, 2011, ...
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Orlen to explore for shale gas with Canada's Encana
Warsaw Business Journal
... agreed to cover a substantial part of the exploratory costs. Encana is the largest gas company inCanada and one of the largest extractors of shale gas in North America. In 2010, its revenues reached $8.87 billion and it made a profit of $1.5 billion.
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WWE in Canada - Escape from 'Bizarro-Land'?
CANOE
Wrestling LONDON, ON - While Canada might be referred to as “Bizarro-land” by WWE due to the fans' tendencies to cheer the bad guys and boo the heroes, the fans in attendance at Saturday night's house show in London Ontario must think they're living on ...
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Air Canada Pilots Statement of Remembrance on September 11
MarketWatch (press release)
"On a day when the world marks the tragedy that occurred ten years ago, Air Canada pilots pause to pay special remembrance to the pilots, flight attendants and countless innocent victims who perished in these senseless attacks. ...
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'A Dangerous Mind' Premieres at TIFF
The Epoch Times
(Toby Canham/Getty Images) In Canada you are taking your chances if you show up at an event wearing the team jersey of the host cities' arch rivals. Toronto-born David Cronenberg looked none too pleased at the nerve of Keira Knightly and Viggo ...
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Long road ahead before truckers switch to natural gas
CTV.ca
CALGARY — Those hoping to see truckers across Canada ditch diesel for cheaper and cleaner liquefied natural gas fuel might be in for quite a wait -- though a handful companies are working toward making that a reality. Last week, Royal Dutch Shell PLC ...
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Awards recognize soldiers' bravery, leadership
Edmonton Journal
During his career, Birchall earned a multitude of honours, including the Order of the British Empire and the Order of Canada. “Commodore Birchall wore five clasps to his Canadian Forces decoration, signifying over 62 years of service. ...
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Driver escapes Trans-Canada rollover with minor injuries
Victoria Times Colonist
By Larissa Johnston, timescolonist.com September 11, 2011 10:02 PM An allegedly impaired driver managed to escape his vehicle after it swerved off the road early Sunday, hit a rock face and rolled across the 3500 block of the Trans-Canada Highway. ...
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CIS soccer report: UBC men, UFV women top Canada West tables after blue-chip ...
The Province (blog)
The UBC Thunderbirds emerged from the opening weekend of Canada West soccer play with three combined wins. Both the high-scoring, CIS No. 2-ranked men, and the No. 6-ranked women lived up to their national ratings following the opening three days of ...
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Second Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt Poker In Canada
Poker News Daily
By Earl Burton - Sep 11th, 2011 Adding to the problems for the beleaguered company, a second class action lawsuit has been filed against Full Tilt Poker, this time in the country of Canada. It was revealed yesterday in an article in the Montreal ...
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'Contagion' Be Box Office Champion In US And Canada | The Daily ...
By Baby_pink_jhoan
'Contagion' Be Box Office Champion In US And Canada With Reach $23.1 Million Box Office - Director Steven Soderbergh is known for the movie 'Erin Brockovic'
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It's Hockey Night in Canada at Toronto Film Fest – ABC News ...
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It's Hockey Night in Canada at Toronto Film FestABC News"The Last Gladiators" examines the difficulties Nilan had adjusting to life afte.
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The Government of Canada Remembers September 11th ...
National News: The Government of Canada Remembers September 11th. Published on Sep 11, 2011 - 04:37 PM. Footnote: Written by: Government of Canada · Picture 0 for The Government of CanadaRemembers September 11th ...
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Travel to Canada from US without a passport? : Canadians in the USA
By monica8.rn
Travel to Canada from US without a passport? Post Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:30 am. I've been in North Carolina for more than 20 years. Over the past 3 years, I've attempted 8 times to obtain a passport for my son to only have it rejected due to the ...
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Quinny News Travel Method – Will it be Everything an ... - IPCI Canada
By rojer
ipci-canada.com. Search. Sample Page. Quinny News Travel Method – Will it be Everything an important Parent Demands? September 12, 2011 rojer Uncategorized. With lots and no end of baby travel and leisure systems plus pushchairs ...
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ACTION ALERT: Hands Off Canada's Boreal Forest! PLEASE S ...
By Simone D.
Canada's Boreal Forest is the world's largest wetlands region, and contains countless species of plants and animals. Wolves, caribou, and birds alike make their homes in the Boreal Forest.
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U.S. ambassador thanks Canada! | BlogsCanada.ca
By Allan W Janssen
... remarkable corner of Canada,” he said. “And for that the people of the United States will be eternally grateful.” http://www.canada.com/news/9-11-anniversary/ambassador+thanks+Canada+their+friendship/5385078/story.html. 0 comments » ...
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JETwit.com - CBC News Article on the MOFA/JET Alum “Return to ...
By jetwit
Here's a link to a nice article on Canada's CBC News website titled, “Repairing Japan's image, one teacher at a time: 20 former teachers return to view progress in Japan six months after the earthquake and tsunami.” (By Amber Hildebrandt) ...
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Tunisia Daily » Tunisian Coalition Formed; Chinese Law Hurts ...
By tunisia - Google News
Tunisian Coalition Formed; Chinese Law Hurts Divorced IBTimes Canada A Tunisian coalition called "Free Women Union" was recently created "to enhance the visibility of women in public life," reported Business News Sept. 7. It is made up of ...
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MILNEWS.ca News Highlights – 11 Sept 11 « MILNEWS.ca Blog
By milnewsca
MILNEWS.ca News Highlights – 11 Sept 11. leave a comment ». 9/11 Plus Ten (1) Harsh, but worth considering? “…. This may seem beyond callous, and utterly cold: Total Canadian Forces deaths in Afghanistan since 2001: 157. Nearly ...
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Employment Stalling in Canada (August 2011) | Canadian Personal ...
By bigcajunman
While overall this is good news the fact that in the past month, unemployment has ticked up, and employment is holding steady, means really no new jobs. Canada has been somewhat insulated from the failure to recovery that happened in the ...
Canadian Personal Finance Blog
Canada News: Ontario is losing a trove of political talent in departing ...
Canada News: Ontario is losing a trove of political talent… - 7 Tweets. 3. Bad News For The EU: Angela Merkel's Party Suffers Historic… - 21 Tweets. 4 ...
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Captain of Niagara Falls calls it a day | Canada News Map
Canada news: September 1st 2011. This page is devoted to the particular event named above. You may use the navigation bar below to see what happend on ...
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AFRICA News, Sep 12, 2011


Explosions rock Nigerian city beset by sectarian unrest
AFP
One person was reportedly wounded in the blasts -- the latest to hit Nigeria, Africa'smost populous country, in recent months. Plateau state government spokesman Pam Ayuba said they suspected a member of the Islamist sect Boko Haram had planted "two ...
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Latest Wikileaks Releases Give Zimbabweans Insights Into Political Parties
Voice of America
Africa Confidential newsletter publisher Patrick Smith says one effect of the Wikileaks releases in Zimbabwe will be to discourage senior officials from sharing their thinking with diplomats even when given assurances of confidentiality. ...
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Latest action from the Liverpool Cricket Competition's Premier Division
Liverpool Daily Post
South African Shaun Vosloo (69) helped set up a healthy score, as he shared an opening stand of 112 with Guy Edwards. John Wildman (4-49) and Nick Doggett (3-30) made life difficult for Hightown, but the Ocean View side posted a competitive 213 for ...
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Arab Spring hits tourism in the MENA region
Al-Bawaba
Tourism to the Middle East and North Africa declined sharply in the first half of the year, going against an international trend of growth in arrivals to record levels. But there are some signs of recovery in parts of the region, the UN World Tourism ...
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ANALYSIS-Suspicion greets China's Europe expansion
Reuters Africa
Just as China's first forays into investment in small African countries went largely unremarked on, so has its recent European expansion with infrastructure projects, company takeovers and sovereign debt purchases. Poetry-writing former government ...
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Nigerian property scammers move to Sydney after succeeding in Perth
SmartCompany.com.au
Successfully done twice in Perth, the latest attempt to sell a $1 million apartment has been thwarted before its scheduled auction. The apartment was listed without the knowledge of the landlord, its South African-dormiciled investor, who has since ...
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Great Weekend Reads
Daily Beast
That debut memoir described the Fullers' life as a white family in Africa when colonialism was in its last throes and being white was, at best, unfashionable and often dangerous. The Fullers persevered out of stubbornness, but more important out of an ...
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How competition will drive future of telecoms industry
BusinessDay
Despite Nigeria 's saturated tele-density, many multinational telecom corporations still craved for space in Nigeria , West Africa 's leading market. The reason seems to be a notion in the global telecoms market that any operator with strong financial ...
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Back at the races
Sunday Business Post
When Henry Beeby signs off on the latest accounts for Goffs later this month, he will be drawing a line under a turbulent period in the bloodstock auctioneer's 145-year history. The booming economy brought a surge in sales of racehorses, ...
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Small Talk: Enterprise calls time on FTSE 250 listing
The Independent
The pubs group, once a member of the FTSE 100, was booted out of the FTSE 250 as part of thelatest index reshuffle, and will relinquish its mid-cap berth after the close this Friday, when the results of the review are implemented. ...
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Rwanda goods on local market up
East African Business Week
KIGALI, RWANDA- Rwanda's manufactured goods on the local market have increased, according torecent statistics at National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda(NISR). The latest publication on national statistics official website indicate that the index ...
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Science Weekly Podcast: Dava Sobel on Copernicus
The Guardian
This week Alok Jha meets the historian Dava Sobel, author of the worldwide best seller Longtitude to discuss her latest adventure into science history A More perfect Heaven, how Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. Alok and Dava discuss the ...
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Steve Reich
Sequenza21
Now that we've gotten the cover art discussion out of the way – and Nonesuch has acquiesced to the concerns of those who felt the artwork exploitative and inflammatory – let's consider the music on Steve Reich's latest recording. ...
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The legacy of 9/11
Baltimore Sun
In recent weeks, much has been written and broadcast about the shock and horror of that day and its lasting influence on public policy and even the national psyche. Such a commemoration is only natural, given the gravity of that day. ...
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Malaysia To Chair Third Committee Of United Nations On Tuesday
Bernama
Indeed, Hussein is also expected to meet the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, a prominent South African national who became the first woman to start a law practice in her home province Natal in 1967 when South Africa was run by ...
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Chrome Exports Ban Anti-Indigenisation [opinion]
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
We cannot hope to compete with China and South Africa in this global sector. Based on oral evidence presented by their senior management at a recent Parlia-entary Portfolio Committee on Mines hearing that I attended, by the time ZIMASCO and ZimAlloys ...
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PURVEYOR OF FRAUD
ChristianNewsToday.com
He ignores facts and disregards the latest findings by experts in the field of science while accusing others of “running from science.” It is Huntsman who is clearly “running from science” as he displays an Obama-Pelosi-Reid dictatorial style of ...
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Unease over devaluation of naira
NEXT
According to Yvonne Mhango, Sub-Saharan Africa economist at Renaissance Capital, the scenario does not display a true reflection of the country's earnings. “This implies that there are additional, unknown pressures on forex reserves, which explains why ...
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Ching Ching for food franchises in Zim
BusinessLIVE
Cash is proving to be king for fast food operator, Innscor Africa, which runs franchise outlets for Nando's, Chicken Inn and Steers counters mainly in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and Ghana. Innscor Africa, a blue chip company on Zimbabwe's stock exchange, ...
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EXCUSE ME: Federal Republic of Guaguako
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Preventable tragedies that have befallen Nigeria in recent times have no antecedents; they happen suddenly, what the Esan people call Guaguako. As a nation our rulers are usually stunned when these catastrophe strikes, because there are never warning ...
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Our Cup runneth over
ESPNScrum.com
Sadly, it was a familiar story as France found the extra gear to quell the uprising but the damage had been done and the latest IRB press release hailing the investment in the developing nations was surely being penned. "A highly-charged and dramatic ...
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Newspaper Briefing, including 'Abu Dhabis oil major spreads net to North Sea ...
Proactive Investors UK
Thirty-two% of people want government expenditure decreased, 34 believe it should be maintained at current levels, and 29% want it to go up, according to the latest GMF Transatlantic Trends survey. Ecclestones adviser quits: Stephen Mullens, ...
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Kombat Mine saga rages on - by Desie Heita
New Era
Central to the tussle is the ownership in the licence for the mine, which Grove Mining wants transferred to a South African holding company. The transfer of the licence, sources tell New Era, has been on ice for more than 10 months now as government ...
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France - Statements made by the Ministry of Foreign and European Spokesperson ...
ISRIA (registration)
While the famine in the Horn of Africa is worsening, France is continuing to mobilize its efforts. France announced on August 1 that it would triple its bilateral emergency assistance, increasing funding from the Ministry of Foreign and European ...
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Eto'o: Dagestan's latest celebrity
Hindustan Times
Former four-time African footballer of the year Eto'o signed a three-year multi-million euro deal with the ambitious club from war-torn Dagestan after being lured from Italian giants Inter Milan last month. Around 5000 people turned up to get a glimpse ...
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James R. Carroll | Americans and the world after 9/11
Louisville Courier-Journal
In truth, as recent polls outside this country show, the United States is a target of some of that anger and madness, for imagined and real policies. At the same time, the United States, as the only superpower, is looked to in many other places as the ...
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