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Sep 15, 2011

ASIAN Sports, Athletics News, Sep 15, 2011


Gilas 5 begins quest vs UAE
Philippine Star
By Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star) Updated September 15, 2011 12:00 AM 0 WUHAN – Smart Gilas Pilipinas won't leave anything to chance when it takes on unheralded United Arab Emirates as the battle among 16 Asian nations for one slot in the 2012 ...
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No decision yet on athletes who snubbed dope test
The Borneo Post
KUALA LUMPUR: The Youth and Sports Ministry will evaluate a report and recommendations made by the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union's (MAAU) committee and a panel set up to investigate the doping issue involving six elite athletes who snubbed a doping ...
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Indian government pushes for sports reform bill
Radio Australia
Do you think they look athletic? KRISHNAN: Many agree that sports bodies in India need to be reformed urgently. The big question is when? Connect Asia brings you two hours of news, business reports and analysis from commentators and correspondents.
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Official apathy trips athletes
Calcutta Telegraph
Former Asian Games 800m gold medallist Charles Borromeo did not mince words. “Officials of state sports bodies are more concerned about freebies (read foreign trips) offered by national federations. They are least worried about athletes. ...
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Calcutta Telegraph
Insider Notebook: Floyd Mayweather, Drug Testing, More
BoxingScene.com
"It has to be done under the jurisdiction of an athletic commission because the athletic commission has to supervise and the reports have to go to the athletic commission because otherwise you've got this testing group that's functioning outside of the ...
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Friday Night Concert Series
Patch.com
Whole Foods, Eastern Mountain Sports and Lulumon Athletic cater to the athletic, environmentally conscious consumer, while Go Wireless and AT&T are for the techies. Smythe Jewelers is for those who crave luxury, and for the nesters, there's Arhaus, ...
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Douthit, Slaughter to reinforce PH5
Manila Standard Today
THE Philippines will be sending a powerhouse basketball team to this year's Southeast AsianGames in Indonesia. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios yesterday revealed at the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at ...
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Our View: Don't ignore your role in defense against mosquitoes
SouthCoastToday.com
The aggressive Asian tiger mosquito may find winter survivability easier this year, or it might introduce a new virus to the area. There's no way to know, so there's no way to escape the fact that the risk will always be there. And even after spraying, ...
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God Of Gamblers
A.V. Club Chicago
The growing popularity of American films, a shaky Asian economy, and other factors have contributed to a downturn in production. Interesting films still come out of Hong Kong, but I can't help but feel a bit nostalgic for that moment when it seemed ...
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A.V. Club Chicago
Daniel Rubin: Get ready for Peace Day Philly | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-09-15
Philadelphia Inquirer
She's a former social worker who has spent most of her career helping settle immigrants from Southeast Asia. Gilley's movie gave her confidence to act. Just before Peace Day two years ago, she attended a Wayne street fair dressed as a giant white dove, ...
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Nina Murphy, 54, athlete, traveler
NCAdvertiser.com (blog)
She traveled the world learning the cultural traditions of indigenous people in South America, North America, Asia and Australia, and also was a driving force behind the formation of The Heart of the Healer Foundation, a nonprofit organization ...
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Group seeks soles at TWU
Denton Record Chronicle
She has traveled in Asia, to places such as Vietnam and China, visiting orphanages where children don't have adequate clothing. “It means a lot to them to just have a pair of shoes,” Nguyen said. TWU's goal was to collect 200 pairs of shoes, ...
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Softball team honored at dinner Tuesday
Wilkes Journal Patriot
The Wilkes team then defeated the Asia-Pacific champions in a consolation game to finish third. Keynote speaker was Shae Wesley, girls softball coach at Appalachian State University (ASU). Prior to coaching at ASU, Ms. Wesley led the softball team at ...
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HALF MARATHON AND 10 KM COMES TO KILKENNY IN SEPTEMBER
TravPR.com (press release)
Expedia, Inc.'s companies operate more than 70 global points of sale in more than 40 countries, with sites in North America, South America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Expedia, Inc. is a component of the S&P 500 index. ...
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Summer Study Abroad Programs Expand Students' Worldview
College of the Holy Cross (blog)
(Other programs offered less frequently include Kenya, Southeast Asia and South Africa.) “We want students to have different opportunities,” says Smith, who helped develop the summer program as a complement to the College's semester-long and yearlong ...
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Rev. Dr. Hoover T. Grimsby, 91
Austin Herald
Sabbatical studies in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Madagascar, and Asia followed. Rev. Grimsby served as associate and senior pastor at Ascension Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis., 1945-1970; senior pastor, St. Olaf Lutheran Church, ...
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Austin Herald
Hyundai ups sales forecast to 4m on European ambitions
The Korea Herald
The market expects the recently approved free trade agreement between Asia's fourth-largest economy and the European Union to give Korean carmakers an advantage over its Japanese and American rivals. The new i30 has a shorter tail with a more angular ...
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AFRICA News, Sep 15, 2011


Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to ...
Washington Post
In recent weeks, the military has gone on the offensive, but fierce fighting has not shaken the militants hold on the area and has left thousands of civilians displaced. Egypt's top security chief testifies in a closed session of the trial of ousted ...
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African Markets - Factors to watch on Sept 15
Reuters
For the top emerging markets news, double click on AFRICA STOCKS For the latest news onAfrican stocks, click on AFRICA FIXED INCOME For news on African fixed income, click onAFRICA BOND AUCTIONS The following is a selection of domestic debt auctions ...
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Pirates seize tanker and 23 crew off Benin: maritime body
AFP
Unlike the explosion of piracy off the coast of Somalia on the eastern side of the continent in recent years, those involved in the recent West African attacks have so far not appeared to be after ransom payments. Two analysts said last month that a ...
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AFP
African viewpoint: Why Nigeria's Boko Haram is so bold
BBC News
Nigerians are saddled with government leaders who - after the recent spate of bombings, assassinations and attacks - can only express horror at the bedside of survivors, vow on television to catch the perpetrators and then rush to fortify their motor...
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BBC News
FirstRand profit up on lower bad debt, eyes Nigeria
Vanguard
A sharp decline in bad debts propelled South Africa's FirstRand to a 22 percent jump in full-year profit, the latest sign banks in Africa's top economy are recovering from a recession-driven credit strain. The bank's chief executive also told Reuters ...
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Emerging countries can help eurozone, not save it
AFP
Brazil has announced that the BRICS group of countries of which it forms part with Russia, India, China and South Africa, will meet in Washington next Thursday to discuss how to help the European Union in its latest debt crisis. ...
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AFP
Intel's Latest 'Visibly Smart' Film Explores Indonesia
mediabistro.com
By Bob Marshall on September 14, 2011 1:29 PM For thousands of years, a type of fabric known as batik has been prevalent in garments throughout the eastern hemisphere, from parts of Africa all the way to China. So, what could a type of fabric that uses ...
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New York Celebrates 'Made In Africa'… from ARISE
THISDAY Live
Winning Designer of the Year at ARISE Magazine Fashion Week – Lagos 2011, they headline the show with a collection of frothy, cream and gold-hued looks inspired by African flora and fauna. “Africa has been a huge trend in recent seasons but no one has ...
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AFRICOM commander: 'I'd like more special operations forces now'
Stars and Stripes
Carter F. Ham, commander of US Africa Command, leaves Djiboutian military headquarters after a meeting with the country's chief of defense. Behind Ham is US Ambassador to Djibouti James C. Swan, who also attended the meeting. ...
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Stars and Stripes
Museveni in Pretoria for meet on Libya
New Vision
By Online Reporter Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday arrived in Pretoria, South Africa for a meeting on the latest developments in Libya. The President who was received at Lanseria International Airport by the South AfricanMinister for ...
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New Vision
Lessons from Nelson Mandela
Financial Post
In the mid-1990s, then South African president Nelson Mandela successfully bridged a seemingly impossible divide between his country's ethnic groups using the power of sport. Now, in the wake of the US credit downgrade, and with the political wrangling ...
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Hotel Rate Growth Shifts from Europe to Asia
ASIATravelTips.com
Hotels around the world have reported rate growth of 4% in the first half of 2011, according to thelatest hotel survey from Hogg Robinson Group (HRG). Of the 50 cities surveyed, 33 reported a year-on-year increase in hotel rates with strong growth in ...
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WAfrica Crude-Easier as refining margins slip
Reuters Africa
"Falling European refining margins have taken the shine off Nigerian values, and Asian demand is unclear," said a West African crude oil trader at a large bank. NIGERIA * Qua Iboe: Shell was reported to have sold the most recent Qua Iboe spot cargo ...
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Turkey rising
The Nation, Pakistan
The Turkish Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, arrived in Egypt on Tuesday at the start of a three-nation tour as Turkey toughens its stance towards Israel and seeks to become the predominant power among Muslim states in the Middle East and North Africa. ...
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Joe Ehrmann: To avoid school sports scandals, make athletics part of the ...
Baltimore Sun
By Joe Ehrmann The recent accusations aimed at the University of Miami's athletic department are just the latest example of moral failure involving educational institutions, athletics and athletes. Every scandal seems to debunk the myth that sports ...
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Assigning a Jobs Bill as Homework
New York Times
Mr. Palmer said Mr. Obama won North Carolina in 2008 mostly on a swelling of the African-American vote, and added that he believed that the president's policies had alienated North Carolinians. But standing next to Mr. Palmer, Fiona Marsh, a recent ...
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Peru's first black minister: barefoot singer
The Associated Press
Her latest album, 'Afrodiaspora,' blends African-influenced styles from across the Americas, including New Orleans and Mexico. Rene Perez of the Puerto Rican hip-hop band Calle 13, among other musicians, perform on the album, and Baca sings on the...
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The Associated Press
Euro Selloff Spreads to Emerging-Market Currencies
Wall Street Journal
The South African rand fell more than 1%. Euroview: As fears about a Greek default and a global recession increase, contagion is spreading to Asian and emerging markets. This is working mostly in favor of the dollar. The Australian dollar, seen as a...
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Wall Street Journal
The world is going green, and South Africa is at the forefront of the green drive
SA Commercial Prop News (press release)
That's what the GBCSA Convention is all about, says Wilkinson: improving health and quality of life through the latest in green building technology and innovation, fostering sustainability and growing the green economy. The GBCSA Convention and ...
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Kadhafi nowhere to be found as son in Niger 'custody'
AFP
The World Bank on Tuesday became the latest international organisation to recognise the victorious rebels' NTC but South Africa said that the African Union had yet to decide on whether to give it Libya's seat in the continental bloc. ...
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AFP
Fiji moves to register voters for first post-coup election
Radio Australia
We are aware of companies, for example from Canada, that have carried out recently registration, and electronic voter registration, in Africa, in Gambia and various other countries. In Gambia, I think they've registered about 800000 voters within a ...
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From Jewish roots, band sprouts afro/new wave wings
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
16 sophomore release, “Leave No Trace” (IAMSOUND Records), high marks for its marriage of African rhythms and new wave sounds. The band will headline the Troubadour on Sept. 29, and, starting in November, it will join the Red Hot Chili Peppers on tour ...
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The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
Signature Mapping TBDx Tuberculosis Diagnostics Solution to Be Deployed in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The mobile unit aims to deliver a comprehensive tuberculosis detection and treatment capability to remote villages in South Africa. The mobile TB case finding project has received approval from a governmental funding agency, with funds available for ...
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Egypt second quarter tourism drops 35 percent
Daily News Egypt
Currently, visitors from the United States, Europe, Australia, the Gulf Counties, Africa, Asia, and Latin America can get their visas when they arrive in Egypt at the airport. According to Elhamy ElZayat, head of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, ...
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Sportsday live - Wednesday 14 September
BBC Sport (blog)
Sportsday features the climax of the County Championship, Rugby World Cup latest, football gossip, plus more. 1832: - That's it for Sportsday live for Wednesday. You can keep across the evening's football with Tom Rostance on the BBC Sport website. ...
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The power of dance: Bukom!
Accra Daily Mail
It is, however, an amalgamation of his recent works, snippets of his latest experimentation of dance whose “aesthetic standard and means of expression ultimately help to articulate human lives, views and innovations at universal levels of artistic ...
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MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Sep 15, 2011

Amy Winehouse Looks Healthy, Happy In 'Body And Soul' Video
MTV.com
By Gil Kaufman Nearly two months after her shocking death, the final video and song recorded by late British soul star Amy Winehouse dropped on Wednesday (September 14), her birthday, and itshows the "Rehab" singer in fine form. ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Sep 15, 2011

Geithner urges EU to do more to solve crisis
Reuters
"They are absolutely committed and they have the financial capacity, the economiccapacity to do what it takes to hold this thing together," he said. As head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank at the height of the 2007-09 financial crisis, ...
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