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Sep 8, 2011

AFRICA News, Sep 08, 2011


FTSE live: latest market report
Telegraph.co.uk
Commodities trader, Glencore International, advanced 20.55 to 405¾p as it again raised its stake in takeover target, South Africa's Optimum Coal. Aim-listed miner, Sierra Rutile, climbed 5.63 to 26.88p as the company said that Pala Minerals was ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
FACTBOX-Latest developments in the Libyan conflict
Reuters Africa
* Muammar Gaddafi is not in Niger and reports of a 200-vehicle convoy entering the country from Libya in recent days are not true, Niger Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Wednesday. * More than 1700 sub-Saharan African migrants have now taken ...
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African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security visits Darfur
StarAfrica.com
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, September 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- AfricanUnion (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra visited today El Fasher, North Darfur, to gain first-hand knowledge of recent UNAMID work on the ...
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China, India replace Britain as Kenya's top sources of FDI
Business Daily Africa
The latest economic data shows that China, South Africa, India and South Korea have risen to stand among the top five sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) for Kenya, knocking off the UK, Germany and the Netherlands who have occupied the space ...
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Taxi and bus crackdown latest
Independent Online
“We also have a lot of tyres that are dumped on the South African market from the East that are just not suitable for our climate and road conditions. To save costs, these guys also fit normal passenger tyres to public transport vehicles. ...
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Independent Online
Global tourist numbers continue to increase, UN agency reports
UN News Centre
International tourist numbers surged by nearly 5 per cent in the first half of this year as the industry continues its recovery following the global dip in the wake of the recentfinancial crisis, new United Nations figures reveal. The latest update of ...
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UN News Centre
Shutouts, goal gluts and beach brilliance
Fifa.com
We also feature the holders' demise in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, another landmark for Rogerio Ceni and fresh achievement for two Spanish stars. games for Sao Paulo was the incredible total reached by Rogerio Ceni in a 2-1 victory over ...
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Time to select a pre-World Cup world XV
The Roar
He is a rock of defence in the South African pack. Labelled the best tight-head in the world for 2010, Gurthro Steenkamp also won the SARU player of the year. When Steenkamp gets a sniff of the line, the big forward can match the pace of a centre. ...
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A new fight to save Africa's elephants
Herald Scotland
(Shamefully, Britain supported the last stockpile sale proposal in 2010.) Many Chinese believe ivory, like teeth, can be extracted without killing the elephant. The bloody truth might cure their yen for it. Also African governments could be obliging ...
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COVER STORY
FM.co.za
Despite the high-profile arrest of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris owner Dawie Groenewald and 12 co-accused in September last year, rhino poaching has increased: 131 poachers have been arrested in the first half of this year. ...
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Five Lessons From Themb'elihle [analysis]
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Sep 07, 2011 (iMaverick/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- As rocks and rubber bullets and more deadly ammunition continued to be exchanged in a township just outside Lenasia, PHILLIP DE WET looks at what we've already learnt from the latest ...
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Weather Journal: As Rain Subsides, Sun Stages Comeback
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Eric Holthaus Greater New York returns to the 70s on Thursday, with warmer and sunnier weekend days ahead — a break in the clouds and the latest round of city-drenching rain. More than four inches of rainfall has blanketed much of the area in ...
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Tenesol fights African drought with solar
pv magazine (press release)
In June 2011, Tenesol embarked on its latest project, a major new mission to fight drought in rural Madagascar – which the company has agreed to take on for free. The global solar power industry is dominated by rooftop solar systems, ground mounted ...
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You tell us: What country should the UFC visit next?
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
By Maggie Hendricks The UFC's recent trip to Brazil and planned return to Japan is one of the promotion's latest signals that they are serious about becoming well-known internationally. They have also opened offices to cover Europe, Asia and Canada and ...
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Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Corruption, govt inefficiencies, security concerns stall Nigeria's progress on ...
BusinessDay
With a score of 3.4 and being ahead of only 15 countries, Nigeria this year retained the 127th position, which it held last year, in the latest global competitiveness rankings, after consistently falling in the rankings in recent years. ...
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BusinessDay
EDITORIAL: State must act on waning confidence
Business Day
The latest warning signal was flagged by Business Day columnist David Gleason yesterday: there are signs that Rio Tinto's decision to divest from Palamin and sell its South African coal assets is part of a strategic withdrawal from SA. ...
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7th Montreal International Black Film Festival - Unveiling of the 2011 program
Canada NewsWire (press release)
And the cherry on top of the sundae: famous writer Dany Laferrière, winner of the 2009 Médicis Award, will present the legendary Souleymane Cissé, the first African filmmaker to win a prize at the Cannes Festival, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. ...
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Germans ready for the next step
Fifa.com
No other team was able to book their place more quickly, including reigning world champions Spain and South Africa 2010 runners-up the Netherlands. Still, Low wouldn't be himself if he didn't attempt to play down the current wave of euphoria. ...
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08/09/2011French official trade deficit deepens to 6.46 bln euros
Expatica France
Exports towards other countries in the European Union fell but exports to elsewhere in Europe, the Americas and Africa did better. In July, French exports totalled 34.76 billion euros. Imports totalled 41.22 billion euros. The latest deficit means that ...
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Canadian photographer 'awestruck by the devastation' of 9/11
Montreal Gazette
Owerko is well aware that this latest work is a departure from both his 9/11 series and Africanportraiture: "When others are zigging, I'm zagging," he says, adding that Boom Box is "my love letter to New York, after documenting its tragedy. ...
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Spain's defense is cause for concern
ESPN
Let me assure you that despite Xavi confirming to me during the World Cup in South Africa that "Johan Cruyff is right -- we are in a battle for the soul of our game," it is winning matches and tournaments that drives this generation of Spanish ...
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CGC reaffirms its commitment to 'Sustainability Assurance'
AME Info
He stated, "The recent global events, credit crunch and economic downturns have proven yet again the importance of 'sustainability measures' in creating robust economies that can sustain themselves through trials and egregious situations. ...
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Portugal bounces back
eTurboNews
And the prospects continue to look good, even in a year that many in the travel industry have already written off as one of the worst on record, although the ongoing problems in North Africa and the Middle East are helping to boost the figures in ...
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eTurboNews
Why China Wants a G-3 World
New York Times
Europe has been neglected from recent literature on the emerging global order in favor of sexy but nonfunctional categories such as BRICS — the club of emerging powers including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. ...
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Nigeria: a new terrorist challenge
European Voice
Boko Haram's latest strike undoubtedly moves Nigeria onto the frontline of the Islamist threat inAfrica. But as yet it is not on the strategists' frontline: the international community – including the EU – remains preoccupied with the threat posed by ...
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Morning business news - September 9
RTE.ie
In its latest Beige Book report, it said that recent stock market swings and rising economic uncertainty dampened confidence. "Economic activity continued to expand at a modest pace," the report said, adding that more economic uncertainty has led to ...
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Aid groups launch emergency assistance to fleeing Sudanese in Ethiopia
Sudan Tribune
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 6, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – International aid agencies have began providing emergency assistance to fleeing Sudanese in Ethiopia as the refugee population that escaped recent conflict from Sudan's Blue Nile state swells to ...
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Brazil's Haiti Drawdown: Reflections On Global Aspirations – Analysis
Eurasia Review
Perhaps the crudest deduction available from the analysis of such numbers, though, emerges when other heavyweight international contenders, such as Brazil's IBSA partners, India and South Africa, are brought into this equation. ...
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Eurasia Review
The deluge
Screen Africa
While there are inevitably several 'first time' showings at IBC, it's worth noting that a lot of the state of the art technology that will be on display at IBC was seen in Johannesburg at the recent MediatechAfrica, South Africa's own version of IBC. ...
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Layne Christensen profit soars 65%
MarketWatch
The company also said an internal probe of payments to government officials in Africa led to the termination of three Australian managers in its international mining business who had previously been put on paid suspension. The company disclosed in an ...
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School 'Reform': A Failing Grade
The New York Review of Books
On the latest international test, the Program for International Student Assessment, American schools in which fewer than 10 percent of the students were poor outperformed the schools of Finland, Japan, and Korea. Even when as many as 25 percent of the ...
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How To Get Rid Of Europe's Last Dictator In Belarus? – Analysis
Eurasia Review
After the latest wave of arrests in December 2010, protesters were beaten unconscious by the squads of the Ministry of Interior, dragged into cars and transported to interrogation centers, where they were systematically tortured. ...
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A Modern Guide To LGBT Manners
NPR
Coming up, we get to sample some Latin and African rhythms. We'll speak to Putumayo World Music's founder and CEO about delivering some of the best beats in the business. But first, getting the answers to some difficult questions, like do I let my ...
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The Nigerian President and illegal use of sirens
BusinessDay
Why would the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Africa's second largest army andAfrica's third biggest economy be unable to enforce what is second nature everywhere else in the world except in Mogadishu? The answer might help us to more ...
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Zeus a hit as Franco booed off Fresher's ball stage
The Bostwana Gazette
Performing alongside South African Kwaito artist and TV personality Zola Dlamini, Wizards of the Desert, Mosako and Kast, Franco was booed the moment he stepped on stage to perform from hislatest release, 'sephiri se dule'. Some students within the ...
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Remembering Muslim Colonialism on September 11
Right Side News
The primacy of the Arab Muslim over the African Christian is a recent thing in the liberal landscape born in part of realpolitik and the red enthusiasm for revolutionary violence. It is a thing which almost no one discusses because it has gone ...
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Pushing for Reform in Bahrain
Foreign Affairs
For months now, Bahrain has been engulfed in protests against the repressive rule of the Khalifa family; the most recent demonstrations in late August claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy, thelatest casualty in the regime's drive to restore order. ...
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September News Business Finance Company Directory South African
Business search directory. Companies in South Africa Today's Results Today. Latest News results updated on: 5 September 2011 for current business company ...
www.businessmonitor.co.za/currentnews.asp?...

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ASIA News, Sep 08, 2011


Tired Western brands find new life in Asia
Boston Globe
Various owners tried to turn it around before a Hong Kong company snapped up the Asian rights in2009 and now runs dozens of Aquascutum stores in China and elsewhere. Meanwhile, Westerners are picking up on the idea, with one British startup aiming to ...
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K2 ASIA VENTURES v. TROTA
Leagle.com
... Inc., and Ruby Investment Company Holdings, Inc. In April 2009, Plaintiffs K2 Asia Ventures, BenC. Broocks, and James GJ Crow filed a complaint in Forsyth County against Defendants Robert Trota, Veronica Trota, Joselito Saludo, Carolyn T. Salud, ...
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China, Kazakhstan Sign Agreement to Expand Natural-Gas Pipeline Network
Bloomberg
China is turning to Central Asia for gas supplies to diversify fuel sources and to help cut the nation's reliance on coal and oil. Turkmenistan started deliveries in December 2009 and is the only country transporting gas to China by pipeline. ...
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C-section baby boom in China
Behind the Wall
That's a rate much higher than the Asian average of 27.3 percent, according to a World Health Organization global survey published in the Lancet journal in early 2010. And the statistics are even higher in China's capital city. In 2010, 51 percent of ...
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Here's the Latest on This Year's Art in October Festival
D Magazine
Established in 2009 as a private nonprofit 501(c)3 organization as the AT&T Performing Arts Center neared completion, today's Dallas Arts District serves the residents and patrons of the district increasing awareness of and access to the arts and the ...
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Asian-Americans Buck Stereotypes, Find Fame on YouTube
Voice of America
YouTube stars like Ryan Higa, David Choi, Kevin Wu (KevJumba), or Clara Chung (Clara C) may not be household names yet, but their popularity is serving as an inspiration for other young Asian-Americans. Caught between parents pushing traditional ...
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Manulife Hong Kong To Ramp Up Sales Effort
Wall Street Journal
Toronto-based Manulife is in 10 Asian countries, with the biggest business units in Hong Kong and Japan. The company aims to grow Asian profit to C$1.5 billion a year by 2015, which would be more than double the unit's 2010 profit.
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BASE METALS - European Opening View - Metals in limbo as Asian equities fail ...
FXstreet.com
The dollar is consolidating recent gains with the dollar index at 75.56, the euro is at 1.4073, sterling is weak at 1.5950, the aussie fell to 1.0590 after a rise in unemployment dented confidence, the yen is at 77.40 and the yuan is slightly firmer at ...
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Tsai supports US-Japan alliance to protect Asia-Pacific security
Focus Taiwan News Channel
China's 2010 Defense White Paper published in March this year continues to view "military struggle" and reunifying Taiwan as its main missions and is preparing for large-scale war, according to Tsai. When handling cross-strait issues, Taiwan needs to ...
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Focus Taiwan News Channel
ASU anthropologist says Zomia's people are more complex than popularly depicted
Arizona State University
In 2009, James C. Scott, a Yale University anthropologist and political scientist, wrote a controversial book about Zomia, a metaphorical zone including highland regions of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and four provinces of China. ...
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Ichimoku Cloud Turned Red - BMS, BNA, BOE, BSCD, C/PZ
Health Talk & You
Bemis Company, Inc. (Bemis) is a manufacturer of flexible packaging products and pressure sensitive materials, selling to customers throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and AsiaPacific. It operates in two segments: Flexible Packaging and ...
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Japan hoping to earn respect on hardwood
The Japan Times
If not best of the best, Japan used to always be a top contender in the AsiaChampionship, which is played once every two years. But with the rise of Western and Middle-Eastern Asian nations in recent years, Japan has been stuck in a dark era in the ...
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The Japan Times
Gulf perfumers smell opportunity in local, global markets
Reuters
"If you want to export to anywhere else, not just to the West, but also Asia, you are going to have to comply with IFRA standards," said Stephen Weller of the Brussels-based International Fragrance Association (IFRA). He added that the association ...
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Reuters
Lack of facilities not a problem for school — Headmaster
The Borneo Post
“Our school is very proud of primary six pupil Elvic Bong Qian Zheng who won a silver medal at the 6th Asian Junior Wushu Championship in Shanghai, China, last month,” he said, adding that it was no easy feat. In his second international appearance, ...
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VimpelCom's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
We have organized our group into the following five business units: 1) Russia, 2) Europe and North America, 3) Africa and Asia, 4) Ukraine, and 5) CIS. Each of our five business units has impressive leadership, and it is a testament to their efforts ...
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Intelsat's Premier Video Neighborhoods Continue to Attract World's Top Programmers
MarketWatch (press release)
In Asia-Pacific, Canal + Overseas SAS, the largest French-speaking pay-TV operator in the French Overseas Territories, signed a multi-transponder, long-term agreement on Intelsat 18, set to launch in October. The satellite will provide high power ...
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9/11: Six Tech Advances to Prevent Future Attacks
National Geographic
Photograph by Rex C. Curry, AP As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, imagine a replay of the attack: Another band of terrorists armed with box cutters manages to sneak onto an airliner and attempts to seize it for a suicide mission. ...
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National Geographic
Powerful Investment Partnership to Transform Miss America(R) Brand
MarketWatch (press release)
It saw a household rating increase over 2010 of 47 percent and a 40 percent increase in total viewers. Infinity Lifestyle Brands, LLC ("ILB") ( www.infinity-group.com ) is the New York based Infinity Group's consumer products and brand management ...
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Boot up: HTC sues Apple, Facebook flashes 'double in first-half revenue to ...
TMC Net
(Guardian Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Google Hands HTC Patents to Use Against Apple >> Bloomberg And so it goes on: "Asia's second-biggest smartphone maker, ...
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SkyStream Expands its Reach with Intelsat
MarketWatch (press release)
SkyStream will offer Internet and On-Demand services to luxury yachts across the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, and to fixed sites in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. SkyStream will provide these services via Intelsat 17 and the ...
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Splash plans to step up Barrio Fiesta marketing
BusinessWorld Online
We expect that the 2011 level will be better than the 2010,” Ms. Tomas said. In the second quarter, Splash profits rose by more than a tenth to P45 million from year-ago levels. The latest figures allowed Splash to record a 16.3% profit rise in the ...
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Securing Islamabad's past: In fight with greed, heritage wins first round
The Express Tribune
The caves in the suburbs of Islamabad are one such place and according to recentstudies there might be more of such sites in the area. Earlier, members of the Capital Citizens Committee had raised alarm about the danger the site has been facing and ...
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The Express Tribune
Sociedad Quimica Regroups After Correcting 25%
Investor's Business Daily
SQM's latest base, now in its seventh week, counts as a second-stage pattern. Such patterns are less prone to failure than third- or fourth-stage bases. The correction in the base has been as deep as 25%, within bounds of what you want to see for a ...
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Silicon Dragon to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
MarketWatch (press release)
Silicon Dragon testified as an expert witness on China's Internet before a US-China Commission in Washington, DC Silicon Dragon draws upon a rich library, from Ms. Fannin's extensive reporting inAsia for nearly two decades for Forbes, CEO, HBR.com, ...
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Chinese power plant contractors take half of Indian market share
China Daily
SEPCO III alone takes more than 20 percent of Indian power plant building market, though all Chinese power plant contractors occupy less than 50 percent of market share in the third largestAsian economy, Lu said. Partnering with Adani Power, ...
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Sports Briefs
Times LIVE
Sapa-AFP DISGRACED Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam has claimed race was a factor in his lifetime ban from football over bribery charges, saying he would never have been punished if he was European. The Qatari was slapped with the ban in July ...
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