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BusinessWeek - 1 hour 47 minutes ago
Agribusiness and global investors are scooping up farmland. Are corporate farmers the new colonialists?
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 16 minutes ago
Twenty-two top international and local companies were honoured at Frost & Sullivan's second annual African Excellence Awards Banquet held last night at the Hilton Sandton Hotel.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 55 minutes ago
Two freelance journalists released in Somalia Wednesday after 15 months captivity said they were tortured and feared being sold on to hardline rebels in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 3:54 pm ET
An Australian freelance journalist kidnapped in Somalia in August last year feared he would be handed over to hardline rebels when he was bundled into a car Wednesday night.
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The Phoenix - Wed Nov 25, 3:40 pm ET
"How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex."
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Boston Globe - Wed Nov 25, 3:03 pm ET
A global network of aid agencies on Wednesday called on governments to do more to reduce the impact natural disasters caused by climate change will have on poor countries.
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J Weekly - Wed Nov 25, 2:01 pm ET
During his recent trip to China, President Barack Obama met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they shared.
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Boston Herald - Wed Nov 25, 12:48 pm ET
NAIROBI, Kenya - The African Union's Somalia envoy said Wednesday donors have released only 30 percent of funds they pledged months ago toward bolstering Somalia's...
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 25, 12:30 pm ET
CALGARY, Alberta----Elluminate, Inc., the leader in web, audio, video and social networking solutions that support 21st century teaching, learning, and collaboration, announced today that its Fire and Ice initiative was awarded iNACOL’s Best and Most Innovative Online Learning Practice award, which was announced at the organization’s annual Virtual School Symposium held November 15-17 in Austin ...
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The Berkeley Daily Planet - Wed Nov 25, 12:15 pm ET
Of course, it only works when you know what you need,” smiles lingerie salesman Jimmy (Jai Sahai), as his sheer, firetruck red wares sparkle in their closet—and will throughout the play.
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US News & World Report - Wed Nov 25, 12:08 pm ET
As World AIDS Day approaches, the Pentagon takes the lead in helping other militaries fight AIDS.
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Black Voices - Wed Nov 25, 12:05 pm ET
Filed under: News Twelve years ago, Los Angeles DJ Matthew Roberts , who was adopted, began a quest to find his biological parents. Roberts, 41, grew up in Rockford, Ill., and when he was 10 years old, his sister divulged the fact that he was adopted. Roberts loved his adoptive parents but often wondered about his roots. His curiosity set him on a course that led to a surprising ending. The ...
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 11:48 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bourse Africa, a unit of Financial Technologies India Ltd. , plans to set up an electronic exchange to trade African commodities futures by the second half of next year, Director of Strategy Adam Gross said.
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Black Voices - Wed Nov 25, 11:34 am ET
Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama In spite of the fact that he is just as much white as he is black, white people just don't like President Barack Obama very much. According to a recent Gallup poll, President Obama's approval rating among whites has dropped to 39 percent . His overall approval rating has dropped below 50 percent, which is a 16 percentage point decline since his high ...
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 11:30 am ET
Initiative expands to include cost-effective, sustainable distance training for students, teachers, and healthcare professionals in developing world.