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Business Essentials: 'Sudan 1', the spice connection and a company with a clean pair of hands
The Independent (UK)
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Last year, a huge food scare erupted over an illegal, carcinogenic dye found in some imported chilli powders. And the nightmare hasn't stopped for spice businesses in Britain.
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China's arms sales 'fuelling civil wars'
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
China's arms sales 'fuelling civil wars' 12/06/2006 - 8:20:59 AM China's sales of military vehicles and weapons to Sudan, Nepal and Burma have aggravated conflicts and abetted violence and repressive rule in those countries, Amnesty International
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China arming HR abusers: Amnesty
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
BEIJING: China is selling arms to an array of human rights abusers such as Sudan and Myanmar to extend its trade and diplomatic reach, human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday, an accusation Beijing denied. The Amnesty report said
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Developer plans to make Khartoum a 'mini-Dubai'
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Wedged between the White and Blue Niles, a huge shimmering complex of glass and steel is set to rise from the heart of Khartoum, as the Sudanese capital seeks to leap into modernity. Sudan, the biggest country in Africa by area, remains beset by rebellion and humanitarian tragedies, but the
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Russia pragmatic on arms but is trade healthy?
The Washington Post
- Monday, August 14, 2006
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Missiles to Syria and Iran, warplanes to
Venezuela and Myanmar, helicopters to Sudan -- Russia goes its
own way when it comes to selling arms, seemingly immune to
ethical debates that affect the industry elsewhere.
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Can you make a difference by not buying a stock?
The Christian Science Monitor
- Monday, August 14, 2006
In response to ethnic cleansing in Darfur, some states and universities are divesting out of companies with operations in Sudan.
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World powers press Sudan on Darfur U.N. force
(Reuters)
Yahoo! News
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Reuters - Sudan resisted pressure from world
powers on Tuesday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping mission in
Darfur to replace an African Union force that has been unable
to stem violence that Washington calls
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(MAP) Sudan: Ongoing USG humanitarian activities (as of 14 Jul 2006)
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
Date: 14 Jul 2006 Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Type: Complex Emergency; Natural Disaster Keyword(s): Operations Format: PDF *, 217k View full map(*)Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free) Related Documents: Sudan:
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Afplats mineral resources from three projects up 73%
Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
- Monday, August 14, 2006
London-listed platinum explorer African Platinum (Afplats) on Monday announced a resource update for its Imbasa and Inkosi properties in South Africa that resulted in a 73% increase in its total mineral resources, when the company's Leeuwkop property was included, to 92-million
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Govt 'won't deregulate labour market'
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
Fri, 07 Jul 2006 South Africa's Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Thursday at the 19th Annual Labour Law Conference in Sandton that the government would not deregulate the labour market to accommodate the wave of pressure for governments to
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Sentech to launch SA TV into the digital age
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
Sentech to launch SA TV into the digital age Sentech has been given the go-ahead to roll out Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and take South Africa's TV industry into the digital age. This on the back that the broadcasters' infrastructure dates
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South Africa: MTN Irks Market With Bond Issue 'Manipulation'
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
MTN has raised R6,3bn in a bond issue to help fund its acquisition of Investcom, but the cellular operator is under fire for 'unethically' manipulating the bond market by not accepting all the bids. MTN wanted to raise R8bn in the public bond market,
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The poor shall always be with us - and they are a significant marketing opportunity...
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
The poor shall always be with us - and they are a significant marketing opportunity... While the precise scale and trajectory of poverty in South Africa is a matter of fierce debate, there can be no doubt that the poor comprise a significant
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FILM/TV BITS: Tyra Banks bans airbrushing; Tyler Perry's hot-selling DVDs; South Africa soap tackles AIDS.
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
FILM/TV BITS: Tyra Banks bans airbrushing; Tyler Perry's hot-selling DVDs; South Africa soap tackles AIDS. E-mail to a friend | Printer friendly (July 10, 2006) *Tyra Banks has made an announcement. According to Sky News, the supermodel has made
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'Roads cracking up under weight of freight'
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
Roads cracking up under weight of freight' By Melanie Gosling Transport Minister Jeff Radebe has said South Africa's roads cannot take the 10 percent annual increase in freight trucks that throng our national highways, while the ability of the
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World Cup will put 'SA on the map'
Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
- Monday, August 14, 2006
lt;a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=soccer_world_cup_2006"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/272488/icon_focuson_wc3.gif" align=left border=0></a>The first World Cup to be hosted in Africa will provide an unparalleled business opportunity in four years time, organisers of South Africa 2010 said in Berlin at a presentation of their wares. Up to five million tourists are expected to flood into South Africa for
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SA's Mittal says to raise steel pric...
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
Africa's biggest steel maker, Mittal Steel South Africa Ltd, will increase all price levels for flat steel products by a weighted average of 8% and 6% on long products effective August 1. Tami Didiza, spokesman for Mittal SA, majority owned by
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World leaders start descending in Russia for G8
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
World leaders start descending in Russia for G8 South Africa along with leaders of the world's wealthiest nations will begin meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, this weekend for the G8 Summit to discuss some of the world's most pressing problems.
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Microsoft changes the way it reports earnings
Yahoo! Canada
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Reuters - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Monday it would report its financial performance starting in the 2007 business year based on five businesses, down from the current seven operating divisions.
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SA, India, Brazil in small-business ...
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- Monday, August 14, 2006
Trilateral cooperation between India, Brazil and South Africa, a relationship forged over two years ago, will now be broadened to support small businesses, specifically in the area of technology transfer. South Africa's Small Enterprise
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