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Articles: Chinese workers freed in Ethiopia

Posted by Admin on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 04:33 PM

	Seven Chinese oil workers kidnapped by rebels in Ethiopia have been released and handed to the Red Cross, Red Cross officials and the rebels said. Read full article: 'Chinese workers freed in Ethiopia'

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Articles: Mali voters elect new president

Posted by Admin on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 07:59 AM

	Voters in Mali are going to the polls in presidential elections contested by eight candidates. Read full article: 'Mali voters elect new president'

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Articles: Somalia's 'total nightmare'

Posted by Admin on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 07:57 AM

	The Somali capital Mogadishu has this week seen some of its worst fighting for 16 years. A fragile transitional government there has been trying to destroy groups of fighters left over from the so-called Islamic Courts group which was in control of much of the country last year. Read full article: 'Somalia's 'total nightmare''

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Articles: World rallies for Darfur action

Posted by Admin on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 07:52 AM

	Protests are taking place around the world to demand intervention to end the fighting in Sudan's Darfur region. Read full article: 'World rallies for Darfur action'

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Articles: Labouring for chocolate

Posted by Admin on Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 03:58 PM

	Saturday afternoon in the heart of the Ivorian cocoa belt and farmer Cheba Ouattara is at work on his cocoa farm, his four children beside him. Read full article: 'Labouring for chocolate'

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Articles: Polygamous lesbians flee Sharia

Posted by Admin on Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 08:14 AM

	A Nigerian lesbian who "married" four women last weekend in Kano State has gone into hiding from the Islamic police, with her partners. Read full article: 'Polygamous lesbians flee Sharia'

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Articles: UN lifts Liberia diamond sale ban

Posted by Admin on Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 07:53 AM

	The United Nations Security Council has voted to lift a 2001 ban on the export of diamonds from Liberia. Read full article: 'UN lifts Liberia diamond sale ban'

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Articles: Anglo will not institute claims against SA govt

Posted by Admin on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 09:48 AM

	ANGLO American, the world’s third-largest miner, said today it would not institute compensation claims against the South African government over mineral rights. Read full article: 'Anglo will not institute claims against SA govt'

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Articles: Zimbabwe inflation rises to a record 2,200%

Posted by Admin on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 07:59 AM

	HARARE - Zimbabwe’s inflation rose to a new record high of 2,200% year-on-year last month, central bank governor Gideon Gono said today, in a policy statement that comes amid a deepening economic crisis. Read full article: 'Zimbabwe inflation rises to a record 2,200%'

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Articles: Harmony Gold ‘comfortable’ with R1,5bn corporate bond

Posted by Admin on Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 12:36 PM

	GOLD producer Harmony Gold Mining has engaged RMB and Morgan Stanley to advise the group on issuing a corporate bond to raise between R1,5bn and R2bn by the end of this year, said Harmony CEO Bernard Swanepoel yesterday. Read full article: 'Harmony Gold ‘comfortable’ with R1,5bn corporate bond'

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