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Africa: Youth and Employment - The Potential, the Problem, the ...

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 21 hours ago | Business News

Source: All Africa

The worst working conditions and lack of opportunities in rural areas have encouraged the youth to migrate to urban centers. But, because most countries have not yet initiated their transition to industrialization, urban centers can not create a massive number...

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Medical News Today: Text To Change And AIDS Information Centre ...

Arua :: Uganda | about 21 hours ago | Business News

Source: Uinta County News

March 2008, by jointly performing a second program in Arua (Northwest Uganda) targeting an audience of 10,000 mobile subscribers. SMS program is planned to start in the first week of January 2009 and will be supported by the Royal Netherlands...

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Hong Kong ship encounters Somali pirates off the coast of Somalia

Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 day ago | Business News

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Xian Wan, reporting for Biodun Iginla @ BBC News, from Shanghai www.chinaview.cn 2008-12-03 14:32:08 Print The Hong Kong flagged merchant ship M/V Overseas Hercules uses fire hoses as a countermeasure against a possible pirate attack in the Gulf of...

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Pirates don't like loud noises

Mogadishu :: Somalia | 2 days ago | Business News

Posted by BiodunIginla

Nick Davis says he can scare off the pirates plaguing the coast of Africa without firing a shot. So far, so good -- except for that little incident last week. By Vincent Rossmeier Pages 1 2 3 S S S...

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Union concerned over job cuts in mining industry

Rustenburg :: South Africa | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Daily Mail & Guardian

Another 1 000 permanent and contractual jobs could be lost in the mining industry, bringing total potential job losses to more than 12 000, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. The trade union said it has received two more retrenchment notices from...

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Business Day, South Africa: Zuma eyes poor Cape coloured voters

Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: Uinta County News

National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma says coloured working-class and poor people in Western Cape hold the key to an election victory for the party in next year’s general elections. Zuma’s views are a departure from those of ANC provincial...

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South Africa Cuts Economic Growth Forecast

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 1 month ago | Business News

Source: Voice of America

South Africa's finance minister has cut the country's economic growth forecast because of the global financial crisis. Addressing parliament Tuesday, Trevor Manuel predicted the nation's gross domestic product growth for this year to be about 3.7 percent, down from the...

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China condemns Sudan oil killings

Khartoum :: Sudan | about 1 month ago | Business News

Source: BBC

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu urged the Sudanese government to do all it could to protect Chinese residents and property. The five were among nine Chinese oil workers seized in Kordofan, near the region of Darfur, more than a week...

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Road crash in Egypt kills 14, injures 11

Cairo :: Egypt | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: Times of Oman

The accident happened near the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Reckless driving, lax traffic rules and poor road conditions cause many road crashes in Egypt. A series of road and rail accidents in recent years has sparked a public outcry...

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Bed Bath & Beyond lowers 3Q outlook on sales drop

Jos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: International Business Times

The company said it expects third-quarter earnings to range between 31 cents and 35 cents a share for the quarter ending Nov. 29. That's down from previous guidance of 41 cents to 47 cents a share the company gave in...

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