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GSK negotiating sale of thrombosis drug and plant to Aspen
DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...
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US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes
Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...
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Kenyas Deputy Leader to Appear during ICC Trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, must attend key segments of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity scheduled to begin in September, according to a court spokesman. Ruto and Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta face similar charges before the court in connection with their alleged role in the country's 2007-2008 post-election ...
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Soon mobiles to use bat echolocation method to map rooms
Scientists have developed a computer algorithm that can map a room with the help of just four microphones. At EPFL, a team from the Audiovisual Communications Laboratory (LCAV), under the direction of Professor Martin Vetterli developed the computer algorithm. PhD student Ivan Dokmanic said that their software can build a 3D map of a simple, convex room with a precision of a few ...
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Rose says US Open win only possible after healing of traumatic early career scars
South African golfer Justin Rose has admitted that his US Open triumph was only possible after the healing of the scars from his 'traumatic' early career. Although the new world No.3 has been tipped for greatness ever since making his name as a teenage amateur at The Open in 1998, however, that period was followed by a depressing 21 successive missed cuts as a fledgling professional, the Mirror ...
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to be tried in Libya in August
The son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi will be tried in Libya in August, the prosecutor's office has announced. It said the case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and other senior regime members would include charges of forming criminal gangs, inciting rape and illegal detentions. According to the BBC, among those who are expected to face trial in August are Gaddafi's ...
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Obama to Speak at Berlins Brandenburg Gate
BERLIN -- U.S. President Barack Obama is in Berlin, where he will speak Wednesday at the historic Brandenburg Gate and meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The president arrived in Berlin after two days at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, where the leaders focused much of their attention on efforts to end the bloody conflict in Syria. Obama and six other world leaders ...
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Berlins Brandenburg Gate Backdrop to Decades of US-Europe Ties
U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting Berlin this week, where he will speak at the historic Brandenburg Gate. The gate is not just one of Germany's emblematic symbols; it also chronicles the recent history of the European relationship with the United States. It has been the backdrop of U.S. presidential speeches in Germany for decades. The Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin's ...
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Brazil President Rousseff Salutes Protests
SAO PAULO -- President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. Speaking the morning after more than 200,000 Brazilians marched in over a half-dozen cities, Rousseff said her government remains committed ...
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Chinese State Official Accused of Spending Lavishly on Mistress
A Chinese government official is facing accusations of supporting a mistress with extravagant spending beyond his modest salary, in the latest sex scandal to hit the ruling Communist Party. The scandal erupted Friday, when a 25-year-old female presenter for Chinese state television announced on her blog that she had a four-year affair with the deputy director of China's state archives, ...
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Scot and South African appointed to spearhead Commonwealth sport development projects
This position will lead the sponsorship new business acquisition process for the NBA for Africa. The focus will be on new partner development - prospecting, pitching, negotiating and securing new corporate ...
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UN envoy says Libya faces urgent challenges in move to democracy after decades of dictatorship
The top U.N. envoy to Libya warned Tuesday that the country faces urgent challenges as it struggles to instil democracy after decades of dictatorship, including growing political polarization, weak institutions that can't deal with escalating security problems and thousands of conflict-related detainees waiting to be charged or released. Tarek Mitri told the U.N. Security Council that ...
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Repressing Rights While Talking Law in Uganda
forced two newspapers and two radio stations to shut down while they conducted a search – and kept them shut. After years of documenting human rights abuses in Uganda, including threats to free expression, I was not impressed by her words. Her claim that the day’s events were grounded in law only further illustrated the government’s emerging practice of citing laws to justify ...
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Algeria probes state power boss over Alstom GE deals
June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:18pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Algeria is investigating the head of its state power and gas utility, Sonelgaz, over contracts involving U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co and France's Alstom SA, sources told Reuters and Algerian local media reported. "The case is about inflating costs in deals with U.S. firm General Electric and French firm ...
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Pentagon to Allow Women in Key Combat Roles by 2016
PENTAGON -- The U.S. military says that within the next three years, it will put women in key combat roles from which they were previously excluded. American women have been serving in combat roles and hundreds have been killed on the front lines for years, but they have been excluded from key positions in areas including Special Operations and infantry. In January, then-Defense Secretary ...
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Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region
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Knotty cassava tubers can change Nigeria
Nigeria's cassava bread initiative is among an ambitious set of programmes designed to transform agriculture and rural livelihoods in this country of 170 million, the most populous of Africa's 55 nations. The sweeping plans include cutting corruption, rebuilding crumbling infrastructure, facilitating agro-processing industries and recapturing once-robust export ...
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Shell uses sabotage claims to avoid blame for Nigeria oil spills
Shell's persistent claims that theft and sabotage are responsible for almost all the oil spills at its operation in Nigeria could have been exaggerated, an international watchdog has ...
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Get me out of here - Canary Islands KenyaTanzania San Diego
Set sail for a cruise of the Canary Islands on 1 July. The 12-night trip departs from Southampton aboard P&O's Ventura, costing 749pp for an inside cabin. Ports include Madeira, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote and ...
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Tour Operators Win Scholarships To 2013 Adventure Travel World Summit In Namibia
Representing three different nations but sharing similar strategic goals, the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and Rome McGuigan P.C. announced Uptuyu Adventures, Zbulo! -- Discover Albania and RED Sustainable Travel as winners of the 2013 Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) Tour Operator Scholarships. Each winner receives financial backing to attend the ATWS, a trade-only professional ...
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US Postal Service Unveils Music Icon Stamp Series
WASHINGTON -- Earlier this year, the U.S. postal service revealed plans for a new stamp set called Music Icons. The series shines the spotlight on three American originals. The first issue in the Music Icon series honored Lydia Mendoza, a pioneer of Tejano music, the style that comes from the Texas-Mexico border area. Lydia Mendoza was 18 years old when she walked into a San Antonio studio ...
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A move toward peace in Congo
Secretary of State John Kerry sent a powerful signal Tuesday to the people of war-torn eastern Congo by appointing former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) as the new U.S. special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region. Feingold’s appointment signals strong leadership from the Obama administration in supporting the peace process for Congo and the larger Great Lakes region. Grassroots women ...
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20 killed in another attack in Nigeria
/enpproperty--> MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Hospital and local residents on Tuesday said 20 people may have been killed in another attack on students and fishermen by the Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria northeast Maiduguri city currently under a state of emergency. "Thirteen fishermen and tea sellers have been killed at Alau River. Gunmen numbering about five stormed the river area and ...
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Nigeria Islamists kill nine students in school attack - medic
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on a school in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing nine students, witnesses and a medical worker said, the second deadly attack on schools in three days. Witness Ibrahim Mohammed said he was taking exams in a classroom at Ansarudeen School when gunmen stormed the building, opening fire at random. ...
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Ex-player Chad Johnson is released from jail after apologizing to judge
A contrite Chad Johnson apologized for disrespecting a judge in court and the former player was released from jail after a week instead of serving all of his 30-day ...
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Sudan and the South
In January of 2011 the future of Sudan as a unified country will be decided. A referendum is due to be held in South Sudan that will decide whether the regional government of the area, which accounts for around a third of Sudan, should break away from the rest of the country and become a fully-independent nation.
South Sudan has a long history of being at odds with the rest of the country and this conflict of interests has been attributed in Western media to the fact that northern Sudan is primarily Muslim and Arab dominated, whereas South Sudan is made up of indigenous African cultures and ethnicities, this view has been reinforced by the ongoing violence in Darfur, a region of Sudan where a genocide is occurring and has led to President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan being charged with war crimes by the International Court at The Hague, a charge that the government in Khartoum categorically denies. Read more
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