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Zimbabwe: How New Empowerment Laws Will Affect Business

wilson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:25:35 +0000

Zimbabwe’s new empowerment law that compels foreign-owned companies to give-up a 51% stake in their businesses to black Zimbabweans was greeted with shock by investors when first announced.

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Africa: New Oil to Flow From Continent’s Hotspots

wilson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:21 +0000

The power balance in Africa’s crude oil production landscape is set to shift in the near future as a number of new oilfields come online.

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Africa: New Oil to Flow From Continent’s Hotspots

Nigeria: Police to Press Murder Charges Over Jos Killings

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:16 +0000

THE police said, yesterday, that 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police spokesman Mohammed Lerama told the BBC.

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Ben Quayle, the Former Vice President’s Son, Enters Politics

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:21:33 +0000

Ben Quayle has a familiar last name, but he is little known in Arizona.

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Ben Quayle, the Former Vice President’s Son, Enters Politics

Kansas City Adopts Plan to Close Nearly Half Its Schools

wilson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:32 +0000

The Board of Education in Kansas City, Mo., accepted a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink its school system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.

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Obama’s Student Loan Overhaul Endangered

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:21:15 +0000

House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent a sweeping overhaul of student loan programs from becoming a casualty of the health care battle.

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Obama’s Student Loan Overhaul Endangered

Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations

wilson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:16:26 +0000

The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

Nigeria: Reappearance of the President Has Worsened the Political Paralysis - and the Splits in the PDP Government

wilson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:38 +0000

On 3 March, the state governors decided to block a vote that could have set in motion President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s enforced resignation on medical grounds. This has won his supporters in Abuja more time but does nothing to resolve the crisis caused by the power vacuum at the centre of government.

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E-Mail Messages Are Disclosed in Ensign’s Ethics Case

wilson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:11 +0000

Previously undisclosed e-mail messages provide new evidence about Senator John Ensign’s efforts to steer lobbying work to the husband of his former mistress.

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E-Mail Messages Are Disclosed in Ensign’s Ethics Case

Kenya: New Bill to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed

wilson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:53 +0000

Kenyans affected by the violence that erupted after the country’s disputed presidential elections in 2007 may soon be able to speak out without fear. A new bill will offer better protection to state witnesses.

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Kenya: New Bill to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed