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Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record
ReutersBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency, following an independent audit that cast doubt on her anti-corruption efforts....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Dwayne Johnson, Finance, Entertainment Events
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READER SUBMITTED: History, Beautification, Sports Projects Aided By Grants From Zak Public Service Fund
SuffieldFunding for a commemorative headstone for a Suffield cemetery to acknowledge the unmarked graves of 18th and 19th century African-Americans is among eight grants totaling $58,240 awarded this month for Suffield projects from the Amiel P. Zak Public...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Politics, Government, Civil and Public Service, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship scores
ReutersMay 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship at the par-70 course on Friday in Irving, Texas. The cut was set at 140. 129 Keegan Bradley (U.S.) 60 69 132 Tom Gillis (U.S.) 69 63 Bae Sang-Moon (South Korea) 66 66...Tags: Brian Davis, Japan, Bae Sang-moon, Ryan Palmer, Gary Woodland
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Golf-European Tour World Match Play Championship group stage scores
ReutersMay 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour World Match Play Championship Group stage on Friday in Kavarna Chris Wood (Britain) beat Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 2 and 1 Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) beat Thomas Aiken (South Africa) by 1...Tags: Thailand, South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia
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FEATURE-Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade
Reuters* Salt is the "white gold" of the Danakil Depression * New tarmac road offers faster access to wider market * Hacking out the salt slabs is hot, exhausting work * Miners, traders fear threat of industrial extraction By Siegfried Modola HAMAD-ILE,...Tags: Ethiopia, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Salt
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Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade
ReutersHAMAD-ILE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on earth. Now 51 and retired, he has...Tags: Ethiopia, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Salt
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UPDATE 3-Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to "standstill"
Reuters* Mineworkers union leader demands meeting with Zuma * ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on * Rand slides to four-year low against dollar By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa, May 17 (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's...Tags: Entertainment, Work Relations, Labor Disputes, Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Congress
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Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'
ReutersRUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month...Tags: Entertainment, Central Bank, Work Relations, Anglo American Platinum Limited, Labor Disputes
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Father and son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking
Behind an unassuming storefront in Orange County's Little Saigon, prosecutors say, was the driving force behind an illicit international trade in rhinoceros horns. Vinh Chuong "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha may never have journeyed to the savannas of Africa,...
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Chad seeks arrest of exiled president's allies
ReutersN'DJAMENA, May 17 (Reuters) - Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest, a senior government source said on Friday. The source, who asked not to be identified, said they...Tags: National Government, Idriss Deby Itno, International Court or Tribunal, International Law, Justice and Rights
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SAfrican police: 23 youths die in initiation ceremonies involving circumcision, survival
Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern...Tags: Abdominal Pain, South Africa, Culture, Nelson Mandela, Arts and Culture
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PLATINUM WEEK-South African mines cannot afford pay rises -Impala
Reuters* Tough talks to start in next couple of weeks * New AMCU union has poached members from established NUM * Anglo Platinum plans to cut 6,000 jobs By Clara Denina LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry can ill afford to offer wage...Tags: Career and Workplace, South Africa, Strikes, Mining, Lonmin Plc
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