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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: Metal and Mineral, South Africa, Strikes, Career and Workplace, Lonmin Plc
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U.N. chief appoints former Dutch minister to head Mali mission
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former Dutch development minister Albert Gerard Koenders as U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country. Ban said...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Côte d'Ivoire, United Nations, Western Africa
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Algeria's aging regime, restive youth makes for a volatile political mix in North Africa
Associated PressALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-...Tags: Algiers (Algeria), Physical Conditions, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Miners union threatens strike at South Africa's Amplats
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labor leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-...Tags: South Africa, Sociology, Career and Workplace, Lonmin Plc, Anglo American Platinum Limited
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Sudanese foreign minister to visit Juba on Friday
ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti will visit South Sudan on Friday, state media said, the first high-level meeting between the neighbors since Khartoum accused Juba of supporting rebels who launched a major attack three weeks...Tags: Sudan, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Wars and Interventions
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Ghana's nascent space program launches soda can-sized model of satellite
Associated PressKOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Nigeria, Teaching and Learning, Space Programs, Colleges and Universities
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Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?
Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. How something this bizarre could happen illustrates how a single mix-up on an airline's part can...
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Amplats says South Africa miners report for morning shift
ReutersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) reported for work on Friday, a company spokeswoman said, despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders. Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said all workers...Tags: South Africa, Strikes, Career and Workplace, Johannesburg (South Africa), Lonmin Plc
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Over 20 S.African boys die in circumcision rituals -police
ReutersJOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death. Northern Mpumalanga province's police...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Death and Dying Customs, Customs and Tradition
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
ELECTRIC RATES Power bills to rise for Consumers Energy customers LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The average electric customer of Consumers Energy will start paying $1.67 more per month. The $89 million rate increase was approved Wednesday by state...Tags: Washington, DC, Prosecution, Prisons, Teaching and Learning, Endangered Species
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The cost of no sweatshops: S. Africa struggles not to be Bangladesh
ReutersBy Jon Herskovitz NEWCASTLE, South Africa, May 16 (Reuters) - It's not luxurious, but Goldfinch Garments, the Chinese-owned South African factory where Sindisizwe Zwane works nine hours a day, is far from a sweatshop: the ventilation is decent, the...Tags: Employment, Labor Legislation, South Africa, Politics, Government
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Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation
Reuters* Niger outlawed female genital mutilation in 2003 * Rate at about 2 percent from about 5 percent in late 1990s * Ceremony sponsored by government, NGOs and UNICEF By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger, May 16 (Reuters) - About 14,000 villagers...Tags: Social Issues, International Organizations, Health Organizations, Politics, United Nations
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