China-Japan sign energy pact

SINGAPORE: China and Japan on Wednesday agreed to work out guidelines for a healthy development of their strained ties. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met in Tokyo to build a strategic relationship for regional stability and decided upon a bilateral economic dialogue.
SINGAPORE: China and Japan on Wednesday agreed to work out guidelines for a healthy development of their strained ties. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met in Tokyo to build a strategic relationship for regional stability and decided upon a bilateral economic dialogue.

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“Goodbye Bafana”

The normally cynical international press corps greeted the director and cast of "Goodbye Bafana" with cheers and applause following the film’s well-received premiere in Berlin on Sunday.

Dennis Haysbert enjoyed the bulk of the attention for his gripping performance as South African leader Nelson Mandela in Billie August’s portrayal of Mandela’s growing friendship with his white prison guard James Gregory, played by Joseph Fiennes.

The normally cynical international press corps greeted the director and cast of "Goodbye Bafana" with cheers and applause following the film’s well-received premiere in Berlin on Sunday.

Dennis Haysbert enjoyed the bulk of the attention for his gripping performance as South African leader Nelson Mandela in Billie August’s portrayal of Mandela’s growing friendship with his white prison guard James Gregory, played by Joseph Fiennes.

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Blair blames spate of murders on black culture

Tony Blair yesterday claimed the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture. His remarks angered community leaders, who accused him of ignorance and failing to provide support for black-led efforts to tackle the problem.
Tony Blair yesterday claimed the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture. His remarks angered community leaders, who accused him of ignorance and failing to provide support for black-led efforts to tackle the problem.

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Prosecutors drop charges in Duke case

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina’s top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a "tragic rush to accuse."
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina’s top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a "tragic rush to accuse."

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Water is found in extrasolar planet’s air

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 11 (UPI) — U.S. astronomers have, for the first time, identified water in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.

The identification was accomplished using Hubble Space Telescope measurements and theoretical models developed by Lowell Observatory astronomer Travis Barman. He found strong evidence for water absorption in the atmosphere of transiting planet HD209458b.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 11 (UPI) — U.S. astronomers have, for the first time, identified water in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.

The identification was accomplished using Hubble Space Telescope measurements and theoretical models developed by Lowell Observatory astronomer Travis Barman. He found strong evidence for water absorption in the atmosphere of transiting planet HD209458b.

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IAF jets forced to buzz US airliner

The Israeli Air Force came very close Wednesday afternoon to intercepting and destroying a civilian airliner that had failed to make contact with Air Traffic Control and comply with international regulations as it approached the country’s airspace.

Four fighter jets – two F-15s and a pair of F-16s – buzzed a Continental Airlines flight that had originated in Newark and was carrying some 250 passengers once it came within eight kilometers of Israel, after the pilot failed to contact Ben-Gurion Airport upon his approach in line with international regulations.

The Israeli Air Force came very close Wednesday afternoon to intercepting and destroying a civilian airliner that had failed to make contact with Air Traffic Control and comply with international regulations as it approached the country’s airspace.

Four fighter jets – two F-15s and a pair of F-16s – buzzed a Continental Airlines flight that had originated in Newark and was carrying some 250 passengers once it came within eight kilometers of Israel, after the pilot failed to contact Ben-Gurion Airport upon his approach in line with international regulations.

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Collapsing colonies: Are GM Crops Killing Bees?

A mysterious decimation of bee populations has German beekeepers worried, while a similar phenomenon in the United States is gradually assuming catastrophic proportions. The consequences for agriculture and the economy could be enormous.

 

Is the mysterous decimation of bee populations in the US and Germany a result of GM crops?

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Is the mysterous decimation of bee populations in the US and Germany a result of GM crops?

Walter Haefeker is a man who is used to painting grim scenarios. He sits on the board of directors of the German Beekeepers Association (DBIB) and is vice president of the European Professional Beekeepers Association. And because griping is part of a lobbyist’s trade, it is practically his professional duty to warn that "the very existence of beekeeping is at stake."

A mysterious decimation of bee populations has German beekeepers worried, while a similar phenomenon in the United States is gradually assuming catastrophic proportions. The consequences for agriculture and the economy could be enormous.

 

Is the mysterous decimation of bee populations in the US and Germany a result of GM crops?

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Is the mysterous decimation of bee populations in the US and Germany a result of GM crops?

Walter Haefeker is a man who is used to painting grim scenarios. He sits on the board of directors of the German Beekeepers Association (DBIB) and is vice president of the European Professional Beekeepers Association. And because griping is part of a lobbyist’s trade, it is practically his professional duty to warn that "the very existence of beekeeping is at stake."

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Taal kan weens syfers ‘verdwyn’

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Hoe raak die jongste demografiese tendense Afrikaanse skole en universiteite? Hierop het prof. Flip Smit, demograaf en oudrektor van die Universiteit van Pretoria, in ’n lesing in Bloemfontein ’n paar antwoorde verskaf.

Vooraf ’n paar syfers. Ons huidige bevolking van 47,3 miljoen sal vanweë die afname in die geboortekoers, meer sterftes aan vigs en vigsverwante siektes en veroudering stadig toeneem en teen 2021 sowat 51 miljoen beloop.

Wit mense het die vervangingsvlak (2,1 geboortes per vrou) in 1990 bereik, die Asiërs in 1999. Die bruines sal dit teen 2010 en die swartes teen 2035 bereik. Die jaarlikse geboortes sal dus tussen 2001 en 2010 by wit mense daal van 72 380 tot 59 697, en by bruines van 84 281 tot 73 205.

Volledige artikel hier. 

Hoe raak die jongste demografiese tendense Afrikaanse skole en universiteite? Hierop het prof. Flip Smit, demograaf en oudrektor van die Universiteit van Pretoria, in ’n lesing in Bloemfontein ’n paar antwoorde verskaf.

Vooraf ’n paar syfers. Ons huidige bevolking van 47,3 miljoen sal vanweë die afname in die geboortekoers, meer sterftes aan vigs en vigsverwante siektes en veroudering stadig toeneem en teen 2021 sowat 51 miljoen beloop.

Wit mense het die vervangingsvlak (2,1 geboortes per vrou) in 1990 bereik, die Asiërs in 1999. Die bruines sal dit teen 2010 en die swartes teen 2035 bereik. Die jaarlikse geboortes sal dus tussen 2001 en 2010 by wit mense daal van 72 380 tot 59 697, en by bruines van 84 281 tot 73 205.

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Zuma se belastingprobleem “opgelos”

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Jacob Zuma

Jabob Zuma se voorslepende probleem met die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens is in Durban “opgelos”, het die ANC-adjunk-president se prokureur gister, Woensdag 11 April,  gesê.

Volgens Zuma se prokureur, Michael Hulley, “is die saak opgelos”.

Hulley het verseg om verdere kommentaar te lewer.

Adrian Lackay, die woordvoerder van die Inkomstediens, wou nie onmiddellik kommentaar lewer nie.

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Jacob Zuma

Jabob Zuma se voorslepende probleem met die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens is in Durban “opgelos”, het die ANC-adjunk-president se prokureur gister, Woensdag 11 April,  gesê.

Volgens Zuma se prokureur, Michael Hulley, “is die saak opgelos”.

Hulley het verseg om verdere kommentaar te lewer.

Adrian Lackay, die woordvoerder van die Inkomstediens, wou nie onmiddellik kommentaar lewer nie.

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Oorlog en onrus benadeel nie groei in Afrika, meen IMF

Afrikalande sal vanjaar ’n skerp styging in groei ervaar, het die IMF Woensdag gesê, terwyl die organisasie steeds beklemtoon het dat gesonde ekonomiese bestuur ’n sleutel bly om die verbetering vol te hou.

Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het in ’n ondersoek na die wêreldekonomie die korttermynvooruitsigte vir Afrika as “baie positief” beskryf, wat ’n weerspieëling van stygende ru-oliepryse vir uitvoerders is, asook makro-ekonomiese stabiliteit, ’n sterk vraag na grondstowwe en skuldverligting.

’n Toename in groei tot 6,2 persent in 2007 vanaf 5,5 persent in 2006 word voorspel, totdat dit gaan terugsak tot 5,8 persent in 2008 vanweë moontlike stadiger momentum wêreldwyd.

Afrikalande sal vanjaar ’n skerp styging in groei ervaar, het die IMF Woensdag gesê, terwyl die organisasie steeds beklemtoon het dat gesonde ekonomiese bestuur ’n sleutel bly om die verbetering vol te hou.

Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het in ’n ondersoek na die wêreldekonomie die korttermynvooruitsigte vir Afrika as “baie positief” beskryf, wat ’n weerspieëling van stygende ru-oliepryse vir uitvoerders is, asook makro-ekonomiese stabiliteit, ’n sterk vraag na grondstowwe en skuldverligting.

’n Toename in groei tot 6,2 persent in 2007 vanaf 5,5 persent in 2006 word voorspel, totdat dit gaan terugsak tot 5,8 persent in 2008 vanweë moontlike stadiger momentum wêreldwyd.

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