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IN
THIS ISSUE
1. Business: Microsoft teams up with UNO
2. Education & Environment: China Deals
with Massive Pollution Build-Up
3. Education & Environment: Housing
in South Africa
4. Education: Living at the South Pole
5. Education & Environment: Illegal
Trade in Wild Animals
6. Immigration: Why its easy for illegal
immigrants to get into the UK
7. Internet: Which Countries Use the Internet
Most?
8. Travel: How to get the most out of an
African Safari
9. Travel: Kenya Wildlife Service being
Robbed Blind
10. Travel: The Best Places to Visit
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1. Business: Microsoft teams up with
UNO
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Cape
Town - Microsoft, the world's biggest
software company, said it has entered into
a partnership with the United Nations to
supply information technology and other
support to small businesses in Africa.
Microsoft
and the UN Industrial Development Organisation
plan to set up technology centres in African
communities, where entrepreneurs will be
able to access business support services,
information, training and computers. To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Education & Environment: China
Deals with Massive Pollution Build-Up
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Beijing
- China plans to invest about 1,4-trillion
Yuan (about R1 260-billion) in environmental
protection in the next five years, state
media said on Tuesday, to curb water and
air pollution so severe it causes riots
and health problems. To read the full report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Education & Environment: Housing
in South Africa
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Johannesburg,
City of Gold. As part of a series on
housing in South Africa, the BBC News website's
Justin Pearce visits the buildings in central
Johannesburg that are occupied by people
who eke out a living in the city centre
- and who are resisting government plans
to evict them.
These
apartment blocks in Hillbrow and surrounding
areas used to be a safe and desirable residential
area about 20 years ago, then designated
a "white's only" area under the
notorious Group Areas Act of the Apartheid
Government. It was a popular place to live
especially for the many white British and
European immigrants seeking a better life
in South Africa away from socialism under
the likes of Harold Wilson, Labour Party
Prime Minister of England. Visit
this site to see the latest photographs.
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4. Education: Living at the South
Pole
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The
National Science Foundation sponsors thousands
of research endeavors every year, and the
general public may not be aware of the tremendous
breadth of work they underwrite. In recent
years, their website has featured special
reports on some of their work, and this
latest presentation on the U.S. South Pole
Station is both visually stimulating and
substantive. Some visitors may not know
that the Station sits directly at the Earth's
axis, and that a third station will be completed
in 2007. On this site, visitors can learn
about this new station, and also take a
video tour of the current facilities.
Appropriately
enough, visitors can also learn about the
previous two stations, which include the
Navy outpost constructed during 1956 and
1957. Finally, visitors can also peruse
a timeline that tracks the important dates
in South Pole exploration. Visit
this site.
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5. Education & Environment: Illegal
Trade in Wild Animals
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Beijing - The global illegal trade
in wild animals and plants has exceeded
$10-billion (about R70-billion) a year,
becoming the world's third-largest source
of illicit income after drugs and guns,
a wildlife conference heard on Friday. To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Immigration: Why it's easy for
illegal immigrants to get into the UK
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Employers
and the Government may be turning a blind
eye to the immigration status of some of
their employees because of the high level
of flexibility illegal workers offer them.
Academics at Oxford University criticised
the Government by saying that it may be
unintentionally overlooking migrants working
illegally in the UK because they provide
a pool of cheap labour. To read the full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Visit our web page on immigration,
go to this link,
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7. Internet: Which Countries Use the
Internet Most?
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The
number of active Web users declined slightly
from May to June, 2006, after a growth spurt
between April and May. The drop of about
750,000 users was tracked by Nielson Ratings
in the 10 countries it observed in that
period. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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8. Travel: How to get the most out
of an African Safari
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Every
country has something special to offer,
but many safari connoisseurs say the top
overall choices are Kenya, Botswana, South
Africa and Tanzania. All have established
tourism industries and opportunities to
spot the "big five" (elephants,
lions, leopards, rhinos and buffalo). To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: Visit our web site
on Tours
to Africa.
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9. Travel: Kenya Wildlife Service
being Robbed Blind
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A
network that allegedly defrauded the Kenya
Wildlife Service of millions of dollars
has been broken, officials say. Sixty-one
suspects - KWS staff and tour guides and
drivers - face prosecution for their alleged
part in the scam, which cost up to $2.8m
a year. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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10. Travel: The Best Places to Visit
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Cape
Town was voted the best tourism city in
Africa and the Middle East in an annual
poll of readers of Travel and Leisure magazine.
The World's Best Awards, in their 11th year,
involve readers of the magazine naming the
best in travel, from hotels to cities, as
well all the operators and outfitters who
make the journey possible. To read the full
list, visit our NEWS
DESK link.
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This month's quote
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"When
you get into a tight place and everything
goes against you, till it seems as though
you could not hold on a minute longer, never
give up then, for that is just the place
and time that the tide will turn."
~ Winston Churchill
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