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Delamere
Financial
Education
Center
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Our
financial
training
programs,
sponsored
by
the
Online
Trading
Academy,
are
geared
toward
individual
investors,
novice
or
experienced,
who
want
to
learn
how
to
use
the
same
tools
and
professional
trading
techniques
as
the
professional
traders
on
Wall
Street.
The
courses
and
modules
offered
by
our
Online
Trading
Academy,
cover
both
online
and
distance
learning
or
at
one
of
our
training
centers,
(Los
Angeles,
New
York,
London,
plus
other
centers
to
be
opened
during
the
next
few
months,
contact
us
for
opening
dates
for
Johannesburg,
Paris,
Munich,
Tokyo,
Beijing,
Sydney
and
Hong
Kong)
and
are
designed
to
introduce
you
to
the
basic
terminology
and
concepts
you
will
need
to
become
more
successful
as
an
investor
or
trader
in
stock,
forex
or
commodities.
To
excel
in
this
fascinating
world
of
money,
you
need
to
continue
to
study
and
learn.
For
more
details
visit
the
Delamere
Financial
Education
Center.
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THIS
ISSUE
1.
Business:
Chinese
Firms
Invest
in
Africa
2.
Business:
Governmental
Corruption
3.
Business:
Progress
for
the
African
Growth
&
Opportunities
Act
4.
Business:
Saudi's
Investing
in
South
Africa
5.
Business:
USA
Predicted
Downturn
now
a
Reality
6.
Business:
Zimbabwe
&
Pathway
to
Eventual
Shutdown
7.
Education
&
Health:
Aids
&
HIV
in
Africa
8.
Education
&
Travel:
Exploring
20th
Century
London
9.
Education:
White
Settlers
in
Africa
10.
Immigration:
Free
English
Lessons
for
Immigrants
&
Supported
by
the
Tax
Payer?
11.
Immigration:
Refugees
From
Africa
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Business:
Chinese
Firms
Invest
in
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The
China-Africa
Development
Fund
(CADF),
a
government-backed
institution
to
help
Chinese
firms
invest
in
Africa,
on
Tuesday
launched
its
first
investment
plan,
pumping
$90-million
into
four
projects
on
the
continent.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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Business:
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Corruption
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Transparency
International
publishes
a
myriad
of
reports
related
to
governmental
corruption
and
operations.
The
Global
Corruption
Barometer
report
for
2007
was
released
in
December
2007
and
it
contains
a
wealth
of
important,
albeit
troubling,
findings.
The
Barometer
surveyed
almost
64,000
respondents
in
60
countries,
and
in
doing
so,
created
a
profile
of
where
citizens
see
the
greatest
degree
of
corruption
and
how
they
see
the
future
development
of
corruption
in
their
respective
countries.
Not
surprisingly,
their
research
found
that
it
is
the
poor
who
are
most
often
confronted
with
requests
for
bribes
and
that
this
functions
as
a
regressive
tax.
Huguette
Labelle,
the
chair
of
Transparency
International
noted,
"Governments
are
not
alone
in
their
responsibility.
We
need
to
see
concerted
action
from
civil
society
and
the
private
sector
too."
To
read
this
report,
which
is
in
PDF
format,
go
to
this
link.
Global
Corruption
Barometer
Editor's
Note:
This
25
page
report
has
been
included
at
the
request
of
our
many
readers
who
have
to
handle
business
in
the
Far
East,
Middle
East
and
African
regions
of
the
world.
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Business:
Progress
for
the
African
Growth
&
Opportunities
Act
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African
Growth
&
Opportunities
Act
(AGOA),
passed
by
the
105th
US
Congress;
offers
help
and
support
in
the
development
of
sub
Sahara
Africa.
The
next
Conference
is
being
held
in
Cape
Town
on
13-16
April,
2008.
The
Delamere
Group
is
proud
to
be
supporters
of
this
trade
initiative,
and
we
will
provide
a
personal
firsthand
report
on
this
important
conference.
Read
more
about
this
event.
Visit
this
link.
Editor's
Note:
The
Delamere
Group
promotes
and
act
as
an
agency
in
the
initiative
passed
by
the
United
States
Senate
related
to
the
"African
Growth
and
Opportunity
Act"
that
creates
preferential
trade
opportunities
for
qualified
African
countries.
We
also
operate
and
promote
the
online
Africa
Trade
Center.
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4.
Business:
Saudi's
Investing
in
South
Africa
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Saudi
investment
firm
Al
Rajhi
Holdings,
which
invested
more
than
$200-million
in
South
African
resources
last
year,
is
scouting
the
country
for
further
opportunities,
it
said
at
the
weekend.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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5.
Business:
USA
Predicted
Downturn
now
a
Reality
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Strong
growth
in
developing
countries
could
cushion
the
impact
of
the
US
downturn
and
global
financial
market
volatility
over
the
next
two
to
three
years,
a
World
Bank
Global
Economic
Prospects
(GEP)
report
predicted.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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6.
Business:
Zimbabwe
&
Pathway
to
Eventual
Shutdown
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New
bank
notes,
including
a
Z$10-million
bill,
will
go
into
circulation
in
inflation-ravaged
Zimbabwe
this
week,
the
Reserve
Bank's
governor
said
on
Wednesday.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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7.
Education
&
Health:
Aids
&
HIV
in
Africa
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Preliminary
results
of
Swaziland's
national
census
released
in
December
found
that
since
1997,
the
country's
population
has
decreased
by
17
489
people
to
912
229,
and
many
experts
have
attributed
demographic
changes
to
the
HIV
and
Aids
epidemic,
Toronto's
Globe
and
Mail
reports.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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8.
Education
&
Travel
Exploring
20th
Century
London
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From
the
expansion
of
the
Underground
to
the
waves
of
new
arrivals
from
the
British
colonies,
London
was
greatly
transformed
through
the
20th
century.
Recently,
several
London
institutions,
including
the
Museum
of
London,
combed
through
their
respective
resources
to
create
this
interactive
exhibit
and
archive
that
would
tell
visitors
a
bit
about
the
city's
evolution
during
those
100
years.
The
materials
can
be
viewed
through
three
sections:
"Timeline",
"Themes",
and
"Places".
In
the
"Timeline"
section,
visitors
can
browse
through
featured
objects
and
also
learn
about
major
events
during
the
period.
Moving
on,
the
"Themes"
area
organizes
the
city's
recent
past
into
topical
areas
that
focus
on
art
and
design,
the
built
environment,
ethnic
communities,
and
leisure
activities.
The
"Places"
section
features
a
clickable
map
of
London's
boroughs
which
reveals
artifacts
from
each
of
these
respective
areas.
Visit
this
site.
From
The
Scout
Report,
Copyright
Internet
Scout
1994-2007
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Education:
White
Settlers
in
Africa
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Many
of
our
readers
have
requested
more
information
on
the
current
situation
in
Africa,
especially
Kenya
and
adjoining
countries,
and
the
underlying
reasons
why
Africans
act
so
differently
from
Europeans.
We
do
not
have
the
official
answer
to
that
question,
but
we
have
often
referred
to
an
interesting
website
that
our
readers
might
find
of
some
value.
The
information
on
this
page
was
researched
by
Dr.
Wallace
Mills
of
Canada,
and
we
vouch
for
the
accuracy
of
the
details.
We
would
also
like
to
request
that
our
many
readers
submit
additional
information
if
they
feel
that
it
will
be
of
value
to
our
worldwide
subscribers.
Visit
this
web
page.
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Immigration:
Free
English
Lessons
for
Immigrants
&
Supported
by
the
Tax
Payer?
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Ministers
in
the
UK
were
forced
to
halt
free
English
for
Speakers
of
Other
Languages
(ESOL)
classes
last
year
after
a
sharp
upturn
in
demand
placed
strain
on
college
intakes.
In
London
mayor
Ken
Livingstone
was
forced
to
allocate
£15
million
to
make
up
the
shortfall
as
a
result.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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11.
Immigration:
Refugees
From
Africa
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Etienne
Barabiraho
is
Burundian
and
was
born
in
Burundi
in
1966,
but
fled
with
what
was
left
of
his
family
in
1972,
when
ethnic
violence
broke
out,
leaving
between
90,000
and
250,000
dead.
He
has
lived
in
refugee
camps
for
the
past
35
years.
He
now
lives
in
Salt
Lake
City,
Utah,
USA.
To
read
his
story,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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month's
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"Nothing
will
ever
be
attempted,
if
all
possible
objections
must
first
be
overcome."
~
Samuel
Johnson
(1709-1784)
English
Author
