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The Delamere International Newsletter ©

Edition of 1 February 2009 #192

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Business: Important Announcement Regarding Zimbabwe
2. Business: Employment Opportunities in Various Countries
3. Business: Becoming a Successful Trader on the Stock Market
4. Business & Education: Early Advertising of the West of the USA, 1867-1918
5. Business: Irish Economy Collapses
6. Business: Is this "neo-colonialism" in Africa? Or simply a good idea?
7. Business: New Film Studios in Cape Town
8. Business & Education: Sundance Film Festival in Utah, USA
9. Education & Travel: European explorations of Africa
10. Education: Codex Sinaiticus
11. Education: International Space Station
12. Immigration: Serious Problems for Immigrants to Britain
13. Immigration: What will Happen to the White People in England?
14. Travel & Immigration: Power of Holding More than One Passport
15. Travel & Tourism: Visitors to UK Very Disappointed


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1. Important Announcement Regarding Zimbabwe
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Since the March 2008 election in Zimbabwe, various people have been involved in trying to reach some sort of political agreement between the major parties - whether as a "government of national unity" as proposed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki or more generally a shared power arrangement.

The Delamere Group is now compelled, in view of the seriously deteriorating conditions in Zimbabwe, and as it is now almost impossible to conduct any business dealings with this country, to provide our support to suggestions of leading group of academics, lead by the well known South African Dr Denis Worrall. A leading report was released in January 2009 entitled ZIMBABWE: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE and we invite all our readers to examine this report (16 pages in