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IN THIS ISSUE
1.
Business: Fighting Poverty in Africa
2. Business: Positive news for gold
3. Education: London's Olympic Bid for 2012
4. Education: Lord Maurice Egerton
5. Education: Schools in Zimbabwe
6. Immigration: British problem of unrestricted influx of immigrants
7. Immigration: Chinese Immigrants and the Canadian Government
8. Immigration: Do you think UK has too many immigrants?
9. Immigration: Why a holder of a US Green Card should become
a citizen
10. Travel: Airline meals
11. Travel: Are prices too high for tourists to South Africa?
12. Travel: History of World War 2
13. Travel: Problems when visiting South Africa
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1. Business: Fighting Poverty in Africa
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Mbabane
- Swazi King Mswati III has bought a new Mercedes limousine,
the latest in a string of luxury car purchases for himself and
his 10 wives in the southern African kingdom, according to a
royal source. The 36-year-old king caused a stir on Friday when
he turned up at the opening of parliament in his latest acquisition
and ordered his bodyguards to block photographers from taking
pictures of the new Mercedes S-Class Pullman. To read the full
report go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Business: Positive news for gold
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VANCOUVER:
The chief economist for Dundee Securities suggests that a new
central bank agreement, heavy reliance on the U.S. dollar by
Asian central bank portfolios and dehedging should all continue
to be positive for gold. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Education: London's Olympic Bid for 2012
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Olympic
inspectors signed off from their London visit by praising the
city's bid for the 2012 Games. Read the full report; go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: Visit our web page on the London Olympic
Bid. Click
here.
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4. Education: Lord Maurice Egerton
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This
spring of 2005, Tatton Park, Cheshire, England, is opening a
permanent and temporary exhibition space to display collections
relating primarily to the life and times of Maurice 4th Baron
Egerton.
Maurice Egerton's legacy to the nation is that of an adventurer,
traveller, explorer, ethnographic collector (commissioned for
academic research by British Museum & Manchester University),
pioneer aviator (friend of Orville and Wilbur Wright, UK pilots
license number 11 in 1910), balloonist, early radio enthusiast
and photographer. To read the report, visit our NEWS
DESK link.
Editors Note: One of our senior partners when in his
teens, having met Maurice when home from his travels in Africa,
has been researching the life and times of Maurice Egerton,
4th Lord Egerton of Tatton Park and a report will be released
in the near future. Meantime we suggest you visit our Travel
Page for current information. Go
to this link.
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5. Education: Schools in Zimbabwe
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Although the government of President Robert Mugabe, in power
since Zimbabwe attained independence from Britain in 1980, has
been roundly accused of repression, lack of democracy and running
down the once booming economy, it initially achieved significant
successes. The major success was in the field of education,
where Mugabe and his ruling ZANU PF party introduced a policy
of education for all in 1980. To read the full report, go to
our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Immigration: British problem of unrestricted influx
of immigrants
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Robert
Kilroy-Silk wants an end to 'mass immigration' to stop low-paid
foreign workers forcing British people out of work. To reads
the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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7. Immigration: Chinese Immigrants and the Canadian Government
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Members
of the Chinese community have been given a green light to go
ahead with a $50-million class-action lawsuit against the immigration
department.
The
immigrants settled in Toronto and Vancouver and include millionaire
businessmen, executives and managers. They were accepted as
permanent residents but returned to Asia to work. To read the
full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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Tony
Blair tonight insisted to our reporter that Britain did not
have too many immigrants. Read the full report and go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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9. Immigration: Why a holder of a US Green Card should
become a citizen
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This
interesting article was submitted to us recently on this very
question. Please visit this link that gives the main reasons
and advantages of taking the step of becoming a US citizen.
Click
here.
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10. Travel: Airline meals
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Several
decades ago, airline meals may have been the main reason that
planes carried airline sickness bags, but in the past few years
the food has improved by leaps and bounds from an international
perspective.
As
a banner on the homepage declares, this is "the world's
first and leading site about nothing but airline food."
Amazingly enough, there is a section on the site dedicated to
airline catering news and another one where visitors can discuss
various issues related to airline food. The real focus of the
site are the almost 11,000 images of various airline meals,
culled from 439 airlines, taken by a host of contributors. Here
visitors may compare the relative merits of recent meals offered
by Air India to those offered by Royal Jordanian Airlines.
Of
course, visitors will definitely want to take a gander at the
advertisements of airline food from the past and the behind-
the-scenes look of the world of airline catering. Visit
this site.
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2005
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11. Travel: Are prices too high for tourists to South
Africa?
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SA may be a world in one country, but value for money it is
not. "We have become an expensive destination,"
says Tourvest CEO Tommy Edmond.
And though many may find it hard to swallow, a report by the
department of environmental affairs & tourism says tourists
also view SA as "unsafe and unwelcoming". To read
the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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12. Travel: History of World War 2
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A
unique World War Two exhibition has begun its tour of the UK.
The mobile show explores how the conflict changed the people
and the landscape of the country forever. To read this report,
visit
this link.
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13. Travel: Problems when visiting South Africa
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The
hard-nosed attitude of immigration officials at Cape Town International
Airport, who summarily booted out three foreign visitors because
they did not comply with minor passport requirements, could
cost South African tourism dearly, industry spokespeople say.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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This month's quote
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"It's
not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it's the
size of the fight in the dog" ~ Lord Egerton
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