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Edition of 1 October 2007 #176

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Business: Australia Buying Russian Uranium?
2. Business: Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa Grows Dramatically
3. Business: Kenyan Cheese Makers Come of Age
4. Business: Massive Corruption In Kenya
5. Business: Zimbabwe Devalued its Currency Once Again
6. Education & Environment: Corals Added to Red List of Threatened Species for First Time
7. Education & Environment: Severe Flooding in Africa
8. Education: History of Southwell Union Workhouse, UK
9. Education & Sports: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
10. Education: Portugal & the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries
11. Immigration: Chaos Pending As USA Try To Monitor Illegals
12. Immigration: Over One Million Each Year Move Into the USA, Very Few Ever Leave
13. Immigration: Vanishing England
14. Travel & Conservation: Story of an Elephant in Kenya
15. Travel & Environment: National Parks in Africa

 

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1. Business: Australia Buying Russian Uranium?
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Australia will sign a multi-billion-dollar deal with Russia on Friday to supply uranium for civilian uses, a report said on Wednesday. The deal will be signed by Prime Minister John Howard and Russia President Vladimir Putin, who is due in Australia on Friday for an ongoing summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, The Australian newspaper said. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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2. Business: Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa Grows Dramatically
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Johannesburg - South Africa recorded foreign direct investment inflows of R11.983 billion in the second quarter of 2007 from R3.779 billion in the first quarter, according to the South African Reserve Bank latest quarterly report. Gross capital inflow also improved markedly to R18.836 billion from R3.281 billion in the first quarter. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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3. Business: Kenyan Cheese Makers Come of Age
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In the cold misty hills of Limuru, David and Sue Brown have been making cheese for over 25 years. What started as a way to store their excess milk turned into Brown's Cheese. A recent analysis estimated that between 1993 and 2020, the demand in developing countries for milk and dairy products will grow annually between 3.2 and 3.5 per cent; up from 168 million tonnes to 400 million tonnes. While the Kenyan dairy processing sector is dominated by large milk processors who concentrate on pasteurising milk, small processors like the Browns are turning to cheese. And 10 million litres of milk are used to make cheese in the country. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.


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4. Business: Massive Corruption In Kenya
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan government dismissed on Friday as a "political gimmick" the leak of a 2004 report accusing former President Daniel arap Moi and his inner circle of stealing $2 billion (1 billion pounds) of state money. Read the full report, and judge for yourself, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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5. Business: Zimbabwe Devalued its Currency Once Again
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Zimbabwe has once again devalued its currency as part of its battle to tackle its deepening economic crisis. One US dollar now buys 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars on the official market, having previously earned 250 Zimbabwe dollars. However dealers said that on the illegal market, $1 was buying 250,000 of the Zimbabwean currency. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

Editor's Note: Many of our more mature readers will remember this scenario in other countries immediately before the total collapse of the local government. We are sad to observe that this situation is what lies ahead for Zimbabwe.

 

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6. Education & Environment: Corals Added to Red List of Threatened Species for First Time
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For the first time in history, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes ocean corals in its annual report of wildlife going extinct.

A comprehensive study of marine life sponsored by Conservation International (CI) and implemented jointly with the IUCN-World Conservation Union concluded that three species of corals unique to Ecuador's Galapagos Islands could soon disappear forever. To read this full report, sponsored and supported by the Delamere Group, visit our NEWS DESK link.

 


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7. Education & Environment: Severe Flooding in Africa
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A million Africans already suffering from severe flooding have been warned of further misery to come with heavy rain predicted from West to East. The United Nations says 250 people have died and more than 600,000 people been made homeless across 17 countries. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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8. Education: History of Southwell Union Workhouse, UK
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Visitors to the digital archive of the Southwell Union Workhouse with an interest in British history and the broader concerns of social welfare will be positively enthralled. Visitors without an interest in this subject may very well leave with the desire to learn quite a bit more. Recently, The National Archives in Britain digitized records from 1834 to 1871 that document the history of this well-known institution.

Along with learning about the history of these places more generally, visitors will find correspondence between the administrators of the workhouse and the central authorities, along with details of individual paupers and workhouse staff. Visitors might wish to start at the "Introduction" area, and then move along to the search engine. Finally, the "Further Information" area contains additional links that provide additional context on the subject of poorhouses. Visit this site.


From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007

 

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9. Education & Sports: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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The official Web site for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was launched Wednesday by Xinhua, the games' host news agency. The Delamere Group and many of our clients are involved in the technical support of these Olympics. Visit this new site.


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10. Education: Portugal & the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries
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This exhibition from the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery traces the importance of Portugal in the 16th and 17th Centuries, a time period often called the Age of Discovery. Explorers from Portugal traversed the globe, bringing back news of exotic people, animals, foods, and spices to Europe.

The web exhibition highlights Portuguese voyages to Africa, Brazil, China, and Japan, and around the Indian Ocean. By simply following a few links, it is possible to view the exhibition in Google Earth, free software that will plot the routes of the Portuguese explorers, along with a chronology, as well as display the informative captions prepared for the exhibition. Images are also included, such as a salt container, heliotrope spoon, and an ivory casket or box, all from Sri Lanka, the source of cinnamon to the thriving spice trade that Vasco da Gama found when he sailed his four ships into the Indian Ocean in late 1497. Visit this site.

Editor's Note: This is a very accurate site and after living in South Africa for over 30 years, our senior editor comments that the influence of the Portuguese in that part of the world is clearly evident even today. Please visit our trade page on Portugal, go to this link.

From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007


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11. Immigration: Chaos Pending As USA Try To Monitor Illegals
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The Department of Homeland Security has announced that beginning in September, 2007, it will crack down on workers whose Social Security numbers do not match the names in the government computers for that account. In other words, that should mean that illegals, or anyone else for that matter, will not be able either to get a fake card, or a fake number, just to fill out employment forms. If they do, the computers will show that number is not theirs. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.


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12. Immigration: Over One Million Each Year Move Into the USA, Very Few Ever Leave
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Read our new case study on the growing population of the United States. This new study shows that more than 1.2 million new residents settle in the United States each year as the result of both legal and illegal immigration. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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13. Immigration: Vanishing England
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Britons give many reasons for leaving, but their stories share one commonality: life in Britain has become unbearable for them.

They fear lawlessness and the threat of more terrorism from a growing Muslim population and the loss of a sense of Britishness, exacerbated by the growing refusal of public schools to teach the history and culture of the nation to the next generation. What it means to be British has been watered down in a plague of political correctness that has swept the country faster than hoof-and-mouth disease. Officials say they do not wish to 'offend' others. Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers are about to be granted 'amnesty' to stay in Britain. Visit this site.

 

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14. Travel & Conservation: Story of an Elephant in Kenya
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Sadly animals sometimes die without reason leaving young orphans behind, this was the case for Lanana the infant female elephant found by the side