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IN
THIS ISSUE
1. Business: Future of Gold
2. Business: Growth for African Trade
3. Business: Textile industry in Ireland moving offshore?
4. Business: The massive debts of the poorest nations
5. Business: Trade between South Africa & Brazil
6. Education: Amnesty International
7. Education: Animal experiments
8. Education: Historical Maps Online
9. Education: The Imperial War Museum
10. Immigration: Cost of Visa to the UK will increase
11. Immigration: Irish effected by new US regulations
12. Internet: Making phone calls over the Internet
13. Real Estate: Demand for business property in Cape Town
14. Real Estate: Security for your property
15. Travel: Discover Hidden Britain
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1. Business: Future of Gold
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SHANGHAI - Major gold producers, expecting prices
to rise towards 16-year highs in the next few months, are
slashing their hedge books to take advantage, leading industry
officials say. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Business: Growth for African Trade
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Developed
countries have a responsibility to open their markets to
trade with Africa, Rodrigo de Rato, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, said in Johannesburg
today. "The future prosperity of Africa rests upon
increased trade," he said as he concluded his first
visit to South Africa. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Visit our Global Trade Pages on Africa. Go
to this link
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3. Business: Textile industry in Ireland
moving offshore?
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Dublin
- Fruit of the Loom, once the largest textile employer in
Ireland, on Wednesday announced it plans to close both of
its plants on the island and transfer production to Morocco.
Fruit
of the Loom said in a statement that Ireland was no longer
a cost-effective base for their spinning, knitting and dyeing
operations. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: For trade and doing business in Morocco,
click
here.
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4. Business: The massive debts of the poorest nations
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Washington
- The United States is pushing a plan to write off billions
of dollars in international debt for the world's poorest
nations, a move that has been on the table for some time
but only recently picked up steam, The Washington Post reported
on Tuesday. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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5. Business: Trade between South Africa & Brazil
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President
Thabo Mbeki has urged a visiting Brazilian business delegation
to strengthen their trade links with South Africa. Most
of the interaction between South African and Brazilian business
leaders took place at Sun City, in the North West, over
the past five days. To read the full report, got to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Education: Amnesty International
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Amnesty
International is quite well known for bringing attention
to the plight of various marginalized groups and individuals
across the globe, along with its significant advocacy and
lobbying activities.
Since
May 2001, the organization has also placed its provocative
monthly magazine, The Wire, online for access by the general
public. The September 2004 issue features news pieces on
the rights of women in the Solomon Islands, the plight of
children in Honduras, and the organization's worldwide appeals
made on the behalf of victims of human rights violations.
Visitors
to the site will want to look through archived issues from
previous months, which may also serve as an educational
resource for young people and those interested in human
rights issues. The online version of the magazine is also
available in Arabic and Spanish. Visit
this site.
Editor's Note: The Delamere
Group supports many of the causes of charity and world
aid programs. Visit
the About Us Page.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003
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7. Education: Animal experiments
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The
use of animals in research experiments in Britain is continuing
to rise with GM animals becoming increasingly important
to scientists, according to figures released by the Home
Office.
In 2003, GM animals were employed in 764,000 experiments,
just over a quarter of all procedures carried out in the
UK. To read the full report go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: The Delamere Group operates a health and beauty
site, which promotes Beauty
Without Cruelty.
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8. Education: Historical Maps Online
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David
Rumsey has been delighting the cartographically inclined
by placing some of his own private collection of maps online
for several years now, and this latest online collection
is no exception. The collection contains every map contained
within his latest publication, Cartographica Extraordinaire:
The Historical Map Transformed, which he coauthored
with cartographer Edith M. Punt.
All
of the maps from the book are made freely available for
the web-browsing public on this fine site, and are made
even more exquisite through the Insight browser, which allows
visitors a great deal of control in looking at various minute
details of each map. All told, there are 118 maps in the
collection, including gems such as a map of San Francisco
from 1852 and an exploration map of Oregon from 1845 based
on the expeditionary work of John C. Fremont. Visit
this site.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003
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9. Education: The Imperial War Museum
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The
nature of war and its aftermath has served as the inspiration
for numerous creative works, including those in the visual
arts, poetry, film, and photography. Of course, wars themselves
have been well documented in general, particularly with
the explosion of various technological innovations that
allow individuals the opportunity to capture various moments
both on the battlefield and the home front.
The
Imperial War Museum Collections Online Database allows the
intrepid web-browser access to over 150,000 records relating
to items in their holdings. Out of these 150,000 online
records, approximately 3,000 of these items are fully available
on this site, and their number includes photographs, works
of art, "soundbites", and other visual artifacts.
As
searching the entire collection may be daunting, the staff
at the Museum has created a number of thematic categories
as a way of introducing some of their more prominent materials.
Some
of these categories include "War in the Air",
"Truth & Propaganda", and "Burial &
Remembrance". Overall, this is both an engaging and
well-thought-out site.
Visit
this site.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003
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10. Immigration: Cost of Visa to the UK will increase
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The
British Home Office proposed today to make legal
immigrants in the UK pay up to four times more for vital
travel documents and visas to offset the cost of dealing
with illegal immigrants. To read the full report, go to
our NEWS
DESK link.
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11. Immigration: Irish effected by new US regulations
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Strict
new US immigration controls introduced next month will make
it very difficult for 50,000 undocumented Irish residents
to leave the country, because they won't be able to return
to the US, Fine Gael TD Jimmy Deenihan has warned. To read
the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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12. Internet: Making phone calls over the Internet
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It
will soon be legal to make a phone call from your computer
via the Internet to anywhere in the world and it is going
to save a packet for many people, especially businesses.
This
soon-to-be legal communications technology could save South
African businesses thousands every month on their international
and national call costs. To read the full report, go to
our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: Visit our pages on office equipment
related to telematics, at the Small
Business Online Store.
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13. Real Estate: Demand for business property in Cape
Town
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Cape Town is enjoying a marked increase in interest among
businesses based in Johannesburg, Durban and overseas, wishing
to open either new businesses or branch offices, reports
Nadia Razis, leasing and sales consultant at Pam Golding
Commercial, a member of the Pam Golding Property group.
She
says overseas businesses perceive South Africa - and Cape
Town in particular - as a cost effective hub in which to
operate. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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14. Real Estate: Security for your property
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SECURITY
remains a growing business in South Africa, not only because
of greater uneasiness about crime prevention generally (a
recent ISS National Victims of Crime survey concluded that
we are much more fearful of crime today than we were in
1998), but a booming property market is spurring the demand
for various security services even further. To read this
full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Visit our web page on security
equipment and services.
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15. Travel: Discover Hidden Britain
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To
explore any country off the beaten track is a rewarding
experience. In Britain, the country's highways and byways
lead to unexpected gems such as a holiday home disguised
as a pineapple, an Italianate village in the Welsh mountains
and gardens dotted with classical temples.
For
travel with a difference, you can take a ride in a strange
sea-tractor or a horse-drawn stagecoach! To read this full
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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This month's quote
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"I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is
because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different."
-- Tony Bennet, Singer, performer
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