UN calls for more effort to combat rural poverty
Daily News
THE United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr Alvaro Rodriguez, has called for additional efforts from development partners to reach more rural women and men in an effort to eradicate absolute poverty through ...
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THE United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr Alvaro Rodriguez, has called for additional efforts from development partners to reach more rural women and men in an effort to eradicate absolute poverty through ...
DestinyMan
Joburg ranked Africa's third-best city for investment and growth opportunities
DestinyMan
Entitled Into Africa – the continent's cities of opportunity, the report provides insights into 20 of the continents most dynamic and future-focused cities – information critical for attracting foreign investment. “We have sought to answer 'what makes an African city ...
Megatrends drive African growthIT-Online
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DestinyMan
Entitled Into Africa – the continent's cities of opportunity, the report provides insights into 20 of the continents most dynamic and future-focused cities – information critical for attracting foreign investment. “We have sought to answer 'what makes an African city ...
Megatrends drive African growth
Bangkok Post
Greece to submit new reform list within days
Bangkok Post
BRUSSELS - Greece has agreed to give creditors a new list of reforms within days in order to secure bailout funds, a statement said Friday after talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European leaders. A man walks past a derelict building adorned ...
Tsipras: Process Is Now Back on TrackBloomberg
Greece has no choice except to reform - MerkelIrish Independent
Greece bailout 'back on track': TsiprasThe Straits Times
Deutsche Welle
Huffington Post
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Bangkok Post
BRUSSELS - Greece has agreed to give creditors a new list of reforms within days in order to secure bailout funds, a statement said Friday after talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European leaders. A man walks past a derelict building adorned ...
Tsipras: Process Is Now Back on Track
Greece has no choice except to reform - Merkel
Greece bailout 'back on track': Tsipras
Vancouver Sun
CRTC orders changes that include pick-and-pay TV channels
Vancouver Sun
Canadian television viewers will soon be able to pay just $25 a month for basic TV service, and add only the extra channels they plan to watch. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced sweeping new rules Thursday, ...
LET'S TALK TV: It'll take months to process and years to implement, but initial ...Cartt.ca (subscription)
The pros and cons of CRTC's 'pick and pay'...Waterloo Record
Multicultural shows, $25 starter cable may be biggest changes in TV landscapeToronto Star
The Globe and Mail (subscription)
Vancity Buzz
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Vancouver Sun
Canadian television viewers will soon be able to pay just $25 a month for basic TV service, and add only the extra channels they plan to watch. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced sweeping new rules Thursday, ...
LET'S TALK TV: It'll take months to process and years to implement, but initial ...
The pros and cons of CRTC's 'pick and pay'...
Multicultural shows, $25 starter cable may be biggest changes in TV landscape
New York Times
Solar Eclipse and Supermoon Have Europe Energy Providers Watchful
New York Times
BERLIN — Germany has enthusiastically embraced the sun as an important source of energy, but a strange celestial trifecta on Friday evoked a shiver of ancient fears — and the more practical concern that the lights might go out. For astronomers, it was an ...
Sky gazers gear up for solar eclipseDeutsche Welle
Sea power could eclipse sun in drive for green energyChicago Tribune
Will Europe's Solar-Powered Grid Survive A Total Solar Eclipse?Daily Caller
Financial Times
Wall Street Journal
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New York Times
BERLIN — Germany has enthusiastically embraced the sun as an important source of energy, but a strange celestial trifecta on Friday evoked a shiver of ancient fears — and the more practical concern that the lights might go out. For astronomers, it was an ...
Sky gazers gear up for solar eclipse
Sea power could eclipse sun in drive for green energy
Will Europe's Solar-Powered Grid Survive A Total Solar Eclipse?
Dickinson Press
Ontario oil-train wrecks ignite worry over Canada crude flammability
Reuters
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Two recent oil-train derailments in Canada have opened a new front on the debate over safety, highlighting how even shipments of Alberta's oil sands crude can contain components just as volatile as North Dakota's Bakken.
Dangerous Bakken crude oil to travel through Henderson14 News WFIE Evansville
Martinez joins drive to increase oil shipment safetyContra Costa Times
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Reuters
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Two recent oil-train derailments in Canada have opened a new front on the debate over safety, highlighting how even shipments of Alberta's oil sands crude can contain components just as volatile as North Dakota's Bakken.
Dangerous Bakken crude oil to travel through Henderson
Martinez joins drive to increase oil shipment safety
TODAYonline
Egypt announces plans to build new capital city
Arab American News
CAIRO — Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital. The new city would lie somewhere to Cairo's east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150 square miles and potentially be home to as many as 7 million people.
Egypt's economyThe Economist
Egyptian fertiliser business MOPCO seeks Cairo listingReuters Africa
Egypt's capital: Art Deco to desert skyscrapersAhram Online
Emirates 24/7
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Arab American News
CAIRO — Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital. The new city would lie somewhere to Cairo's east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150 square miles and potentially be home to as many as 7 million people.
Egypt's economy
Egyptian fertiliser business MOPCO seeks Cairo listing
Egypt's capital: Art Deco to desert skyscrapers
Defense One
Pentagon: The Cost of Major Weapons Systems Are Finally Coming Down
Defense One
More than four years since Ashton Carter took on reforming Pentagon acquisition, the cost of the largest arms projects is beginning to stabilize, defense officials say. Pentagon; /; Contractors. Lawmakers Should Listen to the Budget Hawks, Not the Defense ...
F-35 cost reduction reflects majority of defense savings for 2014Defense Update
Pentagon Revises Down Estimated Cost of F-35 FighterAviation International News
Pentagon acquisition reforms begin to pay offFederal Times
Chicago Tribune
Reuters UK
Reuters
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Defense One
More than four years since Ashton Carter took on reforming Pentagon acquisition, the cost of the largest arms projects is beginning to stabilize, defense officials say. Pentagon; /; Contractors. Lawmakers Should Listen to the Budget Hawks, Not the Defense ...
F-35 cost reduction reflects majority of defense savings for 2014
Pentagon Revises Down Estimated Cost of F-35 Fighter
Pentagon acquisition reforms begin to pay off
Times LIVE
S.Africa's Eskom seeks more power hikes - City of Cape Town
Reuters Africa
CAPE TOWN, March 19 (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom has applied for an additional 9.58 percent hike in electricity tariffs for the 2015/16 fiscal year, the City of Cape Town's council said on Thursday. The increase, if granted, would result in a ...
Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman SiddiquiBusiness Recorder (press release) (blog)
S&P Lowers Eskom's Rating to Junk After CEO Matona SuspendedBloomberg
CompaniesS&P cuts South Africa's Eskom to junkFinancial Times
BDlive
Independent Online
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Reuters Africa
CAPE TOWN, March 19 (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom has applied for an additional 9.58 percent hike in electricity tariffs for the 2015/16 fiscal year, the City of Cape Town's council said on Thursday. The increase, if granted, would result in a ...
Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui
S&P Lowers Eskom's Rating to Junk After CEO Matona Suspended
CompaniesS&P cuts South Africa's Eskom to junk
Reuters
US Trade Commission Upholds Sugar Pact With Mexico
Wall Street Journal
MEXICO CITY—The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously Thursday to uphold an agreement that suspended duties on sugar imports from Mexico, a decision that Mexico's Economy Ministry welcomed as positive for Mexican producers.
US-Mexico sugar pact gets US trade commission okayBusiness Recorder (press release) (blog)
Sugar trade deal strikes big blow to US refiners, candymakersReuters
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Wall Street Journal
MEXICO CITY—The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously Thursday to uphold an agreement that suspended duties on sugar imports from Mexico, a decision that Mexico's Economy Ministry welcomed as positive for Mexican producers.
US-Mexico sugar pact gets US trade commission okay
Sugar trade deal strikes big blow to US refiners, candymakers
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