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<title>Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 Devices (US Only)</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1222/2009-10-28.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Android 2.0 will have a new breath of life when it comes to Google Maps]]></description>
<author>James O.</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Worlds Wealthiest</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1221/2009-03-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's been a tough year for the richest people in the world. Last year there were 1,125 billionaires. This year there are just 793 people rich enough to make Forbes’ list.]]></description>
<author>Luisa Kroll, Matthew Miller, and Tatiana Serafin</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama urges quick economic action</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1220/2009-01-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President Barack Obama has called for urgent action on his $825bn (£586bn) economic recovery plan, saying the American people expect it.]]></description>
<author>bbc</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The T-Mobile G1 Update (Cupcake, RC-31) is here now!!</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1219/2009-01-19.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ That’s all we keep hearing!! But where is the G1 Cupcake, which is the most anticipated and expected OTA update? Users cannot wait to get this update.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zain launches 3.5G network in Ghana</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1218/2008-12-16.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ ACCRA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Kuwaiti mobile operator Zain launched a hi-tech 3.5G network in Ghana on Monday in the latest step in its plans to become one of the world's top 10 operators by 2011, the head of its African operations said.]]></description>
<author>Kwasi Kpodo</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barack Obama's victory speech</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1217/2008-11-14.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ America made history on November 4th, 2008 after electing the first African American President.]]></description>
<author>CNN</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama victory signals new push for unity</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1216/2008-11-05.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Americans elect their first black president and deal a blow to an era of Republican ascendancy.The estimated 136 million Americans who voted are part of a radical transformation of American politics – and not just in terms of ideology and party identification.]]></description>
<author>Linda Feldmann</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One Week with Tmobile G1 aka HTC Dream on Android</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1215/2008-10-29.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Just about a week ago T-Mobile customers who pre-ordered the G1, which runs on Google’s mobile operating system, Android; have now seen their dreams come true.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Global Financial Crisis &amp; Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1214/2008-10-14.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The global financial crisis that has left the Washington consensus seeking for cover as the left wing attempts to assert its viewpoint on financial architectural issues regarding the role of the state as shareholder, referee and corrector of market failure; has important lessons for post colonial Africa whose policies and programs have been shaped by an ideology that was framed on the notion that a market system is superior to a planned one.]]></description>
<author>Mutumwa Mawere</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barack Obama / Joe Biden foreign policy on Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1213/2008-10-02.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama emphasizes what his foreign policies will be on Africa.]]></description>
<author></author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Market woes go beyond financial sector</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/121/ARTICLE/1212/2008-09-28.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ What many analysts have recently described as financial turmoil in the share markets around the world goes far beyond the financial sector. The world is facing important structural shifts that could have deep economic, political and social implications.]]></description>
<author>Sam Makinda</author>
<category>World</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google meets Tmobile</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1210/2008-09-23.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Google and T-Mobile unveil their first joint mobile phone officially September 22, 2008.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Financial Turmoil Could Adversely Affect Africa, Experts Say</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1209/2008-09-17.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Financial experts say the financial crisis in the United States is expected to adversely affect most African countries. A top US investment company, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, sending shock waves through local and international financial markets.]]></description>
<author>Peter Clottey</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tullow Oil appoints ex-BP man</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1207/2008-09-03.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tullow Oil, the oil exploration company, has recruited veteran oil financier Ian Springett]]></description>
<author>Rachael Singh, Accountancy Age</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vanco and Lukoil Secure Drilling Unit for Ghana Deepwater Drilling</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1206/2008-09-01.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ HOUSTON, (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vanco Ghana Ltd, together with partner Lukoil Overseas Ghana Ltd, has completed contractual arrangements for the Aban Abraham drillship to drill the Dzata-1 well, which will be the first exploration test on the Cape Three Points Deepwater block, offshore Ghana.]]></description>
<author>Jeff Mitchell</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oil Tumbles as Signs of Slowing Economy Spur Commodity Selling</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1205/2008-07-08.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell more than $5 a barrel, the biggest decline in three months, as signs that the global economy may slow prompted investors to sell commodities.]]></description>
<author>Mark Shenk</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US in military misstep over African oil</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1204/2008-06-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of Americans who believe that the war in Iraq was a mistake has surpassed the number who felt the same way about Vietnam during that war. At the same time, a much quieter US military build-up is underway on another continent. The ultimate objective of the two efforts is the same: securing Big Oil's access to the regions' oil. The impact in Africa will likely be the same as in Iraq: perpetual occupation, instability, and growing anti-Americanism.]]></description>
<author>Antonia Juhasz</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Soaring Oil Prices Raise Fear Over Growth, Rates</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1203/2008-06-09.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ MARKETS are braced for a tough few days this week, with the oil price heading towards $150 a barrel and the Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee primed to deliver further bad news in the form of an expected interest rate hike.]]></description>
<author>Nick Wilson - Johannesburg</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1202/2008-05-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Phantom Coupe is a massive automobile in the grandest of tradition.]]></description>
<author>Matthias Pfannmuller</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Audi R8 TDI Le Mans</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1201/2008-05-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's a new twist on the high-performance exotic sports car - lean, mean and green, thanks to diesel power.]]></description>
<author>Jim Hall</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2009 Bentley Brooklands</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1200/2008-05-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Traditional British automotive power.]]></description>
<author>John Lamm</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bugatti Veyron Fgb par Hermes</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1199/2008-05-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The price? Nearly $2 million.]]></description>
<author>Matt DeLorenzo</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maybach Landaulet</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1198/2008-05-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For those who must absolutely, positively flaunt it.]]></description>
<author>Mike Monticello</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South Africa: Bharti 'Set to Pounce' On MTN</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1197/2008-05-05.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ INDIA's biggest phone company, Bharti Airtel, is said to have explored two structures that it could use to get its hands on MTN, and would pounce "pretty quickly" if the MTN board decided to sell.]]></description>
<author>Sure Kamhunga</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zagato Bentley Continental GTZ</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1196/2008-05-05.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The changes to an already handsome car are striking.]]></description>
<author>Matt DeLorenzo</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lorinser Nardo3 SL</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1195/2008-05-05.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pumped-up version of the Mercedes-Benz SL 2-seater.]]></description>
<author>Matt DeLorenzo</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2009 Porsche Boxster RS60</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1194/2008-04-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Porsche is building a limited run of Boxster RS 60 Spyders]]></description>
<author>Matt DeLorenzo</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian giants India, China prepare to compete in Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1193/2008-04-08.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi - India has joined the race with China for Africa's abundant hydrocarbons and natural resources while at the same time offering to empower the 53-nation continent through affordable technologies, the development of human capital and equal partnerships.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kufuor Calls for More Insurance Companies</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1192/2008-04-06.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday, called for the establishment of more insurance companies to stimulate the economy towards social advancement whilst improving standard of living.]]></description>
<author>Stephen Odoi-Larbi &amp;amp;amp;amp; Naa Betty Nelson</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ferrari 612 Scaglietti</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1191/2008-04-03.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Those expecting to see a new entry-level Ferrari at Geneva, possibly called the Dino, were disappointed.]]></description>
<author>Matthias Pfannmüller</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>House OKs $50 billion to fight global diseases</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1190/2008-04-03.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- It took some shocking statistics -- 33 million around the world suffering from HIV and AIDS and 6,000 new infections every day -- for lawmakers to put aside policy disputes and come together behind a significant act of generosity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Lion Meets His Winter</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1189/2008-04-03.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the townships of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, political graffiti is starting to appear.]]></description>
<author>Alex Perry, Ian Evans</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zoellick Wants Wealth Funds To Invest 1% In Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1188/2008-04-03.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ “Sovereign wealth funds should invest 1 percent of their funds in Africa" World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick proposed yesterday, a policy that could channel $30 billion to poor nations on the continent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South Africa rand firms, stocks seen up on global rebound</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1187/2008-04-02.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand added to overnight gains early on Wednesday as a rally on global equity markets signaled renewed appetite for risk that should also boost local shares.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Africa: Economic Growth Still Strong But Development and Aid Lag</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1186/2008-04-02.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ African economies are forecast to grow by an average of 6.2% in 2008 after a strong 2007, but the struggle against extreme poverty and international support for systemic improvement lag behind, according to a United Nations report released today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zinox to Unveil Interest-Free PC Financing in West Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1185/2008-03-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ March 27, 2008 — Nigerian computer manufacturer Zinox Technologies is set to unveil an interest-free computer ownership initiative, starting in Nigeria and Ghana.]]></description>
<author>Remmy Nweke</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zimbabwe's Rural Voters Deserting President Mugabe in Re-Election Bid</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1184/2008-03-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time, many people in Zimbabwe's rural areas have dropped their long-standing support of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF, which has depended on the rural vote for victory.]]></description>
<author>Peta Thornycroft</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>North Korea Ties With Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1183/2008-03-21.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pyongyang Seeks to Export More Arms, Workers

South Korean officials are paying attention to North Korea's move to intensify diplomatic activities in Africa. Kim Yong-nam, the second-highest ranking official in the North, is now on an 11-day visit to four African countries, leading a 24-member delegation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tackling Tuberculosis in Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1182/2008-03-21.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ March 21, 2008 -- When 45-year-old Rene Djoko checked into the Jamot Hospital, the premier referral facility for complicated TB cases in Yaounde, Cameroon, he was weak, had a persistent cough, and was unable to work. After four months of TB treatment, Djoko is on the way to recovery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Idol Malaria Crisis Gives Back, April 9, On FOX</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1181/2008-03-21.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American Idol and FOX announced that this year's Idol Gives Back, airing Wednesday, April 9 (7:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, will raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in Africa for the second year in a row as part of its star-studded event.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Annan plays down suggestion he could mediate Darfur</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1180/2008-03-20.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan dismissed suggestions on Thursday he might take on the job of mediating in the Darfur crisis in Sudan.]]></description>
<author>Claudia Parsons</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ghana sees image boost from soccer feast</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1179/2008-01-24.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While political protests blight Kenya, Ghana will polish its image as a tourism and investment destination when it hosts the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament, which started on Sunday.]]></description>
<author>Kwasi Kpodo</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Green Ferrari F430 Spider unveiled at Detroit</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1178/2008-01-15.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ferrari is making its rivals green with envy after unveiling an environmentally-friendly supercar at the Detroit Motor Show. 
The Ferrari F430 Spider Biofuel is powered by the same 4.3-litre V8 engine but when running on the more explosive E85 biofuel  the Ferrari F430 Spider produces 493bhp and 356lb/ft of pull.]]></description>
<author>Adrian Hearn</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Troubled Tourism Sector Seeks a Quick Fix to Avoid Massive Layoffs</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1177/2008-01-15.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Mr Joash Olum, the managing director of operations at Somak Travel, is not happy with the turn of events in the New Year. 

Since political violence broke out over controversial tallying of the presidential vote, his business prospects marked a turning point.]]></description>
<author>Wangui Maina</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US presidential hopeful Obama urges calm in Kenya</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1176/2008-01-04.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, whose father was from Kenya, on Wednesday called for an end to the tribal violence that has roiled Kenya since its disputed election.]]></description>
<author>By Deborah Charles</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pressure Mounts With 300 Killed in Kenya</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1175/2008-01-02.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — International pressure mounted on Kenya's leaders Wednesday to end postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people, including dozens burned alive as they sought refuge in a church.

The killing of up to 50 people from the Kikuyu tribe Tuesday as they sheltered in a church in the Rift Valley city of Eldoret fueled fears of deepening ethnic conflict in what has been one of Africa's most stable democracies.

The U.N. cited Kenyan police as saying 70,000 people had been displaced in five days of violence. Around 5,400 people also have fled to neighboring Uganda, said Musa Ecweru, that country's disaster preparedness minister. Several hundred people also have fled to Tanzania, officials there said.

Much of Nairobi was quiet and deserted Wednesday, though clashes continued in the city's giant Mathare slum.]]></description>
<author>KATHARINE HOURELD</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan's Bhutto Killed in Attack</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1174/2007-12-28.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani Opposition Leader Bhutto Killed in Suicide Attack on Campaign Rally]]></description>
<author>SADAQAT JAN</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2009 Nissan GT-R - Previews</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1173/2007-12-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Would you pay $70,000 for a Nissan? That, it seems, is the $70,000 question, and it’s what the Nissan GT-R currently costs in Japanese yen. When it arrives on our shores in mid-2008, the price will start at $69,850 plus destination and gas-guzzler charges which have yet to be determined. Stretching the price range of a brand is nothing new: Ford went into the stratosphere with the $153,000 GT and managed to sell every copy. But the Nissan doesn’t have the 40-odd years of Le Mans–winning nostalgia that came with the Ford, at least not in the United States.

Overseas, the GT-R’s history goes back to 1969, when Prince (later absorbed by Nissan) put a hot 2.0-liter engine in its Skyline sedan. In 1989, the GT-R returned after a 16-year hiatus as the turbocharged, all-wheel-drive R32 and was succeeded by the R33 and R34, but the GT-R line has never officially been sold on American shores until now. In Japan, and to anybody familiar with the Gran Turismo series of racing games, the GT-R is an icon, but to many Americans it is as foreign as high-speed passenger trains. Calling the GT-R an unknown icon is oxymoronic (and slightly regular moronic, too), but it does illustrate the dual existence of the super Nissan.]]></description>
<author>car and driver</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trade advocacy group says Ghana stands to lose in EU trade deal</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1172/2007-12-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ghana has given out much mor e to the European Commission t han it can gain in the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement the two sides have signed, Third World Network, a trade advocacy group, has said.]]></description>
<author>Panapress</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nike Shines at One Show Interactive</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1171/2007-12-11.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ "Best in Show", top honours at the 10th Annual One Show Interactive last week, went to R/GA agency for its branded application and website "Nike+" for 2007 Client of the Year Nike. Hosted by non-profit organisation The One Club at Skylight Studios, a showcase of the best of the decade also took place at the ceremony which honours the year's best international new media and web design.]]></description>
<author>Biz-Community (Cape Town)</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Standard banks on China boost</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1170/2007-11-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Johannesburg - South Africa's Standard Bank expects as much as $200m in incremental earnings by the third year of the deal in which China's biggest lender ICBC will buy a 20% stake for $5.6bn, it said on Friday.]]></description>
<author>Reuters</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US risks missing lucrative markets if it continues to ignore Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1169/2007-11-15.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ CAPE TOWN, South Africa: The United States will miss out on potentially lucrative markets in Africa and fall behind in the scramble for raw materials if it clings to its outdated perception of a continent dominated by corruption, war and dictators, a big business conference heard Thursday.]]></description>
<author>The Associated Press</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Economic Growth Held Back By Poor Town And Country Planning</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1168/2007-11-13.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP) has said that the current state of Town Planning in Ghana is unacceptable for a country that is aspiring to become a middle-income country. 

Mr. Frank Tackie, the president of GIP, said the only democratic process by which government can manipulate the use of land and environmental resources towards a unified goal of development for larger societal benefits is through good town planning.]]></description>
<author>Elisabeth Naa Atswei Mensah</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BMW X6 ActiveHybrid</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1167/2007-11-09.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ BMW chose its home show to unveil its new X6 model, its take on the next generation of SUVs. Unlike its boxy station-wagon-like X5, the X6 is characterized as a Sports Activity Coupe, even though it has four doors.]]></description>
<author>John Lamm, Road and Track</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oceanic Bank Targets Africa Dominance- Ibru</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1166/2007-11-05.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Oceanic Bank International Plc has assured stakeholders that the bank's focus is to be the best bank in the African region in terms of service delivery, capitalisation and financial performance. 

Chief executive of bank , Dr (Mrs.) Cecilia Ibru, who gave this assurance at the weekend, said that the bank has already made a positive mark in Nigeria, as it has redefined service delivery standard with history of being the most investor friendly financial institution in the country and one with a passion for adequately compensating her shareholders with bumper returns on their investment.]]></description>
<author>Amaka Ifeakandu</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Free healthcare for all soon</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/124/ARTICLE/1165/2007-11-05.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Government is working on modalities to make healthcare accessible and most importantly, free for all, regardless of how much they contribute to its sustenance, The Statesman has learnt.]]></description>
<author>The Statesman</author>
<category>Sports</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's presence in Africa grows</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1164/2007-11-04.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The purchase of a 20 percent stake in Standard Bank by the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is but the latest sign of China's growing presence in Africa and of its capacity to influence events in the continent from Cape to Cairo and Lagos to Lilongwe.]]></description>
<author>Patrick Laurence</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global Market Insights -- Sold: U.S. Clients Move to Buy Successful European Consulting Firm</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/119/ARTICLE/1163/2007-10-21.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Global Market Insights has been sold to clients of the company who will form a joint venture and operate the successful European organization from the U.S. The founder and CEO of Global Market Insights, Stephen D. McLaughlin, will move back to the U.S. and transition the company over the next year. Details of the sale remain undisclosed pending completion in Luxembourg this month.]]></description>
<author>Steve McLaughlin</author>
<category>Consulting</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gold Fields to Sell Choco Mine in Venezuela</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1162/2007-10-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ GLOBAL gold producer Gold Fields is selling its Choco 10 gold mine in Venezuela only 18 months after a hard-fought battle to acquire it.]]></description>
<author>Charlotte Mathews</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Four doors for M3</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1161/2007-10-08.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's got to be a pretty serious lump of metal to tear us - and you - away from the post-Sunday night TG fall-out, but you'll want to know about this one.]]></description>
<author>topgear</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Country Nets N8.875 Trillion From Oil in Four Years</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1160/2007-09-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nigeria realised N8.875 trillion from sale and exploration of petroleum resources between 2002 and 2006, Mr Jide Aluko, the CBN Deputy Director of Foreign Operations has said.]]></description>
<author>Vanguard (Lagos)</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SAfrica's PIC tenders 90 bln rand in equity mandates</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1159/2007-09-23.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ JOHANNESBURG, Sept 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has issued tenders for asset managers to handle about 90 billion rand ($12.8 billion) in diversified equities, it said on Sunday.]]></description>
<author>Michael Georgy</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>REFILE-West Africa group plans African regional airline</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1158/2007-09-20.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) - A West African group plans to launch an airline to help fill in route gaps left by problems at regional state-owned airlines, before expanding to the rest of the continent, an official said on Wednesday.]]></description>
<author>Reuters</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Golden Tulip Welcomes Second Hotel in Ghana</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1157/2007-09-14.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Golden Tulip Hospitality Group has been awarded the management contract for a new Golden Tulip Hotel in the Ghanaian city Kumasi – the property will feature 160 rooms and is scheduled to open December 2007.]]></description>
<author>Golden tulip pressroom</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An emerging strategy</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1156/2007-09-10.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ T. Rowe Price launching Africa & Middle East Fund]]></description>
<author>ANDY ROSEN</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>General Electric Supports Infrastructure Development in Africa by Co-Sponsoring 2007 U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1155/2007-09-07.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 2nd Annual Conference to Engage Key Stakeholders in Infrastructure Development in Africa

General Electric Company (GE), has joined companies such as DynCorp International and Raytheon as a leading sponsor of The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) 2007 U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference, it was announced today.]]></description>
<author>Corporate Council on Africa (Washington, DC)</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cayenne goes low</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1154/2007-09-07.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The logic behind the Porsche Cayenne GTS - due to be unveiled in Frankfurt next week - eludes us just a fraction.]]></description>
<author>topgear.com</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nigeria scraps state oil company</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1153/2007-08-30.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is to scrap the state-owned oil corporation and restructure the industry.]]></description>
<author>bbc.co.uk</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oil Investors Lack Cash</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1152/2007-08-28.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Monitor (Kampala)

UGANDAN Investors in the oil sector could continue lose out if the banks continue to frustrate them, the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development has said.]]></description>
<author>Tom Magumba &amp;amp;amp; Melina Platas Munyonyo</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alcatel-Lucent, Uganda Telecom Cut $20 Million Network Deal</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1151/2007-08-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ East African Business Week (Kampala)

French based Alcatel-Lucent last week entered into a US$20 million (Ush 35.6 billion) contract with uganda telecom to increase the latter's network and over all service quality.]]></description>
<author>Phillip Nabyama</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alpina B3 Bi-Turbo: a hotter 335i</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1150/2007-08-24.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Alpina unveils the latest version of the B3]]></description>
<author>left lane news</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Discovery of oil brightens Ghana's future</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1149/2007-08-24.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two discoveries in a month promise to go a long way toward solving Ghana’s debilitating energy crisis, reports said.]]></description>
<author>UPI.COM</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government's energy saving policies on course</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1148/2007-08-22.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Government says it is fully committed to its campaign for the efficient use of electricity employing a mix of policies.]]></description>
<author>Fred Tetteh Alarti-Amoako</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>All banks to connect to E-ZWICH</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1147/2007-08-19.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Accra, GNA - The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday asked all banks to link their ATMs and Point of Sale (POS) device to the National Switch, the E-ZWICH by March 31, 2008.]]></description>
<author>GNA</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bmw 5 Series gains New Diesel model</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1146/2007-08-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With turbo-diesel power widely available across its range of luxury passenger sedans and Sports Activity Vehicle models - including the 120d, 320d, 530d, X3 2.0d and 3.0d, and the X5 3.0d - BMW clearly leads the premium diesel market in Australia.]]></description>
<author>Auto news</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese Entrepreneurs Flourish in Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1145/2007-08-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ LILONGWE, Malawi — When Yang Jie left home at 18, he was doing what people from China’s hardscrabble Fujian Province have done for generations: emigrating in search of a better living overseas.]]></description>
<author>HOWARD W. FRENCH and LYDIA POLGREEN</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prepare to be Aston-ished</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/125/ARTICLE/1144/2007-08-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ We'll admit there was a tiny tear in the corner of our eyes when we saw the photos of the Aston Martin DBS. Not because it's so stunningly, well, Aston-ish - though that's a good enough reason in itself - but because it reminded us of those seven horrible, crushing, barrel rolls from Casino Royale.]]></description>
<author>top gear</author>
<category>Autos</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Safaricom headed for a foreign listing</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1143/2007-08-16.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Safaricom House: The presence of high powered global law firms among the bidders competing for a contract to advise on how to make Safaricom public has opened the possibility of a share flotation in a foreign stock exchange.]]></description>
<author>Albert Muriuki</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India Trade Hits $6bn</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1142/2007-08-16.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Volume of trade between Nigeria and India increased from $3billion in 2005, to $6billion in 2006, an official has said.]]></description>
<author>This Day (Lagos) NEWS</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nigeria's new forex policies good for banks -UBA</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1141/2007-08-14.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ ABUJA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - United Bank for Africa <UBA.LG>, one of Nigeria's biggest banks, sees opportunities for growth in the central bank's new policies on the naira currency, its chief executive said on Tuesday.]]></description>
<author>Estelle Shirbon</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>S.Africa to drive hard into uranium market</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1140/2007-08-13.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ [miningmx.com] -- SOUTH AFRICA plans to enact a nuclear energy policy before the end-2007 that could see uranium producers obliged to sell a percentage of their output to the state as South Africa becomes an enriched uranium exporter and important player in the international market.]]></description>
<author>Allan Seccombe</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kenyan Internet Market Gets Ready For Cheaper Bandwidth</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1139/2007-08-10.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities.]]></description>
<author>Kelvin Chibomba</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Africa to have its own satellite in orbit soon</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/124/ARTICLE/1138/2007-08-09.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The West Africa Development Bank (BOAD), is to partner with RASCOM, Africa's Regional Organisation of Satellite Communication to launch Africa's first satellite in orbit to give coverage to the whole continent.]]></description>
<author>Noel Kokou Tadegnon HANA</author>
<category>Sports</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ghana aims to avoid the 'oil curse'</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/124/ARTICLE/1137/2007-08-08.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President John Kufuor says he will put safeguards in place to ensure that newly discovered oil reserves will not be mismanaged.]]></description>
<author>Blake Lambert. Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor</author>
<category>Sports</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>S/African company earmarks US$ 200mn to increase DRC’s power supply</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1136/2007-08-07.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kinshasa (DR Congo) The South African company, ABB Holding, plans to issue 200 million US dollars to increase the power supply in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a source close to the Congolese Energy ministry told APA on Monday.]]></description>
<author>African Press Agency</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Emerging from the Economic Shadows - the Business Case for Investing in African Stock Markets</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1135/2007-08-06.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ghana Stock Exchange makes the business case for investing in the Emerging Markets]]></description>
<author>http://www.reconnectafrica.com/Business-CapitalMarkets.jsp</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Svenska Millicom AB MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1134/2007-07-30.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New York and Stockholm – July 24, 2007 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Nasdaq Stock Market: MICC and Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the global telecommunications company, today announces results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007.]]></description>
<author>http://www.millicom.com/</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Guinness firm 'eyes Africa sales'</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/118/ARTICLE/1133/2007-07-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The maker of Guinness is looking at expanding sales of the Irish stout to Africa to offset falling demand in European markets, a report says.]]></description>
<author>AP BBC</author>
<category>Africa</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Uganda: EPAs May Stifle Struggling Flower Industry</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/124/ARTICLE/1132/2007-07-20.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Uganda's flower industry needs government incentives and preferential European Union (EU) access to succeed, say members of the east African nation's floricultural sector.]]></description>
<author>Alexis Okeowo</author>
<category>Sports</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South Africa: Cape Town Voted Top Conference Spot</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/121/ARTICLE/1131/2007-07-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cape Town has jumped to the number one long-haul tourism destination for conference groups, ahead of New York, said a survey on the meeting, incentive travel, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) in the UK.]]></description>
<author>Chris Van Gass; Business Day (Johannesburg)</author>
<category>World</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ghana: Diasporan Investors Team Up to Buy GT</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1130/2007-07-16.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Ghanaian Diaspora professional group, called the Ghana Leadership Union (GLU) has announced plans to pool resources to buy a controlling stake in one of the country's biggest assets, Ghana Telecom.]]></description>
<author>Public Agenda (Accra)</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oil equals influence, Africa finds</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1129/2007-07-09.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite poverty and strife, demand opens doors with China, the West]]></description>
<author>EDWARD HARRIS</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ghana redenominates its cedi currency</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1128/2007-07-03.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's cedi currency was redenominated on Tuesday, shedding four zeros, in a move intended to make life easier for shoppers and business people fed up of carrying large bundles of cash that make them easy prey for thieves.]]></description>
<author>Orla Ryan</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pfizer - FG Loses Bid to Amend Suit</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1127/2007-06-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The federal government yesterday lost a bid to amend its claims against Pfizer International Incorporated, in a seven billion dollar suit over the Kano drug trial

Justice Babs Kuewumi threw out the application on the grounds that it was "vague and ambiguous," awarding a cost of N3, 000 in favour of Pfizer.]]></description>
<author>Ruby Rabiu</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Agriculture Development Bank Workers Oppose Takeover Bid</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1126/2007-06-27.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ WORKERS of Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) have accused the management and owners of Stanbic Bank of trying to reap where they have not sown and thus calling on the Bank of Ghana not to sell its shares to Stanbic.]]></description>
<author>Joseph Coomson</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia strengthen commitment to the African region</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1125/2007-06-24.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Accra, Ghana - At the EU-Africa Business Forum held in Accra, Ghana Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia reiterated the companies' commitment and strategic direction in the African region. With a vision to increase communications access to urban and rural areas, the two companies are set to connect the people of Africa.]]></description>
<author>NOKIA</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Huge oilfield discovered in Ghana</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1124/2007-06-18.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign firms are increasingly looking to Africa for oil 
UK firm Tullow Oil has announced the discovery of 600 million barrels of light oil offshore from Ghana. 
Reserves in the Mahogany exploration well were far greater than the 250 million barrels than the firm had earlier forecast, it said.]]></description>
<author>AP - BBC</author>
<category>Home</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shedding light on Africa</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1123/2007-06-11.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With up to $80-billion in potential investment on the Congo River and the prospect of producing enough clean energy to light up the whole of Africa, the Grand Inga project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is as big as its name suggests.]]></description>
<author>Percy Zvomuya</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bringing Africa's Telecom Into the Fiber Optic Loop</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eastern, central and southern African countries are the focus of several new projects to lay fiber optic cables beneath the Indian Ocean, which could put an end to the expensive, low-quality phone and Internet service the countries often count on. The projects are especially important to Kenya, which aims to become the hub of the continent's call center outsourcing industry.]]></description>
<author>Tom Maliti</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's loans to Africa won't cause debt crisis</title>
<link>http://www.presurance.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1121/2007-06-06.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Africa's development has once again become a hot topic on the eve of the G8 Summit.]]></description>
<author>He Wenping (China Daily)</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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