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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Ian Khama of Botswana after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday November 5, 2009:
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Hailing Botswana as "truly one of the extraordinary success stories in Africa," President Obama welcomed that country's president, Ian Khama, to the White House for talks November 5.
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wildlife filmmakers focusing on endangered cats Dereck and Beverly Joubert, who have spent 25 years documenting Africa's most iconic animals, have teamed with National Geographic on the Big Cats Initiative in an attempt to stop their extinction. By Thomas H. Maugh II November 7, 2009 South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote...
Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In the wake of the London mayor's heroics this week, we want your stories of cycling's good samaritans Guardian reader Lissendis commented on one of this blog's recent posts : This bike blog is getting a bit depressing. It seems as if the purpose of most of the recent threads is to get us all moaning about something. Ample evidence of moany postings was supplied, with the plea: Can we have a few more...
Thoughts from Botswana (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It looks like Fridays are going to be the Best in Blogland or Book News here at Thoughts From Botswana. Big news this week was that Nigerian writer Seffi Atta has won the Noma Award for her short story collection Lawless and Other Stories published by Farafina. Short story collections seem to be coming into their own lately which is a wonderful thing. I must also mention the honourable mention given...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
• Shortage of hotel beds in South Africa prompts shuttle solution • Aircraft to be used to ferry fans to neighbouring countries South African World Cup organisers plan to mobilise a huge fleet of aeroplanes and buses to shuttle supporters to neighbouring cities and countries following matches, after admitting some host venues for next year's tournament would not have enough hotel rooms to...
Today With President Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
ONE (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Today, as part of his trip to Washington, Botswana’s President, Ian Khama is scheduled to meet with President Obama. Although the specific topics of discussion have not been released, many are predicting that the two leaders will discuss the precarious situation in Zimbabwe. This discussion is particularly relevant now, as the government of Botswana [...]
Time (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Calls president's leadership on economy, HIV/AIDS "extraordinary" in Thursday sit-down at the White House. REMARKS: Here. POOL REPORTS: Here.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, BBC Mundo looks at barriers which are still standing - or have gone up since - around the world.
The Oregon Economics Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
From Ed Glaeser writing in The New York Times : Glaeser: One way to read the graph is that there are basically no countries with very low levels of education that have managed to be democratic over the long term, and almost every country with a high level of education has remained a stable democracy. Thomas Jefferson wrote that “if a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Botswana has won yet more praise. This week, the country was declared the most peaceful in the continent. Worldwide it was ranked above the United Kingdom, a country with a much more established economy and democratic system.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
There are allegations that Gaborone Private Hospital (GPH) will retrench employees in the near future. Sources at the hospital said that the management called a meeting last week during which employees were served with notice letters.
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