Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
India has offered all help to the small African island nation of Cape Verde, which has asked for assistance especially in developing its information technology sector.
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Holiday Options, an operator that specialised in Mediterranean breaks, has gone into administration after 16 years. According to the Atol-bonded company, which also offered trips to Cape Verde and the Azores, no British holidaymakers have been left stranded and all 1,100 forward bookings have been taken over by Light Blue Travel, a Cambridge-based operator. Light Blue Travel [...]
Danwei (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Yale Global: How do Africans see China after all? Based on 163 interviews and over a decade of living in Africa, I shall argue that both views are wrong and right, depending on to what region of Africa and to which group of Africans one is referring... ...From this small sample, hailing from Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Cape Verde and Zambia it becomes apparent that African elites...
The Lazy Environmentalist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The winds of change, they are a blowing. Values are suddenly the currency of the day. Time magazine believes we have the beginnings of a Responsibility Revolution . But to establish what those responsibilities are, the values that underpin them have to be determined first. Values are the bedrock of the new world that we are creating. So what of these values? Interestingly, it is not just the talk of...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Sara Tavares, a Portuguese singer of Cape Verde origins, specializes in sweet melodies that express cheerfulness and gentle melancholy.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The foreign minister of the small island nation of Cape Verde, which lies in Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, arrives in India Thursday on a visit, during which he will meet his Indian counterpart and business leaders.
Blue Water Rallies - Latest News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Winds from the North East have now moved in and the fleet is sailing well. Most of the yachts are well on their way towards Latitude 20 Longitude 30 - known as position 20/30 (approx 300nm North West of the Cape Verde Islands) - a traditional turning place for altering course direct to Antigua. By the progress now being made it appears that a large group will be reaching 20/30 within the next 3 days....
'Guiding Light' a 1936 Gauntlet 12 ton Cutter (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Hi everyone, Plan A has been initiated, only difference was leaving time, the forecast wind came through 3 hours early with heaven forbid Rain! havent had any of that for 4 months ish, I wasn't ready to go and by the time I was about 4pm it was gusting as well so decided to cancel and go Tuesday. So left Marina La Gomera at 0930hrs, wind had steadied during the night and Gill + Dennis from the s.y....
World Health Organization (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
As of 16 November 2009, the Ministry of Health has reported 16 744 suspected cases of dengue in five islands: Brava, Fogo, Maio, Sal and Santiago.
GIDEON blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
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'Guiding Light' a 1936 Gauntlet 12 ton Cutter (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Hi Folks, Well you can never be sure what's going to happen, but, I am going to give leaving here a good try later today! I just have to get the fresh food in, and maybe find a bit of paraffin (this has proved more difficult than I thought). still have enough for a couple of months though so no prob. Have escape routes close by, could still go to Herrio as haven't been there yet. The Plan A is to head...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
As Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic were finishing their cycle of Brahms’s four symphonies, musical sounds from the basement wafted through Carnegie Hall.
the brain police (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The video is a live performance by the Cape Verdean Artist, Cesaria Evora. I fell in love with the amber voice of Madame Evora in the mid 90's when I heard her perform this song from her album of the same name. Cape Verde is an archipellago of islands off the coast of Angola in Southwest Africa. It was a Portuguese colony and the musical legacy of Portugal remains in a lush cultural stew of language,...
'Guiding Light' a 1936 Gauntlet 12 ton Cutter (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
sv / Luturna II leaving Marina La Gomera , Russell and Lura are bound for Africa, Cape Verde, Brazil and Caribbean 3pm Thursday 12 wish good sailing to them, tried the bread works a treat. Roy
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
His Excellency Gideon Behar, the ambassador extra-ordinary plenipotentiary of the Republic of Israel based in Dakar (Senegal) who is also overseeing The Gambia, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau, has expressed optimism that the bilateral relationship between The Gambia and Israel will yield meaningful gains as the relationship continues.
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