Mali upbeat after elections
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chaos erupts after an interim board is elected, but it's all calmed down now.
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Taylor Mali is a forty-four-year-old slam poet...
man with black hat (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Taylor Mali is a forty-four-year-old slam poet, teacher, and voiceover artist. A native of New York City, he is also the great-great-grandson of the founding president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Taylor Johnston. But that's not why he's here. To put it in his own words, “I'm just, like, inviting you to join me on the bandwagon of my own uncertainty.” It is a critique of the...
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US plane 'in difficulty' lands in Mali
IOL (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A US aircraft has been forced to land in Mali, injuring some of its passengers, the US embassy in the west African country has said.
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Nigeria draws Mozambique, Egypt for Nation's Cup
turenchi (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
In the draws conducted on Friday in Luanda, Angola, the tournament's opening game would be between host; Angola and the Eagles of Mali, while Malawi and Algeria are the other teams in the group with matches to be played in Luanda. The Group B pairing has Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso, in what looks like the group of death. Matches in Group B will be played in the city of Cabinda.
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Cup of Nations Draw Made in Angola
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
ANGOLA versus Mali will be the opening game of the tournament. Group A will be based in Luanda, Group B will be in Cabinda in the north of the country, Group C will play in Benguela, and Group D will be based in Lubango.
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A Dogon Figure Split into Two for Nearly 50 Years Now Reunited at Sotheby's
Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
PARIS.- Sotheby's December 3 sale in Paris reflects a successful encounter between several African art enthusiasts – two collectors, a journalist and a scientist – united by the fate of an exceptional Dogon figure (Plateau of Bandiagara, Mali) that had been split into two for nearly 50 years on either side of the Atlantic. Now the two parts (body and face) have been re-united. The work is...
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Typography by Ronnie Bruce
swissmiss (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Matias Corea shared this video with us at today’s CreativeMorning: Poem by Taylor Mali.
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TARiHTE HAC VE KUTSAL MEKANLAR
EN SEVGiLiYE - BELOVED (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TARiHTE HAC VE KUTSAL MEKANLAR Hac ömürde bir defa yapılması farz olan bir ibadettir. Müslüman bu ibadeti ruhu ile, kalbi ile, azaları ve malı ile yapar. Yapmış olduğu isyan ve günahlardan,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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ARM's new mobile phone reference design includes a WVGA AMOLED display
OLED-Info (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
ARM has presented their "Mobile Client 2010" reference design. Their new chip is the Cortex-A9 dual core CPU - these can be fast - up to 2Ghz, although for a mobile device this will probably be slower. It's not clear yet whether these chips will be ready for production in 2010. The design also includes the ARM mali 400MP GPU and the screen of choice is a WVGA AMOLED. Via Fudzilla
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Caster Semenya's Gender Tests To Remain Secret
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
JOHANNESBURG — South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday. The ministry also said in a statement that the International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed to allow the 18-year-old Semenya to keep her prize money....
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NATIONS CUP: Eagles may be grouped with Cameroun, Cote d' Ivoire
turenchi (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Super Eagles will not be heading into Friday's African Cup of Nations draw ceremony in Luanda, Angola as one of the favourites for the tournament, that is, if one takes into consideration the fact that the Eagles are not one of the top seeded teams this time around.One would need to go back to Mali 2002 to find out the last time the Super Eagles went into an African Cup of Nations tournament as...
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Grandmaster Flash, Amanda Blank, The Decemberists added to Beck's Festival Bar Lineup
Pedestrian.tv (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Grandmaster Flash, The Decemberists, Amanda Blank, Bridezilla, KillaQueenz Poirier & MC Zulu plus Mad Racket’s Hit It and Quit It Australian Revue featuring Recloose & Frank Booker have just been announced as part of Sydney Festival's always stellar Beck's Bar. They join the likes of Grizzly Bear, Severed Heads, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Camera Obscura, The Middle East, DJ Yoda, The Very...
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Blaenau Gwent: Festive fun with Sali Mali and friends
icWales (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
CHILDREN’S favourite characters from S4C’s nursery service will be entertaining the crowds at Beaufort Theatre in December.
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Aid workers pulled from volatile Mali region
IOL (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Several humanitarian organisations have pulled their expat employees from northern Mali for security reasons.
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The global harvest
Green Options (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
As Thanksgiving approaches, we tend to focus more on what we have to be grateful for. We have a bountiful food supply, symbolized at this time of year by horns of plenty, Turkey Day feasts at our tables and in trade magazines from Country Living to Better Homes and Gardens, among others. The stewardship of sending food and other basics in the form of care packages to poverty-plagued countries tends...