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Mandela boost for ANC supporters Former South African president Nelson Mandela has made an unexpected appearance at the governing ANC party's final pre-election rally. Wearing an ANC top, Mr Mandela, 90, was cheered by supporters ahead of a speech by party leader Jacob Zuma. Mr Zuma is expected to become president after Wednesday's poll, the most competitive since the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994. Breakaway party Cope was also holding its final rally, in Limpopo province. But the BBC's Peter Biles, in Johannesburg, says Cope - The Congress of the People - has changed the political landscape since it was launched four months ago. Made up largely of former African National Congress members, the latest opinion polls indicate that Cope could get as much as 15% of the national vote. 'Tougher fig

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Obama offers Cuba 'new beginning' Advertisement Obama seeks 'equal partnership' President Barack Obama has said the US seeks a "new beginning" with Cuba and an "equal partnership" with all the nations of the Americas. Mr Obama was addressing Latin American and Caribbean leaders at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. The summit follows a historic thaw in relations between the US and Cuba. Earlier, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed an offer for talks from Cuban President Raul Castro, saying the old US policy had failed. New beginning "The US seeks a new beginning with Cuba," Mr Obama told leaders gathered in Port of Spain. "I know there is a longer journey that must be travelled to overcome decades of mistrust, but there are critical

'I'm Alan cash' Kwabena Amankwah , 24/07/2007 Hitherto, he has been derogatorily referred to as Alan Cash, with his flagbearership campaign being seen as heavily driven by money. But, meeting his party youth leaders recently, the outgoing Minister of Trade & Industry, chose to turn the nickname into a campaign asset. With so far both Presidents of the Fourth Republic being 'John', the youth leaders were told the presidential aspirants full name: Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, 57. Mr Kyerematen told more than 150 youth activists of the New Patriotic Party in Kumasi that he is labeled "Alan Cash” for very good reasons. That he has economically empowered several people since his time at EMPRETEC, and continues to

Remittance flows to developing countries are estimated to exceed $300 billion in 2008 Submitted by Dilip on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 09:56. With Sanket and K.M. Vijayalakshmi Newly available monthly and annual data show that remittance flows to developing countries reached $305 billion in 2008 compared to a revised $281 billion in 2007 (see table 1 below, click here for the Excel spreadsheet). The revised estimates translate into a 23 percent growth in 2007, and a 9 percent increase in 2008. While there is a significant deceleration in the growth of remittances in 2008 compared to the previous year, both the levels and growth rates in 2007 and 2008 are higher than previously estimated (more in our Migration and Development Brief 8 ). Note that this round of data release reflects more or less final data for 2007, but data for 2008 are still estimates that will be subject to another round of revision in late Spring or early summer. We a

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