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11/07/2009 • Chinese premier: Africa trade push is 'selfless' (AP via Yahoo! News) China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent. Read article

11/07/2009 • Rugby-France flanker Ouedraogo out of South Africa test (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) * Injured Ouedraogo to miss South Africa test Read article

11/07/2009 • China offers Africa more trade, investment (AP via Yahoo! News) China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday. Read article

11/07/2009 • China not courting Africa only for energy: Wen (AFP via Yahoo! News) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denied that Beijing was developing ties in Africa purely to satisfy its need for energy, as he headed for talks with the continent's leaders, according to state media. Read article

11/07/2009 • China to Deepen Trade Relations With Africa, Chen Deming Says (Bloomberg) Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- China is willing to scrap import duties on more commodities from Africa as part of its plans to strengthen bilateral trade, China’s Commerce Minister Chen Deming wrote in an article in China Daily today. Read article

11/06/2009 • West Coast of South Africa (New York Times) This archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean is a journey into another time. To visit this spattering of 88 palm-fringed and thinly populated islands off the coast of West Africa is to enter both another world and another century. Read article

11/07/2009 • China offers Africa more trade, investment (AP via Yahoo! Finance) China appeared on Saturday to be adopting a more nuanced investment approach in Africa amid stiff criticism that its aggressive quest for natural resources has ignored local human rights violations. Read article

11/07/2009 • Chinese premier: Africa trade push is 'selfless' (Newsday) Chinese premier offers softer side to Africa investment, says no political strings tied to aid Read article

11/06/2009 • Leicester stun world champions South Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News) Leicester clinched a famous 22-17 win over world champions South Africa at Welford Road on Friday as the mighty Springboks suffered a dismal start to their northern hemisphere tour. Read article

11/07/2009 • China's Premier Visits Cairo Ahead of China-Africa Summit (Voice of America) China's Premier Wen Jiabao is in Cairo, where he held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in preparation for the China-Africa summit that begins Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh. Read article

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