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		<title>Nigeria: OPEC Quota Under Threat As Militants Resume Hostility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                 Nigeria's ability to meet its quota at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is now in doubt as militants in the Niger Delta region have resumed hostility.]]></description>
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                 Nigeria's ability to meet its quota at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is now in doubt as militants in the Niger Delta region have resumed hostility.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tanzania: Special Report &#8211; Uncertainty Clouds Future of the Local Leather Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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                 Dar es Salaam -
                 The leather industry in Tanzania has faced severe difficulties for a long time. More recently, however, there have been signs that the sub-sector is headed for serious downfall.]]></description>
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                 Dar es Salaam -
                 The leather industry in Tanzania has faced severe difficulties for a long time. More recently, however, there have been signs that the sub-sector is headed for serious downfall.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nigeria: Cash-Strapped, FG Can&#8217;t Pay Workers&#8217; Salaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance</dc:creator>
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                 The year 2012 has started on a bad note for federal civil servants in the country for one clear reason: their salaries for the first month of the year has not been paid, four days into the second month of...]]></description>
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                 The year 2012 has started on a bad note for federal civil servants in the country for one clear reason: their salaries for the first month of the year has not been paid, four days into the second month of the year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nigeria: Foreign Reserves Rise to U.S.$34.67 Billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance</dc:creator>
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                 The country's foreign reserves rose from $32.98 billion (N5.11trillion) in December, 2011, to $34.67 billion (about N5.37 trillion) on Feb. 1.]]></description>
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                 The country's foreign reserves rose from $32.98 billion (N5.11trillion) in December, 2011, to $34.67 billion (about N5.37 trillion) on Feb. 1.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tanzania: Analysts &#8211; Economic Woes to Boost Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Citizen]
                 Melbourne -
                 Gold prices could rise to as high as $2,500 an ounce in the next five years and retain its safe harbour status for as long as the world's financial system remains in crisis mode.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[[Citizen]
                 Melbourne -
                 Gold prices could rise to as high as $2,500 an ounce in the next five years and retain its safe harbour status for as long as the world's financial system remains in crisis mode.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sudan: President Bashir &#8211; the Belligerent Eye of a Perfect Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                 The vultures are circling around Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir. He's faced problems before, of course, but a perfect storm of resistance and discontent brewing in and out of his country is the most seri...]]></description>
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                 The vultures are circling around Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir. He's faced problems before, of course, but a perfect storm of resistance and discontent brewing in and out of his country is the most serious threat to his rule yet. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ghana: Oil Revives Prostitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                 Takoradi -
                 Ghana's seaport of Takoradi has regained its former vibrancy in the past year since President John Atta Mills turned the wheels to mark the production of first oil. As the numbers of expat oilma...]]></description>
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                 Takoradi -
                 Ghana's seaport of Takoradi has regained its former vibrancy in the past year since President John Atta Mills turned the wheels to mark the production of first oil. As the numbers of expat oilman increases, so does the prostitution.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Egypt: Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[IPS]
                 Cairo -
                 The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found.]]></description>
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                 Cairo -
                 The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Uganda: Government Needs a Policy Review On Salaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Monitor]
                 
                 While many thought the differences between the government and the community of teachers had been settled last year, it is apparent that we are still a long way off from any semblance of resolving the problem...]]></description>
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                 While many thought the differences between the government and the community of teachers had been settled last year, it is apparent that we are still a long way off from any semblance of resolving the problem of salaries among teachers.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nigeria: Three Arraigned for Killing Man Over Argument On Subsidy Removal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Daily Trust]
                 Ilorin -
                 Police in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, last week arraigned three persons before an Ilorin Magistrate's Court for allegedly stabbing a 31 year-old man to death over an argument on subsidy remo...]]></description>
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                 Ilorin -
                 Police in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, last week arraigned three persons before an Ilorin Magistrate's Court for allegedly stabbing a 31 year-old man to death over an argument on subsidy removal.]]></content:encoded>
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