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September 2014

Acer doubles down on hybrids, aims for sub-$50 smartphones next year

The Taiwanese tech giant isn’t giving up on hybrid laptops, or on Microsoft’s operating system, revealing a slew of new notebooks at the IFA tech trade show in Berlin. by Luke Westaway   @lukewestaway September 3, 2014 3:20 AM PD Acer is keeping the hybrid faith, unleashing a slew of new half-laptop half-tablet gadgets upon the world, including the […]

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Africa: On Trial – Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa

By Rob Bailey, Robin Willoughby and David Grzywacz Summary Increasing agricultural productivity and adapting farming to climate change are central to Africa’s development prospects. There are important opportunities to enhance yields and increase resilience through the adoption of improved crop varieties.

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CVS Stores Stop Selling All Tobacco Products

At a CVS store near Times Square, the shelves are notable for what they no longer display: cigarettes. Now the only smoking products to be found are those that could help customers quit. As of midnight on Tuesday, all 7,700 CVS locations nationwide will no longer sell tobacco products, fulfilling a pledge the company made in February,

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A Shared Challenge Requires Collective Action

“A collective effort is required to address a challenge that is collectively shared”. We await the outcome(s) of the AU’s Summit on Terrorism. See article below: Africa: Kenya to Host AU Summit On Terrorism By Joseph Muraya Nairobi — Kenya will host the Africa Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism, to be attended

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Call for Action

“A crisis in the global village needs urgent global response” Interesting article; a cause  for concern: Africa: How Africa is Losing the Ebola Battle ANALYSIS By Amadou Mahtar Ba A combination of fear of the Ebola virus, weak public infrastructures in three of the world’s poorest countries, and a slow response by the international public

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Influx of African Immigrants Shifting National and New York Demographics

  Threatened with arrest in 2009, Lamin F. Bojang fled Gambia after publicly contradicting its president’s claims that he could cure AIDS. Now 31, Mr. Bojang lives in Concourse Village in the Bronx with his wife and 2-year-old son and works as a receptionist at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, while working toward a

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