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The legspinner Fawad Ahmed remains in contention for a late Ashes call-up despite being named in the Australia A squad to tour Africa while England and Australia battle for the urn
The legspinner Fawad Ahmed remains in contention for a late Ashes call-up despite being named in the Australia A squad to tour Africa while England and Australia battle for the urn
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There was a great anticipation for the Pitch’s Brand 50 awards. In all, there were 120 leading brands contending for the various categories, for the year 2013. Mahindra and Mahindra private Ltd, the leading automobile manufacturer ...
There was a great anticipation for the Pitch’s Brand 50 awards. In all, there were 120 leading brands contending for the various categories, for the year 2013. Mahindra and Mahindra private Ltd, the leading automobile manufacturer in India, had a big jackpot at Pitch Brand 50 – Awards. Mahindra was awarded two prestigious awards, in two different categories, giving it 2 consecutive wins on the fateful evening. The award winning product was Mahindra and Mahindra’s SUV, XUV500 for its sheer excellence and for surprising and exciting its consumers. The Mahindra and Mahindra’s Rise campaign, was also awarded on this evening at Pitch’s award. Pitch Brands 50 – awards was held on the 12 of June this year in Gurgaon at Leela Kimpinski. As contenders for the various awards, there were in all 120 highly admired brands. Various categories for the award this year, were divided into 10 categories, some of which were -Ageless Brands, Impactful Launches, Buzzy Brands, Rechargers, Social Marketers etc. The deciding committee at the Pitch’s Awards had various consulting members, with Ramesh Jude Thomas, as the President. Of the 10 categories, Mahindra and Mahindra was awarded as winner in two of the categories, Buzzy Brands and Rechargers. Mahindra’s SUV, model XUV500, was launched in the year 2011 and became very popular in India and recently in South Africa. It was awarded the first position at the 2012 Desert Storm Rally, which is the toughest test in India, for both the driver and the car. The car has a diesel engine with a total capacity of 2.2 litres. It was awarded the Buzzy Brands award at the Pitch’s brand 50 – awards, for the power of its drive and opinion regarding it among the consumers. The campaign launched by Mahindra and Mahindra, Rise, was awarded the Rechargers award at the Pitch brand 50 awards.With this award, it became evident that Mahindra and Mahindra has managed to keep its position in the market, even after so many years. What makes it more deserving is the fact, that all the 120 brands are popular and highly esteemed. We hope that Mahindra and Mahindra continues to surprise it’s client and keep up with it’s image in the market.
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Pres. Obama's 8-day Africa trip could cost taxpayers $100 million. U good w/ that?
Pres. Obama's 8-day Africa trip could cost taxpayers $100 million. U good w/ that?
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President Obama's 8-Day Africa Trip Will Cost Taxpayers Up To $100 Million
President Obama's 8-Day Africa Trip Will Cost Taxpayers Up To $100 Million
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Wales Under-20s captain Ellis Jenkins has hailed his side after a "special" win over South Africa at the IRB Junior World Championship.
Wales Under-20s captain Ellis Jenkins has hailed his side after a "special" win over South Africa at the IRB Junior World Championship.
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Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes despite being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time
Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes despite being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time
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After the release of more than 160 Chinese nationals who were detained in Ghana for illegal gold mining, What’s on Weibo’s Manya Koetse identifies distorted expectations in Chinese–Ghanaian employment relations as an underlyi...
After the release of more than 160 Chinese nationals who were detained in Ghana for illegal gold mining, What’s on Weibo’s Manya Koetse identifies distorted expectations in Chinese–Ghanaian employment relations as an underlying cause of the violent backlash against Chinese miners in the country. The post includes extended, translated comments from a Chinese resident of Ghana who laments his peers’ “abusive and discriminatory” attitudes, and compares their treatment of local women with Japanese soldiers’ use of ‘comfort women’ during the Second World War. The vulnerability of both Chinese employers and Ghanian employees is central to the problem. The Chinese are vulnerable because they are in a foreign and possibly hostile environment with a different language and culture, while there is a lot at stake for them in terms of financial investment. They expect honesty, proactivity and dedication from their workers in order for their mutual relation to be successful (Giese&Thiel 2012, 16). In exchange, they pay Ghanaians wages that often exceed the local average (2012, 6). The Ghanaians that work for the Chinese, on the other hand, are vulnerable because they are overall economically marginalized and uneducated young men. They come from a cultural background where one’s employer is also supposed to be one’s guardian and protector. Employment relationships are characterized by the employer taking care of his workers in terms of fees or gifts in order to build on long-term loyalty; the employment relation, in this way, somewhat resembles a family relationship. The Chinese employers do not get what they want from their Ghanaian workers (hard work and loyalty) because they do not give them what they want (symbolic gifts or extra fees) (Giese&Thiel 2012: 6,16). This results in structural dissatisfaction; a derailed relationship where discrimination and violence eventually emerges as the consequence of complete mutual misunderstanding. [Source] See also Edward Bishop’s video China in Africa, which presents a range of perspectives on China’s changing role: © cindyliuwenxin for China Digital Times (CDT), 2013. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Africa relations, chinese diaspora, Ghana, gold, natural resources Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall
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It’s India versus Sri Lanka and England against South Africa in the semifinals of the Champions Trophy.
It’s India versus Sri Lanka and England against South Africa in the semifinals of the Champions Trophy.
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The Asian giants India and Sri Lanka will face off in the second semi-final at Cardiff on Thursday. They will be meeting at an ICC tournament for the first time after the World Cup final in 2011, in which India were the winners. India ha...
The Asian giants India and Sri Lanka will face off in the second semi-final at Cardiff on Thursday. They will be meeting at an ICC tournament for the first time after the World Cup final in 2011, in which India were the winners. India have been in top form in the tournament. They have dictated [...] Related posts: Champions Trophy 2013 semi-final preview: South Africa take on England Who will enter the Champions Trophy semi-final? Champions Trophy 2013 live: India make it to semi-finals
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Nathalie Morin is a Canadian woman who fell in love with a Saudi Arabian man.She moved halfway around the world to live with him — after he was deported from Quebec for being in this country illegally.That was her mistake.The coup...
Nathalie Morin is a Canadian woman who fell in love with a Saudi Arabian man.She moved halfway around the world to live with him — after he was deported from Quebec for being in this country illegally.That was her mistake.The couple has three children, one of whom was born in Canada. Whether they were ever actually married is unclear, as is so much about the saga that has been designated a “private family matter” by Foreign Affairs. Morin’s mother, Johanne Durocher, has for years been pleading with Ottawa to bring Morin and the kids to Canada, alleging her daughter is a victim of domestic violence, abuse and rape by her husband, was denied adequate food, and was being kept in the Kingdom against her will.This much is not in dispute: Two Saudi women who attempted to help Morin were sentenced on Saturday to 10 months in prison. They were found guilty on a Sharia law charge of takhbib — incitement of a wife to defy the authority of her husband.Saudi Arabia is ruthlessly misogynist in culture and law. Among other proscriptions, women are not allowed to drive. Until recently, they weren’t even permitted to ride a bicycle. Equality Now, a global organization that advocates for the human rights of women and girls around the world, notes of the change in law that now allows females to get on a bike: “Women have recently been allowed to cycle as long as it is in a circle, with a male guardian and with no specific destination in mind.”The two women who attempted to assist Morin are Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Ayuni. They are a remarkably brave pair of female activists operating inside a repressive society and they’re now going to pay the price for that. Al-Huwaider has been in trouble with Saudi authorities before for repeatedly driving her car on public highways, filming herself whilst doing so and posting the video online.It is as thorns in the side of the Saudi regime, the women maintain, that they were prosecuted on the takhbib charge.“These harsh sentences will not deter us from our Islamic duties of helping those who are oppressed, needy, and to press for women’s rights,” they said in a statement published in Arabic on the Membar al-Ahwar website. “The charge of trying to smuggle Morin out of the country was dropped because the prosecution did not have enough evidence.”One of them has children who live in the U.S. and visited them regularly. But the sentence imposed includes a two-year ban on travel outside Arabia following the prison term. The women have 30 days to appeal.Equality Now has launched a media campaign in support of al-Huwaider and al-Ayuni, urging foreign governments to condemn the sentence. “This is part of a wider issue of the need for women to have male guardians at all,” said spokesperson Brendan Wynne, in an email to the Star.In a phone interview from Amman, Jordan, Suad Abu-Dayyeh, Equality Now’s consultant for the Middle East and North Africa, said the Saudi women were prosecuted — and persecuted — for their activism, and not only on behalf of Morin but against compulsory male guardianship for all women and child marriage. “The government thinks that by bringing these women into court, they will stop resisting because they’ve been involved in several campaigns for women’s rights. Canada and other countries must push to have this sentence deleted.”Al-Huwaider and al-Ayuni insist they had never attempted to “kidnap” Morin or counsel her in how to leave her husband.“All they did was meet with her once, for a few minutes, at a shopping mall, because they wanted to give her food,” says Abu-Dayyeh.The Saudi women were arrested a year ago for their dealings with Morin.At the time, Morin’s mother told reporters she had contacted the Saudi activists because she was worried that her daughter was not eating and could not le
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