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NewsAshley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.... More South Africa To Deport Undocumented Zimbabwean Refugees (RTTNews) - The government of South Africa said Thursday that it was withdrawing the special status given to refugees from neighboring Zimbabwe, and would begin the deportations of undocumented Zimbabweans living in the country by this year end.... More Mobile Phone Banking Comes to South Africa. Will It Work? Vodacom's M-Pesa mobile phone banking service is all the rage in Kenya, where in 3 years it jumped to 10 million customers in a country of 37 million. But as M-Pesa launches in South Africa, it will find a market full of similar services, from cash-transfer windows at grocery stores to Western Union.... More Bolgatty Palace to host travel mart The Bolgatty Palace Heritage Hotel will be the venue of the sixth edition of the Kerala Travel Mart, KTM 2010, beginning later this month. The well-known heritage palace, built on Bolgatty Island at Kochi in 1744, is one of the oldest existing Dutch palaces outside Holland.... More Bigger and better : Cobb and Co Museum reopens The days of horse and carriage travel are long behind us, but this weekend the focus will return to the good old days as the Cobb and Co Museum reopens in Toowoomba, with a fresh new look.The building is terrific, and the exhibitions inside are just wonderful. The whole museum has had a whole range of new exhibitions, says Deborah Tranter, director of the Cobb and Co Museum.... More | |||