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Redescription, phylogenetic position, and stratigraphic significance of the Dicynodont genus Odontocyclops (Synapsida: Anomodontia)
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ABSTRACT-The dicynodont anomodont Odontocyclops whaitsi, from the Late Permian Madumabisa Mudstone of Zambia, is redescribed and its phylogenetic relationships are considered. The genus is characterized by a two autapomorphies, elongate nasal bosses and a concave dorsal surface of the snout; it also possesses wide exposure of the parietals on the intertemporal skull roof, the presence of a postcaniniform crest, the absence of a labial fossa, and the presence of a dorsal process on the anterio...
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Japan: South African Trade Is Diplomatic Embarrassment of Riches Series: South Africa: International Pressures Series Number: 1-occ
The Washington Post
; South African Foreign Minister Roelof F. (Pik) Botha got a mixed reception when he visited Tokyo last September. His Japanese counterpart, Tadashi Kuranari, refused bluntly to back off from new sanctions then being devised. Japanese businessmen welcomed him cordially, hosting a luncheon at which he
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South Africa and the EU: lemon squeezer. (European Union has agreed to open its markets to South Africa, but on the condition that 39% of its farm products be subject to tariffs; a condition made necessary by a fear of South African competition)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; THE South African flag was flying in the streets of London and Paris. The British queen had invited Nelson Mandela to stay at her palace. The French president was to make him the guest of honour at the Bastille Day parade. But behind the rich glow that greeted Africa's most famous leader during his
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Mainstreaming by confluence: the multilingual context of literature in South Africa.(South African Literature in Transition)
World Literature Today
; TWO METAPHORS. Because of the exceptional period in which the people of South Africa have been positioned on the trajectory of contemporary world history by a unique intersection of global and domestic events, almost every subject which one ponders gives rise to exciting new ways of conceptualising
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Pro-poor Microcredit in South Africa: Cost-efficiency and Productivity of South African Pro-poor Microfinance Institutions
Journal of Microfinance
; Abstract: This article compares the performance of selected South African microcredit nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that have a poverty-alleviation focus against various benchmarks drawn from the MicroBanking Bulletin. Donors, governments, and many analysts regard sustainability as the
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Plunging in at the deep end; South African foreign policy.(Why South Africa is sending 1,400 soldiers to Burundi)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; Why South Africa is sending 1,400 soldiers to Burundi FEW would banish their worst enemy to Burundi, a country so violent and unpredictable that its own political leaders often prefer to live elsewhere. But on Monday the first soldiers of a two-battalion South African protection force were in the
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Arms for Syria? South Africa. (US will try to stop Nelson Mandela and the South African government from trading with its enemy Syria)
The Economist (US)
; JOHANNESBURG WE DETEST this kind of behaviour, thundered the message from President Nelson Mandela's office this week: They are not going to tell us what to do. They? The United States, no less. A report had leaked out suggesting that the South African cabinet had provisionally approved a 3 billion
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Middle East & Africa: South Africa - The Genesis Of Junk - Two South African Firms Have Launched Successful High-yield Debt Issues. Edward Russell-Walling Reports.
The Banker
; When South African corporates want to raise capital, the international bond market is not the first place they go looking. For most of them, it would quite literally be the last. But two groundbreaking South African high-yield issues may herald a change in attitude. South African business has long
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A day in the life of South Africa: a decade after the end of apartheid, life in a South African township remains a challenge.(World)
Junior Scholastic
; Crash! The noise awakens Emma, who springs out of bed and rushes to the window. The family dog is harking furiously in the front yard. Emma peers out the window, but sees nothing. Things are OK--for now. Emma, who shares her home with 22 foster children, goes back to bed, squeezing in next to her 3
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Riding the winds of change. (South Africa's aerospace sector)(includes sidebar) (Special Report: The South African Aerospace Industry) (Cover Story)
Interavia Business & Technology
; PRETORIA: CAUGHT IN THE SWIRLING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CURRENTS GENERATED BY THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY, SOUTH AFRICA'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY IS WONDERING WHERE IT ALL GOES FROM HERE. For the South African aerospace industry, the lifting of the UN arms embargo on May 25th last year, shortly after
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SOUTH AFRICAN ART AT THE ROSE ADDRESSES POST-APARTHEID STRUGGLES ROSE SHOW ILLUMINATES SURVIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Boston Globe
; WALTHAM - Under apartheid, there were the good guys and the bad guys in South Africa, and the good guys who were artists made work about the resistance. After apartheid's fall in the early 1990s, things got more complicated for artists and everybody else. There was no longer a monolithic evil to
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