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South Sudan votes for independence

Some 99 percent of South Sudanese voted to secede from the north, according to the first complete results of the region’s independence referendum.

A total of 99.57 percent of those polled voted for independence, according to the referendum commission.

South Korean Film Director Makes Movie on iPhone

AP reports that acclaimed South Korean film director Park Chan-wook “is wielding a new cinematic tool: “the iPhone” to make a new 30-minute fantasy horror film called “Paranmanjang,” which opens in South Korean theaters on January 27. Park says that shooting the film with the iPhone was an advantage “because it is light and small and because anyone can use it” and that the ability to use multiple iPhone cameras for each scene allowed him to cover a wide variety of angles.

India suffer a humiliating 135 run loss against South Africa

suresh rainaIndia suffered a crushing 135 runs loss against South Africa in the first One-day International at the Kingsmead Stadium here Wednesday. The result comes as a rude shock for the Indian cricket selectors, who in a few days time will be declaring the squad for the World Cup that would be held in the sub-continent [...]

Lunch scoreboard: India vs South Africa, Third Test, Day four

Zaheer KhanThe following is the scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket Test between India and South Africa at the Newlands Stadium here Wednesday. South Africa first innings: 362 India first innings: 364 South Africa second innings: (Overnight 52/2) Graeme Smith lbw b Harbhajan Singh 29 Alviro Petersen lbw b Harbhajan Singh [...]

South Korea conducts more drills

South Korea is carrying out more military exercises on land and sea this week, VOA reports.
While officials call the training routine it could raise already high tensions with North Korea.

Kim Kardashian Adopting South African Orphan?

Kim Kardashian’s a regular Angelina Jolie…. Kim’s a 30-year-old woman with access to the Internet, newspapers, and TV – but the socialite was apparently “shocked” that so many cute babies in South Africa are without parents to care for them. The sultry singleton is considering adopting an orphaned child from The Motherland after a recent [...]

Tiger Woods’ ex-wife ‘dating South African hunk’

Tiger WoodsIt seems Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren is finally moving on in life by getting close to a hunky student. The Swedish former model, 30, who divorced Tiger in August, met the 35-year-old South African at college in Florida where both are studying. “There”s been kissing and cuddling but I don”t know if it”s gone [...]

Serbia, South Korea sign liberalization protocol

Serbian and South Korean officials today in Belgrade signed a protocol on liberalization of the goods and services market between the two countries. The document was signed by Serbian Economy Minister Mlađan Dinkić and Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea to Serbia Kim Jonghae.

“South Stream to stabilize gas supply”

The construction of the South Stream gas pipeline will not only stabilize the supply of gas to Serbia. But it will also open new possibilities for the development of the energy sector and industry in the country and the entire region, Srbijagas General Director Dušan Bajatović has said.

Albanian Flag Day marked in south Serbia

Albanian flags have been put up at Bujanovac and Preševo town halls as a part of celebration of the Albanian Flag Day.

At a small celebration Bujanovac Municipal President Shaip Kamberi together with his coalition partner Bujanovac Municipal Assembly Speaker Jonuz Musliu of the Democratic Progress Movement displayed the Albanian flag next to the Serbian one.

T-Mobile Expands HSPA+ 4G Network to 8 New Cities

T-Mobile’s self-described 4G footprint now includes eight new metro areas. By year’s end, it plans to cover 100 metropolitan areas, as Verizon shoots to bring LTE to 38. – America’s quot;largest
4G network quot; just got a little larger. Or so says T-Mobile. On Nov. 23, the
country’s fourth-largest carrier announced that it has expanded its HSPA+
network to eight new metro areas: Detroit;
Grand Junction, Colo.;
Harlingen, Texas;
Lafayette and South
Bend, Ind.;…


Tiger Air, South East Asian Airlines form partnership to operate Clark-Singapore flights

Tiger Airways Holdings and South East Asian Airlines have formed a partnership under which the company known as SEAir will lease aircraft from Tiger Air.

Using an initial fleet of two Airbus aircraft, SEAir will start flights from Clark in the Philippines to Singapore from Dec 16.

Seats will be marketed and distributed through tigerairways.com

Tiger Air says additional routes operated by SEAir using these new jets will be added to the programme over the coming months.

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South Korea Fired the First Shot

While North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is a madman, and while North Korea was the first to kill anyone in today’s skirmish, it was actually the South Koreans who fired first.As AP notes:The skirmish began when Pyongyang [i.e. North Korea] warned the Sou…

Russia, Bulgaria set up South Stream JV

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom signed a deal with Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) on establishing a South Stream Bulgaria AD joint venture, RIA Novosti reports. The company will oversee the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream pipeline.

Justin Bieber “South Park” Parody!

You’re nobody til somebody kills you on South Park! “Evil” Justin Bieber is the latest celebrity victim of the side-splitting Comedy Central series — to the horror of Beliebers all over the Twitterverse. An animated Bieber met an untimely death in Wednesday night’s edition of the controversial cartoon after falling victim to Eric Cartman’s bid [...]

Razzaq, Akhtar return to Pak after “giving tough time to South Africa”

After participating in the One-day International and Twenty20 series against South Africa in the UAE, Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq and Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar arrived at Lahore airport late on Monday night. “We gave a tough time to South Africa and had some very close contests,” Geo News quoted Razzaq, as saying. The all-rounder expressed [...]

NATO officials visit VS base in south

Members of a Su NATO parliamentary assembly sub-committe on Saturday visited Serbian Army BAse Jug (South) near Bujanovac. The Department for Public Relations of the Serbian Defense Ministry said in a statement today that they were accompanied by Serbian MPs.

Gender arbitrage in South Korea: Profiting from sexism

If South Korean firms won’t make use of female talent, foreigners will

“DO YOU know you have to give everything to become a TV announcer?” These words cost Kang Yong-seok, a member of South Korea’s parliament, his membership of the ruling Grand National Party in July. His insinuation that a woman must sleep her way to the top to work in television embarrassed his colleagues and set off a national debate about sexism.

Working women in South Korea earn 63% of what men do. Not all of this is the result of discrimination, but some must be. South Korean women face social pressure to quit when they have children, making it hard to stay on the career fast track. Many large companies have no women at all in senior jobs. …

German firm, Romania interested in South Stream

German companies and Romania are showing interest in Russia’s gas pipeline project South Stream, RIA Novosti reports. The Russian news agency quoted Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller on Friday.

Mark Karan: Florida Tour in Nov; Free Download, Guitar Pedal

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Mark Karan has announced
a string of dates in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in November with The Roy Jay Band, who will open all the
shows on this run. All dates are below.

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Karan, Robin Sylvester, Mookie Siegel and Billy Lee Lewis will perform a very unique show to
celebrate Deborah Grabien‘s new book London Calling. The performance will be on
Sunday, October 10 at Book Passage in Corte Madera,
CA. The reception and reading is from 3-5 PM and the performance is from 5-6 PM.

Jemimah Puddleduck will perform at
Brewtopia in The Compound Grill in Phoenix, AZ on October 15. They will also hit The Mint in Los Angeles on
October 16. Click here for an archive of past shows.

TOUR DATES

WED, 11/3 – Pour House, Charleston, SC

THUR, 11/4 – Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL

FRI, 11/5 – Funky Buddha Lounge, Boca Raton, FL

SAT, 11/6 – Play, Ybor City, FL (Tampa)

TUE, 11/9 – The Atlantic, Gainesville, FL

WED, 11/10 – Social, Orlando, FL

THUR, 11/11 – Smith’s, Atlanta, GA

FRI, 11/12 -Local 662, St. Petersburg, FL

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