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Reflecting on her victory in the Pennsylvania primary, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday neatly summed up the chief political rationale of her enduring candidacy.

“I won the states that we have to win — Ohio, now Pennsylvania,” Mrs. Clinton said on CNN about her successes over Senator Barack Obama, in one of her six appearances on morning news shows. “It’s very hard to imagine a Democrat getting to the White House without winning those states.”

Mrs. Clinton says her popularity among blue-collar workers, women and Hispanics makes her the candidate to beat Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, in the swing states that decide presidential races. Along with Ohio and Pennsylvania, she also cites her success in Michigan and Florida — even though the Democratic Party disqualified those contests, and Mr. Obama was not on the Michigan ballot — to claim an edge in crucial battlegrounds. » Read more after the jump →

PRINCETON, NJ–(Marketwire) - ETS confirmed today the decision by the Border and Immigration Agency of the United Kingdom’s Home Office to recognize the TOEIC® (Test of English for International Communication™) test as part of its new immigration Points-Based System (PBS). The new Australian-style immigration system began in the United Kingdom February 29.

The system’s main elements consolidate more than 80 work and study application routes into five tiers and awards points to reflect aptitude, experience, age and level of need in any given sector. The TOEIC test will be used to certify the English level of immigrants, specifically those seeking work, under the country’s new policy.

Since 1979, the TOEIC test has been recognized for the highest levels of score reliability and fairness. Developed by ETS, the same company that developed the TOEFL® test (Test of English as a Foreign Language™) for students, the TOEIC test has set a worldwide standard » Read more after the jump →

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The Burundi hopes to attract mining investment, ect Water, Energy and Mines for high priority. The government was proactively promoting foreign investment in its small and largely underdeveloped mining sector.

Addressing delegates at the Mining Indaba, the Burundian Minister of Water, Energy and Mines Samuel Ndyiragije said that the government was making a substantial effort to develop the economy by giving high priority to the exploration of its mineral resources.

Ndyiragije further stated that a number of facilities and advantages would be available to mining companies and foreign investors that would be prepared to invest in either exploration activities or mining projects.

Although Burundi was formally known an as agricultural nation and did not have a tradition of mining activities, Ndyiragije stated that Burundi had substantial deposits covering a wide spectrum of minerals. » Read more after the jump →

Villagers prepare to blockade the Kokoda Track near the Village of Naoro.
Photo: Glenn Campbell

VILLAGERS have felled a tree across Papua New Guinea’s historic Kokoda Trail, where Australian soldiers fought Japanese troops in 1942, and declared trekkers unwelcome.

Village spokesman Barney Jack said yesterday the track was closed.

“From today no trekkers will pass by here,” he said. “If people come here and trespass on our land, we will use force to stop them.”

Mr Jack said he represented 1000 villagers who are demanding that the PNG Government allow Australian company Frontier Resources to dig up 600 metres of the track to mine a $US6 billion ($A6.7 billion) copper and gold deposit. » Read more after the jump →

AirAsia affiliated Tune Ventures Sdn Bhd is establishing a major presence in Borneo’s shopping centre by opening its first department store and a 166-room hotel at the 1Borneo mega mall.

Tune Ventures’ flagship retail outlet to be called Tune Store will occupy a 9,300sq m area in the massive mall which is scheduled to open by April.

“We are targeting the middle income earners with our extensive selection of merchandise for discerning shoppers,” Tune Store director Dennis Melka said after the signing of an agreement between Tune Ventures and Sagajuta Sdn Bhd, 1Borneo’s developer for the establishment of the retail outlet.

The event was witnessed by state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjum. » Read more after the jump →

Japan has backed down from a highly controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales off Antarctica, after fierce criticism by Australia. The Japanese whaling fleet, however, still plans to hunt almost 1,000 whales this season. VOA’s Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong.

Japanese whaling vessels depart from port of Shimonoseki, southwestern Japan, 18 Nov 2007

Japan’s decision Friday will save 50 humpback whales that Japanese whalers had planned to catch and kill in Antarctic waters.

Environmental group Greenpeace welcomed the decision, but the Japanese whaling fleet is still » Read more after the jump →