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The National Kenyan girls volleyball team has once again won the Woman’s African Nations Championship, beating Algeria, the defending champions. That makes this their 7^th cup win.  They have won themselves a spot in the FIVB Volleyball Woman’s World Cup. 

The World Cup will be held this year in Japan, November 4th to 18^th.

The first set Kenya came in strong, and Algeria needed to step up their game in order to keep up. The first set was won with 25-11 score line.

The second time around Algeria was ready and came back fighting, and won the set 25-17.

The third set was evenly played, tying on 5-5, 10-10, 13-13 and 15-15, but then Kenya came back to win the set 25-21

The fourth set was dominated by Kenya.  They were determined to grab that 7^th cup win and ended up winning the set 24-11.

Congratulations Kenya! StanaCard would like to help everyone celebrate by dropping our rates to Kenya Mobile phones.  The new rate is 8.9 cents per minute giving you 55 minutes for a $5 credit.

Traveling to see your girls in person?  Don’t forget to take StanaCard with you.  Take advantage of our international forwarding service and never worry about roaming charges while you are traveling.

5 News Snippets From Around the World

India: For once, a Wikileak that is actually helping foreign relations.  A cable of former US envoy to New Dehli David Mulford was released recently, in which Mulford praises India’s 150 million Muslims and the way they have been able to create a culture which shuns extremism and shields children from recruiters.  Mulford acknowledges the fact that Indian Muslims do face discrimination and poverty, but commends their strong spirit and says that he believes that the education system in India does a superior job of integrating Muslims into the country’s culture.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-and-its-Muslims-get-a-thumbs-up-from-US/articleshow/7118795.cms

Bangladesh: Bangladesh will honor over 500 foreigners for their assistance in the 1971 Liberation War at its 40^th Victory Day celebration next year.  Included in the honor will be 226 Indians and 40 Pakistanis.  Those who are honored will receive a gold crest and honorary Bangladesh citizenship.

http://www.sify.com/news/bangladesh-to-honour-226-indians-for-support-in-1971-liberation-war-news-national-kmrn4effjbb.html

Nigeria: Femi Babafemi of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency EFCC said that the country has dropped charges against former US Vice President/CEO of controversial company Halliburton Dick Cheney and Halliburton owned company KBR.  Looks like Cheney and the rest of the folks at KBR/Halliburton may have known that the bribery charges wouldn’t end will for them in court, as they settled outside of the court for about $250 million.  Nigeria charged that KBR executives had paid over $180 million to obtain illegal contracts for the $6 billion construction of a natural gas plant. 

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/93407/20101217/nigeria-cheney-corruption-bribery-halliburton-kbr.htm

Brazil: While the rest of the world is drowning in economic turmoil, somehow Brazil has been absolutely thriving in these tough times.  Today it was announced that their unemployment rate has hit a record low for the fourth straight month.  In November, Brazil’s unemployment dropped to a ridiculously low 5.7 percent, a .4 percent drop from October and a 1.7 drop since November ’09.  The Brazilian government says that they expect the economy to grow by 7.5 percent this year alone.

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b5436786&utm_source=markets&utm_medium=rss

Kenya: Staying ahead the worldwide green movement, Kenya Power and Lighting is teaming with Standard Bank to develop clean energy projects to sell through the UN clean energy initiative.  In this initiative, companies in developing nations receive carbon credits for creating ways to prevent the release of carbon dioxide.  The project has already prevent 90,000 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the environment by giving out 1.25 million free energy saving light bulbs across the country.  Ultimately, the carbon emissions saved through the project could earn the company over 100 million shillings according to KPLC’s CEO Joseph Njoroge.

http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE6BG0B720101217

By @StanaMark

KENYA!

There is more to Kenya than just lions, tigers, and zebras… or is there? A very famous cartoon was created with scenery based upon Hell’s Gate National Park in Kenya. The production designers and story supervisors for The Lion King spent time there just to get it right.

The Lion King, one of Disney’s most successful animated films, has won a multitude of awards and is the highest grossing hand-drawn animated film in history! The movie’s producers aren’t stupid; people come from all over the world to check out Kenya’s national parks and reserves. They have some of the most impressive agriculture in the world.

With an economy that is constantly growing, Kenya is a prime place for both tourists and business travelers to visit. Since 2005, their annual growth rate has gone up by at least 1.2% each year, which doesn’t seem like much, but it’s steady! Their agricultural produces are big for business – both within their country and as exports: tea, coffee, sugarcane, corn, wheat, pineapples, rice, etc. A really big economic boom is also possibly forthcoming. Early this year, China’s CNOOC discovered significant quantities of natural gas in North Eastern Kenya. The discovery has investors hoping that oil will be forthcoming.

For those who are planning to visit Kenya or already do business there, here’s a friendly reminder: StanaCard’s rate to Kenya is a super low 13.98 cents per minute, and with our new call forwarding technology, it costs very little to call friends or relatives visiting there! Click here to check it out!

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-@StanaCardSara

Kenya Mobile Rate Decrease!

We have lowered the rate to Kenya Mobile. The new rate is $0.0949.

We are very happy that we can offer such a great low rate to our customers, so their calls back home are easy and affordable.

Did you know all your calls back home could be free? That's right I said FREE. It's fast and easy and can be done in five easy steps. Check it out!

Happy Calling
The StanaCard Team