The deal is the largest-ever foreign direct investment in South Africa and marks Barclays' return to a market it was forced to quit in the 1980s following pressure from anti-apartheid campaigners.
This year marks the first time South Africa was invited.
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More pleasant than the chaotic St Marks Place one block south, East 9th between Second Ave and Avenue A is a good intro to the vintage stores and curio shops of the East Village.
Still, 20 years younger than Kim, Roh's presidency marks a major generational change in South Korean politics.
Within the country, the public's rage over Mr. Roh marks the end-product of South Korea's climb up the ladder of Asian-style development: first, rapid economic growth under a strong, stable government, then the emergence of an affluent, well-educated middle class, and finally the clamor for political rights and democratic empowerment.
Another big part of his job is selling Crossrail across the UK, including to his Welsh homeland, as it marks yet another major infrastructure for London and the south east of England.
It also marks the beginning of a year in the spotlight for African football, with South Africa set to become the continent's first country to host the FIFA World Cup in June.
And there are question marks over an ambitious plan to replace the National Film Theatre on London's South Bank with a new state-of-the-art Film Centre: once again, the main question is who might pay for it.
The result marks a victory for Canada's indigenous Inuit people over their bigger neighbour to the south.
But in the late 1990s, some of the banks wanted to capitalize on hopes at that time for a reunification between North Korea and South Korea, so they parceled some of the nonperforming loans into two tranches of 293 million Deutsche marks and 217 million Swiss francs.
For Blake, who recorded the year's leading time over 200m and a personal best in Friday's 100m, it marks another significant step in his rise to prominence after clinching World Championship 100m gold in Daegu, South Korea last year, after Bolt was disqualified from the final after a false start.
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