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Four American filmmakers under arrest in Nigeria
Four American documentary filmmakers and a Nigerian citizen were arrested by the Nigerian military in Delta State on April 12. The Seattle-based film crew...
Janet Jackson equals Madonna with top ten albums on US charts
March 15th, Janet Jackson’s 10th studio album "Discipline" hit the top of U.S. charts. The 41 year old singer actress now equals Madonna in...
US actively involved in the search for genocide suspects
The US is strongly committed to contributing to the arrest of 96 Rwandan genocide suspects who have taken refuge in several Western countries, US...
Obama accuses Clinton and McCain of ‘singing from the same hymn book’
Barack Obama on Monday struggled to fend off accusations of being a cultural elitist as Hillary Clinton piled on charges that her opponent “looks...
Football : Chelsea give away two precious points at home
Yesterdays football match between Chelsea and Wigan Athletic finished in a 1-1 tie with goals from Essien and Emile Heskey at Stamford Bridge. However...
$200 million in food aid released by US government
The White House has given the order to release 200 million dollars in food aid to help fight the food crisis that has hit...
Northwest and Delta merge to create World N°1 Airline
Monday evening the directors of Northwest Airlines Corp and Delta Air Line Inc are believed to have agreed to a merger that would create...
Obama – Clinton : Clinton seeks big break over “bitter” remarks
Hillary Clinton sought political advantage this weekend from comments by Barack Obama about "bitter" voters in smalltown America.
By Andrew Ward
The Clinton...
Mozambican and six others win environmental prizes
A Mozambican musician, Feliciano dos Santos, is one of this year's winners of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
A statement from the prize jury, received...
Duffy : Debut album Rockferry tops UK charts
Duffy's first LP Rockferry has topped UK charts obtaining positive reviews that have won her a comparison with Dusty Springfield herself considered one of...
Research shows obesity and cancer related to gender
It seems that there is a close link between the risk of developing certain forms of cancer and an increase in our body mass...
Youtube video of Florida teenage girls attacking another raises concern
Florida, Eight teenagers were arrested on charges of battery and false imprisonement on a 16 year old teenager.
The teenagers had attacked thier victim to...
Estelle & Kanye West’s “American Boy” 3 weeks on top of UK charts
Estelle’s voice is known to go from sweet in her slow songs to a powerful London accented rap flow as she combines several styles...
Malaria spreads to a third of the world’s population
More than a third of mankind is at risk of contracting malaria. Weve been
told this for years but now its been proved: an international...
World bank raises alarm on food crisis
This weekend both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held meetings (BBC News) on how to cope with the food...
Obama – Clinton : Rendell on the press’ penchant for Obama
The US media have abandoned all pretence at neutrality in the Democratic presidential contest and are heavily biased towards Barack Obama and against Hillary...
UNICEF moves to end rape of women in DRC
UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman and playwright and V-Day founder Eve Ensler Saturday announced a partnership focused on ending rape of women and girls...
African Super-Fund suggested by World Bank
Sovereign wealth funds could provide capital for an African super-fund to channel investment to the continent’s emerging markets, under a plan being considered by...
Clinton attacks Obama on “bitter” comments
Senator Clinton condemns Obama on his use of the word "bitter" in his description of the people of Pennsylvania in a San Francisco fund...
Obama explains his San Francisco comments
A brief preview of Senator Obama's explanation of his San Francisco comments, which attracted criticisms from both Senator's Clinton and McCain.
They don’t vote on...
SADC discusses Zimbabwean post-election stalemate
ZIMBABWE’s election stalemate is not a crisis and its electoral commission must be given time to release the results of a presidential poll held...
Obama – Clinton : Pennsylvania changes from Swing to Democratic
Neil Samuels is typical of many Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania – a picturesque suburb of northern Philadelphia. A former Republican, Mr Samuels is...
Obama distances himself from Jimmy Carter on Hamas position
Barack Obama has distanced himself from Jimmy Carter, the former US president, who plans to meet Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, the radical...
Can Condi Rice offset the Obama Clinton appeal ?
Condoleezza Rice has been cited as the only person in US politics capable to offset Barack Obama’s appeal as the first black president of...
Mugabe and Tsvangirai in a face to face confrontation
Heads of state of the Southern African sub-region will meet with Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugae on Saturday in Lusaka, Zambia to discuss the...
Rice embarrassed by Mandela’s terrorist status in the US
Nelson Mandela, the historic leader of the African National Congress (ANC), and his political party are still black-listed by the American authorities.
During the...
First Catholic church opens in Qatar
More than six thousand faithful worshippers came together for the inaugural celebration of the first Catholic church in the Arab Emirate of Qatar.
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Obama and Clinton attack McCain on US housing crisis proposal
John McCain, the Republican's presidential nominee, on Thursday sought to push back against criticisms of his alleged do-nothing approach to the US housing crisis,...
Obama – Clinton : Colombia free trade debate goes to congress
The fight over the US-Colombia free trade agreement escalated dramatically on Wednesday, when congressional leaders said they would seek to delay indefinitely a vote...
Obama – Clinton : Hillary Clinton’s mismanagement
In the begining was a name, and the name came with excellent media and poll ratings, and the media made her an unbeatable force....