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London 2012: Olympic Park timelapse sequences BBC Sport As 2011 draws to a close, the UK’s Olympic year is nearly upon us, and excitement is mounting about London 2012. With just over 200 days until the opening ceremony, the Olympic Park in east London is 90% complete, and due to be finished early next year. […]

Approval of Reactor Design Clears Path for New Plants    Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear power plant will use a design that relies on forces like gravity and natural heat convection. By MATTHEW L. WALD The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a radical new reactor design on Thursday, clearing away a […]

Army kills 59 Boko Haram members in Damaturu attack BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI Vanguard  The Joint Task Force set up to quell the Boko Haram menace rocking the Northern part of the country, in the early hours of yesterday, launched a successful operation on the sect’s operational stronghold in Damaturu, Yobe state, killing 59 of  the […]

Turkey Freezes Relations With France Over Genocide Denial Bill By Steve Bryant and Emre Peker Bloomberg Turkey froze political and military relations with France in retaliation for the approval by the French parliament’s lower chamber of a measure that makes it a crime to deny genocide against Armenians a century ago. The government recalled its […]

Brazil’s jobless rate hits nine-year low The Economic Times RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s unemployment rate fell in November to 5.2 percent, its lowest level of the past nine years, authorities said Thursday. Last month’s jobless rate was the lowest since the Brazilian government began measuring unemployment under more rigorous criteria in March 2002. The previous […]

Ghana imports $2.6 billion worth crude, oil products one year after becoming oil producer Emmanuel K. Dogbevi Ghana Business News Ghana joined the ranks of oil producing countries one year ago, December 15, 2010. And according to the Bank of Ghana, in the 11 months of 2011, the country has imported crude oil to the […]