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Mugabe urges peace ahead of Zimbabwe elections By Cris Chinaka Reuters HARARE- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday urged political parties to ensure a looming general election is peaceful, amid a rise in violence that he blamed on ambitious politicians staking claims as candidates. “It’s very sad that we are seeing ugly fights in constituencies […]

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Ghana’s new capital city highway named after U.S. President George Walker Bush Will President Obama have a road in Ghana or Nigeria too?           Many Americans do not know that an African nation back in February 2012 named one of their capital city’s new expressways after former President George W. Bush.   President John Evans Atta […]

Ghana signs $1 billion loan with China for natural gas project By Bloomberg News Ghana signed a $1 billion lending agreement with China Development Bank Corp. as part of the biggest loan in the country’s history that Vice President John Dramani Mahama said would provide hundreds of thousands of jobs and develop natural gas. Ghana […]

NBC to stream London Olympics closing ceremony live online The event still will air Sunday on a tape-delayed basis on NBC in prime time     NBC announced it has changed plans and will stream Sunday’s Olympic closing ceremony live online.   Sunday’s ceremony from London will still air on a tape-delayed basis on NBC […]

5 Cities seeking 2020 Olympics make pitch In 2011 South Africa’s Olympic committee ruled out a bid for the 2020 Games. IOC president Jacques Rogge retains a long-held desire to bring the games to Africa for the first time. Jim Heintz Associated Press MOSCOW- The five cities seeking to host the 2020 summer Olympics made […]

Update December 4, 2012 See link Report: New Orleans Hornets to change nickname to Pelicans https://dilemma-x.net/2012/11/30/nba-rebranding-name-and-colors-for-the-new-orleans-hornets-and-the-charlotte-bobcats/ _____________________________________________   With Tom Benson on board, New Orleans Hornets fans can exhale NFL New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson buys New Orleans Hornets from NBA for $338 million New Orleans Arena. NBA attendance ranks the Hornets with the […]

U.S. aims for better outcome with Brazil after tough summit The United States and Brazil are the two largest economies and democracies in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due here next week for another jab at reaching convergence on key foreign policy and global finance issues, including Cuba, the Middle […]

India becomes Iran’s No. 1 oil client Reuters India has vaulted to the top of the list of Iran’s oil customers, overtaking China, in a first-quarter buying surge ahead of tighter sanctions against Tehran this summer, data published by a leading industry consultant showed. Direct imports to India from Iran were 433,000 barrels per day […]

As Mitt Romney is set to clinch Republican nomination for president the Obama campaign strikes hard Mitt Romney has effectively won the Republican nod to challenge President Barack Obama in November’s 2012 presidential election now that chief rival Rick Santorum has dropped out of the Republican race. __________________________________ Obama campaign ads     ____________________________________________________________   These are […]