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African central bank governors seek continental monetary integration Xinhua ALGIERS– African central banks’ governors urged here on Thursday for speeding up the process of monetary integration in Africa, as a step towards achieving the goals of creating the African Central Bank (ACB) and ultimately issuing an African single currency. Representatives from 31 African central banks, […]

Brazil to spend $23 billion on low-income housing    Xinhua   BRASILIA– Brazil has earmarked 46.7 billion Brazilian reais (about 23 billion U.S. dollars) to build low-income houses, the government gazette Diario Official said Wednesday. The housing program called “My Home, My Life” began in 2009 and is projected to conclude in 2014. According to […]

London’s Heathrow airport expansion- 3rd runway ruled out Minister hints at resignation in Heathrow airport row By Rhys Jones Reuters LONDON- Britain’s transport minister said on Tuesday she would probably resign if the government gave in to pressure to expand London’s Heathrow airport. Prime Minister Cameron’s government has ruled out building a third runway at […]

FDA approves 4-in-1 HIV combination pill The Associated Press   WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new anti-HIV pill that combines four medicines to combat the virus that causes AIDS. The agency approved Gilead Sciences’ Stribild as a once-a-day treatment to control HIV in adults who have not previously been […]

Non-Aligned Movement Summit kicks off in Tehran   By Mohammad Davari | AFP   Non-Aligned Movement leaders should take a stand against Western sanctions at a Tehran summit later this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday, adding that many NAM members backed Iran’s nuclear program.   “The NAM… should seriously confront unilateral […]

The state of higher education in the United States   The Chronicle of Higher Education has released its annual compendium of college and university data. Here are just a few statistics released in its Almanac of Higher Education 2012.   Student Enrollment -Fall 2010   Alabama At public 4-year institutions 169,269 At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 25,136 […]

AFRICOM commander to visit Botswana Victor Muyakwabo Mmegi   The commander of United States Africa Command (US AFRICOM), General Carter Ham, will visit Botswana from August 15 -16. General Ham’s visit comes at a time when the US Army is collaborating with the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) in an exercise code-named Southern Accord 12. According […]

China completes railway link to Association of Southeast Asian Nations The 88-mile Yuxi-Mengzi Railway is part of an international railway project By Xinhua in Tonghai, Yunnan (China Daily) Construction workers on Tuesday laid the last piece of a railway that will link southwest China’s Yunnan province with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries. The […]

Toronto mayor to lure Chicago business Matthew Coutts, CTV Toronto Toronto and Chicago will be bosom buddies once again, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford promised on Tuesday as he announced plans to visit the Windy City next month. “This mission will be the beginning of a renewed relationship, and it will let Chicago know Toronto is […]

African partner countries to coordinate on SKA project Xinhua CAPE TOWN, — Nine African partner countries will meet in September to develop a joint strategic initiative for winning the right to host two-thirds of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project, the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope in development, it was announced on Friday. […]