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President Vladimir Putin: I’m ‘grateful’ to Mitt Romney for proving me right about missile defense Putin said yesterday that Romney’s latest comments about Russia as the US’s ‘geopolitical foe’ validate the Kremlin’s resistance to American plans for a missile defense system in Europe. By Fred Weir | Christian Science Monitor President Vladimir Putin has lashed […]

Kosovo declared ‘fully independent’ BBC News Western powers overseeing Kosovo have announced the end of their supervision of the tiny Balkan nation. Kosovo had been overseen by a group made up of 23 EU countries, the US and Turkey since 2008, when it unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. US President Barack Obama said Monday marked […]

World Trade Center: The status of construction 11 years after 9/11 By The Associated Press NEW YORK- Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every day, and tourists snap thousands of […]

Somalia’s new parliament elects president Somalia on Monday began electing a new president, in what the UN has billed as a key step towards restoring peace in a nation that has lacked an effective central government for two decades. UPI MOGADISHU– Somalia’s Parliament met Monday to select a new president in the country’s latest step […]

Minnesota Vikings stadium design bidders get work showcase Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The five architectural firms competing to design the new Minnesota Vikings stadium were given a chance to show off their work. The open house at the Metrodome was sponsored by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, which is working with the team to build […]

National Assembly’s makeup will look vastly different By Monique Muise The Gazette MONTREAL- The ornate rooms, plush chairs and sweeping staircases of Quebec’s National Assembly will look much the same when the province’s 125 MNAs file into work in a little over a month, but that is likely where the familiarity will end. The province’s […]

Africa’s first smartphone unveiled in Republic of Congo Xinhua BRAZZAVILLE– Verone Mankou, 25, the designer of the first African touch screen, on Thursday unveiled his latest product, a smartphone which is the very first of its kind to be designed in Africa. The smartphone which was christened “elikia”, meaning “hope” in the local Lingala language, […]

U.S. August 2012 unemployment rate decreased for all adult groups except black women While the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July 2012, it was largely due to Americans giving up the search for work.     On September 6, 2012 President Barack Obama accepted his 2nd Democratic nomination for presidency […]

Little enthusiasm for US elections in Africa Deutsche Welle Barack Obama’s election as US president in 2008 was widely welcomed in Africa. That enthusiasm has largely given way to skepticism. Many Africans today do not trust either candidate’s policies towards Africa. As US President Barack Obama and his rival, Republican candidate Mitt Romney, prepare to […]

Kufuor urges youth to ensure good leadership   Ghana News Agency   Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called on the youth in the country to look beyond their party affiliations in ensuring good leadership for the country.   “I want you to see beyond your immediate party connections and look at the long-term well […]