Archive | September, 2012

Paralympics 2012: How technology is transforming the Games

September 4, 2012

0 Comments

Paralympics 2012: How technology is transforming the Games By Eddie Wrenn Daily Mail As Britain’s paralympic basketball team takes to the court, they have a secret weapon – a hi-tech foam seat designed by BMW engineers using cutting-edge technologies from motor sport. It is just part of a range of cutting-edge technologies on show at […]

Continue reading...

Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his MPLA party win landslide election

September 2, 2012

0 Comments

Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his MPLA party win landslide election By Pascal Fletcher and Shrikesh Laxmidas Reuters LUANDA – Angola’s long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his MPLA party scored a landslide win on Saturday in an election criticized as one-sided and not credible by opponents and civil society activists, according […]

Continue reading...

World’s largest marine park unveiled

September 1, 2012

0 Comments

World’s largest marine park unveiled     By Neil Sands | AFP     The world’s largest marine park, a vast swathe of ocean almost twice the size of France, has been unveiled by the Cook Islands at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum.   Prime Minister Henry Puna said the 1.065 million square […]

Continue reading...