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Germany to help Myanmar carry out airport project Xinhua YANGON– Germany will provide technical and financial assistance to Myanmar’s new international airport project of Hantharwaddy in Bago region, local media Weekly Eleven News reported Monday. Two German companies Obermeyar Planen + Beraten GmbH and Gnip International have applied for pre-qualification for the construction of the […]

Tribune endorsement: Too Many Mitts Obama has earned another term October 19, 2012 Nowhere has Mitt Romney’s pursuit of the presidency been more warmly welcomed or closely followed than here in Utah. The Republican nominee’s political and religious pedigrees, his adeptly bipartisan governorship of a Democratic state, and his head for business and the bottom […]

Ghana’s oil city residents protest against sale of lands Xinhua TAKORADI, GHANA– The residents of Ghana’s oil city Sekondi-Takoradi on Thursday expressed dismay over the continuous sales of public lands by government officials. The anger of the citizens was fuelled by the recent sale of Kasuarina Belt, a piece of land located in the center […]

Will President Barack Obama pull off another win in the battleground state of North Carolina? The Election Day is just 19 days away but, voters in North Carolina today join voters in 19 other states already casting their ballots. Long lines already seen in Charlotte as North Carolina early voting begins.   Early voting begins in […]

Group of white farmers who had their land seized in Zimbabwe plead with British Foreign Secretary William Hague not to lift sanctions on Robert Mugabe Kim Sengupta The Independent A group of farmers who had their land seized in Zimbabwe are launching a campaign today to protest against a proposed lifting of sanctions against Robert […]

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s precious regalia stolen in Oslo, Norway King of Ashanti/Asante The Chronicle (Ghana) When Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, packed his precious regalia left behind for him by his great ancestors and emplaned for Oslo, Norway, on the invitation of the latter’s foreign ministry, little did he realize that he would […]

Sochi Winter Olympics organizers promise to store snow in advance Xinhua MOSCOW– Snow for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi will be collected and stored in advance, head of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. “Snow will be prepared and stored in advance wherever possible. We should learn from Vancouver […]

Obama leads among early voters: Poll Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama  and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are neck and neck in  opinion polls, but there is one area in which the incumbent  appears to have a big advantage: those who have already cast  their ballots. Obama leads Romney by 59 percent to 31 […]

The second China-Africa Think Tanks Forum opens in Ethiopia Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) A two days 2nd China-Africa Think Tanks Forum (CATTF-II) is taking place on Friday October 12 at the town of Bishoftu, about 45 km (27.9 miles) south of Addis Ababa, to discuss and exchange views on issues of common interest including […]

1948 Ronald Reagan, as a Democrat, speaking about the Republican party __________________________________________ Video: Ronald Reagan Campaigns for Democrats in 1948 Would this relate to Congress in 2012/2013? Harry S. Truman (Democratic) would later become the 33rd President of the United States 1945–1953 ______________________________________