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U.S. honors civil rights activist Rosa Parks with statue inside the U.S. Capitol By Jeff Mason Reuters WASHINGTON – American leaders unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks on Wednesday, briefly setting aside political differences to honor the civil rights heroine, who became the first black woman to have a monument inside the U.S. Capitol. Parks’ […]

Shard team to build world’s tallest building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sky News The team behind the construction of the Shard in London has landed a contract to project-manage the \$1.2bn (£780m) construction of the world’s tallest building. London-based Mace will work with fellow British firm EC Harris to create the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah […]

Federal student loan changes hamper black college enrollment By Brock Vergakis The Associated Press ATLANTA — Ariadne Partlow dreamed of graduating Spelman College and moving on to medical school, but instead of studying biology this semester, she worked at a fast-food Chinese restaurant. The Jackson, Tenn., native was among thousands of students who unexpectedly either […]

U.S. Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe African Americans By Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON— After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era […]

The 3rd Africa – South America Summit (ASA) was held February 20-23, 2013 in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea South meets South in Equatorial Guinea Deutsche Welle Heads of state and government from 66 countries in Africa and South America are meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea’s capital, with the goal of improving cooperation. Analysts warn […]

Ghana targets annual growth of at least 8 pct in next four years Reuters ACCRA – Ghana will target minimum GDP growth of 8 percent over each of the next four years, President John Dramani Mahama said on Feb 21, 2013 in his first state of the nation address since his election in December. The […]

United States Olympic Committee offering 35 US cities an opportunity to bid for the 2024 Olympics CBS/Associated Press The United States Olympic Committee this week sent letters to the mayors of American cities offering them the opportunity to bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The USOC is skipping the bidding for the 2020 Olympics. […]

Vietnam set to further facilitate trade with Africa By Le Phuong Xinhua HANOI — Vietnam plans to further facilitate trade with Africa, a potentially populated market with over 1 billion people. It expects to pocket about 3.12 billion U.S. dollars from the exports to this continent in 2013, an increase of 20 percent year on […]

Portugal sells bonds worth 1.5 billion euros Xinhua LISBON– The Portuguese government sold bonds totaling 1.5 billion euros (about 1.7 billion U.S. dollars), Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency said on Wednesday. The government raised 1.155 billion euros from the 12-month bonds sale with 1.277 percent yield, down from 1.61 percent last month. It said […]

South Africa: President Zuma vows to deepen cooperation with China Xinhua South Africa is ready and looking forward to meeting Chinese leaders at the BRICS summit and pledged to deepen cooperation with China, South African President Jacob Zuma told visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Cape Town on Tuesday. South Africa wishes to deepen […]