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Tuskegee University to regain property from VA Department of Veterans Affairs to return 65 acres donated by school 90 years ago Mary Orndorff Troyan Montgomery Advertiser June 12, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs will donate 65 unused acres and about 20 buildings to dramatically expand Tuskegee University under a property transfer that […]

Chinese bank funds Ethiopian light rail public transportation project in Addis Ababa  China Central Television ADDIS ABABA- With funding from Chinese banks, Ethiopia is building a light rail network in its capital, Addis Ababa. Once complete, the network will cover almost 70 Kilometers across the city, over which some an estimated 60,000 passengers will move, every […]

Ethiopia rejects Egyptian protests over Nile dam Construction of Grand Renaissance dam to continue despite Eygptian concerns over impact on water supply and farming Patrick Kingsley in Cairo Guardian UK CAIRO- Ethiopia has refused to halt work on a controversial giant dam across the river Nile that Egypt fears will severely curb its water supply. […]

China’s latest ‘sacred’ manned space mission blasts off By Ben Blanchard Reuters BEIJING- A Chinese manned spacecraft blasted off with three astronauts on board on Tuesday on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab in the latest step towards the development of a space station. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft was launched from a remote […]

University of Texas at Austin anticipating U.S. Supreme Court ruling -Fisher v. University of Texas The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Ed Source: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas — The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to issue a series of opinions Monday morning and could release its decision in […]

World’s rich and powerful met in UK for the secretive Bilderberg conclave By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press More than 100 of the world’s most powerful people met at a former manor house near London for a secretive annual gathering known as the Bilderberg meeting. It has attained legendary status in […]

Brazil prepares for World Cup 2014 as criticism mounts over cost Taxpayers bearing brunt of projects such as mega-stadium in Manaus, which will struggle to justify running costs after 2014 Jonathan Watts The Guardian MANAUS- When the heart of the Amazon was among the richest places on Earth, local rubber barons flaunted their incredible wealth […]

The War on Marijuana in Black and White ACLU’s 2013 report on racially biased arrests By American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) This report is the first to examine marijuana possession arrest rates by race for all 50 states (and the District of Columbia) and their respective counties from 2001 to 2010. The report relies on […]

U.S. unemployment for May 2013 ticked up to 7.6%. African American male unemployment increased to 13.5% U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services, food […]

Britain to compensate tortured Kenyans Foreign secretary says Mau Mau fighters who suffered abuse for resisting colonial rule will receive $30.8m Al Jazeera Britain has agreed to compensate Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule in the 1950s, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. Hague expressed “sincere regret” on Thursday that the […]