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Rio 2016 Olympic preparations damned as ‘worst ever’ by IOC International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates warns on readiness, saying it is worse even than Athens 2004 Owen Gibson The Guardian Five years after Rio de Janeiro became the first South American city to be awarded the Olympics, preparations for the 2016 Games have been […]

World leaders to attend World Economic Forum on Africa in Nigeria Xinhua LAGOS-Ten heads of states and no fewer than 900 delegates have registered to participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa to be held in Abuja in May, the organizer said on Friday. The Media Coordinator of the forum Ogho Okiti said participants […]

Angola is moving into oil’s big leagues By Meagan Clark and Kathleen Caulderwood International Business Times After decades of sporadic growth and political turmoil, Angola is on the verge of catapulting to the top ranks of the world’s energy economy following major deep-water production investments by several top global oil companies. France’s Total announced that […]

U.S. Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling Tuesday that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution to prohibit public […]

Zimbabwe celebrates 34 years of independence By Hebert Zharare and Lloyd Gumbo The Herald (Zimbabwe) Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and US president Barack Obama yesterday congratulated Zimbabwe on the occasion to mark its 34th Independence Day today as hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans from all walks of life gather at various centres […]

The District of Columbia Emancipation Act -April 16, 1862 On July 9, 1790, the U.S. Congress passed the Residence Act, which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. The City of Washington was established on Maryland and Virginia land where slavery was the engine of American economic growth. On April 16, […]

See updated list- U.S. Census Bureau population estimates reveal metro areas and counties that propelled growth. Release Date: March 26, 2015 https://dilemma-x.net/2015/03/26/2014-u-s-census-bureau-population-estimates-reveal-metro-areas-and-counties/ U.S. Census Bureau releases 2013 population estimates for counties and metropolitan areas -Release Date: March 27, 2014 Raleigh-Durham, NC joins the ranks of urban areas with over 2 million people. Raleigh-Durham’s 2013 estimate population now stands […]

Angola to grant De Beers new diamond exploration license BY Shriesh Laxmidas Reuters LUANDA – Angola, the world’s fourth-largest diamond producer by value, will approve a new concession to De Beers to explore for diamonds, Geology and Mines Minister Francisco Queiroz said. London-based De Beers, majority-owned by global miner Anglo American (AAL.L), previously explored in […]

Guinea-Bissau holds first poll since 2012 coup amid hopes for stability Xinhua BISSAU- The first presidential and legislative elections since a 2012 military coup in Guinea-Bissau was held on Sunday amid hopes for a return to stability, as nearly 800,000 voters cast ballots at polling stations across the west African country. Voters will elect a […]

Images from NASA Mars Rover include bright spots Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Images taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays striking the camera’s detector. The rover took the image just after arriving at […]