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Cuba elects new national, local parliaments Xinhua HAVANA– Over 8.5 million Cubans on Sunday started to cast their votes for the picking of nearly 1,900 members of the country’s new national and provincial legislatures. They are expected to elect 612 National Assembly members from an equal number of candidates, and select nearly 1,270 delegates to […]

General Electric signs $1 Billion memorandum of understanding with Nigeria Investment is expected to create 2,300 jobs and make Nigeria the regional hub for GE’s manufacturing service and innovation in Africa. Agence France-Presse ABUJA — Nigeria has signed a $1 billion memorandum of understanding with General Electric to build a factory that could create up […]

History: The modern U.S. Presidents’ views on race relations and the economy for African Americans Dilemma X Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 On May 18, 1896 the United States Supreme Court gave its ruling on the Plessy v. Ferguson case down a landmark decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities […]

B.Smyth (featuring 2 Chainz) -“Leggo” B.Smyth is one of the newest artists signed to the Universal/Motown recording label. 2 Chainz (Tauheed Epps) is a recording artist from metro Atlanta’s College Park, Georgia. The term “Leggo” is a new slang word that means “Let’s go”. __________________________________________ Video: B. Smyth – Leggo ft. 2 Chainz __________________________________________ Video: […]

January 2013’s unemployment rate increased to 7.9 percent Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 157,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  reported today. Retail trade, construction, health care, and wholesale trade added jobs over the month. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.3 million, was little […]

London Underground’s metro rail system has 150th anniversary   BBC News The heir to the British throne has taken a Tube with his wife the Duchess of Cornwall for the first time to celebrate London Underground’s 150th anniversary. Prince Charles and Camilla travelled one stop from Farringdon to King’s Cross on a Metropolitan line train. […]

First time in U.S. history two African Americans are U.S. Senators at the same time  William “Mo” Cowan is Governor Deval Patrick’s choice to serve as the interim US senator until the successor to John F. Kerry (U.S. Secretary of State) is chosen by the voters June 25, 2013. Mo Cowan will become the 8th African American […]

Obama administration established U.S. drone base in Africa approved by Niger Reuters NIAMEY- Niger has given permission for U.S. surveillance drones to be stationed on its territory to improve intelligence on al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters in northern Mali and the wider Sahara, a senior government source said. The U.S. ambassador to Niger, Bisa Williams, made […]

Netherlands (Dutch) Queen Beatrix abdicates in favor of her 45 year old son Queen Beatrix is the longest-lived reigning monarch of the Netherlands RT Dutch Queen Beatrix, who has reigned for 33 years, has abdicated her throne in favor of her eldest son, Prince Willem-Alexander. In her televised address Beatrix, the oldest ever Dutch monarch, […]

Zimbabwe land reform and the country’s current economic growth Zimbabwe land reform: Agriculture production back to the levels of the late 1990s More land is under cultivation than was worked by white farmers ____________________________________________________________ British press hails Zimbabwe land reform The Herald (Zimbabwe) HARARE- More Western academics, researchers and journalists, for long fierce critics of Zimbabwe’s land […]