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Jacob Zuma promises to boost the economy, skills and jobs with a massive infrastructure development   GAYE DAVIS, SUE SEGAR and MICHAEL MPOFU The Star (Johannesburg) Political Bureau   PRETORIA- Jacob Zuma’s promise to boost the economy, skills and jobs with a massive infrastructure development drive has been welcomed as a step in the right […]

Stanford University Campaign brings in $6.2-Billion, a record for higher education In a 5-year fund-raising campaign that concluded December 31, 2011 Stanford University raised $6.2-billion, the largest sum ever collected in a single campaign by a higher-education institution.   Yale University raised $3.886-billion in a 5-year campaign that ended last June.   A capital campaign at Cornell […]

A tribute to Don Cornelius Don Cornelius was the creator of the iconic American TV music and dance show “Soul Train” that helped introduce Americans to black pop culture. Soul Train aired in syndication from October 1971 to March 2006.                            

Why Are the Chinese Buying Record Quantities of Gold? Gordon G. Chang, Contributor Forbes This month, the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department reported that China imported 102,779 kilograms of gold from Hong Kong in November, an increase from October’s 86,299 kilograms.  Beijing does not release gold trade figures, so for this and other reasons […]

UK’s tallest building adds drama to London’s skyline By MEERA SELVA Associated Press   LONDON— Passengers stepping out of London Bridge tube station cannot help but crane their necks to gaze at the jagged tower under construction: The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union and looks like a slice of glass balanced on […]

Video: Newt Gingrich language comment: “language of the ghetto”  In 2007, Former House speaker and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich  described bilingual education as teaching “the language of living in a ghetto”.   If Newt Gingrich was not speaking about Spanish then why did he give clarification in Spanish and not French, German or […]

Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard rescued from angry protesters by police     Prime Minister Julia Gillard is escorted out for safety by body guards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia’s national day in Canberra, Australia, Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. Some 200 supporters of indigenous rights surrounded […]

Brazil air travel triples since 2002 By MARCO SIBAJA Associated Press   BRASILIA, Brazil— Demand for flights in Brazil has nearly tripled in the past decade, authorities said Wednesday. That is straining a system that is under pressure to prepare for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.   Brazil’s civil aviation agency said demand […]

Is Mitt Romney’s tax situation all that bad? Some Democrats and Republicans might not think so when they remember John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.         By: Dilemma X   Just 8 years ago Massachusetts US Senator John Forbes Kerry won the right to represent the Democrats as their presidential nominee against President […]

Charles Taylor ‘worked’ for CIA in Liberia     BBC News   US authorities say former Liberian leader Charles Taylor worked for its intelligence agencies, including the CIA, the Boston Globe reports.   The revelation comes in response to a Freedom of Information request by the newspaper.   A Globe reporter told the BBC this […]