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Mexico’s Amerindian and African History By Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales Mexico, various Indian/Native American peoples still play ancient instruments. And their songs and dances — which tell of uprisings against their masters — pay tribute to their ancestors. These Mexicans play African “hand pianos” and perform “the dance of the black people.” Mexican “corridos” […]

Chevron puts downtown Houston building plans on hold Updadted December 19, 2013 ABC 13 KTRK Houston HOUSTON- California-based Chevron Corporation has put on hold its plans to build a new 50-story office tower in downtown Houston. The company announced its July that it would build the tower near two others it owns downtown. Chevron says […]

Bone marrow ‘frees men of HIV drugs’ By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Two patients have been taken off their HIV drugs after bone-marrow transplants seemed to clear the virus from their bodies, doctors report. One of the patients has spent nearly four months without taking medication with no sign of the […]

Three habitable planets found orbiting nearby star Gliese 667C 22 light years away By Eric Brown International Business Times According to the European Southern Observatory’s announcement, the three planets exist inside Gliese 667C’s habitable zone, the region that is neither too hot nor too cold to sustain liquid water, meaning that the planets may be […]

China’s Shenzhou-10 astronauts return to Earth BBC News A capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts has landed safely after a 15-day mission in space. The astronauts travelled on the Shenzhou-10 craft to China’s space laboratory, the Tiangong-1. They completed manual docking exercises and astronaut Wang Yaping gave a video lecture to students back on Earth. The […]

Orania, a town white with fear Sapa-AFP Welcome to Orania, South Africa: a whites-only enclave established in 1991 during the dying years of apartheid. The town in the sparsely populated Karoo region is inhabited only by Afrikaners. These descendants of Dutch-speaking migrants who arrived in South Africa in 1652 with Jan van Riebeeck, now make […]

Tall buildings in the news update  Dubai inaugurates world’s tallest ‘twisted’ tower Agence-France Presse Dubai has inaugurated the world’s tallest twisted tower built at a cost of $272 million, setting a yet another record for skyscrapers and other engineering marvels. The 310-meter (1,017-foot), 75-floor residential Cayan Tower is twisted at 90 degrees from top to […]

Frederick Douglass statue unveiled inside the U.S. Capitol The New York Times WASHINGTON — Frederick Douglass, the enslave African turned abolitionist, believed in freedom and equality for “all of us, regardless of our race, gender, religion or sexual orientation,” his great-great-granddaughter said Wednesday at the unveiling of a statue of Douglass in the Capitol. The […]

China’s home price rise continues to slow   Xinhua BEIJING– New home prices continued to see slower rises in Chinese cities last month, according to official data released Tuesday. Of a statistical pool of 70 major Chinese cities, 65 saw new home prices increase month on month in May, down from 67 cities in April, […]

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 […]