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Israeli ministers committee votes to annex Jordan Valley Eight ministers on the Committee for Legislation voted in favor of the bill, while three – including the finance and justice ministers – opposed it. Xinhua JERUSALEM — Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation passed Sunday a bill to annex Jewish settlements in the Palestinian Jordan Valley to […]

Zimbabwe: A $400 million city of Harare roads deal with a South African company By Innocent Ruwende and Elita Chikwati The Herald (Zimbabwe) Harare City Council is set to partner a South African company in a US$400 million (R4,208 billion) deal to rehabilitate and maintain roads in the capital. The broader infrastructure plan includes mass […]

Nigeria: Ogun State’s Abeokuta City Centre plans to rise 60 floors By Kehinde Akinyemi Daily Trust (Abuja, Nigeria) ABEOKUTA, OGUN— Ogun State government has finalized plans to build a 60-story skyscraper in Abeokuta. The edifice, named Abeokuta City Centre, will be the tallest structure on African soil. When the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ogun […]

Obama administration informed Congress it deployed soldiers to South Sudan, Africa’s newest nation By Paul McLeary Army Times WASHINGTON — In the midst of worsening violence in the South Sudan, the Obama administration informed Congress Thursday evening (Dec 19, 2013) that it deployed soldiers from the U.S. Army’s East Africa Response Force to the capital […]

$653 million expansion of Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International airport New terminal to handle 20 million passengers East African Business Week NAIROBI — Construction work has started on the new $653 million terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International airport (JKIA). The government is paying for the project with some help from the Chinese. Anhui Civil Engineering Group […]

Shanghai Tower -China’s tallest building construction progress Bloomberg News When completed in 2015, the Shanghai Tower will be China’s tallest building. The 632-meter (2,074-feet) skyscraper will also deepen a glut of offices in the city, putting pressure on rents. The project, in the Lujiazui financial district, will add 220,000 square meters (2.4 million square feet) […]

New Zealand: Fiordland monorail A plan to build the world’s longest single-track monorail through the pristine forests of New Zealand’s Fiordland is pitting growth developers against environmentalists. TVNZ One News The developer planning to build a monorail in Fiordland claims the project will bring over $80 million into the New Zealand economy each year. Riverstone […]

China’s moon rover, lander photograph each other Xinhua BEIJING- China’s first moon rover and lander took photos of each other on the moon’s surface Sunday night, a move that marks a complete success of the country’s Chang’e-3 lunar probe mission. Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China’s lunar program, announced that Chang’e-3 mission was a “complete […]

Bermuda: Parliament approved changes to Human Rights Act 1981 Scope of civil rights expanded By John Patton The Royal Gazette The Bermuda Parliament approved a number of changes to the Human Rights Act 1981 (the Act) in August, the most notable being the addition of sexual orientation to the list of defined characteristics protected from […]

Uruguay becomes first nation to legalize marijuana Xinhua MONTEVIDEO- Uruguay has become the first national marketplace for legal marijuana after the Senate approved a law on Tuesday, putting the government in charge of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of the drug. The law, conceived in an attempt to tackle the illegal drugs trade, was approved […]