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Deportation fears on rise in Dominican Republic Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Wilver Cuevas Betances was born in the Dominican Republic and never left until he ran into some soldiers at a bus station in Santo Domingo who demanded his passport. “I don’t have a passport. I’m Dominican,” the 29-year-old recalled telling the soldiers. Ignoring […]

Australia’s population forecast to double by 2075 ‘Melbourne and Sydney should be neck and neck by 2053, with 7.9 million people each,’ says bureau of statistics Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s population is projected to double to 46 million by 2075, according to the latest population projections released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics […]

China to provide Africa with US$1 trillion financing Funds over next 12 years will come in the form of investments and loans, with most of them for building infrastructure, says mainland analyst Toh Han Shih South China Morning Post The central government, including state-owned banks, will provide US$1 trillion of financing to Africa in the […]

Equatorial Guinea seeks full, systematic implementation of accord on free movement Technical and administrative conditions of the agreement must be in place before nations will be able to manage the free movement of people. PRNewswire-USNewswire MALABO, Equatorial Guinea- The Government of Equatorial Guinea favors full implementation of the Free Movement Agreement of the Economic and […]

Black Brazilians earn 36 percent less than non-black citizens Xinhua RIO DE JANEIRO– Brazilians of African descent on average earn 36 percent less than non-black Brazilians, according to a study released Wednesday by the Inter-Union Department for Statistics and Economic Studies. Released a week before the country’s Black Awareness Day, the research found that black […]

Typhoon Haiyan- Ground zero Tacloban, Philippines: Death toll could be over 10,000 Manuel Mogato and Roli Ng Sydney Morning Herald Two days after one of the world’s most powerful typhoons slammed into the Philippines, as many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in a single city: Tacloban. It is near here where US […]

China: Beijing and Zhangjiakou are bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics A high speed train line linking the two cities is scheduled to open next year, with a journey time between the two of 40 minutes. Ma Xiangfei Xinhua BEIJING– Beijing has launched a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic […]

India’s first space mission to Mars Indian Space Research Organization’s historic Mars Mission lauch The Times of India CHENNAI-“Everything is going on fine; but then, anxiety is a human trait.” That – coming from Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) satellites program director Mylswamy Annadurai — summed up the mood at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre […]

Mugabe makes Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers land reform winner By Godfrey Marawanyika Bloomberg Bonus Matashu points to a three-ton truck he bought for $15,000 in cash and says President Robert Mugabe’s often violent program of seizing white-owned farms and giving them to black Zimbabweans turned around his life. “This is the best thing that could have […]

Beijing to construct 6 new subway lines Xinhua BEIJING- Construction of six new subway lines in Beijing is expected to start by the end of this year to help ease traffic in the Chinese capital. The six lines, with a total length of more than 90 km (55.9 miles), are expected to be operational by […]