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President Barack Obama invites Nigerian President for talks on terrorists activities in the African continent By George Agba Leadership (Abuja) United States President Barack Obama has invited Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for talks on issues bordering on terrorists activities in the African continent among others . Disclosing this to State House correspondents in Abuja, United […]

Japanese town to scrap marooned ‘tsunami boat’ BBC News As Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports, the boat will be scrapped after residents said it brought back painful memories A Japanese town has decided to scrap a marooned fishing boat which has become a symbol of the devastating 2011 tsunami, officials say. Residents of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture […]

First high-speed Pendolino train arrives in Poland Polish Press Agency The first of twenty high-speed Pendolino trains purchased by Polish State Railways (PKP) has been delivered to Wroclaw, south west Poland. The train, which was made at the Alstom factory in Savigliano, Italy, is part of a programme to reduce journey durations between key Polish […]

India to launch aircraft carrier INS Vikrant today T Ramavarman, TNN KOCHI- India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Monday, making an entry into a select club of countries capable of designing and building a carrier of this size and capability. Defence minister A K Antony’s wife Elizabeth will launch the […]

Spain: 47 story skyscraper with no elevators nearly complete UPI ALICANTE, Spain– Builders in Spain say adding exterior elevator shafts seems to be the only Plan B available for a 47-story skyscraper that currently only has stairs. In a major oversight, the InTempo building in Alicante was designed, approved and well under construction before anyone […]

Scotland’s population climbs to record level   BBC News   The number of people living in Scotland has reached a new high, according to the latest official figures. At the end of June last year the population stood at 5,313,600 – up 18,200 since the last census on 27 March 2011. Although there were more […]

Immigration officials express fears as team set up to probe airport fire By Moses Michira, Lonah Kibet and Felix Olick The Standard (Nairobi) NAIROBI- Senior Immigration officials Wednesday evening expressed unease with hasty plans to reopen the damaged Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to international flights. The Immigration Department said it would not be pushed […]

Why Robert Mugabe scored a landslide victory in Zimbabwean elections Triumph for president and his party Zanu-PF cannot be dismissed as rigging and obstruction by the incumbent Blessing-Miles Tendi The Guardian UK HARARE- There is a phenomenon in African politics called the preponderance of incumbency. Simply put, it maintains that it is difficult to defeat […]

Demands for new Indian states revive after Telangana created By Amy Kazmin Financial Times NEW DELHI- Globally renowned for tea estates that produce some of the most delicate, and highly-prized teas, India’s mountainous Darjeeling region was rocked for most of the 1980s by strikes and protests by the indigenous Gorkha community, who were demanding the […]

Mugabe declared winner of presidency in Zimbabwe The Guardian (UK) Robert Mugabe was on Saturday declared the winner of Zimbabwe’s presidential election with 2,110,434 votes, giving him 61% of the total and Morgan Tsvangirai 34%. The margin was enough to avoid a repeat of the runoff in 2008. As Zanu-PF supporters celebrated the national election […]