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Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources approved Thirty Meter Telescope By Audrey McAvoy Associated Press A plan by California and Canadian universities to build the world’s largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano received approval from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources. The decision clears the way for the […]

ACI’s preliminary 2012 world’s busiest airports traffic and rankings Passenger traffic up 4%; Cargo and Movements flat Charlotte-Douglas International Airport is the 7th busiest airport in the world by movements and 6th in the U.S.. It is also the 8th busiest by passenger traffic in the U.S.. Airports Council International MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA – ACI preliminary traffic […]

Bermuda: One Bermuda Alliance adopted Progressive Labour Party tourism plan   By Gareth Finighan The Royal Gazette Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell is confident the industry can bounce back from a “disappointing” year in 2012. At a press conference yesterday unveiling a raft of promotional initiatives and strategies planned for 2013, Mr Crockwell warned that the […]

Kenya: Uhuru takes oath as Kenya’s President By Kennedy Kangethe Capital FM (Nairobi) NAIROBI— Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta was sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president amid wild cheers from tens of thousands of supporters at the Moi Sports Complex in Kasarani. The oaths were administered by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Gladys Boss Shollei in […]

Brazil opens 3rd World Cup stadium, 9 to go Reuters BRASILIA – Brazil President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated the third of 12 stadiums that will host the 2014 World Cup, delivering the 50,000-seat Arena Fonte Nova three months after the original deadline set by FIFA. The brand-new stadium built at a cost of 592 million reais […]

Ex-UK Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher dies, aged 87 BBC News Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died “peacefully” at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. David Cameron called her a “great Briton” and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister […]

Holocaust Remembrance Memorial Day   Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel dedicated its annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust to mark 70 years to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, a symbol of Jewish resistance against the Nazis in World War II that resonates deeply in Israel to this day. At the […]

Africa’s 2 new technology cities: Ghana’s Hope City and Kenya’s Konza Technology city Hope City is planned to have Africa’s tallest building 270m (885ft) passing the 223m (732ft) Carlton Centre in Johannesburg BBC News Ghana’s President John Mahama has launched a project to build a $10bn (£6.6bn) IT hub near the capital, Accra, within three […]

Korea: A division created from the Cold War and not by the Korean people 2013 once again a Korean crisis An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula into the Empire of Japan. […]

13th Chinese navy convoy fleet visits north Africa’s Algeria for 4 days Xinhua BEIJING- The 13th Chinese navy convoy fleet has arrived at the capital of Algeria, beginning its 4 day visit to the country. It’s the first time for a Chinese navy fleet to dock at an Algerian port. During the visit, the two […]