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Zimbabwe President Mugabe proclaims date for constitutional referendum Xinhua HARARE- President Robert Mugabe on Friday, February 15, 2013 claimed March 16 as the date Zimbabweans will go to a referendum to indicate whether or not they accept a draft constitution. In a proclamation published in the Government Gazette and accompanying a copy of the draft […]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Союз Советских Социалистических Республик -CCCP The Soviet Union lasted from 1922 to 1991 Key 1991 document declaring Soviet Union defunct is missing from archives Yuras Karmanau Associated Press MINSK, Belarus – The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper. Former Belarusian leader Stanislav […]

Meteorite Crashes in Russia Reuters More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a […]

Aero India air show gets under way in Bangalore By Adam Plowright | AFP India, the world’s leading importer of weaponry, opened one of Asia’s biggest aviation trade shows Wednesday with Western suppliers eyeing lucrative deals and a Chinese delegation attending for the first time. Air Vice Marshal Zheng Yuanlin was heading a five-person group […]

Tehran landlords and tenants lock horns in heat of property boom Iranian capital of 12.2 million is in the grip of soaring rents, exacerbated by high inflation and a currency in freefall Tehran bureau correspondent The Guardian (UK) When the unexpected sale of the ageing Tehran villa in which he rented a flat threw his […]

Cuba elects new national, local parliaments Xinhua HAVANA– Over 8.5 million Cubans on Sunday started to cast their votes for the picking of nearly 1,900 members of the country’s new national and provincial legislatures. They are expected to elect 612 National Assembly members from an equal number of candidates, and select nearly 1,270 delegates to […]

General Electric signs $1 Billion memorandum of understanding with Nigeria Investment is expected to create 2,300 jobs and make Nigeria the regional hub for GE’s manufacturing service and innovation in Africa. Agence France-Presse ABUJA — Nigeria has signed a $1 billion memorandum of understanding with General Electric to build a factory that could create up […]

London Underground’s metro rail system has 150th anniversary   BBC News The heir to the British throne has taken a Tube with his wife the Duchess of Cornwall for the first time to celebrate London Underground’s 150th anniversary. Prince Charles and Camilla travelled one stop from Farringdon to King’s Cross on a Metropolitan line train. […]

Obama administration established U.S. drone base in Africa approved by Niger Reuters NIAMEY- Niger has given permission for U.S. surveillance drones to be stationed on its territory to improve intelligence on al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters in northern Mali and the wider Sahara, a senior government source said. The U.S. ambassador to Niger, Bisa Williams, made […]

Netherlands (Dutch) Queen Beatrix abdicates in favor of her 45 year old son Queen Beatrix is the longest-lived reigning monarch of the Netherlands RT Dutch Queen Beatrix, who has reigned for 33 years, has abdicated her throne in favor of her eldest son, Prince Willem-Alexander. In her televised address Beatrix, the oldest ever Dutch monarch, […]