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Iran, Russia mulling cooperation in electric train project Tehran Times Iranian and Russian railway companies are discussing plans to cooperate in launching a project for electrifying Garmsar-Gorgan and Tehran-Mashhad railway lines in Northern and Northeastern Iran.”After the electric train of Tabriz-Azarshahr railway line was inaugurated, a meeting was held with the Russian railway company’s managing-director […]

President Vladimir Putin kicks off South Stream construction By Anatoly Medetsky The Moscow Times VARVAROVKA, Krasnodar Region — President Vladimir Putin on Friday kicked off construction for the route to deliver Russian gas to Europe. A ceremony in which two pipes were welded together marked the South Stream pipeline’s graduation from the phase of talks […]

John Dramani Mahama  5,574,761 votes 50.70% Nana Akufo-Addo  5,248,898 votes 47.74%   President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was declared the winner of Ghana’s presidential election   JOY FM News The Chairman for the Electoral Commission, Dr kwadwo Afari Gyan has declared Ghana’s incumbent president John Dramani Mahama, the winner of the 2012 presidential elections. […]

Argentina’s oil rich Neuquen province mulls sovereign wealth fund By Taos Turner Nasdaq BUENOS AIRES–Argentina’s Neuquen Province plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund to save some of the royalties it expects to reap from the development of its vast unconventional oil and gas resources. Neuquen Governor Jorge Sapag compared the plan to Norway’s […]

New Zealand government oil plans under fire after Brazilian giant pulls out   Xinhua WELLINGTON– Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is pulling out of exploration in waters off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island after a sustained campaign by environmental groups to prevent drilling in the area. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment […]

Enrique Peña Nieto took over as Mexico’s president on Saturday, begins new era for old ruling party Excelsior MEXICO CITY- December 1, 2012 President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa handed over command of the public force to elected president, Enrique Peña Nieto. During the ceremony at the National Palace, Calderón received a Military School Cadet National Flag […]

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization  to invest US$3 million to develop poultry farming in Equatorial Guinea PRNewswire-USNewswire MALABO, Equatorial Guinea-The government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed an agreement that calls for the FAO to invest US$3 million over three years to […]

United Nations grants upgrade status for Palestine on the anniversary of UN Resolution 181 November 29, 1947 Palestine is upgraded to the status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations Xinhua UNITED NATIONS– The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinians status at the United Nations from “entity” […]

Brazil swears in first black supreme court president Agence-France Presse Brazil judge Joaquim Barbosa took the oath of office as Brazil’s first ever black head of the Supreme Court on Thursday, in a historic ceremony attended by President Dilma Rousseff and other top leaders. The son of a bricklayer and a cleaner, Barbosa, 58, pledged […]

Portuguese youth turn to farm work Aljazeera High unemployment is making farm work a better alternative for young people from Portugal. Many people who left their countryside homes for work in the city are now also returning to live with their parents and take up old family traditions of farming. Some are also exploring innovative […]