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Two military Mirage jets, taking part in a ceremony, shatter every window of Brazil’s supreme court in Brasilia after creating a shockwave as they fly low over the building.   Video: Low-flying Brazilian Air Force jets shatter every window in Supreme Court Building _______________________________________ Brasília Brasília is capital of Brazil and is located in the Federal District. Brasília […]

Timbuktu shrine destruction a ‘war crime’: ICC By Serge Daniel | AFP Islamist rebels in northern Mali smashed four more tombs of ancient Muslim saints in Timbuktu as the International Criminal Court warned their campaign of destruction was a war crime. The hardline Islamists who seized control of Timbuktu along with the rest of northern […]

Heritage Oil strikes £540m ($850m) deal to buy into Niger Delta Tony Buckingham, who owns 33% of oil company, likely to reap benefits of ‘game-changer’ takeover of Nigerian oil assets Rupert Neate Guardian UK Tony Buckingham, the multimillionaire former mercenary turned oil tycoon, is likely to see his paper worth soar even higher after his Heritage […]

Egypt’s first civilian president -Mohamed Morsi Morsi becomes Egypt’s 5th president, following Hosni Mubarak, who was president for nearly 30 years. Morsi’s received 51.7 per cent of the vote to 48.3 per cent for his rival, Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak’s former prime minister.  ___________________________ Egypt’s new president is a US educated academic Abdel-Rahman Hussein The Guardian Egypt’s first […]

Brazil and China sign trade agreements Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO — Leaders of Brazil and China signed trade agreements aimed at increasing investment and trade flows at a time when economic growth in both nations is losing momentum. President Dilma V. Rousseff of Brazil and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China agreed on a common […]

Australia’s 2011 Census data released BBC News In Australia, the latest census reveals a shifting population, mainly due to the resources boom there. It also shows a quarter of Australians are now born overseas, many coming from a growing number of Indian and Chinese migrants and this may influence how Australia’s economy ticks.  _________________________ Census […]

Outrage over President Jonathan’s trip to Brazil for UN Earth Summit By Niyi Odebode, Olusola Fabiyi, John Alechenu and Ihuoma Chiedozie The Punch   The news that President Goodluck Jonathan jetted out of the country amidst violence in Kaduna and Yobe states provoked public outrage on Tuesday. Jonathan on Monday traveled to Brazil to take […]

3,000 U.S. soldiers to serve in Africa next year As the war in Afghanistan draws down, the Army will be increasing the number of troops deployed to Africa.   By John Ryan – Staff writer Army Times   A brigade will deploy to Africa next year in a pilot program that assigns brigades on a rotational […]

Light rail opens in Uijeongbu, South Korea amid financial fears   A railcar runs along a new track built as part of the light rail transit (LRT) system, which is to open in South Korea’s northern city of Uijeongbu on July 1, 2012.   By Park Chan-Kyong | AFP With sleek railcars sliding along elevated tracks, South […]

Nigeria: The state of Rivers is set to begin construction of a new science and technology university campus By Chukwudi Akasike The Punch   PORT HARCOURT -The Rivers State Government has said the construction of the new State University of Science and Technology campus will commence in July 2012. The senior special adviser to the governor on […]