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Beijing opens 4 new subway lines CNTV BEIJING- The Chinese capital is scheduled to open 4 new subway lines on Sunday, December 30, 2012. It’s part of the city’s efforts to expand public transport and ease severe traffic congestion. Opening their doors from Sunday are Line 6, the southern section of the current Line 8, […]

Housing sales rebound predicted for China in 2013 Xinhua BEIJING– Industry observers say China’s real estate sector is likely to pick up steam in 2013, as they expect increased housing sales due to growing market demand. The anticipation, which comes amid reports of rebounding home prices and increasing housing transactions in some cities, suggests future […]

January 1, 2013 the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as mostly a symbolic move, as it only freed enslaved Africans in areas outside of Union control (Confederate States of America) who were in rebellion to the United States of America. In […]

U.S. Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grows By By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists and give the U.S. […]

Oliver Cromwell and the English Protestant Puritans banned Christmas in England in 1644 English Protestant Puritans viewed the festival (Christ’s mass) as an unwanted remnant of the Christian Roman Catholic Church In the late 16th century the English Puritans viewed Christmas as a dangerous excuse for excessive drinking, eating, gambling and generally bad behaviour. This […]