Blackface ‘Black Peter’ popular among Dutch at Christmas By Ashley Michelle Williams The Grio In the Netherlands, everyone is quite aware of the Christmas character known as Black Pete. He’s a little African slave who helps out Santa Claus. According to the Dutch tradition, Black Peter is responsible for carrying a book full of […]
December 25, 2011
Nigeria Christian churches bombed on Christmas Day killing at least 35 people
Christmas bombs kill 35 in Nigeria By Ola Awoniyi AFP ABUJA -Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services and a suicide blast killed at least 35 people in Nigeria on Sunday amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists. A purported spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a bombing of the church outside […]
December 24, 2011
Video: Man touched by a wild mountain Gorilla in Uganda
Video: Uganda- Bwindi Impenetrable Forest December 2011
December 24, 2011
Canadian energy company acquired by Chinese state-owned oil company
Chinese oil giant acquires Canadian energy company Chinese oil giant Sinopec acquires Canada’s Daylight Energy in $2.1 billion deal Associated Press BEIJING– A Chinese state-owned oil company has acquired Canada’s Daylight Energy in the second major Chinese purchase of a Canadian energy company this year. A unit of Sinopec Corp. and Daylight […]
December 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry failed to qualify for Virginia’s Republican presidential primary. Are they responsible enough to be president of the US?
Republicans Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry will not be on Virginia ballot Gingrich lives in McLean, Virginia and didn’t even get on his state’s primary ballot By WILL LESTER Associated Press Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has failed to qualify for Virginia’s March 6 Republican primary, a development that complicates his bid to win the […]
December 23, 2011
Videos: London 2012 Olympic Park construction timelapse sequences
London 2012: Olympic Park timelapse sequences BBC Sport As 2011 draws to a close, the UK’s Olympic year is nearly upon us, and excitement is mounting about London 2012. With just over 200 days until the opening ceremony, the Olympic Park in east London is 90% complete, and due to be finished early next year. […]
December 23, 2011
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves new nuclear power plant design
Approval of Reactor Design Clears Path for New Plants Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear power plant will use a design that relies on forces like gravity and natural heat convection. By MATTHEW L. WALD The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a radical new reactor design on Thursday, clearing away a […]
December 23, 2011
Nigerian army kills 59 Boko Haram members in Yobe state Damaturu attack
Army kills 59 Boko Haram members in Damaturu attack BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI Vanguard The Joint Task Force set up to quell the Boko Haram menace rocking the Northern part of the country, in the early hours of yesterday, launched a successful operation on the sect’s operational stronghold in Damaturu, Yobe state, killing 59 of the […]
December 23, 2011
Turkey freezes relations with France over genocide denial bill
Turkey Freezes Relations With France Over Genocide Denial Bill By Steve Bryant and Emre Peker Bloomberg Turkey froze political and military relations with France in retaliation for the approval by the French parliament’s lower chamber of a measure that makes it a crime to deny genocide against Armenians a century ago. The government recalled its […]
December 23, 2011
Brazil’s jobless rate hits nine-year low
Brazil’s jobless rate hits nine-year low The Economic Times RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s unemployment rate fell in November to 5.2 percent, its lowest level of the past nine years, authorities said Thursday. Last month’s jobless rate was the lowest since the Brazilian government began measuring unemployment under more rigorous criteria in March 2002. The previous […]
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