Japanese town to scrap marooned ‘tsunami boat’ BBC News As Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports, the boat will be scrapped after residents said it brought back painful memories A Japanese town has decided to scrap a marooned fishing boat which has become a symbol of the devastating 2011 tsunami, officials say. Residents of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture […]
August 14, 2013
Georgia Board of Regents adopt bold strategic plan for its public university system
Georgia Board of Regents adopt bold strategic plan for its public university system Public agenda will reshape university system in an era of change Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Atlanta — August 14, 2013 The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia adopted today a bold Strategic Plan for […]
August 14, 2013
Hillary Clinton speaks out against the new Republican led North Carolina voter I.D. law as “…the greatest hits of voter suppression”
Hillary Clinton speaks out against the new Republican led North Carolina voter I.D. law as “…the greatest hits of voter suppression” U.S. senator seeks federal review of North Carolina voting law By Karen Brooks Reuters U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat expected to face a tough battle to retain her seat in 2014, […]
August 13, 2013
Poland receives first high-speed train
First high-speed Pendolino train arrives in Poland Polish Press Agency The first of twenty high-speed Pendolino trains purchased by Polish State Railways (PKP) has been delivered to Wroclaw, south west Poland. The train, which was made at the Alstom factory in Savigliano, Italy, is part of a programme to reduce journey durations between key Polish […]
August 12, 2013
India launches its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
India to launch aircraft carrier INS Vikrant today T Ramavarman, TNN KOCHI- India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Monday, making an entry into a select club of countries capable of designing and building a carrier of this size and capability. Defence minister A K Antony’s wife Elizabeth will launch the […]
August 11, 2013
Spain: 47 story skyscraper with no elevators nearly complete
Spain: 47 story skyscraper with no elevators nearly complete UPI ALICANTE, Spain– Builders in Spain say adding exterior elevator shafts seems to be the only Plan B available for a 47-story skyscraper that currently only has stairs. In a major oversight, the InTempo building in Alicante was designed, approved and well under construction before anyone […]
August 9, 2013
U.S. Home prices climb in 87% of U.S. cities amid recovery and U.K. home prices rise to a new record
Home prices climb in 87% of U.S. cities amid recovery Bloomberg Prices for single-family homes climbed in 87 percent of U.S. cities in the second quarter as the national housing recovery accelerated amid competition for a limited number of properties on the market. The median transaction price rose from a year earlier in 142 of […]
August 9, 2013
Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience
Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience By Palash GhoshI International Business Times Tens of millions of black Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands from the 16th century to the 19th century to toil on the plantations and farms of the New World. This so-called “Middle Passage” accounted for one of […]
August 8, 2013
Scotland’s population reaches record high
Scotland’s population climbs to record level BBC News The number of people living in Scotland has reached a new high, according to the latest official figures. At the end of June last year the population stood at 5,313,600 – up 18,200 since the last census on 27 March 2011. Although there were more […]
August 7, 2013
Kenya: Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ruined by fire
Immigration officials express fears as team set up to probe airport fire By Moses Michira, Lonah Kibet and Felix Olick The Standard (Nairobi) NAIROBI- Senior Immigration officials Wednesday evening expressed unease with hasty plans to reopen the damaged Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to international flights. The Immigration Department said it would not be pushed […]
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