From ESPN.com Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova to win the 2013 French Open PARIS — Serena Williams knew, of course, that 11 years had passed since her only French Open championship. She also knew, of course, what happened a year ago in Paris: the only first-round Grand Slam loss of her career, to a woman ranked […]
Orwellian – 1984 revisited
6 June 2013 by
1984 was published and released in June 1949. ‘I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery’- Thomas Jefferson. US defends vast phone record collection White House says National Security Agency gathering of data on millions of Americans key anti-terrorism tool. The Obama administration has defended its secret collection of millions of telephone records from at least […]
El Salvador seeks to reform gang members
6 June 2013 by
Rehabilitation program takes advantage of truce to provide normal jobs, leading to decline in violence. El Salvador’s program to reintegrate former gang members back into society with normal jobs has shown signs of success. Following last year’s truce between rival gangs in the country, the government has helped rehabilitate former gang members, leading to the […]
The first Brazil-Ethiopia-Djibouti-South Sudan Investment and Trade Seminar
6 June 2013 by
A two-day Brazil-Ethiopia-Djibouti-South Sudan Investment and Trade Seminar opened today (June 6th) in Addis Ababa. Organized by the Embassy of Brazil in Ethiopia, the Seminar aims to provide an opportunity for business and investment networking between governments and companies from Brazil, Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan.It also aims to encourage strategic information-sharing on potential investment […]
Tanzania has completed the digital transition
5 June 2013 by
Tanzania has become the first mainland African country to declare that it has completed the digital transition New channels are now available to free-to-air viewers on their set-top boxes. This provides an interesting opportunity for the delegates to the Broadcast, Film and Music Africa Conference taking place at the end of the month to look […]
Billionaires dumping stocks
3 June 2013 by
Despite the 6.5% stock market rally over the last three months, a handful of billionaires are quietly dumping their American stocks . . . and fast. Warren Buffett, who has been a cheerleader for U.S. stocks for quite some time, is dumping shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained of “disappointing performance” in dyed-in-the-wool […]
US denouces anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe and Asia
3 June 2013 by
The US criticised a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe and Asia on Monday after the State Department released its annual report on religious freedom, which pointed to government restrictions and violence targeting Muslims. By News Wires (text) The United States on Monday denounced what it called a spike in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and […]