Rwanda: Hit the Reset Button for Development, Says Ban

Source: AllAfrica.com

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged countries to seize the opportunity provided by the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to set the world on a path towards a sustainable future, stress ...
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Family Minister Defends Surveillance, Action

Source: AllAfrica.com

Harare — The Angolan minister of Family and Women Promotion Friday in Harare, Zimbabwe, stressed the need for greater surveillance by international organisations in order to ensure an assessment of the implementation of gender ...
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Africa: Continent Called to Write a New Chapter

Source: AllAfrica.com

Johannesburg — The Global African Diaspora Summit being held today must write a new story - that Africa is no longer the dark continent, but it is rising, says President Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who is presiding over the opening ceremony, together with Chai ...
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Germany Walks Away From Greece

Source: Wall Street Examiner

Post your thoughts below. No registration necessary. Greece’s exit from the Eurozone has reached critical mass and is now a routine topic at all levels of government. While heads of state still hue to the line that Greece should s ...
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Africa ‘s food security and the G8 summit

Source: Workers World Online

The Hunger Project reports that out of a global population of 6.8 billion, 925 million people do not have sufficient food for members of their households. Moreover, 98 percent of undernourished people live in the so-called developing countries — t ...
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Spain region, Greek exit warnings rattle euro zone

Source: Reuters Mobile

A Greek flag flies behind a statue to European unity outside the European Parliament in Brussels ahead of an EU informal heads of state summit May 22, 2012. (Reuters) - Central banks and companies risk making a grave error if ...
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'West policies doomed to fail in Syira'

Source: Press TV

Press TV has interviewed Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian from Washington about the admission by UN and US heads that al-Qaeda is attempting to destabilize Syria from inside the country after so long refusing to admit its presence an ...
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Vienna's café culture

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

A slice of Sachertorte and a Kapuziner, the Viennese equivalent of the cappuccino, make up the essential Viennese cafe experience. It is a defensible proposition that no institution is as essential to the city of waltzes as the cafà ...
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Richler's old local, new & improved

Source: National Post

Long live the queen. The stately 100year-old Ritz-Carlton Montreal, a landmark of the Golden Square Mile, re-opens May 28, following a massive four-year renovation. The revamped property retains its regal elegance while ...
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