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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China has loaned Ethiopia $349 million for the construction of a 79-kilometer expressway between the capital Addis Ababa and Adama, the Ethiopian News Agency said.
Monte Carlo - Three-time sprint world champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica heads a shortlist of five men vying for the World Athlete of the Year award from the ruling body IAAF. Bolt, winner of the prestigious award last year, lowered his own world records...
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2009) - Allana Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AAA) ("Allana" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the Company has completed its previously announced Strategic Investment with China Minerals United Management Ltd. (see News Release dated November 4, 2009) by way of private placement financing of Common Shares of the Corporation for gross proceeds of ...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2009) - Africa Oil Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the Bogal-1 oil exploration well on Block 9 operated by CNOOC Limited in the Republic of Kenya spudded on October 28, 2009. The well is expected to reach total depth of 5,500 meters within approximately 6 months. Block 9 covers an area of 27 ...
More than 500 refugees resettled in New Hampshire over the past year, with more than 80 percent coming from the Asian nation of Bhutan.
A boat carrying refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea was seized in the territorial waters of Yemen, authorities said Saturday. "The smuggling boat was carrying 64 African refuge-seekers, including eight Somalis and 56 Ethiopians and Eritreans," the coast guard said in a statement.
More than 500 refugees resettled in the state over the past year, with more than 80 percent coming from the Asian nation of Bhutan.
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Starting a business isn't easy these days. And it might be a little harder if an entrepreneur purposely seeks employees who have been recently released from prison. But the post-prison experience is central to Pete Leonard's business plan for the Second Chance Coffee Company at 657 Childs St. in Wheaton.
Most years, the setting of the sun is the start of the year’s scariest holiday; but for 2009, children had the entire day to plot their tricks and devour their sweets as Halloween fell on a Saturday.
(RTTNews) - Ending months of wrangling over power, Madagascar's political rivals agreed Saturday to form a power-sharing government.
As of Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The...
Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African...
Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina threatened Friday to pull out of talks to end the nation's crisis as bickering by the main political foes blocked progress.
Ethiopia's parliament is set to adopt an electoral code agreed on by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party and three of the opposition groups challenging his rule in elections next May. A coalition of eight other parties boycotted negotiations on the code, saying it fails to address their concerns that the system is rigged in the ruling party's favor.
TOKYO — The World Anti-Doping Agency is studying a new method that would allow wider testing of the banned blood-boosting hormone EPO. Arne Ljungqvist, vice president of WADA, didn’t provide details about the new testing process on Sunday, saying its effectiveness still needs to be verified.
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