THIS week, Nigeria is taking the basket of its age-long, newly reinvigorated, investment and economic cooperation drive to the corridors of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium.
It is the 19th EU- Economic Community of West African States...
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Parliament Halts Debate On Women’s Rights Law
A debate by Afghan MPs about beefing up a law to prevent violence against women has been halted amid angry scenes.
Parliament’s speaker ended the debate after 15 minutes after traditionalists called for the law to be scrapped.
A law banning...
Read more... Parliament’s speaker ended the debate after 15 minutes after traditionalists called for the law to be scrapped.
A law banning...
Eight Die In Fresh Attacks
FRESH outbreaks of violence in Iraq have left at least eight people dead, according to the police.In one attack, gunmen broke into a house in Baghdad and killed five people including a police officer, his wife and their two children.
In another...
Blasts kill 62, injure scores in Iraq, Pakistan
TWO bombs near a Sunni mosque and another against a Sunni funeral procession killed 49 people in Iraq on Friday, officials said, after two days of attacks against Shiites that killed dozens.The burst of violence raises the spectre of tit-for-tat...
Bulgaria president to convene parliament May 21
BULGARIAN President Rosen Plevneliev on Friday said he will convene parliament on May 21 in hope of breaking a political deadlock following inconclusive elections in the European Union's poorest country.
Under Bulgarian law, the president must...
Read more... Under Bulgarian law, the president must...
$1m jewels stolen at Cannes film fiesta
JEWELS worth more than one million dollars made by Chopard and due to be loaned to stars walking the red carpet at the Cannes film festival have been stolen but the Palme d'Or trophy is safe, officials said on Friday.
Thieves broke into the room...
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15 killed by suicide bomber in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months.
Forty people were...
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Cambodian shoe factory accident kills two, injures seven
The ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building early yesterday, killing at least two people and possibly trapping more under the debris, police said.
The ceiling is believed to have caved...
Read more... The ceiling is believed to have caved...
Pope blasts ‘cult of money’ that tyrannizes poor
POPE Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the “cult of money” that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods.
In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded that...
Read more... In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded that...
UN wants world citizens to eat insects to fight hunger
IF governments around the world can expend billions of dollars in fighting war, global citizens can exert a little energy and a little more will to help themselves to meals from the many insects that now populate our world.This is the apparent...
French economy returns to recession
FRANCE has entered its second recession in four years after the economy shrank by 0.2 per cent in the first quarter of the year, official figures show.Its economy shrank by the same amount in the last quarter of 2012. A recession is defined as...
Palestinians mark 65 years since displacement
PALESTINIANS clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank Wednesday during demonstrations to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe) when Israel’s creation caused many to lose their homes and become refugees.
A shell...
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Cameron faces leadership questions over Europe
PRIME Minister David Cameron, Tuesday faced questions about his leadership after he buckled to pressure from within the Conservative Party to bring forward draft legislation enforcing a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership.Just...
Putin warns against aggravating Syrian crisis
Outrage at rebel shown ‘eating soldier’s heart’
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday it was important to avoid actions that might aggravate Syria’s civil war, a veiled warning against foreign military intervention or arming...
Read more... RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday it was important to avoid actions that might aggravate Syria’s civil war, a veiled warning against foreign military intervention or arming...
European, U.S. retailers split on Bangladeshi reform plan
MAJOR United States retailers, including Gap Inc, declined to endorse an accord on Bangladesh building and fire safety backed by Europe’s two biggest fashion chains, a trans-Atlantic divide that may dilute garment industry reform efforts.
Three...
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