HAVANA: Cuba’s top biotech teams have successfully tested a new AIDS vaccine on mice, and are ready to soon begin human testing, a leading researcher told a biotechnology conference in Havana
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Kuwait celebrates 51st anniversary, forges ties with Nigeria
February 29, 2012 Comment Off 108 ViewsKuwait celebrated its 51st anniversary of independence and 21st year of liberation Monday in Abuja where the country's Ambassador Saad A. Al-Asousi said it had signed a number of agreements with
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UNDP urges stronger local govts in Nigeria
February 24, 2012 Comment Off 109 ViewsThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has called for strengthening of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) for effective service delivery to advocate on critical
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Obasanjo meets Senegalese opposition
February 23, 2012 Comment Off 43 ViewsIn a statement, Obasanjo said he would meet five of the 13 opposition candidates running against the country’s 85-year-old leader in Sunday’s election. They include Cheikh Tidiane Gadio,
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India should boycott London Olympics: Vaiko
January 30, 2012 1 Comment 1248 ViewsChennai: MDMK leader Vaiko demanded on Monday that India boycott the London Olympics if the organisers did not cancel the sponsorship contract with Dow Chemicals, which has links to Union Carbide
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Climate Change And Economic Growth In Nigeria
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 57 ViewsNigeria is participating at the ongoing Climate Change Conference holding in Durban, South Africa. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes on the challenges of climate change on the country and what the
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Reports into the London riots show victim of shooting did not have a gun
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 157 ViewsTHERE is no evidence Mark Duggan - whose killing by police sparked deadly riots throughout London and wider England in August - was holding a gun when he was shot dead, according to the
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‘Occupy’ anti-capitalism protests spread around the world
October 16, 2011 Comment Off 37 ViewsOccupy London protest: on the steps of St Paul's cathedral. Source: guardian.co.uk Link to this video Protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York and the "Indignants" in
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Devastated Apple staff plan celebration of Steve Jobs’ life as world mourns death of visionary genius
October 7, 2011 Comment Off 263 ViewsDevastated Apple staff were tonight planning a celebration of the life of founder Steve Jobs after he died following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. The visionary genius behind the
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James Murdoch to testify again on phone hacking
September 19, 2011 Comment Off 39 ViewsBut there will be particular interest in the testimony of Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the deputy chief operating officer of News Corp., as he faces fresh questions about
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