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Lifan sees Africa as gateway to world
/enpproperty--> After being on the road for more than 20 years, car and motorcycle maker is heading for the top, reports Hu Haiyan. For Yin Minshan, president of Chongqing Lifan Group, Africa offers one of the most fertile land for Chinese private companies' global development. "I want Lifan to be the best automobile and motorcycle company in the world," Yin said about ...
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Chevron celebrates first gas in Angola
Chevron has received a much-needed confidence boost as it battles with the construction timetable of its $US52 billion ($54 billion) Gorgon and $US29 billion Wheatstone LNG projects in WA's North after finally being able to celebrate first production of liquefied fuel at its Angola venture.More than a year late, the $US10 billion Angola LNG development has begun "initial ...
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Hours After Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter Suppression Law Senator Introduces Bill To Overturn Decision
struck down an Arizona voter suppression law in a surprise move Monday, but one Republican senator is already trying to work around that decision. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the 7-2 opinion in ...
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Humbled Chad Johnson ex-NFL star now sorry sprung from jail one week after slapping lawyer on the tush
Former Miami Dolphins and NFL football star Chad Johnson, left, appears in court before Judge Kathleen McHugh, facing camera right, in Broward County Circuit Court, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Johnson apologized for disrespecting the judge when he slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week, and his immediate release from jail was ...
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Obama: Discussions with Putin on Iran, N. Korea 'productive' President Barack Obama describes his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Iran and North Korea at the G-8 summit ...
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Chad Johnson out of jail
Chad Johnson was released from a Florida jail Monday after apologizing for slapping his attorney's buttocks in court. Johnson had been sent to the slammer for 30 days but was let out early after expressing remorse to Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh. "I had a lot of time to reflect, a lot of time to think where I've been, where I'm at now, where I'm ...
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Chad Johnson out of jail
Chad Johnson was released from a Florida jail Monday after apologizing for slapping his attorney's buttocks in court. Johnson had been sent to the slammer for 30 days but was let out early after expressing remorse to Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh. "I had a lot of time to reflect, a lot of time to think where I've been, where I'm at now, where I'm ...
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Africa Day 25 of May
It even rhymeshow cool. I do not remember when I last wrote an Opinion piece about Africa Day to appear on Africa Day, May 25 because it is easy for the international community to use Africa as a vehicle for self-aggrandizement, patting an African on the head, jumping on the Africa bandwagon. I prefer to write about Africa on May 24 or 26 Yet this year, let us get back to basics and let ...
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Al-Jazeera crew detained in Niger is released
DAKAR, Senegal -; A team of Al-Jazeera journalists was released late Monday after being detained for three days in eastern Niger, where they were held in a prison cell, according to a statement from the Qatar-owned ...
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US Selects 8 New Astronauts
NASA says half the appointees are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronauts in one class. They all were chosen from more than 6,000 applications in a selection process that lasted a year and a-half. NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Monday the group will help to lay the groundwork for missions to an asteroid and to Mars in the coming decades. The new astronauts ...
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Tahiti score but get trounced 6-1 by Nigeria
Nigeria pounced on some early mistakes on the way to a 6-1 Confederations Cup win over amateurs Tahiti, who claimed a moral victory by scoring on their debut in a major international tournament on MondayOceania champions Tahiti, with only one professional player in their squad, suffered a terrible start in Group B when the ball hit the referee and ran to Nigeria's Uwa Echiejile who scored ...
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Tahiti crushed by wasteful Nigeria
Tahiti's first taste of a major tournament was as chastening as had been predicted as Nigeria wracked up six goals with early and late bursts. With Tahiti having taken a squad to the Confederations Cup that is so inexperienced some of them do not have jobs let alone professional contracts, a resounding Nigerian win was always on the cards and so it played out. They were three up after 25 ...
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Ethiopia and Egypt in the Eyes of EU Official
Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia for the construction of a dam in the Blue Nile heads the agenda of the visit of the Commissioner of Foreign Policy of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, who will visit Egypt starting Tuesday. The arrival was announced by European Union Ambassador James Moran, who said AShton will meet President Mohamed Morsi and Foreign ...
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Nigeria ease to victory as Tahiti win friends
Nigeria , who took no mercy in a 6-1 victory. The Pacific Islanders went behind in unfortunate fashion. Echiejile hit a speculative effort from distance, which first ...
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Gadhafi’s son to stand trial in August Libya prosecutor says
TRIPOLI: Seif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and other former top regime officials will stand trial in August for crimes committed during the 2011 uprising, an aide to the prosecutor said Monday. Former spy ...
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Egypt Sudan to buy oil shipments from Iraq on credit
Iraq has agreed in principle to provide both Egypt and Sudan with crude oil, to be purchased on credit, Mena has reported. Iraq will start sending the shipments once the two countries obtain letters of credit from international banks and Iraq's cabinet issues its final approval of the ...
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Obama Putin disagree on Syria at icy G8 talks in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland US president Barack Obama has sparred with Russia's Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict eclipsed the rest of the ...
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See Chad Johnson apologizes to judge after butt tap
Former NFL player Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson apologizes to Judge Kathleen McHugh after slapping his attorney's backside in court last week. Judge McHugh decided to reduce his sentence from 30 days to 7 ...
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Nigeria scores 6 goals in win over Tahiti
Tahiti avoided humiliation Monday in its debut at a global football tournament by scoring a goal in a 6-1 loss to Nigeria at the Confederations Cup. Jonathan Tehau headed in a goal early in the second half to reduce the team's deficit to 3-1. The Tahitians then gave their rowing boat celebration its biggest audience yet. The goal generated the biggest cheers of the match at the Mineirao ...
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Election body Guineas legislative ballot cannot be held on June 30
CONAKRY, Guinea - The body overseeing elections in Guinea has announced that the June 30 date set for legislative balloting is not tenable, indicating that it will be delayed once more. Yero Conde, spokesman for the National Independent Electoral Commission, said that even if a delay has not been announced by the government, "the legal timeframe cannot be enforced." Guinea has been ...
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Tahiti 1-6 Nigeria Oduamadi hits hat-trick as Super Eagles smash South Pacific islanders
Nigeria kicked off their Confederations Cup campaign with a predictably facile 6-1 victory over a game but painfully limited Tahitiside. Nnamdi Oduamadi helped himself to a hat-trick, Uwa Echiejile struck twice with two deflected efforts, while Jonathan Tehau also put through his own net. The latter also struck at the right end, with a towering header, but despite their best efforts, the OFC ...
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Soldiers killed in Mozambique armory raid
Several soldiers were killed Monday when gunmen attacked an armory in the central Dondo region of Mozambique, a local official said. Local media reported five soldiers were killed, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Monday. STV, a local television station, reported numerous people were hospitalized in the raid, and many weapons were stolen from the armory. A spokesman for Renamo, a former ...
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Is West now looking past Darfur genocide to engage Sudan
Darfur province, where the war is now a decade old, fresh fighting has forced more people from their homes since January than in the last two years ...
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Irans Rowhani Promises New Era
Iran's newly elected president is giving a glimpse into what he says may lie ahead for relations between Tehran and the rest of the world. Cleric Hassan Rowhani spoke at a news conference Monday, during which he promised to follow a path of moderation. President-elect Hassan Rowhani took to the podium to make clear his victory represents a new era, hinting at a new start with world ...
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Hope for Change in Iran Tempered With Caution
LONDON -- Analysts are tamping down hopes of major changes in Iran, after the surprise election of relatively moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani as president. Supporters of the new president-elect marched through the streets of Tehran to celebrate. Rowhani’s election on the first ballot, with more than 50 percent of the vote, surprised many experts. On Monday, Rowhani told a news ...
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