Nigerian Leader Reiterates Commitment to Air Safety

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’adua on Wednesday spoke about Nigeria’s efforts to ensure airport security and air safety in the country’s airspace. Receiving a delegation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which called on him in Abuja, Yar’adua noted that air transportation in Nigeria was undergoing transition by involving the private sector. Read more

Finally, Someone Gets The Problem: Evil Credit Card Companies - Political Opinion

Now here’s a name we haven’t heard in quite some time. Senator Chris Dodd is finally waking up from his long slumber on the campaign trail to discover something that any American with a pulse already know: Credit cards companies are making a killing at the expense of the American people. Read more

Ranbir Kapoor to Play Rajiv Gandhi in Jha’s Rajniti

Ranbir Kapoor is finally ditching the lover boy tag! Looks like the actor will play none other than slain PM Rajiv Gandhi in Prakash Jha’s Rajniti. Read more

Voronin Says Romania Started Moldova’s ‘war’ Against Transnistria

If Moldova’s President is to be believed, his Romanian counterpart is foaming at the mouth over Transdniestria, the ‘de facto’ independent country whose official name is Pridnestrovie but which is also known as Transnistria or Trans-Dniester. Read more

China Will Soon Have World’s No. 1 Economy

Fortune Magazine, an offshoot of CNNMoney.com, featured a story about China’s quickly approaching role as world’s foremost economic superpower. Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large, said “a recent study by the economist Angus Maddison projects that China will become the world’s dominant economic superpower much sooner than expected - not in 2050, but in 2015.” Read more

Verification of Zimbabwe Presidential Election Results Begins in Harare

Verification of Zimbabwe’s presidential election results began in the capital on Thursday amid optimism that the month-long electoral stand-off could be coming to an end. Representatives of the four candidates that contested the March 29 presidential poll converged at a Harare hotel starting at 10am to verify tallies compiled by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). Read more

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