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U.K. Lease Holders Heading for Extension Time Bomb
Unwelcome chickens may be coming home to roost for people who bought flats in the 1970s and 1980s on relatively short leases of 125 years. Leaseholders have rights in law to extend their leases by 90 years (Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development...
Memorandum of Agreement to End the Crisis in Guinea Was Signed Friday
A memorandum of agreement to end the crisis in Guinea was signed Friday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, under which the signatories agreed to maintain abroad the Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, currently “recovering” in Ouagadougou. The...
Ten-year Contract Placed with Rolls-Royce for Engines on the Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Jet Fighter
A ten-year £865M contract has been placed with Rolls-Royce for the engines on the Royal Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet, the Typhoon. The Typhoon engines – the EJ200 – will be maintained and supported under an arrangement that will...
Kenya Urges Italy to Help Mobilize Support for Somalia
President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, has urged the Italian government to lobby other group members of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia to help stabilize the security situation in the horn of Africa nation. Speaking Thursday at his office in...
Sub-contracts Awarded for Britain’s New Super Aircraft Carriers
Contracts worth £333M have been awarded by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) to companies across the United Kingdom to help to build the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. Five sub-contracts have been awarded to suppliers...
Russian Ship Master in Court After Being Found Drunk in Charge of Ship
Associated British Ports Holdings (ABP) contacted the Maritime & Coastguard Agency via Solent Coastguard after concerns were raised that a vessel ‘Balu C’ was not being managed correctly on its passage into a berth at the port. The Master of the...
Kenya Welcomes China’s Assistance in Development of Second Port
President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya has welcomed the commitment that the Government of the People’s Republic of China has shown in the development of a second port at Lamu near the coastal city of Mombasa. At a meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Affairs...
60 Cars Stranded By Snowstorm in Russia’s Far East
An emergencies official has said that a major snowstorm has battered Russia’s Pacific island of Sakhalin since New Year’s Eve, stranding almost 60 cars on the main highway. “Currently, 56 vehicles are imprisoned by the snow on the highway...
