News for January 2010
White House economist Christina Romer: “There will surely be bumps in the road ahead”
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However, even with the pick-up, the US GDP shrank by 2.4% …
By Daniel Cancel
CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he thanked God Friday morning for a light rain in the capital, Caracas, and prayed for more as the worst drought in 50 …
Photo: IRIN
Free school for some
MBABANE, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) – Free primary school education got off to a rocky start in Swaziland this week, five years after a new constitution mandated that the …
KHARTOUM (AFP)
Nine candidates have been approved to run against President Omar al-Bashir in Sudan’s April 11 polls, the electoral commission said on Saturday after rejecting three hopefuls.
The presidential vote is to be held in conjunction …
NEW YORK (Talal Al-Haj)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been in off-on secret negotiations for months with two Darfuri rebels wanted for questioning in connection with the attack on an African Union peacekeeping mission …
The chairman with the Senate’s narrowest victory margin in decades
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He has been criticised for not doing enough to prevent the economic crisis and for …
Photo: Edgar Mwakaba/IRIN
Research shows that post-conflict transitions are periods of heightened vulnerability to HIV
JUBA, 29 January 2010 (PlusNews) – The evidence of five years of peace is everywhere in Juba, regional capital of Southern …
Tomohiro Kato, the man accused of killing seven people and injuring 10 in a rampage on the streets of Tokyo’s Akihabara district in June 2008, pleaded guilty at the first session of his trial at …
By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Investment, concessions on returning to Barbados and challenges in making philanthropic contributions were among the main issues discussed on Wednesday, during a meeting with Prime Minister David Thompson and some …
Dear Sir:To build a strong and modern day progressive society it requires strong leadership at all levels, hard work, commitment, critical thinking and analysis, accountability, unity and a clear vision. The population should be aware …
By Jordi Zamora
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) – It will be difficult to convince Haitians to spend extra money and rebuild their quake-ravaged country with structures able to withstand another powerful earthquake, experts said Friday.
Some 170,000 people were …
“I do not accept second place for the US”, said Obama
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“People are out of work. They are hurting. They need our help. And I …
A letter by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan receives a warm response from his Greek counterpart, opening the possibility for better relations between the two nations.
By Erol Izmirli for Southeast European Times in Ankara — 29/01/10
“We …
Plane goes down two minutes after takeoff
“Power loss,â the pilot radioed the control tower moments before the Nomad plane nosedived, missed a chapel and slammed into two houses in a residential area in Cotabato City.
All …
Photo: Mike Pflanz/IRIN
Livestock deaths increase pastoralists’ vulnerability
NAIROBI, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) – Hundreds of pastoralists in northern Kenya will soon be better cushioned against the effects of recurrent drought thanks to a new index-based …
Photo: Mohammed Amin Jibril/IRIN
A car burns during a past demonstration in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. A series of bombing incidents have been reported in Las-anod, an area disputed by Somaliland and Puntland (file photo)
HAIRGEISA, …
