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    Nigeria celebrated 50th anniversary of independence on Friday

    A ceremony attended by huge crowd was held at the Eagles Square in Abuja where military parades were held. It was a day of celebration featuring several dignitaries, members of the diplomatic corp, National Assembly members, former leaders, and more. Some 15 African leaders witnessed the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, while some countries outside […]

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    David Johnston Sworn in as Canada’s 28th Governor General

    David Johnston, a 69-year-old career academic, was sworn in Friday as Canada’s 28th governor general since Canadian Confederation in 1867 on Parliament Hill, to take over from the departing Michaelle Jean. Johnston took the oath of office within the red walls of the ornate Senate chamber, surrounded by former governors general, former prime ministers and […]

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    S. Korean Parliament Approves New PM

    South Korean parliament on Friday approved new prime minister, giving the head of state audit agency the top Cabinet job that has been vacant for two months. Kim Hwang-sik, head of the Board of Audit and Inspection and a former Supreme Court justice, was approved in a plenary session by a vote of 169-71 with […]

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    World Habitat Day to be Celebrated on 4th October

    The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October each year as the World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of human settlements and the necessity of adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of human habitat. UNHABITAT […]

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    Japan’s Comments on Medvedev’s Trips Unacceptable: FM

    A spokesman from Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the comments from the Japanese side concerning President Dmitry Medvedev’s planned trips to the disputed Kuril Islands “inappropriate and unacceptable.” “The Russian president independently selects routes of his domestic trips. Any recommendations from abroad are inappropriate and unacceptable,” said Andrei Nesterenko at a Thursday news briefing. […]

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    U.S. Voices Full Support for Ecuador’s President

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday voiced “full support” for Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, calling for a rapid and peaceful restoration of order in Ecuador. “The United States deplores violence and lawlessness, and we express our full support for President Rafael Correa, and the institutions of democratic government in that country,” Clinton said […]

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    Korean Military Talks End without Progress

    South Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) ended Thursday their first working-level military talks in two years without progress, officials in Seoul said. Three officials each from the two sides held the talks that lasted for about two hours in the truce village of Panmunjom, in what was their first military contact […]

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    US slaps more sanctions on Iran

    Arguing that there is “mounting evidence” of repression of Iranian opposition, the US announced additional sanctions against top Iranian officials, members of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and others allegedly indulged in violation of human rights. “These officials watch or under their command, Iranian citizens have been arbitrarily arrested, beaten, tortured, raped, blackmailed and killed. Yet […]

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    Two Koreas begin first military talks for two years

    South and North Korea began their first military talks for two years to try to ease tensions heightened by a naval disaster near their disputed sea border, Seoul’s defence ministry said. Officers from the two sides met at the border truce village of Panmunjom after the North had accepted the South’s revised date for the […]

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    U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill on Foreign Currency

    The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the proposed Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, to allow the United States to seek trade sanctions against its trade partners for allegedly manipulating their currency, a new move of the nation’s rising trade protectionism. The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed the bill last […]

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