Finland names 1st nuclear site after Fukushima
Finnish nuclear power consortium Fennovoima said it would build a reactor in Pyhajoki, northern Finland -- the first announcement of a new site anywhere in the world since the March...
South Africa: ANC Worse Than Apartheid Govt – Tutu
Cape Town  The ANC government is "worse than the apartheid government", Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said in Cape Town on Tuesday. "Our government is worse than the apartheid government,...
Libyan forces plan “final” attack on Gaddafi hometown
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan interim government forces have pledged to mount a final decisive attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown and one of his former lieutenants says he believes the...
Libyan Rebels Clarify Steps to New Rule
TRIPOLI, Libya  Libya’s provisional leaders said Monday that they would resign once the former rebels defeat the vestiges of armed support for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in his home city...
Boko Haram: Northern leaders vow to restore sanity
SPONSORS and couriers of terror may be in for an uphill task as Northern leaders have vowed to finally take the bull by the horn and halt the spiraling...
Mirror boy who will stop the moving train
Like a moving train, ‘Mirror Boy’ records strings of achievements everywhere it went. In London it was the first African movie to premiere at the prestigious Empire Leicester Square which...
Why Obama has turned towards Israel
President Barack Obama's speech at the UN on Wednesday was welcomed by almost all major American Jewish organisations and billed in the media as his most pro-Israel yet. But, if...
Mr. Ideal 2011 is first ever Nigerian delegate to the Mr. Earth Pagant
Mr Ideal Nigeria 2011, Ayotunde Ajiboye is officially now Nigeria’s delegate to the Mr Earth worldwide pageant to be held in Guatamala in October 2011, less than a month from...
NASA satellite breaks up, plunges back to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A six-ton NASA science satellite pierced the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and fell back to Earth, the U.S. space agency said on Saturday, but...
Palestinians submit UN statehood bid
UNITED NATIONS (AP)  The Palestinian leader took his people's quest for independence to the heart of world diplomacy Friday, seeking U.N. recognition of Palestine and sidestepping negotiations that have...