Athletics-World beaters floored in Kenyan cross country meetings
NAIROBI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - World marathon champion Edna Kiplagat, Olympic silver medallist Vivian Cheruiyot and former Olympic champions Asbel Kiprop and Nancy Jebet Lagat, were beaten in ...
View ArticleGallery A glimpse inside the worlds biggest aquarium
Resort World Sentosa in Singapore's newly opened Marine Life Park is the world's largest aquarium with 100,000 marine animals of over 800 species housed in 45 million litres of ...
View ArticleFederal agriculture minister says Ottawa intent on modernization of wheat...
Stripping the Canadian Wheat Board of its monopoly on wheat and barley sales is only the start of the federal government's "modernization" of the industry, federal Agriculture Minister ...
View ArticleInnerhofer takes World Cup downhill at Wengen
Shinichiro Tanaka/AP WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) -- Christof Innerhofer of Italy won the classic Lauberhorn downhill on Saturday, and Johan Clarey of France set a World Cup speed record of 100.6 ...
View ArticleEU a big external challenge to Chinese economy
Weak demand globally especially in the EU is the biggest external challenge for China's economy in 2013, said European economists. The experts made the comments after the Chinese government ...
View ArticleWith participation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance The...
Riyadh, January 19th (BNA) -Foreign Minister, Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, and Minister of Finance, Shaikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa participated in the joint meeting of ...
View ArticleBoeing Closer to an Answer Not to Getting Back in Air
The grounding comes as the United States is going through a record stretch of safe commercial jet flying: It has been nearly four years since a fatal airline crash, with nearly three billion ...
View ArticleCELAC and the wider world
In a few days time, leaders of European Union, Latin America and the Caribbeanwill meet in Santiago de Chile. Among those from Europe confirmed to be there on January 26 and 27th are the French ...
View ArticleGuy Fieri Jumps into the Wine Business
celebrity chef known for his rowdy personality, spiky hair and love of roadside diners, is adding an unexpected venture to his mix: winemaking. The star of the Food Network series "Diners, ...
View ArticleWatson Bulgaria PM Is Like Shiny Boeing Dreamliner
ALDE leader Graham Watson praised Bulgarian liberal opposition leader Ahmed Dogan at the expense of PM Boyko Borisov. Saturday Watson is in Sofia for Dogan's Movement for Rights and Freedoms ...
View ArticleBusiness Disease threatens Kenyas food basket
The country is yet again staring at a food crisis after thousands of hectares of maize in the breadbasket regions were destroyed. Even as the Ministry of Agriculture mandarins put a brave face and ...
View ArticleGlobal mercury convention adopted
At the end of the fifth and final round of negotiations, taking four years in total, about 140 countries adopted a new convention aimed at cutting mercury emissions, a toxic metal used in computers ...
View ArticleVonn wins World Cup downhill for first victory in five weeks
Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, speeds down the course on her way to win an Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan.19, 2013. (Marco Trovati ...
View ArticleMore than 140 countries adopt global treaty to curb mercury emissions
More than 140 countries have agreed on the first global treaty to cut mercury pollution through a blacklist of household items and new controls on power plants and small-scale mines, the United ...
View ArticleTaiwan China Complete Direct Undersea Data Cable
China Mobile Chief Executive Li Yue waves to the press during a ceremony in Taipei linking the first undersea fiber optic cable between Taiwan and China on January 18, ...
View ArticleArabsat signs two contracts for manufacturing and launching the first...
WAM Paris, Jan 19th, 2013 (WAM)-- Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat) and the consortium of two companies Astrium and Thales Alenia Space and the company of Arianespace have signed ...
View ArticleUS economy adds 155K jobs rate remains 7.8 pct.
In this Wednesday, Dec. 12 2012 photo, Taneshia Wright, of Manhattan, fills out a job application during a job fair in New York. U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that ...
View ArticleZambia Groundnuts - an Ignored Yet Viable Industry
A LOT of you are wondering about what I am going to write on because you believe that groundnuts are readily available in Zambia. Yes, it is very true that groundnuts are readily available in ...
View ArticleMarket Wrap for Friday January 18 Major Averages Close Mixed Intel Falls
The major averages finished the trading day mixed with the Dow and S&P 500 rising on Friday and the Nasdaq recording a small loss. The markets are focusing primarily on earnings season as most ...
View ArticleGuess the new business destination for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Bangalore
When Rachna Singh returned to her native India in early 2011 to start up Hachi Labs, after a seven-year career in Silicon Valley, she was staggered - and not by Bangalore's horrendous traffic ...
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