22 April 2016 Somalia: Security Council ‘gravely concerned’ over fragile security situation (United Nations Security Council)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Apr 2016
22 April 2016 - Expressing 'grave concern' at the fragility of the security situation in Somalia, the United Nations Security Council has called for progress on the constitutional review process in the country, and for the completion of the Federal State formation process to be accelerated ... The Council was also briefed by the African Union on the financial, operational and logistical challenges facing AMISOM....

Congo signs landmark $200 million deal to protect forests

Edit Topix 23 Apr 2016
Congo, home to the world's second-largest rainforest after the Amazon, is the first country to sign an agreement with the Central African Forest Initiative , launched in September 2015 by six African nations and European donor countries ... ....

Victory for Affordable Housing; Senate Scales Back Housing Authority Ability to Spend Money on Executive Salaries, Perks (Chuck Grassley)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Apr 2016
Chuck Grassley that will ensure transparency and promote accountability in public housing authorities' use of more than $350 million in federal tax dollars. The Grassley language, which was incorporated into a committee report that accompanies an annual spending bill, will ensure that federal funds transferred to housing authorities will retain their federal designation and be subject to U.S....

Here's how Obama responded to the London mayor's 'part-Kenyan' remark

Edit Business Insider 23 Apr 2016
US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (unseen) following a meeting at Downing Street, in London, Britain April, 22, 2016 ... “I thought...as the first African-American President, it might be appropriate to have a bust of Dr ... ....

A woman from Ohio sued a sperm bank after giving birth to a mixed race baby

Edit Business Insider 23 Apr 2016
(Reuters) - A white Ohio woman sued a sperm bank in federal court on Friday for mistakenly giving her, and her white same-sex partner, sperm from an African-American donor, court documents showed. Jennifer Cramblett of rural Uniontown in northeastern Ohio filed the lawsuit in U.S ... The sperm bank was not immediately available for comment ... The federal lawsuit demands more than $150,000 in damages ... Read the original article on Reuters ... ....

Will Starbucks be a hit in South Africa?

Edit BBC News 23 Apr 2016
Nonetheless, South Africans seem to lap up American consumer culture ... Taste Holdings, Starbucks' South African franchise partner, also responsible for bringing in Domino Pizza, is optimistic about the market. "The South African coffee market is vibrant and growing ... And South Africans do seem to love their caffeine fix - a coffee culture that has changed dramatically over recent years ... 'Enterprising Africans'....

Oregon OSHA offers help during national safety event (Oregon OSHA)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Apr 2016
In its third year, the voluntary national stand-down, organized by federal OSHA and other federal agencies, will focus on the dangers of falls in the construction industry ... This year, federal OSHA's goal is to reach 5 million workers, and Oregon OSHA aims to help make the national event a success in Oregon ... in 2014, according to federal data....

Mihm: Andrew Jackson never wanted to be on $20 bill

Edit Denver Post 23 Apr 2016
Sen ... Donald Trump said the change was "pure political correctness." ... Jackson himself. Jackson's presence on the notes of the Federal Reserve has always been a slap in the face to the seventh president, who unequivocally hated the idea of a central bank that issued paper currency ... ....

Kenyan stars set to steal the spotlight in London

Edit Modern Ghana 23 Apr 2016
By AFP. (L-R) Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, Dennis Kimetto, Stanley Biwott and Wilson Kipsang pose for photographers near Tower Bridge in central London. By Niklas Halle'n (AFP) ... More than 40 Kenyan athletes have tested positive for banned substances over the past five years and the east African nation's government moved to avoid a potential ban from the Rio Olympics by passing a new law earlier this week to make doping a criminal offence ... No....

Veteran Nepal editor Kanak Mani Dixit is arrested by anti-graft body

Edit Indian Express 23 Apr 2016
The commission said he had refused to cooperate with the investigation ... The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (Himalmedia Chapter), too, called it “a deliberately vengeful act by the chairman” ... He said he has been kept in custody at the CIAA’s central office in Tangal, Kathmandu. The Federation of Nepalese Journalists, meanwhile, said, “He was detained on Friday just before the courts closed to prevent being freed on bail....

Re: Merely Using A Tax Haven Isn't A Crime---Ace Ankomah

Edit Modern Ghana 23 Apr 2016
It is a mighty long way from Panama, Central America, to Accra, Ghana! In fact, according to our ace internet-information robot, Panama, where the HQ of the Mossack Fonseca law firm sits, is precisely 8,725 miles from Accra, as the crow flies ... Ankomah, the African, was a tad serious, rather than "jump like ants were in his pants" when he read about Mossack Fonseca, he would have instead hollered to the open African skies.....

Yen drops as Bank of Japan considers more negative rates

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 23 Apr 2016
Before the central bank meeting, investors are unlikely to bet on further strength in the currency, according to Stuart Bennett, head of Group-of-10 currency strategy in London at Banco Santander ... Nineteen forecast the central bank will increase purchases of exchange-traded funds, eight expect a boost in bond buying and eight project the BOJ will lower its negative rate, the survey conducted April 15-21 shows....

2016 Subaru NRS continues in Apple Isle with Mersey... (Australian Cycling Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Apr 2016
(Source. Australian Cycling Federation) ... MORE. Subaru NRS website, @Subaru_NRS Twitter - #NRS16 & #MVT16 ... 'After a strong start to the season, I am in good form ahead of the tour ... The Mersey Valley Tour acknowledges the support of the Devonport City Council and Central Coast Council ... Australian Cycling Federation issued this content on 23 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein ... Original Document ... (noodl....
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