World News

Nigeria will report Iran if arms broke U.N. sanctions

Nigeria will report Iran to the U.N. Security Council if it finds any evidence that an illegal arms shipment it seized two weeks ago violated U.N. sanctions, Nigerian Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Friday.

Sports News

Some people just don't like sport

It was a reminder that there are people on this planet that cannot stomach any kind of sport. They loathe it even more than Nobby loathes techno-pop music, cellphones and television reality shows.

One suspects the portly British actor Robert Morley was also less than enthusiastic about participating in sport. He once complained: "The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel."

In Nobby's schooldays a long, long time ago, there were kids who would start shaking with fright at the very thought of taking part in a sports session. Sometimes they feigned sickness, but usually they were forced to play, something that wouldn't happen these days, I might add

Economic News

Obama: Consensus among G-20 for 'balanced' growth

 President Barack Obama says he expects broad agreement by G-20 nations on how to achieve balanced and sustainable economic growth.

Obama defended U.S. steps to climb out of its deep

Technology News

Facebook gonig forward

Facebook is building their second datacenter, a $450 million dollar investment in the economy of North Carolina. One can only imagine that Greenpeace is primed to go into action if the facility

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Céline Dion and Twins Head Home from Hospital

It's one big happy family at Céline Dion’s house

Dion, 42, and her 5-day-old twin boys have left the Florida hospital where the babies were born via C-section on Saturday, her rep confirms to PEOPLE

 

"Céline and the twins went home last night," says her rep. "Everyone's doing great. They are happy to be home."

Dion and husband René Angelil also have a little extra support: In addition to their son René-Charles, 9, "three of her sisters and her mom are there helping out," adds her rep

 

Gamal Mubarak denies affiliation to campaigns supporting his presidential bid

Gamal Mubark, denied affiliation to any campaign supporting his 2011 presidential bid. Campaign posters, hung by the independent group The Popular Campaign for Supporting Gamal Mubarak for President, have spread recently throughout Cairo

Middle East synod highlights problems faced by region's Christians

The Synod of Bishops' Special Assembly for the Middle East was held from 10 to 24 October to discuss pressing issues pertaining to Christians in the region.
The synod brought together in Rome all the Catholic Church's bishops and patriarchs in the Middle East, church representatives from other continents, and several cardinals. In addition, over 30 experts and observers on Middle East affairs took part in the event

China Development Bank issues first Africa loan to Egypt

The China Development Bank has issued the first in a series of loans China is offering to support small and medium sized African development enterprises. The bank explained in a statement published on Friday on its website that the loan worth US$200,000 was granted to the company Wonder Lighting Egypt.
The statement quoted Zhu Qingdong, head of the China Development Bank's Cairo office, as saying: "The total amount of the loans for the Egyptian company amount to US$1 million, the rest will be issued by the end of the year and last for a term of three years."
 "Providing monetary support to small and medium sized African organizations is an important part of comprehensive cooperation between China and Africa, and will help create local job opportunities and strengthen local economic and social development," Zhu said,
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao had previously announced eight new steps that the Chinese government planned to take in order to strengthen cooperation between China and Africa in the next three years at the 4th ministerial conference of the Forum on Chinese-African Cooperation (FOCAC) held on 8 November, 2009 in Sharm el-Sheikh. These steps included offering US$1 billion in loans to small and medium sized African companies as a part of an effort to aid Africa in building its financial capabilities.
To date the Chinese Bank has reached preliminary agreements with more than 20 African nations for loans worth up to US$ 300million.<!--Session data-->