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Lula supporter leads in Brazil election
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's hand-picked successor failed to win the presidency in national elections Sunday, but analysts predicted an easy victory when Brazilians return to the pollsOct. 31.
With 91 percent of votes counted…
Nigerian president says MEND knew nothing of bomb blasts
Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan says the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) which took responsibility of the twin car bomb blasts of Friday October 1, 2010, knew noting about the incident.
The Nigerian…
MEND warned Nigerian authorities five days before bomb blasts
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND) the group which claimed responsibility for the deadly twin car bomb blasts that killed 12 people on Nigeria’s 50th Independence anniversary says, it warned the country’s security…
Chinese Premier accuses some US Congressmen of politicizing trade gap
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao criticized members of Congress in an interview set to air on Sunday for "politicizing" the U.S. trade imbalance with China because they do not know China well.
Wen, in an interview with U.S. TV news network CNN…
Chapter closes on vilified US bank bailout
Handing over 700 billion dollars of taxpayer money to Wall Street bankers who caused the global economic crisis was never going to be popular.
And so it proved for the much maligned Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, which will begin…
Students, families join French pension protest march
French families, students and private sector workers joined mass demonstrations on Saturday as trade unions ramped up pressure on the government to drop pension reforms.
Opposition to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the…
Irish fear worst yet to hit battered economy
Most Irish people think the worst is yet to come for their economy and only a minority think a change of government could improve the situation, a poll showed on Saturday.
Voters' scepticism about opposition parties' economic prowess is a…
US to warn citizens about travel to Europe
The United States is planning to warn Americans to be vigilant as they travel in Europe in light of intelligence pointing to possible attacks by al-Qaeda in Britain, France and Germany, a US official has said.
The official, speaking on…
Study says Great Britain is worst place to live in Europe
Research by uSwitch has revealed that high living costs, below average government spending on health and education, lack of holidays and late retirement have contributed to a bleak picture for Brits.
To make matters worse, the UK no…
Zambia set to issue oil licenses by November
Zambia will issue oil and gas exploration licences to seven foreign and local companies by November in a bid to become an energy producer, after it passes laws on new licensing fees, Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale said.
Mwale said on Friday…