TEA Party activists rally at Capitol
Instead of celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with barbecues and sparklers, about 2,000 small-government advocates, toting signs and chanting slogans, rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Saturday.
Emaar shuts Algeria office; projects stall
Reuters/DubaiDubai?s Emaar Properties has closed its office in Algeria due to a lack of progress on its projects in the North African country, the company said yesterday. ?Emaar created designs for key developments in the country and the master plans
Trans-Saharan Pipeline To Bring Gas To Europe
(RTTNews) - Three African countries on Friday signed an agreement to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan pipeline linking vast natural gas reserves in Nigeria to Europe. Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil, his Niger counterpart Mohammed
Niger Delta Militants Threaten Trans-Saharan Pipeline
The main rebel group in Nigeria's restive, oil producing Niger Delta region has made threats against a planned multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that would deliver natural gas from Nigeria to Europe. In an email message sent to reporters Saturday,
Emaar closes Algeria office 'due to lack of progress'
UAE. Dubai-based Emaar Properties has closed its office in Algeria due to a lack of progress on its projects in the North African country, the company said on Saturday. 'Emaar created designs for key developments in the country and the master plans were
Venezuela, China may sign new loan-for-oil accord, Chavez says
CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela and China Development Bank Corp. are discussing a third $4 billion infrastructure loan to be paid in oil, President Hugo Chavez said. ?This bank is the one with the most money in the world,? Chavez said
Madagascar's Rajoelina seeks backing on EU trip
Madagascar's army-backed leader Andry Rajoelina left Saturday for Brussels to impress upon the European Union, which has suspended aid, that his transitional government is legal, officials said. 'The delegation led by the president left today for
Vivendi: no comment on Zain Africa bid
Vivendi chief Jean-Bernard Levy declined on Saturday to say whether the French media and telecom group was interested in acquiring the African operations of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain. 'I have no comment to make on this,' Levy told the news agency
Somali militia set camp in Nairobi's posh estates
Having ruled out military intervention to end civilian carnage in Somalia, Kenya is bracing for confrontation with Islamist insurgents in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation that has not known peace for two decades. Even as Al-Shabaab warned of felling
Carson rules out US military action in Somalia
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson has said the US Government would not send its military to Somalia but would offer material and financial support to the Transitional Federal Government. Carson said instability in Somalia is
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