South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also deputy president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, has called for non-violence during the up local government elections due on Aug 3.Speaking during the ANC’s election campa…
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Turkish Army Under Growing Pressure as Conflict Against Kurdish Rebels Intensifies
Turkey’s military crackdown on the Kurdish rebel group the PKK has seen unprecedented levels of fighting in towns and cities in the predominantly Kurdish region of the country. With the death toll among soldiers rising, a disagreement has erupted betwe…
Israel Makes Push for Gaza Strip Recovery
TEL AVIV – For years, Israel tried to erode Hamas’ grip on the Gaza Strip. Officials calculated what Gazans needed for survival and let in little else. Records show that sometimes pasta, notebooks and musical instruments were banned.Israeli leaders ev…
ETHIOPIAN, CHINESE FIRMS SIGN CONTRACT FOR POWER TRANSMISSION PROJECT
ADDIS ABABA, — Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) and a Chinese firm, TBEA Contractor Limited, have signed a contract agreement for the construction of a power transmission project at a cost of 98 million USc dollars.Azeb Asnake, the chief executive offic…
(UPDATE) FOLLOW-UP MEETING IN JAKARTA ON PROPOSED ASEAN NEWS AGENCY
A follow-up meeting is to be held in Indonesia in September or October to discuss the mechanism for the setting up ofthe proposed ASEAN News Agency, it was stated here today. Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) editor-in-chief Zakaria Abdul Wahab …
CYPRUS: Cobalt fleet to include A320s, daily flights to Tehran
Already, the private-owned company has hired 20 Cypriot pilots, mostly former Cyprus Airways personnel, and has so far trained 16 cabin crew at its academy in Larnaca. “Our pilots were sought out by airlines all over the world, with their skills being …