On July 1st 2009, Ursula Burns became the first African American women to become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, from being a mechanical engineer summer intern in 1980, then moving on to become senior vice president of corporate stategic services in 2000, then seven years...
created by LarryDeezell | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 144 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" The world of athletics was hit by controversy tonightafter a female South African athlete who won the 800m final at the world championships was asked to take a gender verification test to prove she is a woman....
I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
opinion by Mortal | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 138 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Today, I'm reading about reading about James W. von Brun (shot a guard at the Holocaust Museum) in an article co-written by Darryl Fears of the Washington Post (with whom I am acquainted because of an article he wrote for which he interviewed me and James Rucker of Color of...
opinion by francislholland | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 645 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
China is showing no mercy to African Nationals when it comes to drug smuggling. Those convicted are being sentenced to death. " On April 23, Chibuzor Ezekwem, a Nigerian national, was executed for trafficking hard...
" The P-3 program aims to reunify families separated after resettlement, which has been considered a long-standing priority in U.S. refugee admission. Since 2003, the program has admitted roughly 36,000 relatives of African refugees, plus about 400 people from other...
opinion by ChristineD | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago 38 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A very rare baby pink elephant has been seen by a wildlife cameraman in the Okavango Delta with a herd of about 80 other elephants. Most likely, the pink elephant is an albino calf, which is really rare among...
created by amyjudd | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 2079 views | 36 recommendations | 7 comments
Zookeepers in Malaysia's southern Johor state have named two new African lion cubs after US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton." Obama and Hillary, along with another female cub...
You just got to love this spin. If it wasn't so pathetic you could get a good laugh out of it. " JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi said Israel is to blame for the crisis in Darfur. Gadhafi, president of the African Union, said Tuesday that "foreign...
An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...
created by amyjudd | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 229 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
The African country of Nigeria tops a new CyberSource survey, as the most blocked country by USA and Canadian online merchants. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with over 140 million people, is...
created by weirdchina | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 264 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
More bad news for Robert Mugabe's government." Zimbabwe's unemployment rate has spiked to 94 percent, meaning that fewer than half a million people in the country are formally employed, the UN's humanitarian arm said...
created by weirdchina | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago 331 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
.Zimbabwe is a disasterand there will not be anyimprovement until in someway Mugabe is gone." Southern Africa Catholic bishops have declared February 15th “Zimbabwe Sunday” - an effort to show solidarity...
As America enters its next presidency which is being hailed as the presidency of hope and change, the very event that marks the beginning of this presidency is marred by a huge allegation. The allegation is that...
created by Mon-Mage | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago 456 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
The first ever soil map of sub-Saharan Africa is going to be created, where farmers from 42 countries will get a 'soil health diagnosis' and then advice on how to grow and cultivate their crops. Soil samples will...
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