It even rhymes... how cool. I do not remember when I last wrote an Opinion piece about Africa Day to appear on Africa Day May 25 because it is easy for the international community to use Africa as a vehicle for self-aggrandizement patting an African on

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

It even rhymeshow cool. I do not remember when I last wrote an Opinion piece about Africa Day to appear on Africa Day, May 25 because it is easy for the international community to use Africa as a vehicle for self-aggrandizement, patting an African on the head, jumping on the Africa bandwagon. I prefer to write about Africa on May 24 or 26 Yet this year, let us get back to basics and let ...

FC Porto has celebrated many victories under the stewardship of President Pinto da Costa but very few of them have been as precious as the Championship of the Portuguese Primeira Liga in 2012-2013 when Benfica entered the last three games four points ahe

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa took control of FC Porto as President in 1982, since when the football department has won 66 Portuguese titles, including 27 First Division/Premier League championships (SL Benfica has 32 among 65 titles); on the international stage, FC Porto has won 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Europa League Cup, 1 European Super Cup, 1 European Club Championship Cup, 1 Champions League Cup, 2 ...

Putin Urges Better Online Intellectual Property Protection

RIA Novosti - Friday 24th May, 2013

SOCHI, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a more effective system was needed to protect intellectual property rights on the internet. "Without defending intellectual [property] rights, a great damage will be done," the Russian president said on Friday at a meeting to discuss the development of the country’s film industry. Putin said that ...

Aide Obama Putin to meet twice over security missile defense

Middle East Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

Barack Obama will meet twice in the next four months, a Kremlin aide said Friday. Yury Ushakov said the first meeting would in June during the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland and the second will take place before the Group of 20 meeting in Russia in September, RIA Novosti reported. The meetings are expected to discuss proposals by Putin that were presented in a letter to Obama ...

Venezuela and Brazil strengthen their cooperation

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

Venezuela's presidential candidate of PSUV, Nicolás Maduro, has convinced the masses that he is the right man for the post. He also receives support from other progressive American countries, for example from Brazil, where the former President, Luiz Inác io Lula da Silva, spoke on his ...

Putin Wants Better Russian Movies

RIA Novosti - Friday 24th May, 2013

SOCHI, May 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday to continue supporting the domestic film industry, but called on Russian filmmakers to produce movies that promote patriotic and moral values. "I have said many times that the state can help produce movies, but it cannot force people to go and watch them," Putin said at a meeting on the development of ...

A lesson in Diplomacy for Barack and David

Pravda - Friday 24th May, 2013

David Cameron went to Washington to meet President Obama and predictably, one of the first soundbites to come out of the meeting was hawkish rhetoric over the latest war zone Washington and London have crafted through a cynical and cowardly manipulation of exterior forces: in Syria. Once again, the FUKUS Axis is in action behind the ...

Moscow Welcomes N.Korea’s Bid to Return to Nuclear Talks

RIA Novosti - Friday 24th May, 2013

return to six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as a "positive development," a senior Russian diplomat said Friday. China’s Xinhua news agency and its South Korean equivalent Yonhap reported on Friday that Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and reaffirmed that Pyongyang "is ...