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Nelson Mandela Celebrating 93rd Birthday!!
Jul 18th
Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa is celebrating his 93rd Birthday! Millions of school children in South Africa sang a special “Happy Birthday “ song to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday Monday.
Mandela received birthday wishes from South African leaders including President Jacob Zuma and from U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama called Mandela “a beacon for the global community, and for all who work for democracy, justice and reconciliation” in a statement. He became South Africa’s first black president after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against apartheid. He was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
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Muammar Gaddafi Speech: Unrest in Libya
Feb 23rd
The speech of Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday caused unrest in Libya. Tripoli, the capital of Libya has very few supporters to Gaddafi according to local residents reports ABC Radio. In his speech, Mr Gaddafi swore to crush a growing revolt in his country and referred to the gangs of protesters as cockroaches. In the rambling address he said he was ready to die a martyr rather than lose his grip on Libya.
Tuesday’s speech, emphasized that his regime had withstood bombing “by 170 aircraft under the leadership of nuclear countries like America, Britain and Nato” – implying that where they failed local rebels cannot succeed. Gaddafi explained that like Ben Ali and Mubarak he cannot resign because technically Libya has no president. Gaddafi constantly asserts that he is just an ordinary Libyan citizen. His title, “Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution”, is not a public office but a description of his historical role. Thus, it can never be taken away from him or bestowed on anyone else.
But Gaddafi does have one very important thing in common with Ben Ali and Mubarak. By continuing to bask in the glories of 1969, he has lost touch with his people. Most Libyans alive today have no recollection of King Idris or the revolution that overthrew him. For them, it’s a part of Libya’s past. But not part of its future. More >
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Mubarak’s Speech angered Protestors
Feb 11th
Egypt President Hosni Mubarak’s speech angered the protesters who are willing to hear news of Mubarak’s step down from president ship. After the live telecast of his speech the protesters are not happy with his decision to delegate some powers, but stay on in office. Mubarak told the people of Egypt he will begin to transfer his powers to his vice president Omar Suleiman but did not explicitly state he is stepping down.
He confirmed he would not run in the next presidential election but his speech has angered protestors in Tahrir Square, who continue to shout “Get out. Get out”.
“I express a commitment to carry on and protect the constitution and the people and transfer power to whomever is elected next September in free and transparent elections,” Mubarak told the nation. More >
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Eqypt: Protesters marching from Tahrir Square to Mubarak’s presidential palace
Feb 4th
Egypt: Protestors demanding Hosni Mubarak to step down started marching from Cairo’s Tahrir Square to Mubarak’s presidential palace as the Friday dead line given to Mubarak is over. After finished Friday prayers several thousand protestors started their march towards the palace from Tahrir square demanding that President Hosni Mubarak must step down.
The protestor’s slogans are “change, strength, nationalism, and justice”. Most of the protestors carried the Egyptian flag and were also singing the National Anthem.
President Mubarak has been given the deadline of Friday called the ‘Day of Departure’.
President Mubarak told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour that he wants to step down but fears that there will be More >
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India vs South Africa: India Won 2nd Test Against South Africa
Dec 29th
India Vs South Africa: India won 2nd test match against South Africa by beating south Africa by 87 runs on 4th day of the 2nd test match. South Africa won the toss and Graeme Smith invited Indian team to bat first.Every body thought that by losing toss Mahender Singh Dhoni had lost second test match also thereby losing the series also. The prediction got support when the whole team got out at a low score of 205 due to wet pitch. But Zaheer Khan’s seam bowling taking three wickets and Harbhajan Singh’s magical spell of 10 overs with four wickets brought
India back in the game when they got South African batsmen all out at a meager score of 131 thereby taking a valuable 74 runs lead. More >
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Lunar Eclipse 2010 Live Video
Dec 21st
Full Lunar eclipse for the year of 2010 is to be witnessed tonight in the southern region of Europe. The people of united states are able to see the total eclipse whereas parts of Europe and Africa will see it partially. This would be the first total lunar eclipse in almost 3 years as the last total lunar eclipse was on February 20, 2008.
The start of the eclipse will begin December 21 after midnight EST on December 21 in North and South America while it will be visible in Northern Europe just before sunrise. The end of the total lunar eclipse 2010 will also be visible at Sunset for Japan and northeastern Asia. In Philippines it will be visible after sunset as a partial lunar eclipse. More >
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Lakshmi Mittal topped the List of Richest 100 in South Africa
Dec 6th
Lakshmi Mittal, the renowned Indian steel magnet remains the richest business tycoon in South Africa for the sixth consecutive year.
Mittal is on the tops the 100 wealthiest businessmen in South Africa released by the weekly ‘Sunday Times’, even though he is not living in South Africa.
Mittal’s listed holdings of R 21.5 billion ($3.4 billion). Mittal first provided technical assistance to turn the ailing Iscor around before buying it out in 2001 as he expanded his global steel empire.
The ‘Rich List’ is based on an analysis of holdings of all companies listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange, thus being only the South African portion of Mittal’s wealth, as he has huge interests worldwide. More >
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