For internet entrepreneur Njeri Rionge, Africa represents the next economic frontier. She say strong indigenous, African-owned companies are needed to take advantage of the boom times ahead. "I touched many things before I touched the thing that I turned to gold," she told the BBC's African Dream series. African Dream is broadcast on the BBC [...]
Credit shield cover On February 5, 2012, I received an SMS from RAK Bank asking me to pay a minimum amount of Dh250.86 for my credit card, which I believe I settled in June 2010. On the night of February 15, the bank sent me another SMS saying that I had to pay a minimum [...]
By TOM L. FREUDENHEIM New York A startling exhibition, “The Dawn of Egyptian Art,” has quietly settled into the nether regions of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Lehman Wing and more than merits the hike and GPS assistance you might need to find it. Forget Steve Martin’s comical “King Tut” performance, and forget the Met’s [...]
Dubai : A police corporal has been accused of misappropriating 266 pornographic movies that he had confiscated from illegal workers during random inspections. Prosecutors accused the 23-year-old Emirati corporal, M.A., of abusing his public position, misappropriating DVDs confiscated from illegal workers and demanding Dh3,000 in bribe from a Pakistani trucker. "No, I did not abuse [...]
By RAJESH JAIN The verdict is in. A new United Progressive Alliance government is expected to take charge of India next month. With it comes the promise of a change for the better. The new government has the opportunity – and the challenge – to outline a bold vision for India, a vision that fires [...]
The United Kingdom is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It has a long history as a major player in international affairs and fulfils an important role in the EU, UN and Nato. In Northern Ireland, after decades of violent conflict, the Good Friday agreement of 1998 led to a new assembly [...]
By PAUL LEVY © The Royal Opera/ Catherine Ashmore Íride Martínez as Norina and Jacques Imbrailo as Doctor Malatesta. London: With budget cuts looming, both the Royal Opera and English National Opera are relying this season on their one sure-fire hit director, Sir Jonathan Miller. From October to January, the ENO will give no fewer [...]
French left-wing party leader Jean-Luc Melenchon says he will run for the same seat as far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the forthcoming parliamentary polls. Mr Melenchon says he will stand in the working-class town of Henin-Beaumont, near Calais, where Ms Le Pen resides. Ms Le Pen's National Front won more than 30% of the [...]
David Cameron ended some text messages to Rebekah Brooks with the letters LOL, she has told the Leveson Inquiry. Mrs Brooks was pressed by the lead counsel for the inquiry, Robert Jay QC, on how Mr Cameron signed off his texts, saying "everyone wanted to know". Asked by Lord Leveson why he had posed the [...]
Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the past half-century. Part of the Turkish Ottoman empire from the 16th century, Algeria was conquered by the French in 1830 and was given the status of a "departement". The struggle for independence began in 1954 headed by the National Liberation Front, [...]