Monthly Archives: November 2011

Argentina’s President Gets Tough on Union Allies

By SHANE ROMIG BUENOS AIRES–After winning re-election by a landslide, Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner wants to tame the powerful unions that have been key supporters of her leftist political movement to keep inflation from eroding th…

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Billy Graham admitted to hospital

Reverend Billy Graham, the US evangelical preacher, has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for possible pneumonia, his spokesman says.

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Ivory Coast earn win over Egypt

Egypt fail to get the win they needed to reach the semi-finals of the African Olympic qualifiers as they lose 1-0 to Ivory Coast.

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The Arab Spring and The Continent’s Political Transitions

The toppling of long established autocratic governments in…

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