This Day in History - May 22

Ms T Sunduza (ANC) Documents handed out: War Museum of Boer Republics presentation Robben Island presentation National Film and Video Foundation Annual Performance Plan presentation Audio recording of the meeting: Summary: The Robben Island Museum ...

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Businesses in the Republic of Ireland, and in particular those in the hospitality sector in the border counties, will share in the economic benefits of the upcoming G8 Summit. This is according to a new study published by Barclays, which was carried ...

MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $100,000 emergency grant to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to help fund drought relief efforts in the northern areas of the Marshall ...

PANO A delegation from the Vietnamese Association in the Republic of Bulgaria and Bulgarian THCOM Company Ltd., on May 14th, presented 500 liters of Lactofol microbiological fertilizer to troops and islanders on Truong Sa Islands and on DK1 ...

Sea change: Louise Firth experimented on the Mutton Island causeway. Photograph: Joe OShaughnessy The world is changing faster than most of us realise. Humanity has been altering shorelines for a very long time, since the construction of the first ...

Cuban Five Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert proposed as candidate to Journalists' Congress The Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Cuban Five Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert, was proposed to be a delegate to the Ninth Congress of the Cuban Journalists Association (UPEC), ...

As a pro baseball player in the Dominican Republic Dave Valle saw poverty up close. Now his microloans are helping to end it. Because he was a professional baseball player, Dave Valle figured the eight boys crowding around him after a winter league ...

Paul Green could be set for a Wembley appearance next week after being named in the Republic of Ireland squad for their summer matches. The Irish kick-off their summer programme against England at Wembley on Wednesday 29 May before taking on Georgia ...