LONDON – To all fashion ethusiasts in the UK, this September will see a whole new selection of designers showcasing during the exhibition of London Fashion Week. New at the exhibition for SS11 are Bolongaro Trevor, Humanoid, Lin Art Project, Made, Swedish Hasbeens, Wolford to name but a few. Kait Bolongaro and Stuart Trevor – the man behind All Saints – set up Bolongaro Trevor in 1994. The collection oozes vintage and futuristic designs. According to the designers next season is all about London zoological society, digital prints and sheer layers. The design signature of Lin Art Project is extraordinary... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
“I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world, as partners with America on behalf of the future we want for all of our children. That partnership must be grounded in mutual responsibility and mutual respect.” said the USA President Barack Obama in Accra, Ghana, July 2009 In 2010, seventeen countries across sub-Saharan Africa celebrate fifty years of independence. In honor of this important historic moment, in acknowledgement of the extraordinarily young demographic profile of the region, and as part of an effort to forge strong, forward-looking partnerships in the years ahead, President Obama is hosting a forum... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Washington – President Barack Obama criticised Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on Tuesday and warned Africa not to repeat the mistakes that betrayed the hopes of an “independence generation,” which included his own father. “I’ll be honest with you. I am heartbroken when I see what has happened in Zimbabwe,” he said at a White House event to discuss the continent’s future. Obama invited 115 young Africans, selected as the region’s future leaders, to take part in a three-day forum marking the 50th anniversary of independence in many of their countries, while looking toward the next 50 years. As America’s first... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Hip-hop, more than most pop genres, is something of a pulpit, urban fire and brimstone garbed in baggy pants and backward caps. So it’s little wonder that one of the music form’s icons, Haitian-American superstar Wyclef Jean, is the son of a Nazarene preacher — or that he likens himself, as a child of the Haitian diaspora, to a modern-day Moses, destined to return and lead his people out of bondage. Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, which ravaged the western hemisphere’s poorest country and killed more than 200,000 people, was the biblical event that sealed his calling. After days of helping... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
(IRIN) VIENNA, 2 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Most of the estimated 5.2 million people worldwide on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are taking generic versions manufactured primarily in India, but tighter global intellectual property rights and trade rules could shut down “the pharmacy of the developing world”. While the patents on many older, first-line ARVs have expired, leaving generic manufacturers free to produce them, newer, less toxic and more effective drugs are patented and priced out of reach of less developed nations. The main way generics manufacturers can produce newer drugs is to obtain a “voluntary licence” from the patent holder. This... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 2nd 2010 |
