Kenya and Nigeria have signed three agreements and four Memoranda of Understanding aimed at promoting trade between the two countries.
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http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-Nigeria-sign-trade-pacts/-/1056/2305336/-/j2xsksz/-/index.html
Thailand marking Coronation Day
TRIBUTE: Thousands upon thousands of people gathered in different locations in Thailand to mark Coronation Day yesterday, with the biggest ceremony held in the resort town of Hua Hin, where His Majesty the King currently resides. Yesterday marked His Majesty’s 64th year on the throne.
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Why It Took Target CEO 6 Months to Resign After Embarrassing Data Breach
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel’s resignation today signals an end to six months of corporate navel-gazing since the retailer’s huge data breach and clears the way for some major overhaul, according to Ken Perkins, equity analyst with Morningstar.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Business/target-ceo-months-resign-embarrassing-data-breach/story?id=23589164
A car crash waiting to happen: From Burmese ‘slopes’ to lazy Mexicans to the N word – is Jeremy Clarkson finally too toxic for the BBC
By now, most of us can list Jeremy Clarkson’s more offensive recent utterances: the “n word”, most unforgivably; the “slope” on a Burmese bridge; and, with Top Gear co-presenter Richard Hammond, playing Beavis to Clarkson’s Butthead, those lazy, flatulent Mexicans. Plus an entire “special” that spent something like an hour taking the mickey out of the Indians.
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Europe ministers hope for boost on Ukraine elections
European foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, where the authorities have launched a crackdown on pro-Russian separatists.
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Four Tips to Deal with Uncertainty on Long Projects
Many long projects start off with a lot of uncertainty. You may not be 100% sure of the resource requirements, the final deliverables, the cost, schedule, etc. There may be many risks. The good news is that project managers deal with the uncertainty associated with large projects all the time, and it is very likely that you can be successful. Here are a couple of tips to consider, depending on what you think will work best in your situation. Continue reading Four Tips to Deal with Uncertainty on Long Projects
Nigeria Sets Up Panel on Abducted Girls
President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a fact-finding committee to find out the circumstances surrounding the reported abduction of about 234 secondary school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
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http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00030294.html?aa_source=ri-photo
MH370: Focus on deep ocean searches, new phase to cost US$55m
The search for Flight MH370 will enter a new phase with intensified searches over a larger area of the south Indian Ocean floor following a trilateral meeting in Canberra between Malaysia, China and Australia.
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Circus Audience Initially Thought Accident Was Part of the Act
Authorities are trying to determine what caused a support frame to collapse during an aerial hair-hanging stunt during a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats crashing to the ground.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/circus-audience-initially-thought-accident-part-act/story?id=23586020
Ukraine crisis: Rebels ‘retreating’ in Sloviansk
Pro-Russian militants just outside Sloviansk are retreating amid attacks by Ukrainian troops, reports say.
Government forces have taken a TV tower in the suburbs and rebels were pulling back deeper into the city, the Russian Interfax news agency said.
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