
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - From his lagoon-side allotment in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, Moussa Yanda has a ringside seat to watch the foundations of a $290-million toll bridge slowly rise up from the shore. "I love watching it," enthused the softly-spoken 45-year-old as he packed up his garden tools for the day. "When things are developing, we realise we're going to make it through this." Little over a year ago such optimism was scarce. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T08:46:33Z
Sri Lanka's president has ordered the release of his jailed electoral rival, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, bowing to US-led international pressure three years after the end of the island's long ethnic war. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T08:31:11Z
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The soldiers behind Mali's March 22 coup have agreed to allow a caretaker civilian president to remain in charge of the West African state for the time being, mediators for the ECOWAS bloc of West African states said on Saturday. The accord comes after the 15-nation ECOWAS group threatened travel bans and other sanctions on the coup leaders for blocking an extension of the 40-day mandate of interim leader Dioncounda Traore, to whom they nominally handed over power last month. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T08:40:45Z
Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a senior prison official in Pakistan's troubled southwestern city of Quetta, according to police. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:01:54Z
For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week — from birthday, to IPO, to I DO. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:57:08Z
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T07:31:47Z
Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T08:04:14Z
Fire crews took advantage of lower temperatures and higher humidity to make key advances on a large wildfire in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T08:57:50Z
People and their pets often end up resembling each other, but image-obsessed Americans are taking that age-old relationship a step further, treating their four-legged friends to everything from spa facials to testicle implants. Publ.Date : 2012-05-20T06:53:14Z
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