By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes European edition, Friday, November 6, 2009 STUTTGART, Germany — From medical operations in Uganda to counterterrorism operations in Djibouti, U.S. Africa Command is knee deep in territory...
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It's a little-known - and slightly ironic - fact that when Lehman Brothers exploded last year it did so as the proud owner of 500,000 pounds of yellowcake uranium: enough to make a nuclear bomb. Uranium’s appeal was as a...
BlackRock, one of the world’s largest fund managers, is set to invest £20m into the UK’s fastest growing independent hospital operator. Health Investment Holdings Group (HIHL) runs hospitals through a partnership between the...
China's growing influence in the Afghan economy has been hailed by the country's mining minister who has revealed that projects acquired to feed Beijing's industrial base will triple government revenues within five years.