lenaleon

@lena136 (10)

Luanda, Angola

Joined myLot 13 years ago

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China's vice president urges North Korea's Kim to enter talks

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 26 Jul 13

China's vice president told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that Beijing will push for talks on ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons, as he led a high-level delegation to Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the...

Chris Brown pleads not guilty to hit and run

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 23 Jul 13

Two charges against Chris Brown were dropped on Tuesday, but he's still not off the legal hook. The R&B star still faces a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge following a May car accident in which he allegedly rear-ended a woman's car...

Healthcare in China: GSK claims prompt crackdown on corruption

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 21 Jul 13

On a summer day about a month before Chinese authorities revealed explosive bribery allegations against the British drug-maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a woman in south-western Guizhou province walked into a hospital with her...

Tax cut for shale gas firms planned

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 18 Jul 13

The government has outlined plans to give tax breaks to companies involved in the UK's nascent shale gas industry. It has proposed cutting the tax on some of the income generated from producing shale gas - found in underground...

‘Real Money’ Tips to Avoid Paying High Bank and Credit Card Fees

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 16 Jul 13

eff and Kim Strickland of Chicago say they’re getting burned by their banks because of late payments and low balances. “We try to pay those credit cards off every month,” Kim Strickland said. “I know we probably miss here and...

Veteran Bollywood villain Pran dies

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 14 Jul 13

Veteran Indian film actor Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, has died in Mumbai at the age of 93. Pran was famous for playing the part of the villain in Hindi films, in a career that stretched more than six...

Brazil protests: Tens of thousands in union-led strikes

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 11 Jul 13

Tens of thousands of workers across Brazil have joined a day of strikes called by the country's largest trade unions. Key ports and several motorways were blocked, many schools and banks stayed closed and crowds marched through...

Pro-Clinton super PAC hires Obama 2012 field organizers

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 10 Jul 13

WASHINGTON – Ready for Hillary, the super PAC pushing a presidential bid by Hillary Rodham Clinton, is joining forces with a firm whose leaders built President Obama's wildly successful grassroots campaign operation. The PAC...

Muslim Brotherhood says 35 members killed

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 8 Jul 13

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says 35 of its members have been shot dead by the army and has called for an "uprising" and international intervention. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says 35 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi...

George Clooney and Sandra Bullock to open Venice film festival

lenaleon @lena136 (10) • Luanda, Angola 3 Jul 13

Sci-fi film Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is to open the Venice Film Festival in August. The 3D movie, directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, sees the pair as astronauts on an ill-fated...