Mobile phones are transforming the African continent, improving commerce but bringing spam.

It is time to address the killing fields of the Congo.

Vague consensus on economic problems, climate change, the North Korean nuclear problem and cooperation. The issue of human rights almost absent. Obama hopes for a resumption of talks with the Dalai Lama and says that "Tibet is an integral part of China." China "godfather" of U.S. debt.

Cardinal Napier fears that the FAO does not realize what are the real problems Africans face with regard to nutrition. He also expressed concern over decriminalization of prostitution requested by FIFA - the world soccer organization.

Government decision to disinvest from public companies pushes up stocks and rupee. Car sales increase for the ninth month in a row. After declining in 2009, exports are expected to pick up. India’s industrial growth should increase by 9.1%.

Book review of 'Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Corporations' by David M. Noer.

African oil fact: the US imported more petroleum from the Gulf of Guinea than Saudi Arabia in 2005.