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UN Calls On North Korea to Stop Missile Launches
The United Nations chief has voiced hope that North Korea will abandon its missile tests, after the Stalinist state fired three short-range missiles into the sea on ...
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Oxbow Wins Preakness Orb Finishes 4th
Oxbow, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and trained by veteran trainer Wayne Lukas, Saturday led the Preakness in Baltimore, Maryland from start to finish. Oxbow was the surprise winner with 15-to-1 odds. Itsmyluckyday finished second and Mylute was third. Kentucky Derby champion and favorite Orb finished fourth in the Preakness -- the second jewel in horse racing's Triple ...
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One Winning Ticket in Largest US Powerball Drawing Ever
Millions of people across the U.S. have been waiting anxiously to hear the results of a record U.S. Powerball lottery drawing late Saturday worth $590.5 ...
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Kenya Police officer shot dead in Wajir
Wajir , Kenya : A senior administration police officer was on Saturday evening shot dead by unknown assailants in wajir town in yet another incident of insecurity in Northeastern ...
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Boosting Ethiopia’s economy one shoe at a time
';You don't build your economy based on aid, you want to build your economy based on the way SoleRebels built its business, so that it's sustainable,'; Bethlehem told ...
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Angola’s skewed lending said to stifle economy
With the economy growing at 10 percent the services, construction and mining sectors have been major beneficiaries, according to a recent report by consultancy firm ...
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Assad Syrias future is up to Syrian people
Syrian President Bashar Assad says he won't step down before elections and the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics. Assad has raised new doubts about a US-Russian effort to get him and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. Assad says Syria's future is up to the Syrian people and a decision on his political future must be ...
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Kenya Feeding project hands lifeline to Nakuru pupils
Feed A Smile ,' an initiative of a group of musicians based in Scotland, Germany and the US. Live and Learn Kenya implements the project at a center in Shabab estate ...
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Twin blasts target military checkpoints in central Syria 2 killed
Two car bombs went off separately at military checkpoints in Syria's central province of Homs on Sunday morning, killing at least two people and injuring many others, the pro-government Sham FM radio said.The first car targeted an army checkpoint near a factory on the Homs-al-Masharfe road, killing one soldier and a civilian, the report said.The second one targeted another checkpoint on the ...
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Syrian army unleashes operation to regain central city
The Syrian government army has started a wide-scale operation to recapture a strategic border city near Lebanon on Sunday, Iran's Arabic news channel al-Alam TV reported.Syrian government army is trying to enter al-Qussair city in Homs province from all routes, the report said, adding that the clashes have flared as government troops are targeting rebels' positions in the contested ...
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South Africa Circumcision Process Must Be Monitored
The IFP calls on the Department of Health to monitor the circumcision process in initiation schools, so as to avoid further deaths. IFP Spokesperson on Health, Mrs Hilda Msweli (MP) said, "Cooperation between the Department of Health and the Traditional leaders is needed, and it will decrease the high number of deaths. Doctors should be involved in the process, to make sure that any ...
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God has chosen Ghana as a model for Africa - Rev Prof Agbozo
Accra, May 19, GNA - The Reverend Professor Enoch Immanuel A. Agbozo, Head Pastor of Ghana Evangelical Society (GES) said on Saturday that God has chosen Ghana as new model for ...
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God has a new vision for Africa – Rev Dadson
Accra, May 19, GNA - The Reverend Frederick Barnacle Dadson, Assistant Head Pastor of Ghana Evangelical Society on Saturday observed that God has a new vision for Africa to reconcile the people with ...
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Microsoft poised to invest in promising ICT experts in Ghana
Accra, May 18, GNA - Microsoft is poised to invest in the young and promising Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts who are willing to transform Ghana through the power of ...
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Arab Aatomic Energy Conf. Opens in Tunisia
Tunisia, May 19 (BNA) - The conference of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) started here , with representatives from AAEA member countries participating. In a keynote speech, the head of the conference Abdulrahman Al-Arfaj said to achieve development in Arab countries, fresh reliable energy sources should be found. He said the growth of nuclear energy and nuclear technology applications is ...
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Paul Kagame I asked America to kill Congo rebel leader with drone
A new M23 recruit demonstrates his martial arts skills in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. Rwanda denies aiding them. Photograph: James ...
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Is Kagame Africas Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwandas tragic history
Rwanda 's president is famously direct with his critics. His contempt for governments he's crossed swords with, led by the French, is only marginally less vitriolic than his view of human-rights groups daring to lecture him, the rebel leader whose army put a stop to the 1994 genocide of 800,0000 Tutsis. But now even friends are regarded with suspicion to the point of hostility. Take ...
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South Africa IFP Wants R65 Million Sports Awards Budget Readjusted
"Our nation's sportsmen and women must be celebrated for their achievements and rewarded accordingly. However, spending R65 million on an event is beyond excessive and the department needs to cut down the amount of money used for the Sports Awards", said the IFP spokesperson on Sports and Recreation, Mr. Mkhuleko Hlengwa MP. The IFP's main concern revolves around the fact ...
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Zambia Guy Scott Campaigns in Sinazongwe for Imminent By-Election
Vice President Guy Scott has camped in Sinazongwe District the likely setting for yet another parliamentary by-election where he has been promising development. The Vice President who is usually President Sata's messenger to election areas has traversed Sinazongwe in the company of expelled UPND area MP Richwell Siamunene. Curiously the ministers' spouses led by Scott's wife ...
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Nigeria Gunmen Attack Police Stations Banks in Daura
Gunmen, Thursday night attacked two police stations and four banks in Daura town, carting away millions of naira and a number of weapons. JTF spokesperson, Capt Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed that four of the attackers were killed by soldiers and three soldiers were also killed in the attack. Iweha said soldiers who repelled the assailants had recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 393 rounds of different ...
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Sudan Appeal to Sudan Government - Fair Trial for Blue Nile Detainees
Damazin - The Human Rights Development Organisation (HUDO) has appealed to the international diplomatic and humanitarian community to put pressure on the Sudanese government "to conduct a transparent and fair trial" for 85 detainees who have been held without trial for more than a year in the Blue Nile state. In a statement on Friday, HUDO said that the detainees are part of a group ...
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Tanzania Some Challenges of Being a Maasai Woman
The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania has long been a beacon of traditional culture to many Africans - and for Westerners on safari through Maasai Mara, Samburu or Amboseli, a familiar face. But familiarity and travels aside, the tribe faces many of the same roadblocks on the path to development as any other marginalised community around the world. William Kikanae, community leader of his ...
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Tunisia Intmin Bans Islamist Group Ansar Al-Chariaa From Gathering in Kairouan
Tunis - The Interior Ministry banned on Friday Salafist movement Ansar al-Chariaa from holding an annual meeting on Sunday in the city of Kairouan. "Whoever tries to cause any harm to the State and its structures, sow chaos and disorder, destabilise the country or incite to violence and hatred, will assume his full responsibility," the Interior Ministry specifies in a communique. It ...
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Tunisia Turkey Pledges to Promote Tunisias Destination
Carthage - Chairmen of Tourism Professional Chambers and the Turkish Travel Agencies Federation pledged on Friday to launch a promotional campaign to better introduce Tunisia's assets, which according to them "is a charming and attractive destination to tourists." During a meeting with President Moncef Marzouki, the Turkish officials expressed will to assist Tunisia in matters of ...
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Tunisia PM to Attend Doha International Forum
Tunis - Prime Minister Ali Larayedh will pay a two-day visit to Qatar as of Sunday. He will have a series of talks with Qatari leaders to look at means to strengthen co-operation and partnership relations. Mr. Larayedh will attend the 13th session of the Doha International Forum, according to a Prime Ministry communique released on Friday. Several heads of State and government, political ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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