| Wed 10 Mar 2010 |
Kenyan-flagged ship hijacked off Somalia
Inquirer | MOMBASA—Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Kenyan-flagged fishing boat with 16 crew which may be used as a "mother ship" to launch more attacks in the Indian Ocean, maritime sources said Tuesday. | Andrew Mwangura, head of the East African Se... |
EXCLUSIVE - U.N. agency punished Somalia whistleblower
The Star | LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations Ethics Committee has upheld complaints by a former employee of the U.N. Development Programme who said he suffered retaliation from the UNDP for alleging that its Somalia programme was corrupt. | The man, Ismai... |
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Khaleej Times Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's closest ally in the Middle East. | Arafat, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation le... |
Kenyan-flagged fishing boat hijacked off Somalia
Zeenews Mombasa (Kenya): Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Kenyan-flagged fishing boat with 16 crew which may be used as a "mother ship" to launch more attacks in the Indian Ocean, maritime sources said on Tuesday. | Andrew Mwangura, the head of the E... |
Rights Officials Call for Justice in Nigeria Massacre
The New York Times | JOS, Nigeria — Human-rights advocates condemned the brutal ethnic violence that left hundreds dead in a region of Nigeria fraught with tensions between Christians and Muslims, and called on the government to bring the perpetrators of the kill... |
UConn and the Common Good
The New York Times | To start, it should be noted that the Connecticut women’s basketball team has been linked to no nefarious doctors in Canada. It did not intentionally cause a Nascar crash, nor has it been suspended by the N.H.L. for crushing someone’s h... |
INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
The Star | OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or bilateral channels, Norway said on Tuesday. People walk on the street with a huge gl... |
Skydiver Lareece Butler survives plummeting 914m in South Africa
The Daily Telegraph Australia | A SKYDIVER miraculously survived after plummeting 914 metres to the ground when her parachute became tangled. | The Sun reported today Lareece Butler escaped with bruises, a broken leg and concussion after slamming into the ground in South Africa. ... |
| Tue 9 Mar 2010 |
Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms
Yahoo Daily News | LONDON (AFP) – Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup. | The money, equivalent to 1.1 millio... |
Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
The State | JOS, Nigeria -- Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead. | Nerves remained on edge, despite a long-standing du... |
A Silent Revolution in Nigeria Custom Service
This Day The appointment of Abdullahi Dikko as the comptroller-general of Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has proved without any iota of doubt to be one of the best decisions ever taken by Umaru Yar'Adua administration. Dikko, the dexterous and punctilious compt... |
Somalia: Senior Islamist guerrilla assassinated in Mogadishu
Gareowe Online A Hizbul Islam official called Bare Ali Bare was on Tuesday gunned down by unknown assailants in Mogadishu’s Bakara Market, a stronghold for Somali rebel fighters. | According to witnesses who spoke to Garowe Online, the official was killed by four... |
Nigerian army 'ignored warning of massacres' in Jos
Gareowe Online The governor of Nigeria's Plateau state has accused military commanders of ignoring warnings of an attack on Sunday near the city of Jos. Hundreds died during attacks on three villages in the area between the mainly Christian south and Muslim north. ... |
Half of Food Aid to Somalia Is Diverted, Report Says
Gareowe Online By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and NEIL MacFARQUHAR As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff, according to a new Security Council repor... |
Houston signs academy player to developmental contract
The News & Observer | The Houston Dynamo signed Dynamo Academy product Francisco Navas Cobo to a developmental contract, the Major League Soccer club announced on Tuesday. | The 18-year-old midfielder joins goalkeeper Tyler Deric as the second Dynamo Academy player in t... |
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