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File Photo: Ethiopia's Berhane Adere in London Marathon Ethiopia - Berhane Adere failed in her attempt for three-peat at the 2008 Chicago Marathon Ethiopia's Berhane Adere, the defending champion, failed in her attempt for three-peat at the 2008 Chicago Marathon. Lidiya Grigoryeva of Russia won the race in 2:27:17. Berhane finished 10th in 2:34: ...
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 Ethiopia takes the women's team honors in Rio
— (L-R) Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil, Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands and Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea pose during a press conference for the IAAF Caixa World Half Marathon Championships (Getty Images) Ethiopia takes the women's team honors in Rio Ethiopian women win the team honors at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships today in ...
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— John Holbo from Crooked Timber gives David Frum less credit for sense than I gave him (while making a similar point to hilzoy on the current state of the Corner). Or, in the 10% less crazy Frum version, he’s just got to be an incredibly corrupt Chicago pol. Because he’s from Chicago…. Maybe he’s right; I don’t [...]
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 Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.
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Robert Mugabe grabs key Zimbabwe Cabinet posts
— The surprise move, in defiance of a power-sharing deal, ensures Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party will retain their iron grip on the troubled country. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has defied a fragile power-sharing deal with the opposition, giving all key Cabinet posts, including the crucial security ministries, to his own party.
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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Lornah Kiplagat producing another staggering performance in perfect conditions retained her global road running title for the second time at today's IAAF / CAIXA World Half Marathon Championships with a runaway victory on a course that stretched along the coastline of this wonderful city.
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Immigration Department, Dr Mary W. Muiruri says, is proof that the country is back on track. On September 22, she took her children’s passports for renewal. The Information Counter officer at Nyayo House, Nairobi, downloaded her application forms from the website of the Kenya Embassy in Washington, DC., and sent her to the Overseas Residents’ ...
The union is a struggling body, which is likely to go out with a begging bowl whenever there is a big tournament. Indeed, one of the top self-supporting women’s clubs, Blue Eaglets, has been begging for money to go for the Africa Cup club champions tournament in Abuja this month.
Call out for content from Voices of Africa : "I am asking for everyone to give a simple donation: TEN MINUTES. So this is what I would like for you to do in those ten minutes: post a link, story, video, or pictures on some topic in sustainable development, information empowerment, or tell us about a development innovator. read more
 A Ukrainian ship laden with Russian-made tanks that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia 18 days ago will be destroyed if the ransom is not paid, pirates say
 The 2009 African Bloggers Conference takes place in Nairobi Kenya…….. What is Kelele? Kelele is an annual African bloggers’ conference held in a different African city each year and run by an organising committee in that city. Kelele will be held for the first time in August 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. Why Kelele? Kelele is the ...
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 2008 African Banker Awards
— The 2nd Annual African Banker Awards took place yesterday at the Willard International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, USA. Attended by distinguished guests including representatives from all of the top African banks, international banks working with Africa, financial institutions, intergovernmental organization and development ...
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 Aid agencies dispute the Ethiopian government's estimates of those suffering in the country's drought.
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 The head of the ruling ANC is in line to be the nation's president. Despite his recent efforts, the prospect unsettles those unsure of him. Jacob Zuma has a problem: He scares some people.
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 Fear Amid Hostility in South Africa
— AKASIA, South Africa -- Mohammed Rage lived here among the dusty tents outside the nation's capital for one month. At 48, the Somali shopkeeper was considered an elder among hundreds of immigrants who sought refuge in this government-run encampment after brutal attacks against foreigners spread t...
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 Africa’s Emerging Markets
— Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia account for about 40 percent of Africa’s population outside South Africa and almost one-half of its GDP. They all share a common economic trait: They are Africa’s emerging markets, according to an IMF report. The same crucial developments that presaged the arrival ...
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For five weeks, a little filly slept alone next to her gentle mother, but yesterday, something different happened! … Isolde got company! It wasn’t for the whole night, but for a good half an hour in the evening as we were saying goodnight to all our pets. The body language is crystal clear: “Hey you! Don’t drop that head ...
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 Riding out with Isolde
— Two weeks ago, we took our girls out for a nice little ride, with Isolde tagging along next to Arwen. With our weeks filled with work, the weekends are for riding! Here’s what the bush looks like through the my very green mobile phone camera lense, but lol, it’s better than nothing! And here is little Isolde keeping up with two adult ...
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 Waxaan Socdaal kaga ambabaxay magaalada Hargeisa ee caasimadda u ah Somaliland iyada oo aan sii maray dhul masaafadiisu gaadhayso 650 KM oo isugu jira Laami iyo raf, Hargeisa marka aad ka baxdo ee aad u socoto Ceerigaabo waxaad sii maraysaa magaalooyin aad u tiro badan ay ka mid yihiin Dacar-budhuq, Berbera, Sheykh, Burco, Gar-adag, Fadhigaab [...
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Malawi has suspended extra monthly payments to its 38 000 HIV-positive civil servants, a government official said on Saturday.
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Graca Machel appealed to Mozambique's schools on Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution.
 Russia: Ballistic missile makes record flight, officials say / Ukraine: Power struggle intensifies / China: Scientists sequence giant panda genome Missile reportedly sets record
Akbar Muhammad -Host of Africa and the World will feature former Ghanaian President, Jerry John Rawlings live on Sunday October 13 2008 at 6:30 P. M (EST).
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Angola hopes to bury an arms case now before French courts in which its president is suspected of receiving millions in kickbacks.
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 In a bid to ensure public trust in his leadership, New Patriotic Party Presidential Candidate Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged to implement policies and reforms designed to strengthen democracy and tackle corruption in Ghana.
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr. Ras Boateng, has described as "impossible", claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to ensure that subscribers pay a single premium for the scheme.
 Sad news: rocksteady great (and one of the finest crafters of reggae soul) Alton Ellis passed away recently. I was a late-comer to his magic but I've been beguiled by it ever since. His catalog is massive but I've always had an ear for his stuff from the late '60s and early '70s. Here's three of my favorite. Jah bless.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 11 -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has asserted claim to key disputed ministries, outraging the opposition and imperiling a fragile power-sharing agreement signed three weeks ago.
 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Fatmata Jalloh's body lay on a rusting metal gurney in a damp hospital ward, a scrap of paper with her name and "R.I.P." taped to her stomach. In the soft light of a single candle -- the power was out again in one of Africa's poorest cities -- Jalloh looked like a sleepi...
Weli waxa sii xoogaysanaya khilaafkii ka dhex aloosnaa xisbiga mucaaradka ee Kulmiye, kaas oo sida laga warqabo ku baaqi jirey inuu dalkan dimuqraadiyad ka wanaagsan tan madaxweyne Rayaale u horseeday Somaliland uu ku soo dabbaali doono marka uu ku guuleysto doorashooyinka soo socda. Waxa kale oo garabka Siilaanyo dhawaan ku baaqeen inay samayan ...
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Tamale, Oct. 11, GNA - The Northern Regional office of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) on Saturday planted more than 2,000 different species of trees at the University for Development Studies Tamale campus as part of activities to mark this year's World Tourist Day. Tourist clubs of students of Ghana High School, Vittin High School and Nkpasini ...
Wadiniyiinta Somaliland, saxaafada iyo inta lexo jeclo ka hayso dadka iyo dalka Somaliland waxan u dirayaa salaanta islaamka. Waxan hore uga hadlay muwaadiniyiintu inay leedahay awooda diiwaan gelinta iyo codbixinta doorashooyinka, waana labada jeer ee ay go’aanku gacantooda ku jiro. Maantana waxan ku eegi doonaa qormadan habsocodka diiwaan ...
Hargeysa (Harowo) - Gudoomiyaha Xisbiga Mucaaridka ah ee UCID Eng. Faysal Cali Waraabe iyo wafdi balaadhan oo ka tirsan Xisbigiisa oo safar ugu baxayay Gobolka Gabilay, ayaa ciidamada amaanka ka hor joogsadeen inuu gaadho magaalada Gabilay isla markaana dib loogu soo celiyay Magaalada Hargeysa. Waa markii labaad ee Cidka tirsan Xisbiyada ...
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I heard about this on the 24th of September 2008, but for one reason or the other haven’t written about it. The closing date to taking advantage of this opportunity is the 20th of October, 2008. I’m sure some of you know already, but for some, you are in a hurry to have me let [...]
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Pirates hijacked a huge tanker off the Horn of Africa, even as world powers deployed military ships to the Somali coast to try to end a two-week standoff aboard another seized ship.
This talk, from the 2008 California DBSA conference, was by Linda L. Banner, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and sex therapist in San Jose. Her web site is www.bettersexdoc.com. From her hand out, here are other resources: Banner, Linda - Advanced Sexual Techniques Hendrix, Harville - Receiving Love, 2007 and Getting the Love You Want, 1988 Kasl, ...
 Serious overcrowding has marred the build up to Ghana's vital 2010 World and Nations Cup qualifier in Sekondi, Ghana. The 20,000-capacity stadium was already badly overcrowded when fans forced open the main gates, prompting a dangerous stampede.
 While Palin is trying to paint Obama with a color that isn’t his, McCain steps up to defend Obama. Is this another stunt from the maverick?
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Former Minister of Internal Affairs in the Second Republic, Dr. Ibrahim Tahir. “It’s no big deal having no home and squatting with friends”: “I am not in a hurry to become the owner of a big castle which nobody will be able to maintain when I die, and which will become a hotel. Many people are [...]
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Through 'Poetry for Charity' we have been able to encourage a new breed of writers, and support worthy causes.
GUARDIAN Saturday, October 11, 2008 CBN May Lose Control Of Banks Senate Panel Tackles Banks Over Deposits, Portfolios From Tunde Oyedoyin, London A NOTHER restructuring exercise looms in the banking and financial sector. In the forthcoming change, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may not be spared. Going by ...
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Nedbank will likely deny this till the cows come home, but the truth is they pocketed a large sum from my company 10 days ago and wouldn’t give it back until, in desperation, I asked my journalist wife to rattle their cage. Suddenly, things started to happen. Which raises the question: if you don’t have access [...]
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Sarah Palin’s family feud with her former brother-in-law, which formed the subject matter of an investigation dubbed “Troopergate” by the media, finally came home to roost yesterday and the result was not a Norwegian omelette but rather a half-baked Alaskan. The inquiry into the conduct of the governor of Alaska found that she ...
Golaha Wakiilada Markuu Arkay: Qoddobada 4aad, faq (1), 8aad faq.(1), 9aad faq.(1), 22aad, faq.(2)111aad, faq(2) ee dastuurka qaranka JSL. Markuu arkay: In ay muhiim tahay in laga faa’iidaysto waayo aragnimadii laga dhaxlay doorashooyinkii kala duwanaa ee ay soo martay ummada Somaliland taas oo muujinaysa in loo baahan yahay in la adkeeyo ...
Vanity Googling myself was dull; I just turned up the web pages I remember having. But I did find this when 2001 Googling Andre Braugher: The way he menacingly strides into the Beverly Hills hotel room you half expect Homicide’s Andre Braugher to put you under arrest. Heh. Menacingly? In real life? Are we [...]
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 The TED Prize was created as a way of taking the inspiration, ideas and resources that are generated at TED and using them to make a difference. Although the winners receive a prize of $100,000 each, that's the least of what they get. The real prize is that they are granted a WISH. A wish to change the world.
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At last! The House of Representatives power probe has recommended the investigation and trial of Obasanjo and his former minister of energy Dr Agagu, the Ondo state governor. The panel asked the House to recommend to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigation are former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Governor of Ondo State,
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Full text of the lecture by Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, Rt. Hon. Raila A Odinga at the 25th Anniversary of The Guardian Newspaper in Lagos, Nigeria. Oct 9, 2008. Theme: Democracy and the Challenge of Good Governance in Africa “Genuine democracy is about freedom of choice, a universal concept that is meaningless without [...]
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With the whole country agog in the face of the rumblings within (and without) the ruling party, I thought I should write on something else, lest the party in question come to the erroneous conclusion that it is the only thing worth writing about, which it certainly is not. In fact, every time, lately, that I [...]
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Guest blogger Jenara Nerenberg is the Founder of BOP Source . She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard University and lives in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she is a Columnist for a national business magazine and a Consultant on new media marketing. Jenara was a Consultant to the Harvard Center for Health Communication and worked on cause-related ...
 Friends in New York City tell me that they never visit the tourist attractions - the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building - until they’re hosting guests from out of town. I’m not a Cambridge resident, nor am I ever really resident at Harvard, but I had the same experience yesterday when my friend Nate came to visit me at the ...
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