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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/ en-us Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:39:45 -0400 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:39:45 -0400 30 On Saturday, Nigerian militants released eight foreign oil workers. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386818 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:42:39 -0400 The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386818 Lagos, July 27 (Xinhua) The eight foreign oil workers who were kidnapped by gunmen Saturday off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich restive Niger Delta have been released, a media report said Sunday. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386833 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:00:19 -0400 The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386833 Dubai, July 26 : Kenya all-rounder Thomas Odoyo prefers an underdog's tag as the African nation gives final touches to its preparations in England ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held in Belfast, Ireland from August 2 to 5. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386749 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:00:37 -0400 The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386749 The South African cricket squad, currently touring England, is unhappy over International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to go ahead with the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, despite concerns about the safety of players there. http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386651 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:00:36 -0400 The Africa News.Net http://www.theafricanews.net/story/386651 A Nigerian military spokesman says eight foreigners kidnapped have been released unharmed.State military spokesman Sagir Musa says no ransom has been paid to obtain the release of the eight oil worker... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461622&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:29:28 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461622&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a ne... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463283&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:26:21 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463283&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lieutenant-Colonel Sagir Musa, military spokesman in the eastern Niger Delta, said the eight had been voluntarily released by their captors. "They have been released late this evening ... I doubt th... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463281&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:26:18 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463281&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Esteban Israel SANTIAGO DE CUBA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro dashed expectations he would announce new economic reforms on Saturday in a speech that instead warned Cubans not to ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463280&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:26:17 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463280&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] LONDON (Reuters) - Bosnia is closer to breaking up than at any time since its 1992-95 war and the European Union must do more to prevent its division, former international peace overseer Paddy A... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463282&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:26:16 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16463282&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Eight foreigners were kidnapped off a tanker early Saturday No ransom was paid, official says, declining to give nationalities Seven other oil workers have been abducted in recent days http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461625&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:31:27 -0400 CNN http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461625&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec South Africa's president has called on the International Criminal Court not to prosecute Sudan's leader for war crimes in case it upsets Darfur's peace talks. Thabo Mbeki told South African TV that... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461626&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:09:45 -0400 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461626&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec DAKAR (Senegal): To compete in the Francophone World Scrabble Championship, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461623&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:08:21 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461623&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Nick Tattersall LAGOS (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped eight foreign oil workers from a vessel off Nigeria's Niger Delta early on Saturday, bringing to 16 the number of industry workers seized ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461064&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:31:16 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461064&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Andras Gergely DUBLIN (Reuters) - The overwhelming majority of Irish voters oppose a second vote on the European Union's reform treaty and the "no" camp would win by a bigger margin in a re... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461061&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:31:08 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461061&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Amnesty International on Saturday urged the authorities in Egypt to free 16 internet activists jailed for more than two weeks for "threatening national security". http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16460702&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:43:40 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16460702&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Arab News bJEDDAH: Toposa Development Association (TDA), a Sudanese national nongovernmental organization (NGO), has appealed for financial help to continue to work for the welfare of the peaceful, he... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459135&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:11:29 -0400 Arab News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459135&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By William Schomberg and Doug Palmer GENEVA (Reuters) - Europe's trade negotiators won backing from most EU countries on Saturday to press on with a bid to rescue a world trade deal but France... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461063&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:31:15 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16461063&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOHANNESBURG : Negotiations in South Africa between Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition were making progress Saturday, mediators said. "The talks are proceeding well. They'll aim to be conclude... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459138&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:22:26 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459138&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec DAKAR (Senegal): To compete in the Francophone World Scrabble Championship, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459130&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:24:27 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459130&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOHANNESBURG : As negotiators for President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai began power-sharing talks on Thursday in South Africa, they confronted one seemingly u... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459131&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:31:56 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459131&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec WASHINGTON — President Bush expanded sanctions against Zimbabwe on Friday even as he held out the possibility of a reversal in American policy if negotiations now under way result “in a ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459136&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28:49 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459136&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lusaka: India's ERA Group plans a major thermal power project in Zambia, with investment of $1.8 billion, to generate up to 1,200 megawatts of power in the long term, a senior company director said on... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459132&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:01:14 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16459132&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani put the military's main spy agency under the control of the Interior Ministry on Saturday, a move seen as asserting civilian aut... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16458660&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:33:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16458660&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec HARARE, Jul 24 (IPS) - Last year, Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo faced a crippling water crisis, after three of its five supply dams went dry. Some high density suburbs went for over t... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456997&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:44:58 -0400 IPS http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456997&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kaizer Chiefs 0 Manchester United 4Alex Ferguson saw his Manchester United side lift the Vodacom Challenge trophy thanks to goals from two senior professionals and two rookies.Ryan Giggs and Wayne Roo... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456760&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:34:47 -0400 Irish Examiner http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456760&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tensions between Switzerland and Libya are continuing to escalate as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi enacts a number of retaliatory measures to protest the recent arrest of his son and wife in Geneva.... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16458540&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:31:49 -0400 VOA http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16458540&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Freed U.S. missionary Steven Godbold expressed relief to be on his way home on Saturday but said Chadian rebels had treated him as "guest of honor" during his nine months as a ho... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456752&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:30:59 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456752&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thomas Odoyo, the Kenya allrounder, is wary of the favourites tag that his team carry into the World Twenty20 qualifiers, in Belfast next week, with the main prize of a place in the 2009 ICC World Twe... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456751&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:32:14 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456751&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested 160 men aligned with the rival Fatah faction on Saturday, after an explosion there killed five Hamas gunmen and a gi... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16458663&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:33:27 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16458663&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec July 26, 2008, 16:15 The Botswana government has openly refused to recognise President Robert Mugabe as the true leader of Zimbabwe. The country has been vociferous in its criticism of Mugabe's one-... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456749&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:04:48 -0400 SABC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456749&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec India on Saturday took its nuclear diplomacy to Africa as Ghana assured New Delhi of its support in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board.Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sha... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456753&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:36:52 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456753&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Armed men have kidnapped eight foreign oil workers from a ship in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, a military spokesman says. The attack on Saturday brings to 16 the number of workers seized in the co... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456755&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:32:09 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456755&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Manchester United lifted the Vodacom Challenge trophy courtesy of a comprehensive 4-0 defeat of Kaiser Chiefs in South Africa. Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney both found the target at the Loftus Versfe... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456758&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:11:47 -0400 Sky Sports http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456758&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Giggs opened the scoring for United Manchester United scored three second-half goals on Saturday to beat South Africa's Kaizer Chiefs 4-0 in the final of the Vodacom Challenge pre-season tournament. ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16457943&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:21:05 -0400 BBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16457943&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United will sign Argentine Carlos Tevez for a British transfer record fee of 32 million pounds, according to newspaper reports on Saturday. The ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456324&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:32 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456324&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A manufacturing sector survey report released this week revealed that Natfoods was not the only company that has been heavily affected by the country's economic challenges but a majority of manufactur... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454338&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:40 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454338&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's OPEC governor said world oil prices could reach as high as $500 per barrel in a few years' time if the U.S. dollar falls further and political tension worsens, an Irani... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456328&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:34 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456328&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Deepa Babington ROME, July 26 (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing government on Saturday defended its decision to declare a nationwide state of emergency to deal with an influx of illegal immigr... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456330&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:30 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456330&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A commission set up by the third general assembly of the Conference of Consular Chambers of the Central African Economic and Monetary Union has revealed that the activities of custom and police office... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454313&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:51 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454313&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The conditions, which the Herald newspaper said were agreed at a Zanu-PF politburo meeting earlier this week, could dim prospects for a deal at negotiations between Mugabe's party and two factions of ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455947&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:42 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455947&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Board Chairman of Unilever Ghana Limited, Mr. Ishmael E. Yamson, on Wednesday, said the country had failed in its bid towards building a sustainable economy, as recent upheavals in the macro-econo... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454316&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:51 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454316&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Rwanda said on Thursday it could withdraw peacekeepers from Darfur if the United Nations fails to renew the contract of a top Rwandan commander indicted for war crimes by a judge in Spain. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455950&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:30 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455950&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Bashir has led a diplomatic campaign to prevent any indictment and called for peace during a visit to Darfur this week, but Minni Arcua Minnawi's Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) said Sudanese planes h... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455951&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:26 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455951&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Chadian rebels have freed a United States missionary after holding him hostage for more than nine months in the remote north of the central African country, his US evangelical organisation said on Fri... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:13 -0400 Mail and Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455954&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:08 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455954&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By Nelson Banya Harare - The United States expanded sanctions against President Robert Mugabe's government on Friday, increasing pressure on the Zimbabwean leader as his party discusses a power-sha... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455169&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:30:23 -0400 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455169&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "We collected nine dead civilians killed by shooting and shelling," said Mohamed Moalim Adbullahi, an elder. Beledewyne resident Musa Sheikh Haji confirmed the fatalities that occurred after the in... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455952&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:23 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455952&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Amalgamated Union of Radio Television and Theatre Art Workers Union (RATTAWU) and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) have vowed to commence strike action Monday over government's failure to pa... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454326&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:44 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454326&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec But in spite of all their advantages, France lost to an African player for the third year in a row this week in the one-on-one duel at the Francophone World Scrabble Championship. "We have far less... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455949&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:34 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455949&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NGF also approved the setting up Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation, in addition to setting up of a committee to see to the privatisation of New Nigerian Newspaper and settlement of its outstanding liabiliti... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454324&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:46 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454324&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Cairo - A Cairo luxury hotel confirmed on Saturday that it was back selling alcohol after Egyptian government action against a Saudi investor who had banned its sale. An employee at the Grand Hyatt... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454678&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:30:26 -0400 IOL http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454678&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Thousands of primary schools teachers yesterday staged a mass protest rally in Kano over the non-implementation of Teachers Salary Scale by the Federal Government, vowing not to call off the strike un... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454325&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:49 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454325&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Somalia's new opposition head, Islamist cleric Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, has vowed to protect aid workers in the Horn of Africa nation where insecurity has prevented many groups from working. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455953&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:19 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455953&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] GENEVA, July 26 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers will not back a proposed compromise in world trade talks unless leading developing countries like Brazil, India and China agree to sharply cut tari... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456322&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:28 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456322&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] GENEVA, July 26 (Reuters) - A large majority of European Union countries backed the EU's executive Commission on Saturday to keep negotiating in world trade talks after new compromise proposals ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456329&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456329&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sudan on Friday threatened to expel peacekeepers from Darfur if President Omar al-Bashir is indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455946&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:36:39 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16455946&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Worried by the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to constitute a special ad-hoc committee to conduct public hearing on the crisis. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454327&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:45 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454327&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The stiffest challenge for any government that emerges from the talks is achieving the main objective of "restorating of economic stability and growth" in an economy which has shrunk by 60% ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454336&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:38 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454336&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Maja Zuvela PALE, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered to pray for Radovan Karadzic across the Serb half of Bosnia on Saturday, holding vigils inside churches or marching in prote... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456321&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:23 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456321&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The Lebanese army deployed on Saturday to halt two days of heavy sectarian fighting in the northern city of Tripoli which medical sources said had killed nine people... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456320&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:21 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456320&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Attempts to finalise a tour of Kenya by Zimbabwe continue to stall because of claims by Zimbabwe Cricket that their itinerary is too busy to allow them to fit in with dates offered by the Kenyans. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454334&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:17:12 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454334&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Julian Linden SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's outstanding defence was the key to their 34-19 win over New Zealand in the Tri-Nations on Saturday, coach Robbie Deans said. The Australians s... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456326&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:26:33 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16456326&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Borno State government says it is ready to start awarding contracts for capital projects to local contractors instead of foreign firms. Governor Ali Sheriff disclosed this on Wednesday at an inter... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454322&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:46:48 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454322&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -Portsmouth had a dramatic start to its preseason tour of Nigeria on Friday, when the pilot of its private plane was forced to abort a landing in Abuja only just above the runway. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454330&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:33:22 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454330&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI (AFP) - More than 14 million people across east Africa are facing a humanitarian disaster because of a "lethal mix" of soaring food prices, drought and conflict, aid agencies say."The situatio... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454315&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:59:40 -0400 AFP http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454315&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Should the Federal Government of Nigeria bring in British soldiers for the purpose of containing the violence in the Niger Delta, Nigeria will be seized by an uncontrollable violence. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454323&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:59:24 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454323&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Two of the three arrested Mengo officials, Medard Lubega and Betty Nambooze, were yesterday charged with sedition at the magistrate's court in Nakawa and released on bail. The third, Peter Mayiga, was... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454333&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:59:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454333&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec After almost 15 months of legal fireworks, the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State yesterday declared Dr. Rahman Olusegun Mimiko, the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the A... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454328&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:59:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16454328&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Gilles Simon continued his magical hardcourt campaign by beating Croatian Marin Cilic 3-6 6-2 6-3 on Friday to reach the Toronto Masters semi-finals. The... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453627&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:31 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453627&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] KABUL (Reuters) - NATO-led troops killed four Afghan civilians and wounded three more when their vehicle failed to stop at a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday, the NATO ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453620&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:25 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453620&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Climate change has a profound and unavoidable effect on food security in Africa, as increasing temperatures and shifting rain patterns reduce access to food across the continent. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:10:26 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "We have far less means than the French players," says Poka, who as a child in Ivory Coast made his own Scrabble set out of wood because he couldn't afford a store-bought one. "But we keep on beating ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451315&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:09:41 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451315&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A smiling Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, pressed ahead with a heavily guarded tour of Darfur on Thursday, with a rally called to defy accusations that he masterminded genocide in the region. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453186&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:09:24 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453186&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By John Poirier WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators took over two banks on Friday and sold them to Mutual of Omaha Bank, the sixth and seventh bank failures this year as financial instituti... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453615&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:33 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453615&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Talks began in earnest on Thursday on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis after President Robert Mugabe gave his senior lieutenants the final go-ahead to negotiate power-sharing with the opposition. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453185&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:09:21 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453185&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Paul Simao JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African state power utility Eskom said on Saturday it had shut down a second unit at its Koeberg nuclear plant but did not anticipate the move woul... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453616&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:35 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453616&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Jonathan Lynn and Doug Palmer GENEVA (Reuters) - Ministers hailed an emerging trade deal on Friday, as compromise proposals revitalised deadlocked talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453623&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:27 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453623&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] GENEVA, July 26 (Reuters) - A meeting of ministers to find a breakthrough in world trade talks has been extended until Wednesday, a trade diplomat said on Saturday. World Trade Organisation ch... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453625&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:30 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453625&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Matthew Cronin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Top seed Jelena Jankovic battled to an impressive 7-5 6-4 win over Nadia Petrova to reach the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Classic on Friday. Jank... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453626&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:31 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453626&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri Maliki asked Pope Benedict XVI in a meeting Friday in Italy to encourage Iraqi Christians who have fled their country to return, citing the improved security situation... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16452998&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:03:23 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16452998&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "Extremism and terrorism are our own problems. This is our own fight. This is our own cause," he told reporters at a military airbase in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, before his dep... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453628&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453628&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] COLOMBO (Reuters) - India face the prospect of a massive innings defeat after slumping to 103 for six in their second innings, still 274 runs in arrears, in the first test against Sri Lanka on S... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453621&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:32 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453621&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] LONDON (Reuters) - Fast bowler Steve Harmison was recalled to the England squad on Saturday for the third test against South Africa which starts at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Harmison, 29, who ma... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453613&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:33 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453613&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - Indian police have few leads into the eight bombings in quick succession across the south Indian IT city of Bangalore that killed a woman and wounded at least six pe... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453622&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453622&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The programme, based on one used in the US, helps defaulters to work with their banks to sell their properties on auction soon after going into arrears. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451320&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:22:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451320&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Posted on: Saturday, 26 July 2008, 00:00 CDT Research and Markets Laura Wood Senior Manager Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 press@researchandmarkets.com Logo: h... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451321&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:04:46 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451321&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kenya's Parliament formed a special committee on Wednesday to probe violent politically linked criminal gangs whose activities have left many dead in recent years. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453184&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:09:04 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453184&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec President Bush expanded sanctions against Zimbabwe on Friday even as he held out the possibility of a reversal in U.S. policy if negotiations now under way result “in a new government that refle... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451325&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:22:37 -0400 The News Tribune http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451325&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By William Schomberg GENEVA, July 26 (Reuters) - European Union states were divided on Saturday over proposals to unblock a global trade deal, posing a test for EU trade chief Peter Mandelson ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453614&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:59:36 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453614&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec At least 42 passengers drowned and more than 100 are missing after their boat sank on the river Oubangui in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local officials and a radio report said on Friday. http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453182&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:10:39 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16453182&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Standard Chartered Bank in its strategic move to support Nigeria's Oil and Gas sector has struck a deal with 8 other Nigerian banks to provide $220m bank debt financing priced at Libor +275 bps for th... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:22:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen is to build the right-hand- drive version of its new Golf model at its main German plant in Wolfsburg, shifting production from its plant at Uitenhage on South Africa's... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451324&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:36:47 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451324&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nearly 180,000 children in Somalia are acutely malnourished, with 25,000 severely malnourished, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) which has scaled up its nutrition operation to ... http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451319&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:36:08 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.theafricanews.net/?rid=16451319&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec