The view from Cairo: Coming days will test an Egypt cut loose from its old institutions
Posted by: abeer almadawy
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2012-05-16 05:14:50 -0700 | political-news
Will Egypt join a bloody war with the Islamist Groups ? A difficult question is now in every simple Egyptian Muslim mind and worried about it... In fact let's say that who knows the Egyptians very well, he will know...
Cameroon coach calls for clarity
Source: BBC
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | updated 2012-05-16 03:46:21 -0700 | sports-news
Cameroon coach calls for 'clarity' within the squad Cameroon coach Denis Lavagne has called for 'clarity' between the squad and the staff ahead of their triple qualifying challenge in June.
Thousands pay tribute to Bocande
Source: BBC
Dakar :: Senegal | updated 2012-05-16 02:56:22 -0700 | sports-news
International Thousands pay tribute to Senegal's Bocande Thousands of Senegal fans gathered in Dakar on Tuesday night to pay tribute to their late captain Jules Bocande. The 53-year-old former skipper died last week, prompting an outpouring of emotion in the...
I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research | Winston Hide
Source: The Guardian
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2012-05-16 05:02:53 -0700 | technology-news
I can no longer work for a system that puts profit over access to research Associate editor of Genomics says its publisher Elsevier effectively denies developing world access to research findings University libraries in developing countries struggle to pay fees...
Insecticide resistance threatens malaria fight
Source: Fox News
Dakar :: Senegal | updated 2012-05-16 05:00:35 -0700 | technology-news
Reuters Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday. While existing prevention measures such as mosquito nets treated with insecticide...
KAUH, IMC Sign MOU to Share Resources
Source: Arab News
Mou :: Burkina Faso | updated 2012-05-16 05:00:12 -0700 | health-news
June 2007 The International Medical Center (IMC) recently signed a memo of understanding (MOU) and mutual cooperation with the King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) Hospital that would see both institutes share resources and expertise. This comes as a desire to...
Jihadists have a 'safe haven' in Libya?
Source: CNN
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-05-16 04:48:50 -0700 | travel-news
Paul Cruickshank and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN updated 1:19 PM EDT, Tue May 15, 2012 The National Transitional Council is struggling to exert control over militia groups in Libya (CNN) -- Diplomats and other observers in Libya say that with elections...
New Congo war crimes warrants sought
Source: CNN
Kigali :: Rwanda | updated 2012-05-16 04:48:48 -0700 | travel-news
The court issued an arrest warrant for Bosco Ntaganda in 2006 for his alleged role in perpetrating crimes against humanity, including the conscription of child soldiers in an eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In a statement...
Human Rights Watch: Renegade Congolese ex-general Bosco has recruited nearly 150 boys, teens
Source: Fox News
Dakar :: Senegal | updated 2012-05-16 05:18:49 -0700 | travel-news
Senegal A Human Rights Watch investigation has found that renegade Congolese ex-general Bosco Ntaganda forcibly recruited at least 149 boys and young men to fight since his defection from the army in April. The former warlord is wanted by...
Refugees flee DR Congo fighting
Source: Al Jazeera English
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2012-05-16 02:25:16 -0700 | travel-news
19 Fighting between the government and rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused tens of thousands of people to flee to neighbouring countries. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb visited a refugee camp in Nyakabande, Western Uganda, where many of...
Boot up: Skylanders v Angry Birds, smart TV analysed, Facebook swallows Lightbox and more
Source: The Guardian
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2012-05-16 00:42:28 -0700 | technology-news
You might not recognise this character from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, but millions of kids do. A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Changed since last week...The key problem with Smart...
V&A Illustration Awards 2012: Shortlisted Names Announced
Source: International Business Times
Obe :: Nigeria | updated 2012-05-16 00:11:37 -0700 | disasters-news
Shortlisted Names Announced May 16, 2012 03:01 AM EDT The Victoria & Albert Museum has announced the names of fourteen artists shortlisted for its annual Illustration Awards. The annual awards are given to the best book and editorial illustration published...
Morpurgo in book festival line-up
Source: BBC
East London :: South Africa | updated 2012-05-16 00:05:51 -0700 | entertainment-news
Poet Tony Harrison and Alexei Sale will also appear at the event, which runs from 3 to 17 July on London's Southbank...The poetry slam will be led by Saul Williams and Kate Tempest. Multi-media event All You Ever Wanted to...
Former BBC Trust chairman says search for new DG should be widened
Source: The Guardian
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-05-15 23:40:18 -0700 | political-news
Graeme Robertson The former chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons, has said the search for the corporation's next director general must look outside the small group of internal candidates who have applied. Lyons said he does not believe...
Principality chief to stand down
Source: BBC
Obe :: Nigeria | updated 2012-05-15 23:12:01 -0700 | business-news
Principality building society chief executive Peter Griffiths to stand down Peter Griffiths was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2010 The chief executive of Wales' largest building society is leaving after leading it through what he calls...
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