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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Zambia News.Net http://www.zambianews.net/ en-us Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:49:13 -0400 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:49:13 -0400 30 An explosion was reported at a government building hosting amnesty talks in the southern Nigeria oil town of Warri Monday, after militants issued a bomb threat. http://www.zambianews.net/story/612401 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:40:03 -0400 IANS http://www.zambianews.net/story/612401 Cricket New Zealand has cancelled the national team's tour of Zimbabwe in June. http://www.zambianews.net/story/612236 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:10 -0400 ANI http://www.zambianews.net/story/612236 South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed codolence over the death of anti-apartheid stalwart Fatima Meer. http://www.zambianews.net/story/612118 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:00:02 -0400 IANS http://www.zambianews.net/story/612118 Thulasizwe Simelane; Zimbabwe President Jacob Zuma is set to receive a status report of Zimbabwe's sluggish negotiation process when he arrives in the country tomorrow. Zuma is anxious to see the ful... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141591&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:50 -0400 SABC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141591&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec New Delhi, March 15 : African countries are seeking to become self sufficient in foodgrain production by 2015 and are looking at better farming techniques to reduce dependence on rains, according to d... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141029&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:38:07 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141029&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi/Abuja, March 15: An explosion was reported at a government building hosting amnesty talks in the southern Nigeria oil town of Warri Monday, after militants issued a bomb threat. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141586&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:38:06 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141586&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By James Jose, New Delhi, March 15 : The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (Iffco) is setting up a unit in Ghana to meet the needs of the west African nation and also export the surplus to India, ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141587&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:38:04 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141587&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A petrol station attendant at work. The Government has suspended the controversial fuel inspection fee that has seen a rise in pump prices. Photo/FILE http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141584&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:37:30 -0400 Daily Nation http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141584&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ADDIS ABABA, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - Ethiopia has made some headway towards improving maternal and child health, but more needs to be done to reduce the high number of preventable deaths, says an offic... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141590&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:32:49 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141590&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI, Mar 15, 2010 (IPS) - Margaret Atieno, a 38-year-old mother of six, says she wanted to avoid her last pregnancy. But consistent stock-outs of contraceptive devices at her health care centre in... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140678&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:32:45 -0400 IPS http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140678&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ) today published its financial report for the fourth quarter and full year of 2009. The steel and ceramics products manufacturer posted NIS 1.4 billion revenue in 2009, down 27% from NIS 1.93 billio... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140830&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:30:24 -0400 Globes http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140830&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOHANNESBURG — A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because s... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141573&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:29:39 -0400 Fox News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141573&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi/Abuja - Two car bombs shook a government building hosting amnesty talks in the southern Nigeria oil town Warri on Monday, minutes after militants issued a bomb threat. The Movement for the Ema... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141577&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:28:09 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141577&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec European countries locked in a diplomatic row with Libya should remember that their energy firms have interests in the North African country, Libya's top energy official said in an interview. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141353&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:22:20 -0400 One News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141353&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MAPUTO, Mozambique — Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Authorities said Monday that many impo... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141576&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:22:18 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141576&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Warri, Nigeria - Two explosions shook the state governor's office in Nigeria's southern oil city of Warri on Monday, minutes after a bomb threat from the region's main militant group. The Movement ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141581&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:11 -0400 IOL http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141581&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Antananarivo - A landslide on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has swept away several houses in the south-east, raising the death toll from the tropical storm that ravaged part of the island last... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141580&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:06:09 -0400 IOL http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141580&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mozambique (AP) — Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Authorities said Monday that many impoveri... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141589&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:06 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141589&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — A small environmental revolution is taking place among peasant farmers and villagers in West Africa, a region once devastated by drought and systematic land degradation, and it is peas... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141605&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:53 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141605&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec But with a legacy from the global recession of sluggish growth and higher poverty, IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn says it will be critical for African countries to raise their growth performance furt... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141603&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:52 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141603&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec opinion Uganda's indigenous business brands stand to benefit or lose in the East African Common Market that we recently joined. Our Kenyan counterparts are already enjoying more of the region's busin... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141604&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:52 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141604&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lagos — Africa's football governing body, Confederation of African Football (CAF), has awarded Cote d'Iv-oire's Didier Drogba a cash boost of $20,000 (about N3, 011,000.06) for emerging African ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141601&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:51 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141601&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has said that the World Cup taking place in Africa will help broaden the market for tourism which ha... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141602&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:51 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141602&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec On a night, Ivory Coasts' Didier Drogba clinched his second African Footballer of the Year, Globacom, the Official Sponsor of the annual Awards ceremony has been commended by the President of Ghana wh... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141600&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:50 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141600&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec He said the situation in universities and colleges was alarming saying he had recently received a phone call from one of the vice chancellors asking for sexual health education to be delivered in coll... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141574&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:38 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141574&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on the chairwoman of Parliament's labour committee, Lumka Yengeni, to declare the outcome of public hearings on whether labour bro... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141592&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:34 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141592&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — PUBLIC Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Brian Molefe said yesterday he was leaving the company with his integrity intact. The PIC said on Friday that Molefe would not renew his c... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141593&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:33 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141593&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — THE government was confident that the UK would next month vote in favour of Eskom's application for a 3,75bn World Bank loan, while the US had said it would abstain from voting, P... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141594&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141594&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — Uganda Clays Ltd is looking for dedicated power to improve production efficiency as part of an expansion programme which begun three years ago. UCL, the country's leading producer of ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141349&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141349&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Cape Town — The Council for Medical Schemes expects to lift the curatorship on Pro Sano medical scheme within the next two months, opening the way for the once-troubled scheme to run its own aff... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141595&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141595&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — After steering a business from a simple idea to a multimillion enterprise in five years, Junghae Wainaina is both a happy and a sad man. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140828&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140828&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec editorial Nairobi — Kenya last week received a rare accolade from visiting International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on the steps the country had taken to bring its e... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141596&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141596&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Arusha — Worker of Corridor Springs Hotel in Arusha, off Old Moshi road, have all reasons to smile throughout the year. When celebrating the new year last week at the Olduvai Inn, not at their ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141103&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141103&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kampala — A row has erupted over the ownership of the National Bank of Commerce involving high-profile NRM politicians. One group of shareholders accuses the other of hijacking the bank and usin... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141597&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141597&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec analysis Nairobi — The East African Development Bank's search for justice and self preservation in the courtrooms of Tanzania has been as trivialised as it has been convoluted. Throughout the ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141598&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — Tanzanians who have long dreamed of owning their own homes could soon benefit from an initiative to make mortgages widely available as a way of financing broad home ownership in the co... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141599&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141599&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Authorities say rescue teams have evacuated 6,000 people, some of them forcibly, from flood-stricken districts in central Mozambique. Authorities said Monday that many impove... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141575&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:39:34 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33141575&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A 15-member Chinese business delegation met Zimbabwean Vice President John Nkomo on Monday to discuss investment issues and ways of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.Head of ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140777&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:38:22 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33140777&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is currently on a state visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, said on Monday that Turkey desired to improve its relations with this country. As part of his visit t... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138901&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:30:13 -0400 World Bulletin http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138901&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Family Bank says it has set aside Sh200 million for loans to entrepreneurs wishing to start income generating projects in Western Kenya. Photo/FILE http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138406&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:17:39 -0400 Daily Nation http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138406&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec AWKA, 15 March 2010 (IRIN) - Interceptions and convictions of human traffickers and smugglers have risen year-on-year in Nigeria since the government passed legislation to ban the trade in 2005, but t... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:12:17 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nigeria 's restive and oil-rich region, wounding two people and causing panic, a government spokesman said.Monday's bombing is the most daring attack claimed by the http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:08:22 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A Somali Islamist fighter from Hispul Islam patrols an empty street in Wardigkey, in Mogadishu Illegal charcoal exports to Gulf states are a big source of income for rebel groups in Somalia, inject... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138859&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:01:38 -0400 One News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138859&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Warri . Chima said it initially appeared that the two bombs were placed inside cars near where a Nigerian newspaper, Vanguard, was helping hold a discussion with government officials about an amnesty ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138026&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:59:25 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138026&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Two suspected car bombs have been set off in the Nigerian oil city of Warri, where officials were in talks over an amnesty for militants in the area.Witnesses said the explosions shattered windows at ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138899&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:54:07 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138899&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Two suspected car bombs have been set off in the Nigerian oil city of Warri, where officials were in talks over an amnesty for militants in the area.Witnesses said the explosions shattered windows at ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138872&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:54:06 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138872&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (christiansunite.com) - Muslims launched deadly attacks on Christians in the three farming villages of Dogo Nahawa, Zot and Rastat in Plateau state near the city of Jos, Nigeria on March 7. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138883&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:52:41 -0400 ChristiansUnite http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138883&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed after heavy rain triggered flooding, landslides and house collapses in Angola's capital Luanda, the city vice-governor said on Monday. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138903&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:45 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138903&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - Two explosions shook the state governor's office in Nigeria's southern oil city of Warri on Monday where amnesty talks were being held, minutes after a bomb threat from the region's main m... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138905&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:45 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138905&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - Oil explorers have started to return to Kenya after a break occasioned by the financial crisis but activities will pick up after the drilling of a Chinese well in the north, the Kenyan ene... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138907&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:43 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138907&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment Kenya's KenolKobil said on Monday it would be interested in taking up BP's marketing businesses in five African nations. BP said earlier this month it planned to pull out of its... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:46:49 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Godrej Consumer Products today said that it plans to launch its Indian and South African products in west Africa, followng its acquisition of Nigerian personal care company Tura. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138876&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:45:07 -0400 Business Standard http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138876&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): Law-abiding African Americans and Hispanics would take it on the chin under a bill now movi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138900&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:44:23 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138900&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A PROFESSOR of Industrial Relations, Dafe Otobo, weekend in Ibadan, called on the nation's leaders to be transparent in the management of the country's resources, stressing that the current economic s... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138887&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:37 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138887&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Acting President Jonathan Goodluck yesterday sympathized with victims of the recent fire incident in Kantin Kwari Market in Kano State. Jonathan who sent a Federal Government delegation to commiserate... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:36 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — Plans to build a technology city and create 40,000 jobs have run into allegations of corruption and unfair dealings. The technopolis is to be built on a 5,000-acre piece of land near S... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138866&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138866&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Washington, DC — The U.S. Senate has passed a bill with wide bipartisan support aimed at curbing atrocities in Uganda and Sudan committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a vicious rebel gro... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138867&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138867&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board said it annulled the tender awarded to Geo Chem International following a successful appeal by Societe Generale Surveillance, one of ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — Oil companies have increased pump prices and are withholding fuel from the market to protest at a controversial decision to increase import inspection fees by 28,000 per cent. On Frida... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138891&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138891&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kampala — The Electoral Commission headed by Eng. Badru Kiggundu "will not" organise the 2011 elections, Dr Olara Otunnu, a retired UN diplomat, has said. Dr Otunnu was speaking on 93.3 Kfm's H... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138868&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:34 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138868&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Latest fighting between government forces and the Al-Shabaab militia have displaced more than 100 000 people across Somalia since the start of the year, says UNHCR. The UN agency said at least 33,000... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138869&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:34 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138869&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — When the Aga Khan decided to start a newspaper in Kenya 50 years ago, his vision was to print an independent and honest publication that would help nurture an emerging democracy. It w... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:34 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Dar Es Salaam — COMMERCIAL banks in the country are likely to continue dominating the local bond market as other investors settle for instruments with shorter maturity. As the local banks reel ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138138&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:33 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138138&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Pretoria — Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Bheki Nkosi has appealed to other public transport providers to increase their services around places affected by the taxi strike in Johannesburg. ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138638&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138638&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Pretoria — Forty-two people have been arrested in Rabie Ridge, Midrand, following service delivery protests on Monday. "A total 42 people were arrested for public violence today following prote... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138870&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138870&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec editorial Lagos — Ordinarily, the recent directive by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan for the commencement of procedure to reactivate the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited(ASCL) and the Nationa... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138475&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138475&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Abuja — A daring strategic political manoeuvering and perceived disloyalty may have necessitated the forced exit of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sarki Mukhtar, last week from the Pres... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138871&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138871&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Pretoria — The introduction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system's complementary and feeder routes are going ahead as planned in Soweto this morning, the City of Johannesburg said. City spokes... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138892&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138892&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lagos — The Minister of Finance, Dr Mansur Muhtar, says the country is poised to attract more foreign direct investments with the current relative stability in the exchange and inflation rates. ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138408&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138408&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lagos — Head, Department for International Development British High Commission, Dr. Richard Montgomery ; Minister of Power, Dr. Lanre Babalola, British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Bob Dewar an... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138896&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138896&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Warri — Youths in Koko, headquarters of Warri North Council of Delta State, have thrown their weight behind the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) being planned by the state government for the communi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138894&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138894&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Gombe — Gombe State government has commenced the disbursement of N32 million loan to farmers in the state with a view to boosting food production. Governor Danjuma Goje, who performed the disbu... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138895&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:38:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138895&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (AP) — LAGOS, Nigeria - Twin car bombs rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, a government spokesman said, only minutes after a militant grou... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138878&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:34:33 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138878&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Twin car bombs rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, a government spokesman said, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty tal... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138877&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:29:30 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138877&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Submit your comment Kenya's KenolKobil said on Monday it would be interested in taking up BP's marketing businesses in five African nations. BP said earlier this month it planned to pull out of its... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138880&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:26:55 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138880&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nigeria's main armed group MEND on Monday threatened to attack oil firms such as French group Total in renewed violence in the country's restive oil-rich Niger Delta region. "In the coming days, we... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138897&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:26:12 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138897&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Twin car bombs exploded outside a government building where amnesty talks were underway Monday in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich region, wounding two people and causing panic, a ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138898&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:26:08 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138898&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Twin car bombs exploded outside a government building where amnesty talks were underway Monday in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich region, wounding two people and causing panic, a ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138873&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:20:23 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138873&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Twin explosions rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks bei... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138874&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:20:22 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138874&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI: Illegal charcoal exports to Gulf states are a big source of income for rebel groups in Somalia, injecting millions of dollars to the war that has devastated the nation, its environment minist... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:18:30 -0400 Arab News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33138881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria — Twin car bombs rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, a government spokesman said, only minutes after a militant group promise... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136549&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:57:21 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136549&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria — Twin explosions rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks be... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136451&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:48:02 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136451&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria — An explosion has been heard at amnesty talks under way in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region. Someone said "stay calm" before a live television feed cut out.... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136453&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:47:58 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136453&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec oil -rich Niger Delta region Monday, a government spokesman said, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks being held there. Monday's bombing is the most daring attack cla... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33135926&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:44:56 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33135926&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria -- Twin explosions rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks being ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136492&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:41:06 -0400 The Miami Herald http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136492&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's independent Chamber of Mines says the country has dropped to fourth place in worldwide gold production.The Chamber of Mines said Monday that South Africa'... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136196&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:40:53 -0400 Miami Herald http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136196&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec At a meeting this week in Nigeria to address African agriculture production, "African leaders and donor agencies have endorsed an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security in Afr... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136065&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:39:53 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136065&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ), investors ratified the company's bond deal at yesterday's meeting, as they had been generally expected to do. The company today notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) that its 83 of the 84 sha... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136545&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:35:21 -0400 Globes http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136545&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi/Abuja - Two explosions shook a government building hosting amnesty talks in the southern Nigeria oil town Warri on Monday, minutes after militants issued a bomb threat. The Movement for the Em... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136524&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:33:17 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136524&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi/Abuja - An explosion was heard at a government building hosting amnesty talks in the southern Nigeria oil town of Warri on Monday, after militants issued a bomb threat. The Movement for the Em... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136525&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:33:14 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136525&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Twin explosions rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks being held there, a gover... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136521&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:30 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136521&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LAGOS, Nigeria — An explosion has been heard at amnesty talks under way in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region. Someone said "stay calm" before a live television feed cut out. Th... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136522&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:26 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136522&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Warri . Chima said it initially appeared that the two bombs were placed inside cars near where a Nigerian newspaper, Vanguard, was helping hold a discussion with government officials about an amnesty ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136496&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:25:22 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136496&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (Reuters) - A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunisations to millions of children in poor countries by 2015, the organisatio... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136550&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:16:00 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136550&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said he is disappointed with the un-Christian behaviour of Catholic priest, Frank Bwalya. Mr Banda said Father Bwalya was a Christian and that it was disappointing to hear ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136506&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:03:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136506&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kampala — The European Union (EU) is funding the drafting of Uganda's controversial Counterfeit Goods Bill, a proposed law that has caused an outcry as it threatens access to life-saving generic... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136221&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:03:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136221&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kampala — Islamic University in Uganda is set to start a medical school at its Kampala campus in Kibuli, a city suburb. The school which is expected to open its doors to pioneer students in Aug... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136507&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:03:54 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136507&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Bauchi — Over 300 shops at 'kasuwar Kofa' market along Railway road in Bauchi State were gutted by fire Saturday. The interim chairman of the market, Abdulkadir Yakubu, told the state Deputy Gov... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136534&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:03:54 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136534&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec analysis Kampala — The media fraternity and human rights activists have rejected the proposed Press and Journalists (Amendment) Bill, 2010, in which the State plots to muzzle the freedom of the... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136177&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:03:53 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136177&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE competition for mobile phone customers thickened last week with the country's pioneer service provider, NetOne, castigating its competitors whom it accused of flooding the market with lines withou... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136537&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:03:53 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=33136537&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec