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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 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:07:35 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:07:35 -0400 30 Scientists have said that termite mounds can be used to predict ecological shifts from climate change in the African savannahs. http://www.zambianews.net/story/682250 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:35 -0400 ANI http://www.zambianews.net/story/682250 Argentine football star Carlos Tevez laid on two goals and scored one as Argentina handed Spain its first loss since winning the 2010 South Africa World Cup, earning a dominant 4-1 win in a friendly trouncing in Buenos Aires. http://www.zambianews.net/story/682379 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:04 -0400 ANI http://www.zambianews.net/story/682379 Secretary General Named to Sudan Referendum Commission U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that a secession vote by the people of southern Sudan in January is "inevitable."  Clinto... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:26:04 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Refugees Pursue University Education at Camp in Northern Kenya The Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya is the world's largest refugee settlement, home to almost 300,000 people who have fled the war in neighb... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38485990&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:26:02 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38485990&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people in late July and early August. (Associated Press) http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486874&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:23:46 -0400 Washington Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486874&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today said it was extending by another week an operation designed to enhance the protection of civilians in the east... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:22:51 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today concluded a visit to Rwanda during which he spoke with President Paul Kagame and other Government officials about their concerns regarding the Democratic Republic o... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:22:51 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will attend a U.N. summit on Sudan this month, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as they stepped up a bid to head off conflict there before a referendu... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:22:23 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has told state governors in the ruling party he intends to stand in elections next January, one of the governors who attended the meeting said We... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:22:09 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NEW YORK // A senior UN official acknowledged this week that UN peacekeepers had failed to stop an epidemic of rape by rebel forces of as many as 500 Congolese in July and August, including girls aged... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486899&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:21:19 -0400 The National http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486899&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Primary school is a dead end for many children in Somalia, particularly in the southwestern Gedo region where many end up jobless, joining a militia, or emigrating. Years of civil conflict, followi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:16:19 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Ashes series starts in Australia in November. (AP) DURBAN (Reuters) - Kevin Pietersen is set to turn out for South African franchise the Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Dolphins in October in a bid to find... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:49 -0400 SBS http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec September 8, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described tensions in Sudan between the North and the South as a "ticking time bomb of enormous consequence." Her comments come ahead of a refere... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486882&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:09:40 -0400 NPR http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486882&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kevin Pietersen is set to make a return to domestic cricket in his native South Africa next month as he seeks to find form ahead of this winter's Ashes tour.The England and Wales Cricket Board confirm... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486896&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:46 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486896&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The United Nations admits its peacekeepers failed to protect victims of mass rape in eastern Congo. In an area where rape has become a weapon of war, the UN's pledge to 'do better' must be more than a... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486883&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:51:35 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486883&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec US warship deployed a helicopter to check on the ship after several unsucessful attemps to make contact with the Olib G, a 6,375-tonne vessel that was carrying a cargo of ballast, the http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486502&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:23 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486502&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on September 8, 2010 in the capital Kigali. Rwanda said it would express its outrage to Ban over allegations in a UN report th... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486891&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:25:27 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486891&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec At least 700 prisoners have escaped during an attack on a jail in northern Nigeria, including members of a militant Islamist sect. Police said four people died in gunfire after members of the Boko Ha... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486897&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:23:22 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486897&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Taliban leaders and sending him money, a senior police official in Islamabad said Wednesday.The three men, Shahid Hussain, Shoaib Mughal and Humbal Akhtar, are relatively young, middle-class Pakistani... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:15 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec -Tettey-Enyo "Again, This Will Help Fill the Economy With a Higher Calibre of Tax Advisers Who Will Accelerate Growth in the Corporate World While Increasing Revenue Generation for the Economy," He Sa... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486892&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:10 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486892&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Golden Star Resources Limited (GSR), operators of the Prestea/Bogoso and the Wassa mines, has announced the payment of a total US$6,696,796.51 in royalties to the Government of Ghana. The sum represe... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486893&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486893&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Vodafone Ghana has officially launched 'Power to You', which marks a new chapter for Vodafone-Ghana, as the company works proactively in bringing more products and services to the Ghanaian market, in ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486551&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:07 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486551&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Only recently, at a social gathering, a friend narrated a story, whose parallel is so often heard, and each time, "it sounds harrowing." A woman gave out her last resources in order to give her son a ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486895&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486895&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec opinion Five decades ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism. The 50th anniversary of African national liberation is an opportunity to critically reflect on t... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486900&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:05 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486900&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec - The introduction of a new module of the National Youth Employment Programme (Nyep) By the Government to Create Some 10,000 Jobs for the Youth in the Road Sector is Welcome News for All Well-Meaning ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486894&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486894&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Foreign and local investors have the opportunity to participate in Kenya's growing solar power industry. A vibrant solar energy market has developed in Kenya over the years for providing electricity t... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486552&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:01 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486552&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Paris — After weeks of rumours sparked by the leaking of a draft World Bank position paper on so-called land grabs in poor countries, the international financial institution has officially relea... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486902&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:48:01 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486902&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec will repossess the remainder of exploration area 3A, located around the southern tip of oil-rich Lake Albert, because the block's license has expired, a government official said Wednesday. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486877&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:20 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486877&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec -(Dow Jones)- The Central Bank of Nigeria abolished the country's `Universal Banking' regime Wednesday. In April, the CBN said it was reviewing its 10-year-old `Universal Banking' policy, which allo... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486195&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:17 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486195&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec In an emailed statement, UniCredit said that its governance committee met Wednesday and discussed the recent stake acquisition of Libya's sovereign fund, Libyan Investment Authority, or LIA. UniCred... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486876&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:16 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486876&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec operations in the country. The investigation will be carried out by a body engaged in financial audit with the aim of examining suspected wide-scale misconduct, Kabwelulu said. No further details re... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486196&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:08 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38486196&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI greeted Jose Maria Pereira Neves, prime minister of Cape Verde, today after the weekly general audience, held in Paul VI Hall in the Vatican. In the course of the "cord... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482897&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:04:42 -0400 Zenit http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482897&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec del.icio.us The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting what officials call an unusual spike in the number of new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The WHO says the increase is es... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:04:41 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Uganda will repossess the remainder of exploration area 3A, located around the southern tip of oil-rich Lake Albert, because the block's license has expired, a government official said Wednesday. The... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482909&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:52:25 -0400 Rigzone http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482909&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec RABAT, Morocco — Morocco's state news agency says nine Portuguese tourists have been killed when their bus overturned in northern Morocco in rough weather. The MAP news agency says 14 people we... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482883&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:55 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482883&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A radical Muslim sect used assault rifles to launch a coordinated sunset raid on a prison in northern Nigeria, freeing more than 100 followers and raising new fears about violence in the oil-rich nati... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:25:51 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Seven Koranic teachers in Senegal have been condemned to jail sentences after they were found guilty of forcing children to beg. However, the teachers will only go to prison if they force children to... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482873&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:39 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482873&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec African champions TP Mazembe have appointed former Senegalese international Lamine Ndiaye as their coach on a temporary basis.Ndiaye replaces Frenchman Diego Garzito who resigned early this week after... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482874&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:36 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482874&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Wearing white to symbolize purity, worshippers throughout this African capital gathered to pray on one of the final nights of Ramadan. To purify the soul and purge sin, they had... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482900&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:54:38 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482900&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African Americans are known to have a higher rate of heart disease and stroke than whites, and a new study suggests that those excess risks emerge at a relatively young age... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:52:06 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali has arrested seven Health Ministry workers for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in aid meant to combat malaria and other diseases, a senior ministry official said on... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482911&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:51:46 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482911&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LUANDA (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau asked Angola on Wednesday to help it reform its armed forces in a bid to end coups and drug trafficking that has plagued the tiny west African state since independence... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482912&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:51:44 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482912&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pirates have hijacked a Maltese-flagged merchant vessel off the coast of Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce said on Wednesday. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482913&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:51:43 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482913&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec (AP) The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482816&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:39:16 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482816&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec All amber, organiser of Mobile Web in Africa 2010, has announced additional partners and sponsors for the second annual event which takes place 28 September - 1 October 2010. Nokia and BlackBerry hav... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482904&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482904&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Zimbabwe government has capitulated to demands from the affirmative action group (AAG) and has moved to outlaw foreigners from the domestic retail sector. But current operators are likely to get ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482462&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482462&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Finance ministers from Commonwealth countries- across Africa, Asia, The Caribbean, Europe, North America and the Pacific - will meet in Washington DC on 8 October 2010 to map out strategies for contin... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482914&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:29 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482914&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, young boys chase a rough, home-made ball. Their coach, Elias Mwangi, 21, a former drug ad... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482872&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482872&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec An award at the Johannesburg Decorex exhibition for Best Product went to Learn to Earn, a not-for-profit skills development and job creation organisation that has been going for 21 years in Khayelitsh... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482907&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482907&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Businesswomen of Tomorrow programme has received R60 000 towards 12 women's bursaries from JWT Johannesburg. "This initiative exists to harness the potential of young women by economically and em... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482906&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482906&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Then, Wambua did not know that Christine could not go out and play with other children since more often than not she stumbled on everything in her path. "She could not see properly. It is then that we... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482905&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482905&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A menu and place setting, including an edible State Department seal, for the 2010 State Department iftar to celebrate the end of Ramadan Washington -- Diplomats, entrepreneurs and future leaders join... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482915&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:27:25 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482915&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Two leading activists in Swaziland were briefly detained Wednesday during a pro-democracy march in the capital of sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, while supporters said a third leader also... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482892&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:13:37 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482892&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Pirates on Wednesday hijacked a Malta-flagged cargo ship carrying a crew of 15 Georgians and three Turks in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy mission said. A US warship... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482481&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:08:54 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482481&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The humiliation of African slave Saartjie Baartman as a freak show curiosity in early 19th-century Europe unsettled Venice on Wednesday in Abdellatif Kechiche's "Black Venus". The film shows how Ba... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482908&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:08:45 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482908&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Simply teaching people the facts about how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a new study suggests. Researchers found that villagers in Ghana who... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482887&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:08:29 -0400 Better Humans http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482887&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec will repossess the remainder of exploration area 3A, located around the southern tip of oil-rich Lake Albert, because the block's license has expired, a government official said Wednesday. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:01:18 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482879&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MBABANE, Swaziland (AP) - Two leading activists in Swaziland were briefly detained Wednesday during a pro-democracy march in the capital of sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, while supporter... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482877&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:01:03 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38482877&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Situation Critical for Thousands in Somalia In Somalia, militant Islamist threats last month to launch a final war against the United Nations-backed government in Mogadishu have been followed by renew... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478862&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:41:38 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478862&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec del.icio.us The United Nations is appealing for more than $14 million to sustain life-saving activities for tens of thousands of flood victims in Burkina Faso over the next six months.  Aid agencies ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478863&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:41:37 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478863&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec World Health Organization said polio is spreading in Angola and has crossed into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, creating an international threat. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478864&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:41:36 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478864&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec World Health Organization said polio is spreading in Angola and has crossed into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, creating an international threat. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478880&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:39:15 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478880&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec While the overall security situation in Liberia is stable, it also continues to be fragile, and further progress is needed in a number of areas to truly consolidate the peace, the top United Nations e... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:38:33 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478881&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ), the Government and international donors to ensure that every primary school student receives a textbook for all core subjects. All 5,575 primary schools in Zimbabwe will receive the supplies thank... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478882&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:38:33 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478882&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec WHO ) reported today that the recent outbreak of polio in Angola is spreading into other, previously polio-free parts of the country and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The w... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478708&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:38:32 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478708&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec By ARTIS HENDERSONASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DAKAR, Senegal -- Wearing white to symbolize purity, worshippers throughout this African capital gathered to pray on one of the final nights of Ramadan. To... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478873&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:15 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478873&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A South African magistrate on Wednesday urged a jobless 23-year-old man with four children to use condoms to avoid fathering more children when sentencing him for stealing cheese and hot dogs."You are... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477653&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:25:53 -0400 New York Post http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477653&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The nine-hole Nyeri Club course, home of the famous “Kerio Valley hole’’ - the sixth hole among the nine holes and one of the longest par fives in the country with a magnificent view of the Mt K... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478868&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:23:20 -0400 Daily Nation http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478868&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec PHOTO | AFP The chief of the village of Luvungi, Livingstone Bubusa, explains how Hutu rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and Congolese Mai Mai militia raided the village an... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478869&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:23:16 -0400 Daily Nation http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478869&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ) is pleased to report on metallurgical test work recently completed by SGS Lakefield (SGS) on a composite of oxide mineralization from AGG's Kobada, Mali gold project. The primary objective of the t... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478285&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:21:57 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478285&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec , Tuberculosis and Malaria Communications Director Joe Liden said the group is looking into the situation "in a number of countries," PBS' NewsHour's blog, " http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477854&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:19:58 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477854&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has replaced the leaders of the country's military, intelligence service and police. The appointments, which come four months ahead of planned presiden... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477630&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:39:55 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477630&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Go to the Goal Blog Spain, which won the trophy in South Africa two months ago, was first feted, then destroyed, in a 4-1 beating by Argentina in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. The same night, France, En... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477845&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:33:28 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38477845&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan replaced the top brass of the security forces on Wednesday, appointing new military and police chiefs months ahead of elections. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:29:31 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478890&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's main opposition UNITA party is using last week's riots in Mozambique along with false accusations of government corruption to incite civil unrest in the oil-producing natio... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478891&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:29:30 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478891&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin, a prominent economic liberaliser, will resign from the government to take up a senior post at the World Bank beginning next month, the... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478893&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:29:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478893&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Jacob Zuma, South Africa's first Zulu president, often seems more comfortable speaking Zulu than reading speeches in English. Photograph: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478814&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:23:19 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478814&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec MBABANE, Swaziland (AP) — Two leading activists in Swaziland were briefly detained Wednesday during a pro-democracy march in the capital of sub-Saharan http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478878&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:21:27 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478878&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president has appointed new leaders for the nation's military and security services. The move cements President Goodluck Jonathan's control over powerful institutions in... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478487&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:21:23 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478487&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec At least 15 people have been killed, 30 others injured after fighting between Al-Shabaab and Somali government backed by AU/AMINOM erupted in Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday Night, Radio Garowe ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478849&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:36 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478849&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec editorial The government of Ghana, through the Central Bank, in 2008 deployed a national electronic payment platform, christened e-zwich, in its bid to reduce cash handlings, ensure personal safety i... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478850&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478850&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec In what is likely to be the final submission before appeals judges decide on the way forward in the appeal against the release of Mr. Thomas Lubanga, defense attorneys have insisted that the stay of p... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478256&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:33 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478256&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg — THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced yesterday it would provisionally withdraw - for the second time - the case against Sunday Times reporter Mzilikazi wa Afrika and... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478851&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478851&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has launched investigations into a major scandal at the troubled Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme. The agency is investigating a ra... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478395&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478395&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has rolled out a three-year strategic plan to enhance its operations, whilst bringing maximum benefits to its customers. Under the plan, the bank had increase... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478884&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mr. Eric Opoku, Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister The Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku, has identified weak budgetary framework, lack of proper accounting, unreliable, inaccurate a... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478077&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478077&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Kuito — Poverty eradication programme, which is being implemented by the government of the central Bié Province, will contribute to the rapid improvement of social and economic conditions... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:26 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478885&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Shangai — A group of portuguese oil businessmen visited today the angolan stand at Expo Shanghai 2010 and took contact with the development of oil production in Angola. The portuguese businessm... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478436&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478436&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Lubango — At least 80 farmers have been identified in Southern Huila province to participate in a project that aims at making the region one of the country's largest grain suppliers, in four yea... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478014&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:24 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478014&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Luanda — The 4th Forum Lusophone Review, promoted by the Association of Brazilian Executives and Enterpreneurs in Angola (AEDRAN), is taking place today under the motto "Economic Environment and... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478888&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Luanda — A higher School of Technology will be established in 2011, in Viana district, in Luanda, under an initiative of "Sagrada Esperança" Foundation. The announcement was made by the ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478887&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478887&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — Kenya is positioning itself to reap from the lucrative software production segment. With more than six million users of the internet, research indicates that its importance outstrips ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478886&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec press release Commenting on a new World Bank report published today in which the Bank backs the practice of nations selling vast agricultural lands to foreign investors, Mariann Bassey, African food ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478895&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:18 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478895&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi — The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is set to initiate the process of replacing conventional transformers in vandalism-prone areas with new types that do not use oil in a bid t... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478889&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mauritius 1 Cameroon 3 Zambia 4 Comoros 0 Uganda 3 Angola 0 Botswana 2 Togo 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 Kenya 0 Liberia 1 Zimbabwe 1Gambia 3 Namibia 1Cote d'Ivoire 3 Rwanda 0Cape Verde 1 Mali 0South Africa 2 Ni... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478896&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:16 -0400 AllAfrica.com http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478896&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec — Simply teaching people the facts about how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a new study suggests. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478870&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:22 -0400 Science Daily http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478870&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The climate of impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo only encourages new crimes. Sylvestre Bwira’s abduction and mistreatment is just the latest attempt to intimidate human rights defenders. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478872&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:53:21 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=38478872&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec