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China's Xi Will Meet Obama Earlier Than Expected

ABC News - ‎31 minutes ago‎
China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.

Intl AIDS Candlelight Memorial observed

MorungExpress - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Mon, May 20 (MExN): The Mon District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU) in collaboration with co-partners, and supported by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) observed the 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial at Konyak ...

Fighting breaks out in DR Congo

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎3 hours ago‎
Goma: Rebels from the M23 movement and soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo army are fighting north of Goma, just days before United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern part of the country.

PSG warn Real Madrid over Ancelotti

Eurosport.com ASIA - ‎9 hours ago‎
Paris St-Germain are ready to instigate a legal battle to claim maximum compensation if wantaway coach Carlo Ancelotti tries to join Real Madrid.

Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app

Los Angeles Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines.

'Loosen voter registration conditions' - NewsDay Zimbabwe

NewsDay - ‎May 19, 2013‎
THE Election Resource Centre has (ERC) called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to further loosen some of the voter registration conditions to allow as many people as possible to register as voters ahead of the forthcoming elections.

Zimbabwe seeks $10bn debt relief - New Zimbabwe.com

New Zimbabwe.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti says a government led by his MDC party would push for the cancellation of the country's foreign debt.

Uganda police demand journalists to name their source

Guardian Express - ‎1 hour ago‎
Uganda police in Kampala are demanding that journalists name their source for their information about alleged plots to assassinate key military and government officials who they deem might oppose alleged plans that President Yoweri Museveni has to ...

Mandela's Daughters Clash With Lawyers Over His Assets

Bloomberg - ‎11 hours ago‎
Two of Nelson Mandela's daughters who want access to his artwork and other assets are suing his lawyers, who have accused them of acting against the former president's wishes.

President Mahama inaugurates a 16.8 million-dollar GRIDCo project

Vibe Ghana - ‎2 hours ago‎
President Mahama President John Dramani Mahama on Monday inaugurated a 16.8 million-dollar systems control centre constructed by the Ghana Grid Company at Kpone with the assurance to build a resilient power transmission in the coming years.

Make Security A Priority, Minister Charges New Chairmen

Leadership Newspapers - ‎35 minutes ago‎
The newly elected chairmen of the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been charged to make the security of life and property in their various councils a priority as they take over the mantle of leadership.

AU 21st summit kicks off celebration of Golden Jubilee

Xinhua - ‎4 hours ago‎
ADDIS ABABA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The 21st African Union (AU) summit takes place coinciding with the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme "Pan-Africanism and ...

Synagogue deaths a blood sacrifice – Rev. Owusu Bempah

GhanaWeb - ‎1 hour ago‎
Just after the tragedy, tough-talking Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah offered an eerie explanation to the disaster at TB Joshua's Synagogue saying that it was a blood sacrifice.

Zuma concerned over 23 initiation deaths - New Zimbabwe.com

New Zimbabwe.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
SOUTH African Jacob Zuma “has noted with concern” reports that 23 young men died last week during initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests.

China Factory Explosion Kills 12

Wall Street Journal - ‎18 hours ago‎
BEIJING—A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media reported.

North Korea missile launches: Pyongyang toying with foes? (+video)

Christian Science Monitor - ‎6 hours ago‎
North Korea on Monday continued to fire short-range projectiles from its east coast into the ocean, according to South Korean and US officials.

Nigerian troops claims success in fight against insurgents

Business Standard - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Nigeria'a military said they have recorded successes in their fight against insurgents by arresting more than 100 members of the radical group Boko Haram and forced them to flee from some areas they had captured.

Mines chamber takes on Zimbabwean government on marketing of minerals

BDlive - ‎10 hours ago‎
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe is fighting the government's bid to introduce new measures restricting the marketing of minerals to state-run companies and curbing production of diamonds and other "strategic minerals" as the government insists that ...

Why Don't Startups Like Tumblr Get Their Customers To Invest? (Instead Of Sell ...

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
Few are arguing that the combination of Yahoo Yahoo and Tumblr is not a good thing for users. Forbes contributors Steve Rosenbaum and Drew Hansen have made good cases this week here and here to show that it is.

Fed confidence grows as jobs picture in US brightens

Globe and Mail - ‎5 hours ago‎
U.S. Federal Reserve officials are growing more confident in the U.S. economic recovery, stoking speculation on Wall Street that the central bank is preparing to wean financial markets off a steady diet of Fed cash.

Investment In Sovereign Wealth Fund Starts June With $200m

Leadership Newspapers - ‎1 hour ago‎
Barely seven months after the inauguration of the board of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the organisation has said it would commence investment of the $1 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund with initial $200 million from next month.

Stanbic Bank liquidates loans of affected customers in recent devastating ...

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Stanbic Bank has liquidated the loans of customers who were affected by the Kantamanto Fire on the 5th of this month. Fourteen customers who signed on for the Stanbic SME Quick Loans product are covered by an insurance component of zero point seven ...

Engineer prints functional Liberator hand gun using $25 worth of plastic [VIDEO]

VR-Zone - ‎3 hours ago‎
Ever since Defense Distributed made available the blue print for its Liberator plastic hand gun, thousands have nabbed the schematics despite not owning any type of 3D printing equipment.

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Launch Trailer Hits the Web - GameFocus

GameFocus - ‎1 hour ago‎
A launch trailer for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger has arrived, giving us an idea of just how powerful protagonist Silas Greaves really is.

Arc System Works Reveals New Guilty Gear in Rockin' Teaser

TechnoBuffalo - ‎1 hour ago‎
Arc System Works has announced the latest in the Guilty Gear series via a teaser trailer. Even more telling about the game's nature than the impressive graphics is the glorious choice of cheesy unintelligible J-Rock.

Nando's peri-peri: A spice so nice they named it twice - The Standard

The Zimbabwe Standard - ‎19 hours ago‎
From humble beginnings in Rosettenville, southern Johannesburg, Nando's has rapidly spread around the world; from Bangladesh to Botswana, Namibia to New Zealand, India to Iceland, you can find your Nando's fix conveniently close by.

Chris Brown Received Death Threats Via Multiple Anonymous Calls, LAPD ...

Huffington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
Singer Chris Brown often gets himself into his own messes, but this is something no one deserves. Deaths threats were made against Brown via multiple anonymous calls to the office of his attorney, Mark Geragos, TMZ reports.

The Veiled Gospel

Gallatin North Missourian - ‎12 hours ago‎
Access the photo galleries of the North Missourian, where you'll find thousands of pictures. Click on: Photo Achive. Get a map of Gallatin.

Baxter has silenced his detractors

Independent Online - ‎14 hours ago‎
Stuart Baxter's appointment as coach of Kaizer Chiefs last year was met with disblief in some quarters. Photo by Duif du Toit.

Bulls poised to take control

NewsDay - ‎May 17, 2013‎
JOHANNESBURG - The Vodacom Bulls seem to think they still have it all to do and reckon they could still come unstuck, but their status as heir to the Super Rugby conference title held by the DHL Stormers over the past two years could strengthen ...

'Drying' DNA pool stalks Indian tigers

Times of India
May 19, 2013
Written by
Kounteya Sinha
LONDON: A diminishing gene pool is posing a grave threat to Indian tigers. Scientists say the famed big cats of India are facing a serious threat of extinction owing to a 'collapse' in the variety of their mating partners.

Businesses questioned on environmental benefits of EU

Business Green - ‎16 hours ago‎
With the row over the UK's position in the EU in full swing, businesses and NGOs have today been given the chance to say whether UK membership of the EU helps or hinders their work on the environment and climate change.

Resistance Hinders Circumcision Programme

AllAfrica.com - ‎20 hours ago‎
PROMOTERS of the male circumcision programme need to go back to the drawing board after only 8% of the targeted people responded positively to their campaign.

Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'

Myjoyonline.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on the illness, researchers have suggested. A team at King's College London said low levels of vitamin D, which is made by the body in sunlight, was linked to a worsening of ...
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