http://www.netnewspublisher.com World News, Headline and Breaking News Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:36:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) to build the Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline (TSGP) to boost economic and technical development of the countries. The exchange of the final Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and signing of the document was between Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwan Lukman, Algerian ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/nigeria-algeria-and-niger-sign-trans-sahara-gas-pipeline-agreement/ Two contracts, together worth £231M, have been awarded to General Dynamics UK to upgrade the U.K. Armed Forces’ Bowman military communications system, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The contracts will provide: * Improved performance and sustainability through proactive obsolescence management; * Increased quantities of equipment to meet user needs; * Optimization of Bowman ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/general-dynamics-uk-to-upgrade-armed-forces%e2%80%99-bowman-military-communications-system/ Fierce fighting in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has killed at least 15 civilians and wounded dozens more on Friday, according to eye witnesses and hospital sources. The fighting which continued for the third consecutive day in areas in the north east of the capital has been raging between Somalia’s national unity government ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/at-least-15-civilians-killed-during-somali-fighting-dozens-wounded/ The World Bank has approved a $25 million aid package to assist economic agents in the Mozambican provinces of Inhambane and Nampula who will, until 2014, have access to funding to improve the business climate and increase their competitiveness. The bank said in a statement that this financial packages negotiated with ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/world-bank-approves-25m-aid-package-to-assist-economic-agents-in-mozambique/ There are several dimensions to the "ignored reality" of the Holocaust examined by Timothy Snyder in his essay in the latest issue of The New York Review. Most important is his observation that "many if not more Jews were killed by bullets as by gas," stressing ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/globalization-and-genocide/ The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched a program to lure exiled Zimbabwean medical staff back to the country as efforts intensify to revive the health sector which has virtually collapsed due to poor budgetary support and an exodus of health personnel. The IOM program would seek to entice doctors, ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/international-organisation-for-migration-launches-program-to-lure-back-exiled-zimbabwean-medical-staff/ The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia has released its final report recommending that the Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf be barred from holding public office for thirty years for participating in the destabilization of the country. During her appearance before the TRC last year, President Sirleaf admitted that she ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/liberias-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-recommends-president-sirleaf-be-barred-from-public-office-for-30-years/ Ren TV has reported that police in Russia's Far East said that they have found another child that has been raised by dogs. The police found six-year-old Veronika Tishchenko in a house along with three adults in the town of Vyazemsky, Khabarovsk Territory, several days ago. The girl was unable to speak ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/six-year-old-girl-found-being-raised-by-dogs-in-eastern-russia/ U.S. Marines have suffered their first casualties during a new major offensive in Taliban-controlled parts of southern Afghanistan. The U.S. military says one Marine was killed and several others wounded as they were taking up positions in Taliban strongholds in Helmand province. Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan soldiers and ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/us-marines-suffer-first-casualties-during-new-major-afghanistan-offensive/ Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has launched a campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by announcing that a law is to be enacted in Parliament making it illegal to circumcise both girls and women in Uganda. The President launched the drive on Wednesday at Amudat Senior Secondary School in Nakapiripirit district north-west ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/ugandan-president-launches-anti-fgm-campaign/ Auditions for East Africa’s biggest musical talent reality show "Tusker Project Fame 3" will kick off concurrently this weekend in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, the official sponsors of the event, the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) have announced. EABL through its flagship brand Tusker Lager is continuing its sponsorship of ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/auditions-for-east-africa%e2%80%99s-biggest-musical-talent-reality-show-tusker-project-fame-3-start-this-weekend/ L'Oréal and New Scientist have announced the results of a poll revealing the most inspirational female scientists of all time. Nuclear physicist and chemist Marie Curie topped the poll which was created to celebrate 10 years of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science program, with around a quarter (25.1%) of the ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/marie-curie-voted-the-most-inspirational-woman-in-science/ The first of the Royal Air Force’s £450 million fleet of 28 new Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), the Hawk T Mk2, have arrived at RAF Valley in Anglesey, allowing pilots to train on an aircraft with systems closely compatible with the latest front line jets. The new aircraft builds on the ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/first-of-the-royal-air-force%e2%80%99s-fleet-of-new-advanced-jet-trainers-arrives-at-raf-valley-in-anglesey/ A Palestinian girl is reported to have been killed and several other people were wounded after an Israeli tank shell hit a residential building in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, local medics said. The shelling took place near the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip after a reported attack ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/israeli-tank-shell-kills-12-year-old-girl-in-gaza-strip/ Zimbabweans should brace for more power cuts after the state-run electricity supply authority missed a June 30 deadline to pay off debts to regional electricity suppliers. The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) failed to meet Tuesday’s deadline to pay more than $57 million owed to the power utilities of the Democratic ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/zimbabwe-misses-deadline-to-clear-arrears-in-power-payments/