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Taliban Deny Children in Afghanistan Being Used As Suicide Bombers
About 100 boys aged 12-17 are being detained by Afghanistan’s National Intelligence Directorate (NDS) on charges of attempting suicide attacks on behalf of the Taliban, but the insurgents deny they recruit minors as their presence could cause “vice”...
Olympian Dara Torres to Promote SUSTA Natural Sweetener
NXT Nutritionals Holdings, Inc., developer and marketer of SUSTA™ Natural Sweetener has announced that Olympic gold medalist and New York Times bestselling author Dara Torres has agreed to act as company spokesperson. How People Arrived Here: dara torres,...
Haiti Grants United States Temporary Control of Airport in Port-au-Prince
Haiti’s government has granted temporary control of its airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince to the United States to speed up relief efforts in the quake-hit country, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said.
France Welcomes the Adoption of an Election Calendar in Chad
France has welcomed the adoption by the Chad Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of an election calendar as part of a forthcoming major policy review in Chad, said the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in a...
Rural Electrification Program Expands in Zambia
Rural Electrification Authority (REA) in Zambia, is set to expand the electricity grid in rural areas this year, according to REA spokesman Justin Mukosa. Mukosa said in a statement in the capital Lusaka that the authority would cover the northern parts...
Nigeria Football Federation Calls for Adequate Security At CAN in Angola
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has urged the organizers of the 27th African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Angola to provide adequate security for all teams in the competition. The NFF’s appeal followed Friday’s shooting incident in Angola’s...
High Broadcasting Fees Cost Zimbabwe Live Coverage of CAN
Zimbabwean football fans will miss the opportunity to watch the 2010 African Cup of Nations amid revelations that the country’s sole broadcaster is unable to meet the broadcasting fees demanded by the tournament’s broadcast right holder. The cash-strapped...
Setting Priorities?
Now that The Wall Street Journal is ensconced in the blogosphere with its Speakeasy site (with the capital “Y” symbolizing a spilled martini glass, presumably to tweak memories of the original semantics of the world), you can find some...
