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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/ en-us Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:39:45 -0400 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:39:45 -0400 30 London, July 26 : Former England fast bowler Steve Harmison is likely to get a dramatic Test recall today as England seeks to recover from the defeat to the South Africans at Headingley. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/386643 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:00:14 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/386643 Dubai, July 26 : Kenya all-rounder Thomas Odoyo prefers an underdog's tag as the African nation gives final touches to its preparations in England ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held in Belfast, Ireland from August 2 to 5. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/386749 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:00:37 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/386749 The South African cricket squad, currently touring England, is unhappy over International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to go ahead with the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, despite concerns about the safety of players there. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/386651 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:00:36 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/386651 DAKAR (Senegal): To compete in the Francophone World Scrabble Championship, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16462010&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:25:30 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16462010&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 DAKAR, Senegal -- To compete in the Francophone World Scrabble Championship, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived by... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16462124&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:21:52 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16462124&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 JOHANNESBURG : Negotiations in South Africa between Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition were making progress Saturday, mediators said. "The talks are proceeding well. They'll aim to be conclude... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16459138&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:22:26 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16459138&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Since civil war broke out in the early 1990s, Sierra Leone has been used as a transit point for traffickers in hard drugs like cocaine and heroin from South America to Europe and the United States. In... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16451907&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:36:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16451907&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that the State's Chiefs of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), gathered in Lisbon, are discussing the full entrance of his c... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16448134&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:28:20 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16448134&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 African countries urged rich nations on Friday to reduce farm subsidies and make efforts to end a gridlock on reaching a global trade deal. "The negotiations in agriculture therefore should resul... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16448129&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:27:57 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16448129&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 To compete in the Scrabble competition, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived by plane.To prepare for the game, he ca... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16448919&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:13:56 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16448919&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Human Rights Office in Geneva says it welcomes the nomination of South African jurist, Navanethem Pillay as the new High Commissioner and looks forward to her leading the organization, which is gr... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16444108&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:52:04 -0400 VOA http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16444108&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Girls sit together in class at a UNICEF-supported school in a camp for refugees from neighbouring Sudan, in the town of Sam Ouangja in the north-eastern province of Haute-Kotto, near the Sudan border. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16444092&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:11:59 -0400 UNICEF http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16444092&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 United Bank for Africa (Sierra Leone) Limited on Tuesday July 22, 2008 commenced banking operations in Freetown, Sierra Leone at the bank's first branch and Head Office located at 15 Charlotte Street,... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16445444&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:51:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16445444&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 South Africa and the European Union have held historic talks, with Brussels solidly backing President Thabo Mbeki’s diplomatic efforts over Zimbabwe. In the first ever summit between Europe and... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16438748&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:04 -0400 Euro News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16438748&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday launched an appeal for a $21 million, three-year HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Democra... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16429758&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:59:18 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16429758&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Women's rights ministers from 11 countries across Africa's Great Lakes region gathered Thursday in Kinshasa for a UN-organized conference to take steps to set up a regional research and documentation ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16429717&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:45:29 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16429717&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Leone Stars and former Ports Authority FC striker, Muwhid Sesay is presently nursing injury even as his club, Atlantis FC, continues to struggle on the Finnish league table. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432593&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432593&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 President of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress (SLLC) Thursday appealed for a ratification of more labour laws adopted by the international labour organization. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432588&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:28 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432588&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sierra Stars are expected to face their counterpart from neighboring Guinea in a friendly encounter before facing Gambians in the qualifying stage of U-17 championship to be held in Algeria. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432591&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432591&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 "There has been a holistic improvement in the health sector especially at the Connaught hospital. We have been able to upgrade the intensive care unit to an acceptable standard. The installation ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432584&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432584&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Speaking to journalists in Freetown Alieu Sesay said "no duty waiver for FPU or else I will go to jail for three years." It could be recalled that the ministry of health and sanitation has a... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432583&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:24 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432583&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday received members of the ECOWAS sub-committee ICT and expressed happiness in seeing that the committee was busy carrying out its mandate in preparation for the hea... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432594&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432594&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in collaboration with the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOCSLE) will host its annual Olympic Day run in Freetown on Sunday. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432592&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432592&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 It Brought Together South African President Thabo Mbeki, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, French President Nicolas Sakozy And Eu Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana. Talks At The Sum... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16429745&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:48:21 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16429745&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Sierra Leone U-17 team, Sierra Stars are said to be on a voluntary mission to eliminate their Gambian counterpart, The Baby Scorpions in preparation for the 8th African U-17 Championship, in Alger... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432586&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432586&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Members of the opposition Sierra Peoples Party (SLPP) and the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) Wednesday engaged in a run-on battle bringing activities to a halt in the eastern provincial... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432582&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432582&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mohamed Kamara of No. 14 Campbell Street in Freetown was yesterday refused bail by magistrate Bankole Shyllon of court No. 3 for allegedly stealing a motorbike worth Le 3,500,000. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432585&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:26 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432585&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 According him the matter was related to conspiracy and the defeat of justice and that if the accused were to be released on bail there was the tendency that they would interfere with the prosecuting w... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432581&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432581&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The 26th of May 2008 was the last day lecturers at Njala University received their salaries. Since then, the ministry of education has failed to understand that the lecturers and the university should... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432580&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:16 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432580&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Amidst global risk of indiscriminate attacks the foreign and commonwealth office has just published a report assuring foreign nationals that "there is a low threat from terrorism," in Sierra... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432590&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:15 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432590&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Access Bank Sierra Leone limited Thursday commenced operations in the country with the commissioning of its corporate head office on Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432589&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16432589&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 President Bashar al-Assad on Friday sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Maldives Republic , Mamoun Abdul –Kayyoum on the occasion of Maldives National Day anniversary. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16426370&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:34:06 -0400 SANA http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16426370&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 After processing, the unrefined metallic ore coltan turns into a powder called tantalum, which is used extensively in a wealth of western electronic devices that include the game consoles. So financi... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16426558&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:52:48 -0400 Asia One http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16426558&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Judge Navanethem Pillay of South Africa as the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16425369&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:42:46 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16425369&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the world body's new human rights chief, despite initial U.S. concerns about he... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16421340&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:18:08 -0400 The Star http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16421340&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The South African government says camps housing victims of the recent xenophobic attacks will be closed early next week and the occupants, who include Zimbabweans among other nationalities, will be ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16415402&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:14 -0400 VOA http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16415402&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Zambian defender Clive Hachilensa has surprisingly moved to First Division side African Warriors just a year after deserting Free State Stars for Finland club, IFK Mariehamn. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16416797&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:49:39 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16416797&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The number of South African immigrants to Israel has nearly doubled in the past year, the Jewish Agency said.According to agency data released this week, 300 South African Jews are expected to have ma... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409577&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:52 -0400 JTA http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409577&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Manila - The Philippines is to send 320 soldiers to Liberia and Haiti in August for UN peacekeeping missions, armed forces chief of staff General Alexander Yano said on Thursday. The soldiers will ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409563&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:43:44 -0400 IOL http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409563&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 London, Jul. 23, 2008 (CWNews.com) - An Anglican archbishop from Sudan has called upon an openly homosexual American bishop to step down "in order to preserve the unity of the Anglican communion."Arch... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409546&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:30 -0400 EWTN http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409546&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 24, 2008) - Cassidy Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CDY) announces that Coffey Mining has been retained to complete resource modelling and an updated resource es... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409535&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:34:42 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16409535&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The International Criminal Court organized at the beginning of the month in The Hague a conference on visits to prisoners before asking the States Parties to take a decision on this issue. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16411561&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16411561&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License unless otherwise specified. Copyright terms on images may vary, please check individual image pages prior to duplication. Wikinews® is a registered tradema... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16403919&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:53:17 -0400 Wikinews http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16403919&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The importance of African development and finding ways to reach the globally approved anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were under the spotlight during talks today ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16403932&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:26:15 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16403932&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 By Marius BoschJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Senior negotiators from Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC and the ruling ZANU-PF party began talks on Thursday and a report indicated they were close to reaching a... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16403920&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:58:39 -0400 Swiss Info http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16403920&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Durban, July 24: Former Indian-origin anti-apartheid sports administrators in South Africa have strongly condemned the "racist" statement of a ruling party MP, who had said the country's Olympic body ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16399163&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:40:49 -0400 Express India http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16399163&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 spent to date on Simandou. However, if the Guinean government persists in its "intent behind the letter we received, clearly the whole thing will be drawn out in a long legal battle". Rio Tinto said ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16400262&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:21:24 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16400262&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Philippines will soon send a team of 320 military officers for the peacekeeping missions in strife-torn Liberia and Haiti, the country's military chief said Thursday. Of the peacekeepers, 165 are ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16395230&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:57:06 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16395230&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 OFF TO LIBERIA, HAITI. Military Chief General Alexander Yano sees off 320 soldiers that will be sent to Liberia in Africa, and Haiti in Central America for peacekeeping missions sponsored by the Unite... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16395228&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:43:22 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16395228&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 With more than four million South Africans living below the poverty line, the global rise in food prices at a time of rising inflation which has been acutely felt. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16391052&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:20:56 -0400 The Peninsula http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16391052&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 On 17 July 2008, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to update the passport details for one individual whose name is included on bo... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16389676&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:03:41 -0400 United Nations http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16389676&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The United Nations has urged Guinea-Bissau to deal "properly" with the seizure of a jet and its Latin American crew suspected of trafficking drugs, adding that it was monitoring the case closely. Alt... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16389688&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:12 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16389688&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 CNN facilitated DNA tests of Mineola Johnson to explore the Rands' African roots African Ancestry linked the family's heritage to the Mende people from Sierra Leone DNA critics caution that DNA testin... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382885&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:47:12 -0400 CNN http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382885&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Though the bill is geared towards broadening the government's revenue base, the finance ministry decided to remove the duty on computers to help make them accessible to people in every part of Sierra ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385207&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385207&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Social organisation society (SOS) Sierra Leone has commenced a week-long budget and planning meeting at the organisation's conference hall in Freetown. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385206&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385206&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 digg South African police on Tuesday forcefully evicted hundreds of immigrants from temporary camps in Johannesburg. The immigrants, who now face deportation, were earlier targeted in xenophobic a... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382909&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:47:32 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382909&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 A carpenter Peter M. Bangura with cell number 077831693 Sunday became the 10th Africell subscriber to win Le 100 million in the ongoing Le 2 Billion Mega Prize draw. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385203&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385203&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 A group of thirty one Dutch youths are in Sierra Leone to boost up the development endeavours of Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF), a local nongovernmental organisation that has been working closely with p... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385202&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385202&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 July 23, 2008 · Yesterday, a grand jury in Texas indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on felony sexual assault charges. The news once again put the spotlight on the practice of polygamy... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382889&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:31:30 -0400 NPR http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382889&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Leone Stars' Finland-based striker, Sam Obi Metzger Jr. on Sunday helped his side Atlantis FC to a 1-1 draw against AC Oulu in the Ykkonen Finnish division two league. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385197&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:36 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385197&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 reports. The proposal, which would require an area the size of Wales—insignificant in the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, they note—is highly speculative; the biggest hurdle would likel... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382873&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:17:06 -0400 Newser http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382873&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 While addressing stakeholders at last Friday's congress, the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) president, Nahim Khadi, said some sector of the media constituted a major challenge for him during... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385198&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385198&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 In the past few years, some female cabinet ministers have showcased a high level of pomposity which is now serving as a deterrent for more women to be elected into offices. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385201&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385201&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Kamara who scored two goals for his club before missing out four league games due to national assignment with Leone Stars, is yet to score for the Quake, which is struggling in the MLS, since he retur... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385196&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:34 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385196&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sierra Leone Bar Association Tuesday called on members of parliament to ensure an employee protection act that would guarantee workers rights and welfare in the country. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385204&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:26 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385204&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 UMNG ) has today disseminated that the Company's successful business endeavor to ally with an established Guinean firm will generate both short and long term improvements within the country. In add... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382920&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:34 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382920&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Assistant inspector general of police yesterday disclosed that they were working closely with the attorney general's office to ensure that suspects in the cocaine matter are charged to court by Thursd... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385200&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16385200&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The small village of Tombo on the Freetown peninsula is a centre of artisanal fishing in Sierra Leone, but its future and the future of all local fishermen in the country might be at risk. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16383979&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:10 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16383979&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 A South African company, Globecast Satellite, which saw two of its employees acquitted of practicing journalism without accreditation in April 2008 by a Harare magistrate, is now being charged with il... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382928&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16382928&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Local Cultural Fest Will Celebrate An African-American Food by KYW's Karin Phillips This weekend will be Philadelphia's first festival that will focus on an African-American food staple - collard gr... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16373580&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:13:07 -0400 KYW1060 http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16373580&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Dr Majid Al Kassabi, the Chairman of Red Sea Housing Services), a global leader in the manufacture of modular buildings in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, is pleased to announce that Red Sea Housing... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16367310&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:57:27 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16367310&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi will receive the Pan African Lifetime Achievement Award from the TransAfrica Forum in Washington in December. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16362112&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:10:43 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16362112&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The number of South Africans who give emigration as the reason for selling their home has shot up in recent months as high crime levels and political and economic uncertainty spur the flight of whites... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16363293&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:07:46 -0400 Mail and Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16363293&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 July 22, 2008 — IDG News Service — Sierra Leone's National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) announced in a press release Tuesday that it will issue regulations on industry cons... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16357801&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:15:23 -0400 CIO http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16357801&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 July 22, 2008 · On today's "Africa Update," Zimbabwe's leaders agree to hold talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Plus, the United States lifts a ban on visitors with HIV, and we ta... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356768&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:35:40 -0400 NPR http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356768&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Nairobi - United Nations officials say more than 14 million people across the Horn of Africa are relying on food aid and other assistance to survive this year's drought and rising food prices. The ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16358047&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:39:57 -0400 IOL http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16358047&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Gene Robinson touring stalls at Lambeth. He is not invited to the conference itself. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The gay bishop of New Hampshire should resign in order to save the Angl... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356792&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:58:27 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356792&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwire - July 22, 2008) - The 2008 Program Season at Penn's Landing, presented by Independence Blue Cross, features a diverse schedule of events including the twelve different... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356767&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:54:01 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356767&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 South African police have forcefully removed hundreds of immigrants from temporary shelters where they had taken refuge from xenophobic attacks. Authorities say the immigrants, who were taken to a re... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356795&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:33:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16356795&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 July 22, 2008 Beijing - China is stopping West African traders from entering the country's south, African diplomats said Tuesday, adding they were approaching Beijing authorities about the problem. ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16350172&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:24:03 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16350172&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The German expert Philip von Walderdorf said Tuesday the situation in Bulgaria was like in some African country, and that it could not be tolerated. 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The festival which takes place in the small coastal town of Huacho near Lima involves these rodents being dressed... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345721&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:21:49 -0400 ITN http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345721&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Madrid - Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang has cancelled a visit to Spain after King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero declined to meet with him, the daily El Pais ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345750&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:40:44 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345750&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 0 posts Dr. William Brieger, senior malaria specialist for Jhpiego, will receive the 2008 Award of Merit for Contribution to the Development of Public Health in Africa from Nigeria's oldest university... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345725&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:17:37 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345725&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 By Karamoh KabbaFreetown, Sierra LeoneJuly 21, 2008 The July 13 impounding of a plane loaded with cocaine, and the subsequent arrest of alleged drug traffickers, overshadowed all government busines... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16346687&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:13:45 -0400 World Press Review http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16346687&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 BEIJING — Chinese police officials have forced some Beijing bar owners to sign secret pledges promising to prohibit blacks from entering their bars during the Olympics next month, a Hong Kong new... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16346027&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:40:30 -0400 The Globe And Mail http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16346027&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Beijing, July 22: China's Foreign Ministry denied a newspaper report that police in a popular bar district in Beijing had banned Africans and Mongolians as part of a security crackdown ahead of the Ol... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345860&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:20:21 -0400 Express India http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16345860&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Ghanaian reggae artist Rocky Dawuni (left) joins the head of the European Commission delegation, Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi, and UNICEF Representative Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque during a two-day visit to ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16341795&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:58:58 -0400 UNICEF http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16341795&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow greets students at Betoko Primary School in the conflict-affected northern town of Paoua, near the CAR-Chad border. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16341792&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:58:50 -0400 UNICEF http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16341792&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 A KENYAN and a Kenya resident, Parselelo Kantai and Aidan Hartley, have been shortlisted for the 2004 Caine Prize and BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2004 literary awards, respectivel... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16342920&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:46:19 -0400 The East African http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16342920&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 NEW BRUNSWICK —A new department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures program has been started at Rutgers University. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16338998&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:18:46 -0400 My Central Jersey http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=16338998&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627