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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 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:26:08 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:26:08 -0400 30 Scientists have said that termite mounds can be used to predict ecological shifts from climate change in the African savannahs. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682250 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:35 -0400 ANI http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682250 PARIS, Sept 8, 2010 (AFP) - - ArcelorMittal, the world's leading steel maker, said on Wednesday that talks with Australian mining group BHP Billiton on the possibility of joint operations in Liber... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475116&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:17:13 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475116&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Chevron as been granted approval by the Liberian government to acquire a 70 percent interest and operatorship in three deepwater concessions in Liberia. "We are very pleased to participate in Li... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475135&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:07:20 -0400 Rigzone http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475135&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 ("Stellar" or the "Company") is proud to announce results of the 5 trenches program designed to confirm the nature and gold grades of a large and strong gold anomaly outlined by Stellar in a detailed ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475096&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:02:20 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475096&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 HLIT ) today announced that its market-leading digital video headend solutions have been deployed by On Digital Media (ODM) to power its new TopTV pay TV service in South Africa. The headend system in... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475098&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:59:52 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475098&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 By MICHAEL P. RELLAHANSpecial to the Times WEST CHESTER — A native of Sierra Leone who raped a fellow immigrant at her apartment in the borough, and who then tried to force the victim to keep q... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475895&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:17:28 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475895&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 As both the APC and people of Kono are gearing up for the development of Kono, there are equally environmental and health hazards hovering over the people of Kono resulting from the activities of Koid... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475897&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:28 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475897&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Despite the stringent effort the Freetown City Council is making to ensure that Freetown is a clean and decent environment, little effort has been made by residents of the capital to clean their vario... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475896&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:25 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475896&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Professor Ogunade Davidson has said in a press briefing hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication at the Youyi building Freetown that his mini... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475898&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:22 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475898&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Ghana and Equatorial Guinea have signed an agreement for the supply of crude oil to Ghana. The agreement was signed between the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and Guinea Ecutorial de Petroleos (... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475126&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:46:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38475126&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 This week, banks, along with the National Credit Regulator and the Debt Counsellors' Association of South Africa (DCASA), launched a campaign to help people come to terms with their indebtedness. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471213&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:43:44 -0400 Mail & Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471213&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Sierra Leone and IK Oddevold forward Ibrahim Tahini has expressed confidence the Leone Stars would this time qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.The goal poacher ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472619&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:03:08 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472619&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 While ministers and deputies have had a stressful work time all day long, wondering whether their names are on list of persons to face the sacking, ten have been identified and are sure to make a poli... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472620&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:46:56 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472620&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The million dollar question that members of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) need to answer to is whether the political anchor of the party will hold firm and ensure that the pillars ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472621&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:46:53 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472621&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Burkina Faso's male volleyball team yesterday in Abuja beat their Sierra Leonean counterparts in a stormy five-set thriller at the on-going First Under-23 ECOWAS Games. In the Group A match played at... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472618&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:33:44 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38472618&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 With a 91% jump in group profits in the last three years, Pan African Resources CEO, Jan Nelson has reason to be excited. In an interview with Stockopedia he expands on the group's future plans http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38468967&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:37:30 -0400 Mine Web http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38468967&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 From its start, the case contained tragic twists: A woman from war-ravaged Sierra Leone had won a lottery and moved to the United States, only to be raped by a countryman who befriended her at her job... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38466731&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:43:25 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38466731&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Sierra Leone Exploration and Mining Company (SLEMCO) is now in its advanced stage of conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study which is a key requirement for the application of a m... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38463693&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:12:43 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38463693&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Abu Bakarr Sesay, working at the National Revenue Authority, Mohamed Sesay, a dismissed police officer, Herbert Palmer, Daniel Thompson and Eugene Lansana, all workers of the Sierra Leone Commercial B... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38463694&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:12:40 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38463694&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The Free Health Care policy, which was commissioned by President Ernest Bai Koroma and overwhelmingly welcomed and accepted by every Sierra Leonean, is about to be undermined by some evil forces of th... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38463695&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:12:37 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38463695&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 A staunch member of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party who is also Chairman of the Kailahun District Council, Councillor Tom Nyuma has disclosed to this medium about His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma’s d... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38461135&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:05:22 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38461135&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 According to pubic opinion, HANCI, as a non-governmental organization must be banned from operation until the outcome of the long awaited commission of enquiry is known. The Director for the Foundatio... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38461136&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:05:18 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38461136&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 According to a letter of complaint forwarded to the Human Rights Commission, it was alleged that Magistrate Shyllon arbitrarily subjected journalist Arthwah Maddie to three hours detention for publish... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38461137&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:05:12 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38461137&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Submit your comment Liberia's road network will cost at least $1 billion (R7.2bn) to overhaul, and the state is looking to mining companies and other investors for funding. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38460489&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:07 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38460489&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 -- The latest unemployment numbers reflect an ongoing problem that continues to grow. And it has hit some communities harder than others. Here in St. Louis it's no different, the African-American com... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38457609&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:50:57 -0400 News Channel 5 http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38457609&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Latest report reaching this press states that the Officer Commanding Forward Operation Base (FOB), Bonthe, Sub Lt. J.S. Kamara has rescued seven fishermen while on their way to Liberia last Friday, 3 http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38458378&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:49:25 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38458378&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 The police in Kabala, the regional headquarter town of Koinadugu District headed by Superintendent Henry M. Sesay, has arrested and charged to court one Peace Maker, Balasama Kargbo for having in his ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38458377&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:49:21 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38458377&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 (Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2010) - Nigel Ferguson, the President of African Metals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AFR)(FRANKFURT:OWW) is pleased to report that the Company has received final assay results from ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38453167&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:21:11 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38453167&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 09/07/10 -- Nigel Ferguson, the President of African Metals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: AFR)(FRANKFURT: OWW) is pleased to report that the Company has received final assa... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38453224&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:38 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38453224&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 A report by South Africa's Olympic committee accused suspended South African athletics president Leonard Chuene of "gross misconduct" and ignoring medical advice after he allowed Caster Semenya to com... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38450468&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:18 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38450468&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 More than 50 people have been killed and many more have been injured in clashes in Darfur amid rising tensions in the troubled region of western Sudan, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeep... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38446835&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:01:27 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38446835&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 FREETOWN (AFP) – Sierra Leone's government said Monday it has revised its agreement with diamond miner Koidu Holdings, doubling its share in profits to 60 percent as part of a broad review o... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38447585&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:04:02 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38447585&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Leaders of South Africa's labor federation COSATU have agreed with the government on a 7.5 percent wage rise but have so far failed to sell the draft deal to rank-and-file wor... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38446819&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:54:24 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38446819&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 on Monday 6th September 2010 led Sierra Leone’s delegation to the ongoing African Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change which is holding at the United Nations Conference Centre... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38447587&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:46:03 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38447587&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 ROME, ITALY, September 6 (CNA) - The Minister for Community Development of Papua New Guinea, Carol Kidu, said during a U.N. forum in Melbourne, Australia this week that the religious sisters, priests ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38446832&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:14:56 -0400 EWTN http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38446832&cat=8fcd2bb0346b8627