2015-01-01 Tanzania Health

Stuff.co.nz   

Good time to quit the bad habits   
Stuff.co.nz
Wayne McLaughlin: "I've been doing it for that long that it won't make a difference." Smokers will face another 10 per cent tax increase today, making it the perfect time to give up, says Community & Public Health health promoter Felicity McMillan.
How to quit smoking (for good)   The Independent
How to Avoid a Smoking Relapse Over the Holidays   U.S. News & World Report
HSE to launch new supports to help smokers quit   Irish Examiner
Irish Times   
RT   
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Local Varsity Eyes On-Line Degree Programmes, Teaching Hospital   
AllAfrica.com
THE International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) is scheduled for expansion that will entail the introduction of on-line degree programmes and construction of a modern teaching hospital. IMTU Chancellor Katuri Subba Rao, speaking at the ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Science

IPPmedia   

Tanzania launches policy action to contain climate change adversities on the ...   
IPPmedia
Climate change stakeholders met in Dar es Salaam last week to form a learning alliance for sharing information, knowledge and experiences as well as carrying out joint policy engagement action on climate change and its adversity to the economy.
Will 2015 Be The Tipping Point For Climate Change Action, Or Was It 2014?   PoliticusUSA

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New Vision   

First frog that gives birth to tadpoles   
New Vision
This undated photo shows a male and female of the new species (Limnonectes larvaepartus). The male is the smaller one, and the frogs were collected on the west coast of the Central Core of Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AFP/Jim McGuire) ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Sports

Irish Examiner   

The Man: Richie McCaw   
Irish Examiner
He finally won that elusive World Cup in 2011, but has found a form resurgence in his mid-30s to enable one last tilt at the windmill. Marc Hinton on the man who's ready to make history in this year's Rugby World Cup in England. IT WAS Uncle “Bigsy” who ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Entertainment

Mirror.co.uk   

Filmmaker gets rare close-up of cheetah... after big cat EATS camera   
Mirror.co.uk
A filmmaker got much closer to a wild cheetah than he ever expected after the big cat ATE his camera. Boris von Schoenebeck had been using a GoPro to observe a group of cheetahs in the Serengeti region of Tanzania. But one of the big cats used the ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Technology

NDTV   

Government Blocks Websites Allegedly Carrying Anti-India Content From ISIS   
NDTV
New Delhi: Government has blocked 32 websites citing national security concerns, as they were allegedly carrying anti-India material from terror groups such as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). "We have blocked some websites, as there were of serious ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Business

The Maritime Executive   

'Tanzania studying security situation before it joins the single E. Africa tourist visa'   
IPPmedia
The government has said it is still studying the security environment before joining the East Africa single tourist visa whereby Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda are already members. Tourists visiting Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are no longer to pay for separate ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania World

Telegraph.co.uk   

2015 begins: Shanghai tragedy, fireworks elsewhere   
Salt Lake Tribune
Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, to celebrate the New Year in London, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth). Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Africa

Daily Sun   

Kano budgets N210.7bn for 2015   
Nigerian Tribune
However, a sum of 64 per cent was estimated to go for capital expenditure and 36 per cent for recurrent expenditure. Governor Musa Kwankwaso, the state governor, said the budget is tagged 'budget of celebration and change.' While presenting the budget, ...

2015-01-01 Tanzania Tanzania

IPPmedia   

Magtrate Riwa pulls out from conducting 'Al-Shabaab' case   
Daily News
SENIOR Resident Magtrate Hellen Riwa yesterday dqualified herself from conducting the proceedings in the case involving suspected members of Al-Shabaab group, who are charged with terrort offences at the Kutu Resident Magtrate's Court in Dar es ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Health

Full-Time Whistle   

New UK Stop Smoking Campaign Targets Hand Rolling Tobacco   
Full-Time Whistle
A new anti smoking ad campaign to launch Monday in the UK by Public Health England (PHE) shows an advertisement where a father rolls up a cigarette full of decaying human tissue. The message: smoking rots you from the inside out. Editor : Michael ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Science

Capitalberg   

Drunken birds slur just like humans: Study says   
Capitalberg
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have found that birds slur after getting drunk just like human do. Scientists selected Zebra finch, a song bird that learns to sing in the same manner as humans learn speech. In the study made, Researcher ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Sports

Irish Independent   

Sherwood and Pulis in talks to take over at West Brom   
Irish Independent
John Percy. Published 31/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Tim Sherwood and Tony Pulis are both in contention to take over the vacant managerial post at West Brom Albion. Julian Finney/Getty Images.
Kelly insists West Brom will beat drop   Tribal Football
Sherwood plays waiting game on Baggies post   Irish Examiner
Garry Thompson: Tim Sherwood is "perfect" for West Bromwich Albion   Sports Mole
Daily Mail   
Birmingham Mail   
Mirror.co.uk   
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Nigerian Tribune   

Taye Taiwo dreams Super Eagles' recall   
Nigerian Tribune
Bursaspor defender Taye Taiwo has said that he would be glad to get a recall to play for the Super Eagles. Taiwo has 53 caps for the senior national team but has been shut out of the national team since coach Stephen Keshi took over. Taiwo who has never ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Entertainment

People Magazine   

Chris Rock's Divorce: Is It Getting Ugly?   
People Magazine
The divorce between Chris Rock and his wife of over 18 years, Malaak Compton-Rock, has the potential to get messy. In his divorce filing with the Superior Court of New Jersey, the Top Five director and star, 49, claims that Compton-Rock, 45, has kept his ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Technology

Mashable   

IE, once king of browsers, to be phased out   
Times of India
Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Business

Daily News   

DSE named Africa's best performing bourse   
Daily News
THE Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) has been declared as the best performing bourse in Africa in 2014, in terms of growth of its market capitalation. Analysts reported that DSE's total market capitalation regtered a growth of 40 per cent, while domestic ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania World

Aljazeera.com   

UNSC, failing the test of Palestine   
Aljazeera.com
How the US outmanoeuvred Palestine and used Nigeria to avoid using its veto at the UN Security Council. Last updated: 31 Dec 2014 03:26. Marwan Bishara. Marwan Bishara is the senior political analyst at Al Jazeera. RSS · Books · Listen. Email Article.
EU to promote 'now more than ever' two-state solution   Jerusalem Post
Australia, US reject latest Palestinian call for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian ...   ABC Online
Australia 'damaged' relations with Arab world by voting down UN Palestinian ...   The Guardian
Gulf Daily News   
Irish Independent   
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Irish Independent   

Mass protests in Moscow as leading Putin critic is jailed   
Irish Independent
Police officers detain a protester during an unsanctioned protest in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday. The unsanctioned protest came hours after Alexei Navalny was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence. Navalny, who has been under house arrest ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Africa

Christian Science Monitor   

Gambian president flying home after gunfire panics the nation's capital   
Brisbane Times
Banjul: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night. The government denied reports of an attempted coup, but a ...

2014-12-31 Tanzania Tanzania

IPPmedia   

Tanzania Constitution Forum seeks draft constitution distributed before referendum   
Sabahi Online
The Tanzania Constitution Forum (TCF) has called on the government to distribute copies of the draft constitution before it goes to a vote in the March referendum, Tanzania's Daily News reported Tuesday (December 30th).
Call for mass dtribution of recommended Katiba copies   Daily News
TCF Deputy Chairman, Hebron Mwakagenda   IPPmedia

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IPPmedia   

Two-hour downpour ravages Dar   
Daily News
TWO people have been confirmed dead following the heavy rains that fell over Dar es Salaam for nearly two hours on Monday, leaving several vehicles stranded and a number of houses grimly submerged. The Kinondoni Regional Police Commander (RPC), ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Health

RT   

'Rotting the body from the inside out': Graphic anti-smoking campaign   
RT
Smoking “rots” the body from within and damages bones, brain, teeth and eyes, a graphic anti-smoking campaign from Public Health England warns. It also targets misconceptions about roll-ups, saying they are as hazardous as manufactured cigarettes.
Hard-hitting advert warns of dangers of smoking roll-ups (Warning: Graphic ...   Irish Independent
Do you know the dangers of roll-up cigarettes?   Irish Examiner
Watch: Graphic anti-smoking ad shows father rolling and smoking rotting flesh   Telegraph.co.uk
BBC News   
Herald Sun   
Independent Online   
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Elderly Kibaha Citizens Get Special Care Centre   
AllAfrica.com
Kibaha — THE elderly in Kibaha, Coast region, have praised the government for putting in place a special care centre, specifically for them. Addressing journalists in Kibaha during a seminar on home care for the elderly, the Chairman of the Elderly in ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Science

Uncover Michigan   

Blue Hole in Belize could offer clues about extinction of Mayan Civilization   
Uncover Michigan
Historians and archaeologists have been puzzled by the mystery behind the demise of the 3,000 year old Mayan civilization. But new research at the Blue Hole of Belize has shown that catastrophic drought brought the empire to its knees. The mighty Mayan ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Sports

Mirror.co.uk   

Liverpool beat Swansea in Premier League   
Business Standard
Adam Lallana netted twice as Liverpool beat Swansea 4-1 for its biggest Premier League home victory of the season. After Alberto Moreno put Liverpool ahead in the 33rd minute Monday, Lallana's first goal came with a bit of luck as Swansea goalkeeper ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Entertainment

Middle Class Obsession With Pet Culture On the Increase   
AllAfrica.com
IN keeping up with global trends, more Tanzanians are adopting the culture of keeping pets for the sport of it. Speaking to the 'Sunday News,' Tanzania Animal Welfare Society Executive Director, Dr Thomas Kahema, concurred that foreign influence and the ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Technology

Irish Independent   

Largest internet market China blocks Gmail access   
Irish Independent
Published 30/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Google China. China blocked access to Google's e-mail service through third-party applications, adding Gmail to the list of services from the search company banned in ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Business

wwlp.com   

Keller @ Large: Lawmakers Scrap Casino ATM Ban   
CBS Local
BOSTON (CBS) – ATMs and casinos can be a dangerous mix for gamblers, but a last-minute change on Beacon Hill is putting the two together. ATMs were supposed to be banned from casinos in Massachusetts, but lawmakers changed that on Christmas Eve ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania World

Bangkok Post   

Teen spears shark that kills his friend   
Bangkok Post
SYDNEY - A teenager who escaped a shark attack that killed his friend in western Australia has described how he fired his spear gun down the deadly creature's throat, as the search for the killer began on Tuesday. Experts say attacks by sharks are ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Africa

Daily Times Nigeria   

Obasanjo is a terrible liar, say Osoba, Adebanjo   
Daily Times Nigeria
Few days after Nobel Laureate, Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka called former President Olusegun Obasanjo a compulsive and career liar, two other prominent fellow Ogun State indigenes have used similar words to describe on the same person.
You Are Untruthful Chronicler Of History, Osoba, Adebanjo Tell Obasanjo   Leadership Newspapers
Make inciting statements, go to jail, FG warns   Nigerian Tribune
Obasanjo lied on third term –Osoba   Daily Sun
The Guardian Nigeria   
Daily Trust   
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Leadership Newspapers   

We Are Not Afraid Of APC – Oyedokun   
Leadership Newspapers
Alhaji Shuaibu Afolabi Oyedokun, a former secretary to state government (SSG) in the old Oyo State, is also a former national deputy chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and presently a permanent member of the Board Of Trustees of the ...

2014-12-30 Tanzania Tanzania

The Guardian   

Tanzanian town builds for the future after Rwanda tribunal concludes   
The Guardian
Inside the ICTR during the 2004 trail of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (on screen), an ex-minister in Rwanda who was given a life sentence for war crimes in the 1994 genocide. Photograph: Christophe Calais/Corbis. Stéphanie Maupas. Monday 29 December 2014 ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Health

Dar asked to allocate $600m for HIV/Aids   
IPPmedia
Tanzania government has been advised to allocate between $600 to 640 million per year in the coming four years through self mobilization to help fight against HIV and Aids response. The advice was made by the Civil Society Organization National Steering ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Science

FlightCentric.com   

ESA astronaut takes some breathtaking photos of our planet   
Capitalberg
German Astronaut Alexander Gerst, while on a collaborative European Space Agency's Blue Dot mission has taken some enthralling pictures of our planetary home. And what's more intriguing is that the European Space Agency has released the six minute ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Sports

Hindustan Times   

Rain delays start of post-lunch session   
Business Standard
Rain delayed the start of the post-lunch session on day four of the Third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Monday. Australia were 90 for one at lunch, an overall lead of 155 runs, with Chris Rogers (not out 33) and Shane Watson ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Entertainment

AsiaOne   

Sony's 'The Interview' makes $23.8 million in opening weekend   
AsiaOne
Sony Pictures (6758.T) said "The Interview" has earned more than US$15 million (S$19.8 billion) in online sales and another US$2.8 million in theatres, an impressive return made possible by the publicity surrounding the cyberattack blamed on North Korea.
Apple makes "The Interview" movie available on iTunes   Daily News & Analysis
Sony's 'The Interview' movie earns $15 million in online sales   Livemint
The Interview makes $18m after massive online sales   The Guardian
BBC News   
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The Inquisitr   

Beyonce's dad Matthew Knowles sells her memorabilia in garage sale   
The Age
Matthew Knowles decided he needed more space in his office, so he gathered up a heap of Beyonce merchandise he had lying around for a garage sale. The sale of T-shirts, DVDs and other memorabilia outside his Huston office sparked rumours he was ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Technology

IBNLive   

Twitter Experiences Outage That Prevents Some Users From Signing In   
NDTV
Twitter on Sunday experienced a partial outage, the nature of which was not immediately clear, the company said. "Something is technically wrong," the microblogging service's welcome page said on Sunday "Thanks for noticing-we're going to fix it up and ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Business

TMEA launches fund to ease logistics   
IPPmedia
Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) has inaugurated the first of its $16 million Logistics Innovation for Trade (LIFT) fund, marking a breakthrough in reducing logistics and transport costs among five member states of the East African Community (EAC) through ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania World

ABC News   

Flight QZ8501: The Search Operation Explained   
Sky News
Several countries have deployed ships and planes to help track down the missing jet which lost contact over the Java Sea. 03:27, UK, Monday 29 December 2014. Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's vice president, monitors the search operation in Jakarta. Indonesia is ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Africa

The Punch   

Reps to summon Jega over readiness for 2015   
The Punch
The House of Representatives on Sunday raised concerns over the 2015 general elections, saying that adequate funding for the Independent National Electoral Commission and security would determine the credibility of the polls. The House Committee on ...

2014-12-29 Tanzania Tanzania

Escrow account scam may decide CCM`s future   
IPPmedia
A Communications and Research Associate, Maya Prabhu from Africa Research Institute, ARI, wrote a very interesting article (published by The Citizen, December 24th 2014) on the effect of Tanzania's dependence on foreign aid. Prabhu quoted one of ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Health

TASMA for more effort to fight doping in sports   
Daily News
THE Tanzania Sports Medicine Association (TASMA) chairperson, Dr Mwanandi Mwankemwa has called for concerted and comprehensive approach to fight against doping in sports in the wake of increasing revelation of drug abuses among athletes.

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Early Marriages Increase Health Risks   
AllAfrica.com
COORDINATED sensitisation against early marriage could remove Tanzania from the list of the 20 countries worldwide with the highest prevalence rates. Members of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) and other stakeholders have called ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Science

Digital Journal   

Astronaut Returns from International Space Station, Brings Back Video of Earth   
Pioneer News
Images from space, taken by astronaut Alexander Gerst have been joined together to form a time lapse video. Gerst is from the European Space Agency and served as the flight engineer on board the International Space Station (ISS) from May until November ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Sports

The Nation   

Stubborn Karunaratne scores maiden ton   
SuperSport (blog)
Dimuth Karunaratne scored his maiden test century as Sri Lanka reached 201 for three at tea in the first match on Sunday but the visitors still require 102 runs to make New Zealand bat again. Live Scoring: New Zealand v Sri Lanka. Karunaratne was on 116 at ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Entertainment

spyghana.com   

Diamond and Idris takes Tanzania to a whole new level   
spyghana.com
Evergreen Bongfleva music artist Naseeb Abdul, popularly known by his stage name 'Diamond Platnumz' surely had the best year in his career. His star sparkled to the maximum as his name and music hit the airwaves in local and international music arena ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Technology

ABC News   

Sony Admits PlayStation Problem Was Cyberattack   
NBCNews.com
Sony has appeared to admit for the first time that the disruption to its PlayStation network that ruined Christmas for untold children was the result of a cyberattack. "The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Business

Tazara resumes cross-boarder operations   
postzambia.com
TAZARA has resumed cross-border train operations after shareholders agreed to inject US$25 million in the railway company. The company announced on Thursday that effective next week, trains would not turn back at the border anymore, but run across ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania World

Sudan Tribune   

S. Sudan says separate talks essential for achieving peace   
Sudan Tribune
December 26, 2014 (JUBA) - A senior member of South Sudan's governing party (SPLM) said separate talks recently held in Arusha, Tanzania were essential in resolving the country's conflict. JPEG - 32 kb; South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (L), Tanzanian ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Africa

The News   

Why Buhari Instigated Regional Rebellion Against Obasanjo — Osuntokun   
The Streetjournal
Mr Akin Osuntokun is not new on the nation's political terrain. He operated at the highest level of government when he was Political Adviser to former President OlusegunObasanjo. Before then, he was the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria ...

2014-12-28 Tanzania Tanzania

Boy With Cerebral Palsy Donates His Presents To African Kids   
CBS Local
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One Twin Cities boy is about to do something most kids wouldn't dream of – he's giving away his Christmas gifts. Ten-year-old Cody Roemen has been raising money to bring toys and books to children in Tanzania. Instead of ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Health

Bugando handles tricky surgeries in 2014   
Daily News
BUGANDO Medical Centre (BMC) performed neurosurgery on 282 patients in 2014, with the Neurosurgery Department receiving about 300 children annually in need of the operation. Dr Gerald Mayaya told the 'Daily News' here th week that the referral ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Science

The Independent   

The year in space exploration: 9 spaceships, 3500 hours of research, and ...   
VentureBeat
While the public's image of what goes on aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may be mostly superb photos of Earth or Christmas stockings hanging over doorways, let's not forget that there's a whole lot of work being done by the rotating cast of six ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Sports

Local envoys should start CAF club preps now   
Daily News
THE Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Club Championship Cup involving champions from participating countries and the Confederation Cup that pits runners-up will kick off th weekend. Tanzania will parade Azam and Young Africans from the Mainland ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Entertainment

U.S. News & World Report   

Text of pope's Christmas Day message   
San Jose Mercury News
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Here is the official Vatican English-language translation of Pope Francis' "Urbi et Orbi' Christmas Day message, which he delivered in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Technology

Kansas City Star   

Meet Lizard Squad, the group that says it took down Microsoft and Sony's ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Washington: Microsoft's online network for its Xbox gaming console has been restored to nearly full service after an allegedly co-ordinated hack brought it and Sony's PlayStation network down in the United States. The PlayStation network remained down as ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Business

TAZARA to resumes cross-border operations   
spyghana.com
Both express and ordinary passenger trains will no longer terminate or make a U-turn at the Tanzania/Zambia border station of Nakonde, but will instead run through all the way to Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri-Mposhi as used to be the case since the ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania World

VP Vows to Reject Ceremonial President   
Sudan Tribune
Nairobi — South Sudanese vice president, James Wani Igga, has vowed his government would not accept a ceremonial president even if violence had to continue unless the armed opposition faction of the SPLM-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO), led by former ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Africa

Channel News Asia   

In Ivory CoastFormer first lady goes on trial   
Pulse Nigeria
Simone Gbagbo is being tried for her alleged role in stealing an election which her husband, former President, Laurent Gbagbo lost in 2010 and the post-election violence which followed. Published: 1 minute ago; 'Jola Sotubo. Print; eMail · Former First Lady ...

2014-12-27 Tanzania Tanzania

Head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, (ELCT), Arch-Bishop Dr ...   
IPPmedia
As Tanzanians joined the world in Christmas celebrations yesterday, religious leaders have urged President Jakaya Kikwete to be bolder and observe the law in taking measures against government officials violating leadership ethics. The calls were made at ...

2014-12-26 Tanzania Health

Stigma, discrimination against HIV victims serious threats   
IPPmedia
After having been forced to retire voluntarily, Alphonse Bantanzi (not his real name) a 55 year old man and a resident of Kipunguni 'B' in Ukonga, Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region has been facing a number of challenges in his lifetime since he left his job ...

2014-12-26 Tanzania Science

U-T San Diego   

Space station visible from San Diego   
U-T San Diego
If skies are clear, the International Space Station will be visible for brief periods of time Friday through Sunday, says NASA. On Friday, space station can be seen for three minutes starting at 6:38 p.m. The outpost will first be visible 10 degrees above the ...

2014-12-26 Tanzania Sports

Mwanza set for Divion 4 league   
Daily News
NYAMAGANA Dtrict Football Association (NDFA) Secretary General Munga Lupindo has said that all set for Mwanza Fourth Divon League kicking off early next year. Lupindo told the 'Daily News' that the nine-team league will commence on January 5 and ...

2014-12-26 Tanzania Entertainment

ABC News   

Sellout audience for Sony hack film   
Gulf Daily News
NEW YORK: The Interview, the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 cinemas across the US on Christmas Day, drawing sellout audiences in many theatres where outspoken ...