2015-03-01 Tanzania Health

RITA registers over 7000 births in Bukoba district   
Daily News
OVER 7,000 births were registered in Bukoba district under the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), Bukoba District Administrative Secretary (RAS), Mr Clement Ndyamukama has disclosed. He said 4,333 births were registered during ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Science

The University News   

Awareness on causes of climate change vital   
Daily News
COMMUNITIES seem not to understand they are responsible for climate change even in places where deforestation is going on at an alarming rate. This was observed by participants at a two-day follow up workshop in Dar es Salaam on Low Carbon ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Sports

Cricket Country   

Lahiru Thirimanne scores half-century against England in ICC Cricket World Cup ...   
Cricket Country
Lahiru Thirimanne gets his half-century off 58 deliveries against England in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Pool A match 22 at Wellington. Thirimanne is well supported by Tillakaratne Dilshan at the other end, who has been in sublime form in this Word Cup.
World Cup 2015: England v Sri Lanka highlights   Daily News & Analysis
England vs Sri Lanka Live Score - World Cup: Openers Dilshan, Thirimanne ...   Hindustan Times
World Cup Eng vs SL: Joe Root slams ton, powers England to 309 runs   India Today
Sydney Morning Herald   
The News International   
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BBC Sport   

Injured arm no threat to McCullum's World Cup   
New Zealand Herald
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) " New Zealand coach Mike Hesson says an arm injury suffered by captain Brendon McCullum in Saturday's Cricket World Cup match against Australia "looks okay" and he should be fit to play in New Zealand's next match ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Entertainment

Fox News   

Dress that 'greatly resembles' stolen Nyong'o gown found   
Allentown Morning Call
Authorities in Los Angeles say they have recovered Lupita Nyong'o's stolen Oscar gown. The Kenyan actress wore the $150,000 Calvin Klein dress adorned with 6,000 pearls to Sunday's Academy Awards. Authorities in Los Angeles say they have recovered ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Technology

The Hoops News   

ANOTHER HACK! Uber breach exposed personal details of 50000 drivers   
The Hoops News
Uber has experienced a data breach that exposed at least 50,000 driver's personal details. The news broke late in the week that the company had encountered a data breach by an undisclosed third-party early in 2014. However, the news didn't break now ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Business

Atlanta Black Star   

Tanzania's Dar es Salaam is Quickly Approaching 'Mega City' Status   
Atlanta Black Star
Untitled10 In 1957, in the waning years of British colonial rule, the then-unremarkable port city of Dar es Salaam sat on the coast of present-day Tanzania. It boasted a meager population of 128,000. Its humidity was relentless. Africa's independence era was ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania World

Zambia Daily Mail   

Milling plants coming   
Zambia Daily Mail
PRESIDENT Lungu says Government will soon set up milling plants across the country under the public private partnership (PPP) to reduce the price of mealie meal. President Lungu said the involvement of the private sector will result in the reduction of the ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Africa

MiamiHerald.com   

Zimbabwe needs fresh leadership   
The Zimbabwe Standard
VICTORIA FALLS starts returning to normal today after the hoopla associated with President Robert Mugabe's 91st birthday that attracted thousands of people to the resort town. Opinion with Chipo Masara. Mugabe, who ate cake while his country is burning, ...

2015-03-01 Tanzania Tanzania

IPPmedia   

Four charged over albino murder amid growing calls for action.   
IPPmedia
The High Court of Tanzania in Mwanza Zone Thursday charged four people over the murder of an albino woman who died over six years ago as pressure mounts for authorities in the east African country to do more to stop the killing of albinos whose body ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Health

Specialist medics to serve upcountry   
Daily News
IN a premeditated move aimed at improving medical services to its members, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), has enabled about 6,000 members from six regions acquire medical services from specialist doctors. The programme that was initiated ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Science

Firstpost   

U.N. Climate Chief Quickly Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations   
TheBlaze.com
A United Nations climate chief who stepped down from his position this week after allegations of sexual harassment will not be allowed to leave India or enter his office under an interim bail order issued by an Indian court, the BBC reported. Rajendra Pachauri ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Sports

Zambia Daily Mail   

Warriors Cosafa 2015 Draw Fair, Pasuwa   
AllAfrica.com
THE Warriors will have to navigate past Namibia, Seychelles and Mauritius to reach the quarterfinals of the Cosafa Cup 2015 following the draw conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday. Zimbabwe, because of their low ranking, will start at the ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Entertainment

CBC.ca   

Leonard Nimoy's legacy reaches far beyond science fiction   
CBC.ca
Leonard Nimoy didn't just leave a lasting impression on the science-fiction world, he also left his mark on science itself. Seth Shostak, who researches the possibility of real-world extraterrestrial life as the senior astronomer at SETI Research, recalled that ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Technology

New York Post   

Uber Security Breach Affected 50000 Drivers   
Huffington Post
(Recasts with company statement) By Dan Levine Feb 27 (Reuters) - A security breach at car service Uber may have disclosed the names and driver's license numbers of about 50,000 drivers across multiple states, the company said in a statement on Friday.
Uber got hacked — almost nine months ago   New York Post
Uber database breach involves names, license numbers of 50000 drivers   Washington Post
Uber says hacker stole info on 50K drivers   USA TODAY
CNET   
San Jose Mercury News   
Toronto Star   
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Mashable   

Plan for futuristic Googleplex raises hopes, fears   
Mashable
Google's bold proposal reimagines its Mountain View headquarters into glass canopy-like structures the size of of a city block. Image: Google. 992887_10100438149207380_785804490_n. By JP Mangalindan 20 minutes ago. From search to mobile to ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Business

14 ports to be restored in Lake Nyasa   
Daily News
MARINE transportation structure that collapsed in 2006 in three regions bordering Lake Nyasa is set for restoration, as the government plans to re-establish 14 ports in the area. Addressing residents of Kyela District in Mbeya Region on Wednesday, the Prime ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania World

Zambia Daily Mail   

Lungu freeman of Chipata   
Zambia Daily Mail
President Lungu, who was conferred with the honour at Chipata Civic Centre yesterday, becomes the third leader to receive the recognition after President Kenneth Kaunda in 1994 and South African President Jacob Zuma in 2009. He thanked the people of ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Africa

Leadership Newspapers   

14m PVCs Yet To Be Collected – INEC   
Leadership Newspapers
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, a total of 14,505,729 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) are yet to be distributed, latest data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed yesterday. By the recent data released by the electoral ...

2015-02-28 Tanzania Tanzania

Daily Mail   

Four charged with murdering albino woman and for black magic rituals in Tanzania   
Daily Mail
Four people have been charged with murdering an albino woman in Tanzania and cutting off her legs and an arm for black magic rituals. Zawadi Magindu was killed at Nyamalulu village in the north western Geita region of the African country in November ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Health

The Elkhart Truth   

Gerson: The fragility of life's greatest gift   
The Elkhart Truth
Vaccines are changing how families survive across the world and initiatives are helping, according to columnist Michael Gerson. (Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press). Michael Gerson. Posted at 3:23 p.m.. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – At a health center ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Science

New local film introduced   
Daily News
FORWARD Formidable Enterprises (FFE) Company has introduced its first and a modern film known as 'A Boys Mission' which discusses life challenges and different solutions facing youths in the country. FFE Executive Chairman Johnson Lujwangana said ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Sports

Taifa Stars to participate in 16-team tournament   
spyghana.com
The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) Media Officer, Baraka Kizuguto, said yesterday the Taifa Stars have accepted an invitation to participate in the 16-team tournament. “Taifa Stars will compete in the tournament which features COSAFA member countries ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Entertainment

New local film introduced   
Daily News
FORWARD Formidable Enterprises (FFE) Company has introduced its first and a modern film known as 'A Boys Mission' which discusses life challenges and different solutions facing youths in the country. FFE Executive Chairman Johnson Lujwangana said ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Barack Obama, Steve Wozniak celebrate net neutrality victory, a 'red letter day ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
NEW YORK: United States President Barack Obama and icons of the digital sphere like Steve Wozniak and Tim Berners-Lee have welcomed a historic decision by the US communications authority to guarantee an open internet in line with the concept known ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Business

spyghana.com   

US signs trade pledge with East Africa, eyes rest of continent   
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and five East African countries pledged on Thursday to ease trade flows and set the stage for more U.S. investment, a program that could be extended to other parts of Africa. The agreement commits Tanzania, ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania World

Channel 4 News   

Identity Of IS Militant "Jihadi John" Revealed   
Bernama
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- The infamously black-clad English-speaking militant aka "Jihadi John" who has played a vital role in Islamic State (IS)'s beheading videos was identified as a middle-class Briton born in Kuwait, Xinhua news agency ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Africa

TODAYonline   

hold-Lesotho prepares for early vote in bid to ease political crisis   
Daily Mail
MASERU, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Feuding parties in Lesotho's ruling coalition will face off on Saturday in early national elections staged in a bid to restore stability six months after an attempted coup. The vote is being held around two years ahead of schedule ...

2015-02-27 Tanzania Tanzania

USA TODAY   

Witch hunts increase in Tanzania as albino deaths jump   
USA TODAY
Older women are living in fear in this rural part of northwestern Tanzania as the lynching of suspected witches increases. Loading… Post to Facebook. Witch hunts increase in Tanzania as albino deaths jump Older women are living in fear in this rural part of ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Health

Buchosa savours improved health, education sectors   
Daily News
RESIDENTS of Buchosa constituency have expressed optimism over a bright future, citing satisfactory improvement in health, education and infrastructure sectors. In separate interviews with the “Daily News,” the residents and local government officials said ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Science

PBS   

Teaching computers how to play Atari better than humans   
PBS
Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on how an artificial intelligence business owned by Google has created software that can teaching itself to play classic Atari games better than a human. RELATED. RELATED. The deep Q-network (DQN) ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Sports

Firstpost   

Sri Lanka wins toss, bats 1st vs Bangladesh in World Cup   
New Zealand Herald
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) " Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat first Thursday in its Cricket World Cup Pool A match against Bangladesh at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sri Lanka included Dinesh Chandimal in the only ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Entertainment

MiamiHerald.com   

New Gucci designer debuts as Milan celebrates youth   
The Denver Post
MILAN (AP) — Fashion is always about renewal, but in this round of Milan Fashion Week it's not just the collections that are getting a fresher-upper but, it seems, much of the Italian fashion system. Gucci's new designer Alessandro Michele, a brand insider ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Technology

Latest mobile brand to launch in Dar   
Daily News
A NEW mobile phone brand namely Obi Mobiles, co-founded by veteran marketer and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple John Sculley, will be launched next month in Tanzania. According to a statement by Managing Director of Obi Mobiles in ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Business

Professional services firm advises on investment   
Daily News
ERNST & Young (EY) has advised the government to improve investment incentives to encourage increased flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. EY is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London. It is one of the “Big ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania World

Aga Khan Varsity in major learning drive   
Daily News
THE Aga Khan University (AKU) is planning to inject into the country over 700 million US dollars (about 1.3 trillion/-) to develop the education sector through setting up of new campuses, programmes and facilities. The new investments, planned to start this ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Africa

Fox News   

Kidnappers Of American Missionary In Nigeria Demand Ransom   
CBS Local
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The armed men who abducted an American missionary earlier this week in southern Nigeria have demanded a ransom of nearly $300,000, police said Wednesday. Rev. Phyllis Sortor was kidnapped from the Hope Academy ...

2015-02-26 Tanzania Tanzania

WB approves 60 million USD to finance affordable housing in Tanzania   
Xinhua
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank said on Wednesday it has approved 60 million U.S. dollars in new financing to help Tanzania develop a viable mortgage finance market for affordable housing. "The new financing will build on the ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Health

Discover Magazine (blog)   

Mo' Farms, Mo' (Plague) Problems   
Discover Magazine (blog)
The plague is back, and this time it's not thanks to far-voyaging ships or caravans traversing some distant trade routes, but to corn. This disease, caused by one of man's oldest bacterial foes, Yersinia pestis, and spread by flea-infested rodents, is often ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Science

New York Times   

Don't malign rats for the Black Death - the gerbils were to blame   
New Zealand Herald
Who, me? Researchers say gerbils, not rats, may have been to blame for the Black Death in Europe. Photo / Thinkstock. The Black Death has always been bad publicity for rats, with the rodent widely blamed for killing millions of people across Europe by ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Sports

The Straits Times   

Football: Germany demands details of Qatar World Cup switch   
The Straits Times
Mr Wolfgang Niersbach, President of the German Football Federation (DFB), addresses the media during a news conference in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Dec 16, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Entertainment

Fox News   

Will Johnston: Fifty Shades of Tauranga   
New Zealand Herald
I saw Fifty Shades of Grey over the weekend. This is not a review. This is what went through my head while I sat there, romantically inserting popcorn... in to my... unshaven... desperate for more... face. Romance writing, check. Haha! I found myself trying to ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Technology

IBNLive   

Pebble Time smartwatch raises more than $1 million in less than an hour of ...   
IBNLive
New Delhi: Pebble Time, the latest smartwatch by Pebble Technology, garnered more than a million dollars on project-funding website Kickstarter within an hour of getting listed. The company announced its latest smartwatch on February 24 and through a ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Business

Los Angeles Times   

Asia: Stocks mostly higher on Fed comments, Greek reforms   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
[TOKYO] Asian stocks broadly rose Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen damped speculation of a rate hike before summer, and as eurozone finance ministers backed Greek reforms critical to avoiding a disastrous default. The regional ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania World

Irish Independent   

'Nobody believed anything like this could happen'   
Irish Independent
"The man walked in and started shooting with a handgun," said Pavel Karlik, the restaurant's shaken owner. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. "I immediately ran out through the back door, along with other guests, ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Africa

Stuff.co.nz   

US missionary kidnapped in Nigeria   
Stuff.co.nz
Masked gunmen abducted an American missionary in southern Nigeria, her church's website and Nigerian authorities said today. "Early this morning we received a report that Rev. Phyllis Sortor, our missionary in Nigeria, was abducted from the Hope ...

2015-02-25 Tanzania Tanzania

Zambia Daily Mail   

Kikwete, Nyusi, Mutharika coming   
Zambia Daily Mail
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania arrives in Zambia today for a State visit during which he will hold talks with President Lungu, and is expected to return to his country tomorrow. Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba said on Monday that apart from Mr ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Health

BBC News   

Rats 'not main cause of Black Death'   
BBC News
Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests. Scientists believe repeat epidemics of the Black Death, which arrived in Europe in the mid-14th Century, instead trace back to gerbils from ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Science

Daily Mail   

Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue   
USA TODAY
A CT scan by a Dutch team of researchers showed the skeletal remains of a mummified meditating monk inside a seated Buddha statue about 1,000 years old. (Photo: Drents Museum). 32 CONNECT 51 TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE.
Buddha CAT scan reveals monk, ancient writings   NEWS.com.au
Mummified Chinese monk found inside ancient Buddha statue   Shanghaiist
Liuquan, Buddhist monk, found mummified in Chinese Buddha statue   Newsday
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NOLA.com   

Scientist cited by climate change deniers didn't reveal energy industry funding ...   
NOLA.com
Wei-Hock Soon, also known as Willie Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, left, refuses to answer questions about his funding from a Greenpeace official after a Heritage Foundation talk in September 2013. (Greenpeace). Print.
Prominent Climate Change Denier caught taking $1.2 Million from Energy ...   Examiner.com
Deniers' favourite scientist quietly took money from the fossil fuel industry   Business Spectator
Report: Southern Co. paid for climate skeptic's research   Utility Dive
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The Space Reporter   

Latest spacewalk 'selfie' taken against background of Earth, ISS   
The Space Reporter
Astronaut Butch Wilmore took a dramatic picture of himself during a spacewalk this weekend, featuring himself against a background of the blue and white Earth and part of the International Space Station (ISS). Fellow astronaut and spacewalker Terry Virts is ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Sports

DAWN.com   

Cricket-Windies forced into two changes, bat first against Zimbabwe   
Reuters Africa
CANBERRA Feb 24 (Reuters) - West Indies captain Jason Holder was forced to make two changes to his team but won the toss and elected to bat first in the World Cup Pool B match against Zimbabwe at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday. Both teams lost ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Entertainment

Times of Oman   

Jane Jaffer's latest novel sheds light on Omani princess   
Times of Oman
Muscat: Two women's tales of overcoming adversity and finding love far from their homelands were the inspiration for local writer Jane Jaffer's new novel, Love in the Time of Zanzibar. The work of historical fiction highlights the life of Omani princess Sayyida ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Technology

THE BUSINESS TIMES   

Google Wallet partners up to battle Apple Pay   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Google said on Monday it was teaming up with the mobile phone payment firm Softcard to ramp up its efforts to counter Apple Pay in the emerging sector. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG. Comments. Share. 24 Feb9:04 AM. [NEW YORK] Google said on Monday it was ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Business

spyghana.com   

Tanzania's Kikwete Takes Over EAC Chairmanship   
AllAfrica.com
Nairobi — Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete has officially taken over the chairmanship of the East African Community (EAC) from Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kikwete took over the chairmanship during the 16th East Africa Community Summit in ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania World

Zee News   

Top UK officials Jack Straw, Malcolm Rifkind exposed in sting, deny 'cash for ...   
Zee News
London: Former British foreign secretaries Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind on Monday sought to defend themselves after they fell for a sting laid by journalists and were caught on tape offering their services to private firms in return for cash. While Jack ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Africa

ABC News   

Foreign news outlets to publish leaked ASIO documents   
9news.com.au
Al-Jazeera is reportedly in possession of hundreds of top secret cables from the some of the world's top intelligence agencies including ASIO and plans to publish the confidential documents over the coming days. The cables which date from 2006 to ...

2015-02-24 Tanzania Tanzania

Mail & Guardian Online   

Tanzania cracks down on 'dirty' dance   
Mail & Guardian Online
With the explosion of social media, the "new generation" form of the kigodoro dance has gone viral, leading to its blacklisting by the state. This is the "new generation" form of the kigodoro dance, the name in Kiswahili which translates rather aptly to "little ...

2015-02-23 Tanzania Health

Down side of advances in mobile phone technology   
Daily News
INCREASED incidents of infidelity among married and committed couples has driven more people to secretly track their partners mobile phones. Speaking exclusively to the 'Sunday News,' Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) lecturer, Mr Stanley ...

2015-02-23 Tanzania Science

MiamiHerald.com   

VIDEO: 40-Ton Whale Is Cut Free From Line   
SpaceCoastDaily.com
A 40-ton whale entangled with fishing line for over a week has finally been cut free. The giant mammal was first spotted on Friday February 13th dragging a red buoy attached to hundreds of feet of fishing line off the Big Island's Kona Coast. The whale's tale ...

2015-02-23 Tanzania Sports

Daily News & Analysis   

World Cup 2015, England v/s Scotland: England reach 303 for 8 post Moeen ...   
Daily News & Analysis
After England had lost their opening matches to hosts Australia and New Zealand, Ali (128) and opening partner Ian Bell (54) relished a bland pitch and nonthreatening bowling to post an opening stand of 172. Moeen-Ali Moeen Ali India.com. England opener ...

2015-02-23 Tanzania Entertainment

New York Daily News   

Neil Patrick Harris strips down to his underwear at Oscars   
New York Daily News
The 41-year-old host sparked roaring laughter throughout Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre as he paid hilarious tribute to Best Picture nominee "Birdman" during Sunday's 87th annual Academy Awards. Harris spoofed a scene from the film in which actor Michael ...