2014-12-22 Tanzania Health

CBC.ca   

Korea Halts US Poultry Imports in Flu Scare   
The Chosun Ilbo
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Sunday that it has halted the import of U.S. poultry and eggs due to a bird flu outbreak there. Though American chicken accounts for 10 percent of the nation's total consumption, domestic supplies ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Science

The Inquisitr   

NASA Plots Manned Mission To The Atmosphere Of Venus   
The Inquisitr
NASA scientists are envisioning a future manned mission to Venus, during which astronauts would live in solar-powered airships 31 miles above the planet's hostile surface. The project, which is still theoretical, has been dubbed the High Altitude Venus ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Sports

Daily Mail   

Gerrans breaks collarbone, out of Tour Down Under   
Daily Mail
Australian cycling star Simon Gerrans has broken a collarbone in a training accident and will not defend his Tour Down Under title, his team Orica GreenEdge said Monday. Gerrans, who won a record-breaking third Tour Down Under earlier this year, will ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Entertainment

IBNLive   

Elton John ties the knot with long-term partner David Furnish in front   
IBNLive
London: British musician Elton John on Sunday married his long-term partner David Furnish, converting their civil partnership after laws allowing gay marriage in Britain came into force this year. John, one of Britain's most prominent musicians and gay ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Technology

Livemint   

Obama says Sony hack was not 'an act of war'   
Livemint
Obama promised an unspecified 'proportionate' response, and said he would 'review' whether to return North Korea to the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, after a six-year absence. Photo: AP. Washington: North Korea's alleged hack of Sony Pictures ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Business

Daily News    

Dar`s GDP in steady growth   
IPPmedia
The Minister of Finance Saada Mkuya has commended the impressive growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), saying the Revised National Accounts estimates 2013 shows that between 2007 and 2013; the GDP has recorded an impressive Sh70 trillion ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania World

Africa Court rescues journalt from defamation sentence   
Daily News
THE African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has given a landmark ruling whereby jailing people on criminal defamation a violation of the right to Free Expression. In a matter of Lohé Issa Konaté (Applicant) v. Burkina Faso (Respondent State), ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Africa

Nigerian Tribune   

Post-2015 polls violence looms, Akinyemi warns   
The Nation Newspaper
A former minister has warned of a looming “horrendous violence” after next February's general election. Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a former minister of External Affairs, in a December 16 letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, urged ...

2014-12-22 Tanzania Tanzania

Enhance participation in election contests, TAMWA urges women   
IPPmedia
Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) in collaboration with the Women Coalition on Women's Rights and Constitutionalism Rights has advocated the need for women participation in local government, village and suburb elections. The observation ...