2015-01-21 Tanzania Health

AsiaOne   

Gym time won't cancel out too much sitting   
AsiaOne
People who are too sedentary, even if they do exercise frequently, are more likely to develop heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a new report says. It's well known that too much sitting time is bad for our health. "What we didn't know was whether the sitting ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Science

CBS News   

Using X-rays, scientists read ancient, volcano-charred scrolls   
Los Angeles Times
Talk about reading between the lines! Scientists wielding X-rays say they can, for the first time, read words inside the charred, rolled-up scrolls that survived the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius nearly two millenniums ago. The findings, described in the ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Sports

ESPN   

Humana Challenge experts' picks   
ESPN
No one selected Jimmy Walker to rebound so quickly and win at the Sony Open last week, so paced by that Patrick Reed victory at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, Bob Harig owns the early lead after two weeks of our new survivor pool. Our golf ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Entertainment

Nigerian Entertainment Today   

VIDEO: Banky W - 'LowKey'   
Nigerian Entertainment Today
The all-time Banky W-classic-fan-favourite-song, 'Lowkey' finally gets a video. As expected, with his newly acquired skills, the video was written & directed by Banky himself. The video was shot in New York City and features the beautiful and talented ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Technology

Newsweek   

Google aboard as Musk`s SpaceX gets $1 bn in funding   
Zee News
New York: The private space exploration firm SpaceX said Tuesday it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk`s plan to build a satellite Internet network. The latest round of funding comes from Google and the financial firm ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Business

Dollar to hurt real estate   
The Observer (blog)
The continued appreciation of the dollar against the shilling is likely to negatively impact the real estate market, a firm engaged in the industry has said. The Uganda shilling has depreciated against the US currency by more than 15 per cent over the last one ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania World

The Straits Times   

Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead hostage crisis response   
The Straits Times
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the tomb of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan 20, 2015. Abe demanded in a press conference in Jerusalem before heading to the ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Africa

IBNLive   

Boko Haram claims Baga attack, threatens Nigeria's neighbours   
IBNLive
Kano: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed a massive attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened Niger, Chad and Cameroon in a video published online. "We killed the people of Baga. We indeed killed them, as our Lord ...

2015-01-21 Tanzania Tanzania

Mirror.co.uk   

Businessman wanted over the killing of a student is arrested in Africa after ...   
Mirror.co.uk
A man wanted over the killing of a student has been captured in Africa after an international manhunt. New York-based businessman Sammy Almahri, 44, was arrested in Tanzania. He left the UK just hours before his girlfriend Nadine Aburas, 28, was found ...