2015-01-30 Tanzania Health

Daily Times   

World 'dangerously unprepared' for pandemics: World Bank   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD - World Bank President Jim Yong-kim warned that the world remains “dangerously unprepared” for deadly pandemics such as the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa. “The Ebola outbreak has been devastating in terms of ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Science

NPR (blog)   

Scientists, General Public Have Divergent Views On Science, Report Says   
NPR (blog)
U.S. adults see various science-related topics much differently than do America's top scientists, with the two groups expressing widely divergent views on the safety of genetically modified foods, climate change, human evolution, the use of animals in research ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Sports

Firstpost   

England win toss, elect to bowl against India   
Financial Express
England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl against India in their must-win ODI of the tri-series at the WACA Ground here today. India brought in Mohit Sharma in place of injured Ishant Sharma while England have fielded an unchanged ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Entertainment

National Post   

Justin Bieber Sorry For 'Arrogant' Attitude   
Sky News
The star says in a Facebook video he's "afraid of what people are thinking of me right now" after a series of controversies. 02:29, UK, Friday 30 January 2015. Play video "Justin Bieber Says Sorry In Video" ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Technology

TechCrunch   

Microsoft Outlook For iOS And Android Arrives, It Looks Excellent   
Forbes
Today Microsoft Microsoft announced Outlook for iOS and a preview version for Android. iOS and Android devices already have calendar apps, but Microsoft said that the new Outlook app makes it easier to sort through your e-mail, contacts, calendar and ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Business

Business Recorder   

World Bank urges Tanzania to tackle fiscal deficit   
Business Recorder
image DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania needs urgently to deal with its growing fiscal deficit to boost economic growth, which is expected to reach 7 percent this year, the World Bank said on Thursday. The Washington-based lender said rising pension and creditor ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania World

Wall Street Journal   

Gas blast wrecks Mexico children's hospital, at least 2 dead   
Boston Globe
MEXICO CITY — Injured and bleeding, mothers carrying infants fled from a maternity hospital shattered by a powerful gas explosion Thursday, and rescuers swung sledgehammers to break through fallen concrete hunting for others who might be trapped.
Babies found alive in rubble after truck blast rips through Mexico hospital   Reuters
Mexico maternity blast kills two, injures dozens   The Sun Daily
Gas Blast In Mexico Kills Two, Injures 66   Bernama
Gulf Daily News   
Irish Independent   
Xinhua   
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CBC.ca   

26 killed as attacks rock Egypt's Sinai   
The Star Online
CAIRO, Jan 30, 2015 (AFP) - Militants fired a barrage of rockets and set off a car bomb Thursday killing at least 26 people, mostly soldiers, in Egypt's North Sinai province, where security forces are battling a raging Islamist insurgency. The deadly assaults ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Africa

The Nation   

Ban Ki-moon Launches Investigation of Three Protesters' Death in Mali   
Sputnik International
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has decided to launch an inquiry to determine the facts surrounding three protesters killed in Mali. Daily life at the under construction camp of the UN Peacekeepers in Gao, Mali. © Flickr/ UN Mission in Mali.
UN Orders Probe of Deadly Protest at UN Base in North Mali   The New Indian Express
UN chief launches inquiry of Mali protest deaths   GlobalPost
Mali leader pulls out of AU summit after deadly violence   Ahram Online
TODAYonline   
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Voice of America   

Study Finds Nigeria Presidential Poll Too Close to Call   
Voice of America
The presidential contest between Nigeria's incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and main rival General Mohammadu Buhari from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is too close to call, according to the latest Afrobarometer opinion poll.
Election coverage: Nigeria denies foreign journalists visas   The News
Over 5000 PDP members join APC in Kwara   The Nation Newspaper
Buhari has close relationship with Christians –Ngige   Daily Sun
Daily Times Nigeria   
Nigerian Tribune   
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Independent Online   

School denies class segregation   
Independent Online
Johannesburg - A Pretoria school on Thursday denied claims of racial segregation and said their pupils attended integrated classrooms. “Regarding the allegations of racial segregation at Curro Roodeplaat, we assure our stakeholders that Curro's learners ...

2015-01-30 Tanzania Tanzania

Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet   

Tanzanian Villagers Fear Lion 'Revenge'   
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Six lions were killed by Tanzanian villagers who say they lost livestock to the protected predators. The killing of six lions near northern Tanzania's Olasiti village has residents living in fear of “revenge” attacks by the predators. The Arusha Times reports the ...