2015-01-31 Tanzania Health

Ebola has exposed global unpreparedness, says Kikwete   
Daily News
THE Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been devastating because the world is unprepared for such deadly pandemics, President Jakaya Kikwete has said. President Kikwete made the observation in Berlin where he was attending the Global Alliance for ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Science

Environmental News Network   

Where am I? > Home > Wildlife > How did the Zebra get its stri...   
Environmental News Network
A team of life scientists led by UCLA's Brenda Larison has found at least part of the answer: The amount and intensity of striping can be best predicted by the temperature of the environment in which zebras live. In the January cover story of the Royal Society's ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Sports

Malinzi calls for efforts to revive sports   
Daily News
THE National Sports Council (NSC) Chairman, Dioniz Malinzi has acknowledged that the standard of sports in the country was unsatisfactory at all levels and that something must be done in order to retain the lost old glory. Malinzi made this remarks at a joint ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Entertainment

Wall Street Journal   

Jay Z Offers $56 Million For Online Music Service   
Wall Street Journal
Rapper Jay Z is the latest artist vying to own streaming music services. His company, Project Panther Bidco, offered $56.1 million in cash for Aspiro, a Stockholm-listed company that operates the streaming-music services WiMP and Tidal. The move comes as ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Technology

Toronto Star (blog)   

Google agrees to change UK privacy policy   
Toronto Star (blog)
Google has agreed to change its U.K. privacy policy after a government agency found it “too vague.” The Information Commissioner's Office (IOC) says “the search engine was too vague when describing how it uses personal data gathered from its web ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Business

Business Recorder   

WB lists steps to boost tourism   
Daily News
THE tourism industry has a great potential for more growth and increase of foreign exchange earnings to 16 billion US dollars annually by 2025 from the current 1.5 billion US dollars if it is adequately managed, the World Bank (WB) has said. WB Lead ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania World

The News International   

Another bloodied day   
The News International
On the day when Nawaz Sharif was in Karachi to discuss the implementation of the National Action Plan with provincial leaders we were served a brutal reminder of how the fight against militancy will take more than just plans. A suicide blast created mayhem ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Africa

New York Times   

Apartheid death squad leader freed on parole   
Gulf Daily News
PRETORIA: Apartheid death squad leader Eugene de Kock, dubbed 'Prime Evil' for his role in the torture and murder of scores of black South African activists in the 1980s and early 1990s, was granted parole yesterday after more than 20 years in prison.
'Prime Evil,' pro-apartheid assassin, granted parole   CNN
The bigger outrage is that De Kock was following orders and those that gave ...   The Independent
Apartheid death squad leader Eugene de Kock killed her mother - and she ...   CBC.ca
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Salon   

Zimbabwe's President Is Appointed Chairman of African Union   
New York Times
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, was appointed to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union by the organization's leaders on Friday. Mr. Mugabe, 90, assumed the largely ceremonial role during the ...

2015-01-31 Tanzania Tanzania

Daily Times   

Air chief calls on defence minister of Tanzania   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD – Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt on Friday called on Dr Hussein, Defence Minister of Tanzania. Both the dignitaries remained together for some time and discussed matters of defence and ...