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 ...