| New York Times - 1 hour ago A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant on charges of using child soldiers in an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation published ... |
| Daily Mail - 22 minutes ago By Tom Leonard Hugging a hoodie has always been a risky business, but never before have the stakes been so high. Tomorrow, Wall Street will invite the world to buy shares in Facebook and take what is expected to be a $104 billion gamble on its guiding ... |
| BEIRUT - In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. |
| Moneycontrol.com - 11 minutes ago In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Steven Englander, global head of forex strategy at Citibank finds that there is a lot of pretense between the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Greek politicians. |
| Jamaica Observer - 55 minutes ago WEST Indies have won only four of 19 Test matches against England at Lord's, with seven ending in a draw. Darren Sammy's Caribbean men will at least hope for another draw with England, the number one Test team in the world. |
| Ninemsn - 10 minutes ago The Australian dollar is higher but still below parity, helped by comments that the US Federal Reserve is open to stimulate the American economy. |
Mmegi Online - 17 hours ago Gaborone mayor Haskins Nkaigwa and his deputy Florence Shagwa were re-elected yesterday amid controversy after a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor for Itumeleng ward, Dlamini Kwapa, was accused of tampering with ballot papers. |
| Mmegi Online - 17 hours ago Police in Shoshong are investigating eight students of Shoshong Senior Secondary School after they were found in possession of a substance suspected to be dagga. |
Mmegi Online - 17 hours ago FRANCISTOWN: A resident of Tonota, Gaone Rasegole on Monday appeared before the Magistrates Court to answer a charge of bodily harm. |
| NewsDay - 44 minutes ago The United States will not remove sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and some of the Zanu PF officials until reforms towards democratisation are met, an official said yesterday. |
| Vanguard - 55 minutes ago By OKEY NDIRIBE ABUJA - Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Profesor Attahiru Jega, has invited Edo State Governor, Mr. |
| Peace FM Online - 59 minutes ago The Upper West Regional branch of the June Four Movement has waded into the NDC emblem saga and said Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings must see the logo, which she claims to be her intellectual property, as her contribution to the party. |
Zambian Watchdog - 12 minutes ago Ministry of Justice, Sebastian Zulu on may 16,2012, said the granting of the stay President Micheal Sata's suspension of Justices Philip Musonda, Charles Kajimanda and Nigel Mutuna showed that the Judiciary was panicking. |
| AllAfrica.com - 10 minutes ago By Onwuka Nzeshi, 17 May 2012 The Senate Wednesday passed a bill seeking an increase in the number of Federal High Court Judges from 70 to 100. |
| Independent Online - 23 minutes ago By Jan Hennop AP In this 1993 file photo evacuees from the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica pass through Tojsici. More than 2 300 evacuees left Srebrenica on UN trucks for Tuzla. |
| Despite its own financial woes and public discontent, Germany is giving early 150 million euro in support to Afghanistan. But critics say it is like throwing money out the window. |
| News24 - 52 minutes ago Khartoum - A UN deadline for Sudan and South Sudan to resume talks on oil and other critical issues passed without action on Wednesday, as South Sudan accused Khartoum of stalling. |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 53 minutes ago By Toby Sterling AP Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, convicted of war crimes, at a sentencing hearing near the Hague. LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor said during his sentencing ... |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 52 minutes ago CAIRO, Egypt - In this presidential campaign headquarters, in a second-floor apartment in the Cairo neighborhood of Garden City, young female volunteers in full veil work alongside women in colorful headscarfs and those with flowing, uncovered hair. |
Business Day - May 16, 2012 AUSTRALIA'S Resource Generation (ResGen) hopes to raise the first tranche of funding for its $750m coal mine in the Waterberg early next year, but much depends on securing a rail contract with Transnet, CEO Paul Jury said yesterday. |
| Chinese demand for gold hit a record in the first quarter of 2012, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Chinese demand for jewellery and gold as an investment hit 255.2 tonnes in the period, helped by purchases during the Chinese New Year holiday ... |
| Bloomberg - May 14, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) is preparing a new lineup of thinner MacBook laptops running on more powerful chips made by Intel Corp. (INTC), people with knowledge of the plans said. |
| IT News Africa - 42 minutes ago As millions of fans worldwide eagerly await the return of the Master Chief with the launch of Halo 4 on 6 November, Microsoft and 343 Industries have revealed all-new details around the year's most anticipated blockbuster. |
| Mmegi Online - 17 hours ago Ex-Big Brother Africa housemate Miss P (Peo Sebotho) believes that good looks could work to the advantage of Botswana's epresentatives, in this year's Big Brother reality show adventure. |
The Bostwana Gazette - 22 hours ago Botswana's sister-act in the Big Brother Stargame, Evelyn and Edith Maygilip do not make any of the common faces in and around Gaborone. |
| Firstpost - 11 minutes ago Cannes Film Festival 2012 has begun with the premiere of the film Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson starring Bruce Willis and Bill Murray. |
| Cinema Blend - 6 hours ago Tabloids have a field day whenever a movie star is photographed with a particularly aggressive pimple or wearing one of last season's outfits. |
The Bostwana Gazette - 22 hours ago Botswana will host the 20th Golf All Africa Challenge Trophy at Phakalane Golf Club (PGC) in Gaborone from June 5-7, 2012. The Botswana ladies national team, consisting of Ouname Mhotsha, Tiny Kgatlwane, Trazinah Marudu and Minkie Molatlhegi, ... |
The Bostwana Gazette - 22 hours ago The Botswana national netball team that participated at the Africa Netball Games held in Tanzania last week finished fourth out of six nations who took part. |
| Mmegi Online - 17 hours ago The positive response to safe male circumcision by men will help reduce infections in Botswana, the Director of HIV and AIDS Prevention Dr Refeletswe Lebelonyane has said. |
| Times of India - 1 hour ago PARIS: Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health. |
| The DA has accused President Jacob Zuma of being afraid to make the difficult choices that would benefit many unemployed young people. |
| Nigerian Bulletin - 40 minutes ago NEW data released yesterday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) titled, “World Health Statistics 2012 Report” has alerted on the growing problem of the non-communicable diseases burden. |
| PR Web (press release) - 45 minutes ago Tom Sherman, an HIV-positive instructor at the Bay Area Acupressure Institute, will participate in June's AIDS/Lifecycle Ride to End AIDS. |
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