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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sierra Leone Times.com http://www.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/8fcd2bb0346b8627/ en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:23:00 -0400 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:23:00 -0400 30 African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African American children, researchers have claimed. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/613391/cs/1/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:10:04 -0400 ANI http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/613391/cs/1/ Rio Hires New China Boss to Improve Ties The venture, not binding at this stage, marks a turnaround for the companies after Rio last year scrapped a $19.5 billion equity and asset tie-up with the stat... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280146/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:54:19 -0400 CNBC http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280146/ March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group agreed with Aluminum Corp. of China, its biggest shareholder, to jointly develop the Simandou iron ore mining project in Guinea. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280087/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:53:17 -0400 Business Week http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280087/ Mining giant Rio Tinto has signed a non-binding agreement with Chinalco to jointly develop an iron ore mine in Guinea. The world's third biggest miner says the memorandum of understanding with Chines... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280476/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:50:49 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280476/ When the noise of the jet engine was racing to land at Lungi International airport, I was consumed with joy that my beautiful Sierra Leone is thriving and peace seems to be a permanent experience. Whi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280812/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:32:45 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33280812/ Bience Gawanas, commissioner for social affairs says some of the harmful cultural practices include female genital mutilation and child brides http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33278195/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:38:54 -0400 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33278195/ END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> It has always been a mystery how Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s polygamist ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33273071/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:24:46 -0400 Times Online http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33273071/ BENIN: Analysts say ships passing through Africa's Gulf of Guinea are at greater peril than off Somalia because West African pirates appear more ready to use deadly force. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33273064/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:48:57 -0400 Arab News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33273064/ CONAKRY, Guinea, 18 March 2010 - In the bustling atmosphere of the Therapeutic Nutrition Unit at the Ratoma Health Community Centre, a medical team is examining children who, when they first arrived h... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33270109/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:14:06 -0400 UNICEF http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33270109/ (RTTNews) - South African President Jacob Zuma, who is currently on a three-day Zimbabwean visit aimed at easing ongoing tensions within the neighboring country's coalition government, said Thursday ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33270216/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:50 -0400 Quote.com http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33270216/ When moderator John Sibi Okumu asked a question about Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi’s push for immediate African unification, President Kagame urged caution. He pointed out that even the building... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33267192/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:15 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33267192/ NEWPORT BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - Green Wave Energy Corporation (GWEC), a Newport Beach-based energy engineering think tank and manufacturer of self-sufficient energy producing produc... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33267117/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:24:04 -0400 Market Wire http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33267117/ , ruled that ‘no principle of general law is more universally acknowledged that the perfect equality of nations.’ Article 2(1) of the United Nations Charter states that the organization is ‘base... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33267921/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:52:37 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33267921/ Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma easily survived a motion of no confidence held in parliament Thursday. The motion was brought by the opposition Congress of the People (COPE) in the w... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33264489/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:18 -0400 Earth Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33264489/ On inception to power, President Ernest Bai Koroma was quick to make plain his political development agenda for Sierra Leone. Indeed any value oriented and productive manager would first have a realis... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33265008/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:16:12 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33265008/ It was at the Safecon Filling station along Lightfoot-Boston yesterday morning; I  was browsing through the pile of newspapers that I had just purchased when I heard the voice. “So you are back. Th... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33265007/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:16:10 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33265007/ The FPU-North America, hails the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on the appointment of Justice Abdulai Timbo as the Fullah Tribal Head, Western Area, Sie... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33265006/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:16:09 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33265006/ Submit your comment Higher platinum and banking shares powered South African stocks to a near 19-month high on Thursday on global economic optimism while the rand slipped against the dollar in line wi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33264493/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:57:08 -0400 Business Report http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33264493/ -(Dow Jones)- Finishing touches are being made to Europe's two largest initial public offerings so far this year, for German cable operator Kabel Deutschland and U.K. miner African Barrick Gold, in ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33264117/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:50:47 -0400 Morning Star http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33264117/ is set to list in London on Friday with the ticker symbol "ABG", amid what specialists in the mining sector have described as a "vacuum" in the London space, long occupied by http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261425/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:14:25 -0400 Mine Web http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261425/ Anglo Aluminum Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ALU) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Mamou-Dalaba bauxite property in Guinea, West Africa. The property comprises 4 exploration permits covering 1832 km http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261421/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:14:12 -0400 Market Wire http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261421/ vitamin D than healthy African American children. This study supports recent research that suggests vitamin D plays a greater role in the body than just keeping bones healthy. Vitamin D deficiency has... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261237/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:13:27 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261237/ Rhinoceros sighting are common within Pilanesberg National Park, which is one of the largest parks in southern Africa. A sharp upsurge in rhino poaching in South Africa and Zimbabwe by organized crime... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261422/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:06:44 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33261422/ Take it or leave it, whatever shortcomings critics attribute to President Ernest Koroma’s no-nonsense and uncompromising stand against corruption in Sierra Leone, one fact stands for sure &#8211... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33258960/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:18:11 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33258960/ CONSTRUCTION company Dawnus will this week start work on a £20m road-building project in Sierra Leone. Appointed by African Minerals, it will be the first project Swansea-based Dawnus has under... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33246439/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:35:44 -0400 IC Wales http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33246439/