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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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:54 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:54 -0500 30 At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somalian capital. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/611059/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/611059/cs/1/ The visiting African Union delegation on Thursday called on Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in the national capital. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/611017/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:10:01 -0500 ANI http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/611017/cs/1/ Didier Drogba: Another gong for the Ivorian The Chelsea striker, who also won the award in 2006, won the award ahead of fellow Chelsea player Michael Essien of Ghana and Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33041082/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:28:28 -0500 Soccernet http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33041082/ Newly elected outspoken Women’s leader of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) United Kingdom/Northern Ireland Branch, has said she will rally her fellow women to support and boost President Dr.... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33041719/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:12:29 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33041719/ A decade after his high-profile dream to develop the Kingstream Steel iron ore and steel mill project in the Mid-West collapsed, Nik Zuks is putting finishing touches to the $US556 million ($606 milli... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33040734/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:05:59 -0500 The West Australian http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33040734/ Lionel Loueke is shaking up the New York jazz scene with a sound that combines post-bebop fusion, lyrical ballads and even African rhythms and melodies. Loueke's new CD is titled http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33034306/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:30:39 -0500 NPR http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33034306/ MOSCOW - Nine Russians from a neo-Nazi group that called itself "Simbirsk White Power" were jailed on Thursday for up to 22 years in connection with the murder of an African man, investigato... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33034372/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:52 -0500 Canada.com http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33034372/ SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!  CORRUPTION MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU. Who said? Not me. Before you rush to denounce me for inconsistency on the subject, I call your attention to a recent article by Dr. John Hooker ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33035319/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:25 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33035319/ Hyperdynamics noted that its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of the Republic of Guinea has been extended by five working days to allow the government to complete its review of a ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032198/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:03 -0500 Rigzone http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032198/ WACONIA, MN--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - African art and décor has been quickly rising in popularity in the last few years, with many homeowners and renters alike choosing to adorn their wall... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33031036/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:48 -0500 Market Wire http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33031036/ Despite two athletes breaking multiple national records this season, and the fact that they will be led by the men's long jump defending champion, the five-member South African team will do well to ge... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33031670/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:07:37 -0500 IOL http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33031670/ Author: Mohamed Opito Jimmy - SEM The Hill Station community situated at the peak of the Freetown peninsula is a complete mix of the rich /poor divides localize in the Sierra Leonean setting and a sho... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032199/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:56 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032199/ Constituency 33, Bombali District is one of the largest constituencies, comprising Gbanti Kamaranka, Sanda Tendaren and parts of Sanda Loko chiefdoms with a total of 30 sections. The constituency also... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032201/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:54 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032201/ President Ernest Bai Koroma has taken a disciplined decision to inspect all health facilities across the country.  In his drive to get control of the country’s deplorable health conditions, the Pre... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032200/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:53 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032200/ London Mining, a subsidiary of London Mining plc UK has budgeted a total sum of $80,000 this year to kick start its operations at the mines in Lunsar.  The full scale of the Marampa Mines, which had ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032202/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:51 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33032202/ Washington — This year, the 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony, known as the Oscars, reflected the growing influence of African artists — and issues — on the American movie industry. For the f... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33028428/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:01 -0500 America.org http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33028428/ Nelson Mandela ‘let us down,’ the London Evening Standard reported ex-wife Winnie Mandela as saying. Many black South Africans expected more economic progress by now. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33029068/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:23:17 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33029068/ KABUL (Reuters) - Five Afghan civilians, four of them children, were killed in an explosion Thursday, and gunmen shot dead a South African construction contractor and his Afghan colleague in a separat... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33025375/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:07 -0500 West Australian http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33025375/ Reforma Group announces reduces shipping costs and free shipping for orders of $25 or more for all hand and body lotions as well as facial serums. Southfield, Mich. ( http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33025070/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:32:17 -0500 PR Web http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33025070/ Anyone who thinks they have seen a giant African snail, or may have information about illegal snail smuggling/import activity, is asked to call the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33022801/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:36:55 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33022801/ British aid to Sierra Leone is being siphoned off by senior politicians in the West African country, it has been claimed. Former foreign office minister Denis MacShane called for an investigation aft... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33022757/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:18:55 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33022757/ Shahriar Koochekpour, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, led research that has dis... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33020503/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:27 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33020503/ High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food secur... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33016356/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:15 -0500 Spero News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33016356/ Key regulators from Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Egypt including His Excellency Amin Abaza, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture & Land Reclamation, will highlight farmland and agri-investment oppor... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33015844/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:16:37 -0500 PR Web http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33015844/ Authorities are investigating a Hialeah man who allegedly smuggled illegal giant African snails into Florida and convinced his followers to drink their juices as part of a religious healing ritual. St... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33016357/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:28 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33016357/ Sierra Leone People Party’s (SLPP), the leading opposition GOP in Sierra Leone has received a thunderous welcome from residents of Rokula, Sanda Tendaren, Sanda Magbolonto and Gbanti Kamaranka Chief... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33012056/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:51:31 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33012056/ Sierra Leoneans say they are losing interest in the Charles Taylor trial because it is taking too long and they are not getting enough information about the high profile case that is taking place half... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33009845/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:00 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33009845/