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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 05:54:52 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:54:52 -0500 30 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/ SOUTHFIELD, MI, March 11, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Southfield-based Reforma Group produces a line of all natural hand and body lotions with an emphasis on the key ingredient African Shea butter. The... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33016121/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:41 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33016121/ 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/ African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. About ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33013836/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:41:48 -0500 The Independent http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33013836/ March 11 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. - - - - GLOBAL MARK... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33014058/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:04:59 -0500 London South East http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33014058/ 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/ Submit your comment Industry moves to process more cocoa beans in Africa are being held back by local obstacles and weak global demand, but grinders are pursuing the strategy in the belief it will yie... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33006317/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:35 -0500 Business Report http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33006317/ A Sierra Leonean doctoral student in the Islamic University of Medinah has joined over 500 qualified students out 5,000 across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a four-day scientific conference for highe... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33000378/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:32:12 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33000378/ Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana on Monday March 8 ended a week-long visit to Italy to further strengthen bilateral relations in the areas of energy, water, health, trade and investment. This i... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33000377/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:32:11 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33000377/ President Ernest Bai Koroma has arrived in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Tuesday March 9th to join his Colleague Presidents in a bid to endorse the initiative for the development of Agribusiness and... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997063/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:20 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997063/ Residents of Bumbuna Town in the northern part of Sierra Leone, Tonkolili District have expressed dismay over the long-awaited Bumbuna hydro-electric dam. It could be recalled that this project has ta... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997064/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:18 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997064/ A local businessman and father of three, Ibrahim Jalloh of 46 Regent Road Wilberforce, was found dead in his home Tuesday afternoon hanging from a rope. The Fullah man in his mid 40s and who owned a s... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997065/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:17 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997065/ I was shocked and very reluctant to receive the news that members of the SLPP will go as far as attacking journalists and beat them in a manner that is never acceptable. That is a kind of action that... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997066/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:16 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32997066/ www.blackisthenewgreenthebook.com ), the exciting new book by Leonard E. Burnett Jr. and Andrea Hoffman (publication date 3/16/10) teaches readers how to best target the $87.3 billion buying power of ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32996043/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:48 -0500 Earth Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32996043/ cotton production in Africa over five years, the African Cotton Association announced Wednesday, saying the sector faced an "acute crisis."The price drop along with soaring costs for http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32996156/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:46:40 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32996156/ Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 12:07 CST Shahriar Koochekpour, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Genetics at LSU Health Scie... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32992782/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:16 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32992782/ Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:20 CST Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has unveiled what could be one of the largest impact craters discovered over the past 10 years... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32992909/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:02 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32992909/ New England Ville, located at the central west of Freetown, that has more than 40,000 people residing in the community are experiencing a serious water crisis said the youth chairman Mathew Bangalie ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32993631/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:02:22 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32993631/ — 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 ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32992763/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:14 -0500 Science Daily http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32992763/ (Photo: Sheikh Tantawi has died suddenly of a suspected heart attack) Sheikh Tantawi was the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque and head of the al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam’s centre of learn... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32990083/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:11:02 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32990083/ Cel-Sci Corp. says it has received a $125,000 payment from Byron Biopharma as part of a deal that gives Byron marketing and distribution rights to Cel-Sci's lead drug candidate in South Africa. T... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32989111/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:10:16 -0500 Business Journal http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32989111/ The germination of democracy in the Republic of Guinea has been a pipedream for its tenacious and resilient 10 million people. Historically, Guinea has lacked transparency or accessibility to the inte... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32989484/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:03:03 -0500 World Press Review http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32989484/ Speaker of Parliament Hon. Justice Abel Stronge led Sierra Leone’s delegation to the two-day African Regional Preparatory Meeting on the Review of the Implementation of the Brussels Programme of Act... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32986923/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:47 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32986923/ Based on the recent visit paid by HE Excellent President Ernest Bai Koroma in the Eastern province it is regrettable to know that on his return from Kailahun, the Bo,-Kenema power service, located at ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32986922/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:46 -0500 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32986922/ PETALING JAYA: Three African men were detained for investigation on an attempted rape on a private college student at a house in the Flora Apartments in Damansara, here. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32982858/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:56 -0500 New Straits Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32982858/ The low number of African Americans in the accounting profession is discouraging, and that number might even be declining despite the best efforts of hiring firms. In 2007 and 2008, 22 percent of al... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32982673/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:38:09 -0500 Accounting Web http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32982673/ driving a 21st-century African land grab . His analysis told how African land tends to be cheaper: "Ethiopia is only one of 20 or more African countries where land is being bought or leased for intens... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32977952/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:52 -0500 The Guardian http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/32977952/