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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 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:34:09 -0500 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:34:09 -0500 30 Australia's debutant fast bowler Doug Bollinger walked up and gave a mouthful to South African captain Graeme Smith on the second day of the Sydney Test match here Sunday. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/449856/cs/1/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:01:44 -0500 Sierra Leone Times.com http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/449856/cs/1/ Two new contingents of Nigerian police officers trained in high-risk operations have joined the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan. ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20880794/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:12:21 -0500 UN News Centre http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20880794/ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — A senior South African official who blew the whistle on alleged corruption in a 2010 construction project has been shot dead, the South African Press Association... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20880254/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:46:42 -0500 USA Today http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20880254/ South Africans’ anger grows over Zimbabwe By Richard Lapper in Johannesburg Published: January 5 2009 18:46 | Last updated: January 5 2009 18:46 http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20881464/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:31 -0500 Financial Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20881464/ Worlds apart, there are seemingly few similarities between wealthy Switzerland and war-torn Sierra Leone other than that both begin with the same letter. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20875778/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:19:55 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20875778/ hear the entire album as part of our "first listen" series . Also on the show: classic folk-rock singer Benjy Ferree, the Afro-funk rhythms of Chopteeth, an eclectic mixtape from Malawi-born singer Es... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20873816/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:14:49 -0500 NPR http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20873816/ Two German children - aged five and six - have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say. The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed b... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20874547/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:46:33 -0500 BBC http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20874547/ The coup leaders in Guinea have ceded to international pressure and promised to hold elections by the end of 2009, a year earlier than planned, the French government said Monday. Alain Joyandet, Fran... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20874565/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:43:24 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20874565/ Madrid - Twelve African immigrants living in precarious conditions in Spain have posed nude for a calendar the sales of which will help them survive for a while, the daily El Pais reported Monday. The... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20869596/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:56:30 -0500 Earth Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20869596/ 'Increasing bulk cargoes volumes coming through Maputo due to regional port congestion and the country's fledgling coal industry will add up to a busy 2009 and beyond for Mozambique. GAC is now there ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20869594/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:50:17 -0500 AME Info http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20869594/ — Even though the most deadly form of malaria for humans, Plasmodium falciparum, has been linked to malaria found in chimpanzees, this group has been fairly isolated on the malarial family tree&m... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20865675/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:25:40 -0500 Science Daily http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20865675/ Instead, hayden and katich have dictated the weak bowling efforts. with a pitch full of cracks, the Sth African bowlers should have created some problems, yet were hit all around the park. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20865573/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:02:52 -0500 Sportal http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20865573/ COLUMBIA, South CarolinaThe traditional family - mom, dad and 2.3 kids - is becoming a dated notion in an America with more single parents, unwed mothers and blended families. The trends are magnified... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20862586/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:24:03 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20862586/ Demba Diaw holds lead extracted from a spent car battery as he explains how lead pollution killed his daughter in Thiaroye Sur Mer, Senegal, on Sept. 4. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20862601/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:49:43 -0500 Taipei Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20862601/ Due to lower gold prices in the second quarter, South African gold miners are expected to report lower earnings in the coming weeks. The average rand price of gold per kilogram in the period from A... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20856145/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:51:44 -0500 Neftegaz http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20856145/ "I have obtained (assurances) from the new Guinean authorities that the transition period will be as short as possible, that the military and the transition government would not participate in those... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20856682/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:27:11 -0500 Morning Star http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20856682/ Supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress cheer outside the electoral commission office in Ghana's capital Accra. The peaceful nature of Ghana’s presidential election is a rare ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20853971/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:13:53 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20853971/ South African tormentor Stuart Clark is itching to return to South Africa but concedes he is no certainty to make the trip. The 33-year-old Australian seamer is on the mend from elbow surgery that pu... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20848643/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:56:33 -0500 ABC Sports http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20848643/ This Dec. 26, 2008 file photo taken from Guinean television shows mourners lining the street and weeping as a vehicle carrying the casket of Guinea's longtime dictator Lansana Conte makes its way to G... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20846609/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:33:39 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20846609/ SANAA -- Tribal chiefs on Saturday began negotiations with Yemeni kidnappers for the release of a South African woman and her two sons who were being held hostage, a tribal source said. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20846618/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:30:20 -0500 The China Post http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20846618/ Demba Diaw, a 31-year-old teacher, holds a picture of his 4-year-old daughter who died from lead poisoning in Thiaroye Sur Mer, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. THE ASSOCIAT... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20844322/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:50:57 -0500 C News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20844322/ MADANG, Papua New Guinea — When Chinese engineers landed in Papua New Guinea in 2006 to inspect their latest mineral acquisition, they faced an arduous journey through the tropical wilderness. Th... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20844250/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:15:50 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20844250/ Ghana can be quite an interesting country. It pioneered independence in 1958 then followed that closely with pioneering coups by overthrowing its independence leader Kwame Nkuruma and now to becoming ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20840957/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:37:35 -0500 Daily Monitor http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20840957/ By Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters as they advanced into Gaza on Saturday in the first ground combat of an eight-day offensive on the Palestinian enclave, ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20841185/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:56:14 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20841185/ SYDNEY - Michael Clarke scored an unbeaten 73 as Australia scrapped their way to 267 for six at stumps on day one of the third cricket test against South Africa.Trailing 0-2 in the three-match series,... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20841196/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:26:07 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20841196/ The founding father of what is now the United Republic of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, is reported to have wept in public following the 1963 assassination of Togo’s first president, Sylvanus... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20841162/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:37:39 -0500 Daily Monitor http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20841162/ + ] SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped a South African woman and her two sons, demanding that authorities release a group of prisoners, a local government official said on Friday. Th... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20838107/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:12:52 -0500 Reuters http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20838107/ The South African consul in Yemen was on Saturday engaged in talks with Yemeni authorities in an attempt to locate and ensure the safety of the SA woman and children held captive there, the department... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20836649/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:56:03 -0500 IOL http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20836649/ opinion Kigali — The year 2008, like other previous ones, ended with little hope of ending conflicts in the most troublesome regions on the African continent. The horn of Africa and the Great ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20836511/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:48:32 -0500 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20836511/ The researchers say that studies have shown that Africans are better than Europeans and Asians at sensing bitter tastes, and surveys conducted in Kenya and Cameroon suggest that this may be due to a s... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20834716/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:17:10 -0500 New Kerala http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20834716/ Photos, artifacts and videos document the stories of African Americans in the Northwest. The exhibit "Making a Life/Creating a World," showcasing... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20834340/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:05:09 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20834340/ The International Atomic Energy Agency says a Japanese diplomat and a South African official are in the running to become the U.N. nuclear watchdog's next chief executive.The Vienna-based IAEA says Yu... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20830100/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:27:35 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20830100/ Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni tribesmen seeking the release of a jailed fellow clansman kidnapped a South African tourist and her two sons in the southern province of Abyan, police officials said Saturday. T... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20830099/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:24:17 -0500 Earth Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20830099/ Congolese officials say Ugandan rebels are fleeing toward the Central African Republic in the face of a joint operation by Congo, Uganda and Sudan.The Democratic Republic of Congo government said Frid... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20826598/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:40:32 -0500 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20826598/ January 2, 2009 · Cognac used to have a reputation as an old man's drink, but the French brandy is enjoying a revival. It's become popular with young African Americans. As a result, producers w... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20819200/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:42:19 -0500 NPR http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20819200/ Dakar - Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, the only head of state to back Guinea's new junta following a coup, said on Friday he would defer a planned trip to Conakry until a date for new elections ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20819202/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:00:01 -0500 IOL http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20819202/ MOUNT HAGEN, 2 January 2009 (PlusNews) - In a small commune on a patch of wasteland next to the waterworks in Mount Hagen, the capital of Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Western Highlands Province, Paul Ari ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20819184/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:36:32 -0500 IRIN http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20819184/ January 2, 2009 · Helen Suzman — one of South Africa's most famous white crusaders against apartheid —died in Johannesburg on Thursday. She was 91. Suzman was the only member of Sou... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20815273/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:35:09 -0500 NPR http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20815273/ Johannesburg - Helen Suzman, the South African anti- apartheid campaigner who died on Thursday at the age of 91, will be buried on Sunday, her daughter Frances Jowell said, according to the South Afri... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20815266/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:28:16 -0500 Earth Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20815266/ guest column Guinea’s political elite has once more been rendered powerless by an army whose leaders owe their survival to a political system built upon confusion and fear. Though many politic... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20815257/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:59:58 -0500 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20815257/ Toba catastrophe theory Now, researchers have revealed that men and women weren't equal partners in that exodus. By tracing variations in the X chromosome and in the non-sex chromosomes, the researche... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20810703/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:49:21 -0500 Science Daily http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20810703/ Leading South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman, who for decades served as a lone voice of parliamentary dissent against white minority rule, died on Thursday at the age of 91, the SAPA new... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20807565/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:45:15 -0500 Hindustan Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20807565/ The people of Guinea woke up to an end of year surprise when their long serving ruler Lansana Conte passed away last week. For 24 years the strongman who had come to power through a military coup, but... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20804621/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:29:59 -0500 Daily Monitor http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20804621/ NAIROBI- The Kenyan and Tanzanian shillings are expected to weaken against the dollar in the week to Wednesday, while the Ugandan unit is expected to trade in a tight range, dealers said. Traders expe... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20804631/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:47:16 -0500 The New Vision http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20804631/ (AFP)--Armed soldiers searched the house of Guinea's former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo Thursday. Around 20 soldiers arrived outside Diallo's house where they threatened the security guards ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20804616/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:26:55 -0500 Morning Star http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20804616/ The Department of Foreign Affairs says relatives of South Africans in Thailand are urged to check if all is well after a deadly Bangkok nightclub fire. The department’s spokesperson Nomfanelo Kota s... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20800525/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:57:26 -0500 SABC http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20800525/ (AFP)--An estimated 80 migrants tried to illegally enter the Spanish north African enclave of Melilla from Morocco Thursday sparking warning shots that left one dead, Morocco's MAP news agency repor... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20800075/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:43:41 -0500 Morning Star http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20800075/ The Mpumalanga based business, Convertech Biological Conversion Technologies cc, has secured the rights to distribute a range of ground-breaking carcass and specific risk material (SRM) disposal syste... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20796907/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:27:44 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20796907/ China has handed over 15 containers of vehicles, information equipment and other materials to Guinea-Bissau ahead of New Year's Day, news reaching here said on Thursday. Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-B... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20797271/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:41:12 -0500 People's Daily http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20797271/ As other politicians in his district were lobbying for key legislation on Beacon Hill earlier this month, state Representative Benjamin Swan was in Liberia expounding on US policy, being referred to a... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20795008/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:02:48 -0500 Boston.com http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20795008/ UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that he was pleased to see the growth of the joint African Union and UN peacekeeping force in Darfur to 63 percent of its authorized military strengt... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20792683/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:03:14 -0500 People's Daily http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20792683/ Hamadou Tidiane Daily Monitor Correspondent Dakar Guinea faced political uncertainty last Tuesday after longtime President Lansana Conté died prompting a coup attempt following a power vacuum. Wi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20788985/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:56:05 -0500 Daily Monitor http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/20788985/