Provides the latest RSS feeds for Sierra Leone News. 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, 03 Sep 2010 17:55:06 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:55:06 -0400 30 After playing themselves back into contention with two victories in as many matches, the Under-19 cricket side face lowly Sierra Leone at the United Oval, Windhoek, Namibia this afternoon in the ongoi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361385/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:58:36 -0400 General Sources http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361385/ By MICHAEL P. RELLAHAN, Staff Writer WEST CHESTER – A native of Sierra Leone who raped a fellow immigrant at her apartment in the borough, and who then tried to force the victim to keep quiet a... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361386/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:58:35 -0400 General Sources http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361386/ Accuray receives Shonin approval to market CyberKnife G4 Robotic Radiosurgery System (1)Marie-Lou Lizotte-Buisson wrote: Dear editor, My name is Marie-Lou Lizotte-Buiss… http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361387/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:58:33 -0400 General Sources http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361387/ In 2007, during the last few months of the Presidential Elections campaign, then APC Opposition Leader, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma, attended the Abuja inauguration ceremony of the then newly-elected Presi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361388/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:41:53 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38361388/ [JURIST] Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month's trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the cou... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38360823/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:41:42 -0400 Jurist http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38360823/ Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso stating that they will "solemnly and scrupulously conform themselves to the verdict of the polls."The mineral-rich West African nation recently survi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38360819/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:14:27 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38360819/ BUCHANAN, Liberia (AFP) – A home right on the beach has proved anything but a dream for Frances Kwessi, 35, who has watched sea erosion destroy her house room by room, as the Atlantic washed up ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38360535/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:03:56 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38360535/ JOHANNESBURG — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal procee... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357554/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:45:03 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357554/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome.Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso sta... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357513/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:09 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357513/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Fa... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357536/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:05:39 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357536/ After playing themselves back into contention with two victories in as many matches, the Under-19 cricket side face lowly Sierra Leone at the United Oval, Windhoek, Namibia this afternoon in the ongoi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38358197/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:42:56 -0400 General Sources http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38358197/ What do a young fruit juice produce company in Uganda and a cashew nut cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire have in common? They are both past winners of the Project Incubator Award, an initiative of the B... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38358198/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:26:52 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38358198/ So he infiltrated UDP’s camp with his thugs. In UDP’s emblems, the thugs went around causing havoc and trouble. And that was right for Stevens. He declared a State of Emergency and arrested and de... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38358199/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:26:47 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38358199/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357545/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:57:44 -0400 Denver Post http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357545/ Goldline - Trusted by gold investors since 1960. Call 1-888-321-9158 today. Gold Edges Higher","link":"http://www.goldline.com/d/index.html?id=539&dc=2084&ck=rss&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=breitba... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357221/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:53:46 -0400 Breitbart http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357221/ BUCHANAN, Liberia (AFP) – A home right on the beach has proved anything but a dream for Frances Kwessi, 35, who has watched sea erosion destroy her house room by room, as the Atlantic washed up ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357196/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:48:48 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357196/ OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome. Both signed an agreement on Friday in Burkina Faso... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357534/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:46:46 -0400 Find Law http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38357534/ Rights Group: Executions Conducted With 'Chilling Speed' in Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is defending the execution of four men found guilty of trying to assassinate the president. The executio... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354278/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:29:03 -0400 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354278/ Reverend Xola Skosana said his sermon was designed to combat the stigma surrounding HIV and Aids. "My responsibility as a pastor is to paint a picture of a God who cares for people and wants the best... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38353384/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:30:05 -0400 Sky News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38353384/ A month/y summary of the Taylor trial for July 2010 written by Elena Marrs at the UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354909/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354909/ The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in Mogadishu that have claimed dozens of lives.The deputy head of the AU commission on Somalia says the peacekeepers have established nine new ba... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354282/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:51:21 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354282/ NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - African Union peacekeepers say they have established nine new bases in Somalia's capital over the last several months. The announcement Friday follows days of bloody clashes in M... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354268/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:40:19 -0400 Find Law http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38354268/ (David McNew, Getty Images) MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The head of Liberia's state-owned oil company says it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. to begin explorations off the country's coast.... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38351461/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:51:58 -0400 Fox 23 http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38351461/ Church Leaders See Need for Networking in CommunicationNAIROBI, Kenya, SEPT. 2, 2010 (Zenit.org).- "Fragmentation is our biggest weakness," says a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communica... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38352054/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:37:45 -0400 EWTN http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38352054/ Freetown — With barely a month to go for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, national weightlifting coach Sonny Johnson has revealed how they are currently undergoing intensive preparations ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349434/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349434/ Freetown — The Sierra Leone U-19 cricket team has once again lost to the host nation in the ongoing ICC Africa U-19 World Cup qualifiers in Namibia after earlier on losing to Kenya. The team los... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349435/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:47 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349435/ Freetown — A 17 year-old boy residing at Hill Station in the west-end of Freetown has accused his mother, grand mother, uncle and three others of being witch crafts working for the underworld. ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349436/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:46 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349436/ Freetown — The national secretariat of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Tuesday received letters of intent for the leadership contest from two more candidates, bringing to 20 the... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349437/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:44 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349437/ Freetown — Sierra Leone's district headquarter towns were agog with activity last week when the Minister, Deputy Minister-2 and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Secu... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349438/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:42 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349438/ Freetown — Sierra Leone is fast running towards post-conflict reconstruction and development generally. So fast that certain aspects have to be taken care of by its auxiliary partners. That was ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349439/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:39 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349439/ Freetown — The National Revenue Authority (NRA's) head of the Gbalamuya Customs post, Daniel Sesay, informed this writer that the post which borders Guinea and Sierra Leone is a major trading hu... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349440/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:37 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349440/ Freetown — Winners of the Africell 'Find the Hidden Treasure' Ramadan promotion were in jubilant mood yesterday as they received their prizes from the company. The presentation ceremony at the ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349441/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:35 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349441/ This is exactly what SLAJ was trying to prove when in February 2008 the association took a similar move to have our Supreme Court do what their Ugandan counterparts have done. Our highest court howeve... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349442/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349442/ Francis Obai Kabia said his desire to see Sierra Leone being united as a nation has pushed him to declare his intention of leading the opposition and eventually Sierra Leone after the general election... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349443/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:30 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349443/ Freetown — As the race for who to lead the Sierra Leone People's Party to the 2012 parliamentary and presidential elections heats-up, director of the Holy Mary Children's Clinic has joined the l... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349444/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:27 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349444/ Freetown — The Special Court for Sierra Leone has heard that Charles Taylor's former vice president, Moses Blah, ordered the execution in Liberia of the former Revolutionary United Front (RUF) c... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349445/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:25 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38349445/ The Management of Firestone Liberia is expected to host a scholarship awards ceremony for deserving students who have been qualified to benefit from the company's Scholarship Program for the 2010/2011... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348768/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:40:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348768/ The Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Ms. Martida Parker and the Chairman of the Board of Directors have differed over the US$1.7 million concession agreement for the reconstruct... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348769/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:40:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348769/ Liberia's Vice President, Joseph N. Boakai has welcomed the U.S. based Pantropic to Liberia, noting that its operations will touch the lives of rural dwellers, and help boost Government's Poverty Redu... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348770/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:40:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348770/ The administration of the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in Kakata, Margibi County, has lauded the long-standing partnership between it and the management of Firestone Liberia. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348771/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:40:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38348771/ At the current rate of production, South African gold output will slip below 200 tonnes this year dropping it to fourth place among producing nations http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38345909/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:44:12 -0400 Mine Web http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38345909/ column Freetown — One reason why the Sierra Leone People's Party National Executive Council (SLPP-NEC), the party's highest decision-making council, chose the option of charging exorbitant fee ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346821/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:36 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346821/ Freetown — The attention of the Association has been drawn to a 'letter' in one of the local tabloids stating that the Association is engaged in discussion of national politics. This is absolute... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346822/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:33 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346822/ opinion Freetown — Sierra Leone recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building; it is believed that President Ernest Bai Koroma is ready to promote and protect their physical, moral,... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346823/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346823/ Freetown — Over three hundred staff currently employed by the United Nations in Sierra Leone have in a meeting held at the YWCA old hall in Freetown on Friday August 27th 2010 unanimously agreed... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346683/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:04 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38346683/ CANBERRA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on Wednesday confirmed three Australians were among those killed in a plane crash on a remote island in Papua New Guinea. Smith... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38340879/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:51:07 -0400 SINA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38340879/ Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, right, greets Guinea presidential frontrunner Cellou Dalein Diallo, as he meets with members of the transitional government at the People's Palace in Conakry, G... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38338372/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:38:18 -0400 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38338372/ ACCRA, Sep 2, 2010 (IPS) - As one major meeting on agriculture ends, another begins: farming is truly back on Africa's agenda."Africa's agricultural sector has the potential not only to feed its own p... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38337982/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:15:44 -0400 IPS http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38337982/ South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said yesterday. Gov... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38334714/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:36:18 -0400 The Independent http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38334714/ South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said yesterday. Gov... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38335545/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:22:43 -0400 The Independent http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38335545/ Zenit.org ).- "Fragmentation is our biggest weakness," says a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communication, referring to a lack of networking and synergy among initiatives in Af... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38332807/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:11:04 -0400 Zenit http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38332807/ Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed on Thursday.Scienti... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38332169/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:07:37 -0400 West Australian http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38332169/ Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed on Thursday. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38332181/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:00:16 -0400 SBS http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38332181/ PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the increased risks African Americans face for a number of eye health issues, Transitions Optical, Inc., the leading supplier of photochromic e... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38331787/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:59:05 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38331787/ South African President Jacob Zuma's government has proposed a 'protection of information' bill that reporters fear will limit press freedom. (Dave Chidley/Canadian Press) http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38331789/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:19:02 -0400 CBC News http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38331789/ There are plenty of fund managers who want to be rock stars. Now, there is a rock star who fancies himself as a fund manager. Bob Geldof, the singer and campaigner for aid to Africa, is seeking to rai... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38331691/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:12:18 -0400 Financial Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/38331691/