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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 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:29:17 -0400 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:29:17 -0400 30 Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland has defended his officers after a report accused the force of racially discriminating against African youth. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/612631/cs/1/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:30:10 -0400 ANI http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/612631/cs/1/ del.icio.us Concerns over the extent of U.S. military aid in war-torn Somalia as well as challenges for the U.S. military command structure in Africa are leading American experts to scrutinize the U.S... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192964/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:11:26 -0400 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192964/ del.icio.us Concerns over the extent of U.S. military aid in war-torn Somalia as well as challenges for the U.S. military command structure in Africa are leading American experts to scrutinize the U.S... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192971/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:09 -0400 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192971/ ALGIERS: Seven North African states held talks Tuesday in Algeria to plan a coordinated response to Al-Qaeda following a dangerous rise in the terror threat in the Sahara-Sahel region, officials said. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192969/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192969/ A subculture of underground African dance clubs and churches has emerged for Israel's estimated 20,000 immigrants, many from Eritrea and Sudan who seek asylum. http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192791/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:08:06 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33192791/ Africa Oil reported that the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation pertaining to the August 19, 2009 farm-out agreement between Lion Energy and Africa Oil. Under the farm-out agre... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33188904/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:51 -0400 Rigzone http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33188904/ Posted on: Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 12:33 CDT The black market trade of African ivory has been linked to Asian crime organizations and may affect the efforts made by Zambia and Tanzania to sell off ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33189697/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:37 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33189697/ High Court of Justice [official website] reversed a previous ban that had prevented Iye Kendor Bandabla from her birthright to compete for the position of paramount chief in her local district. The de... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33189213/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:53:05 -0400 Jurist http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33189213/ Liberia's rainforests, once ravaged for blood timber sold to fund one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars, are being primed as a lucrative and legal industry using cutting-edge tracking technology. On... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33189041/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:33:11 -0400 Breitbart http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33189041/ There's another type of corruption gnawing away at African economic development and that's so-called quiet corruption. The World Bank released its annual Africa Development Indicators yesterday and hi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33186755/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:35:14 -0400 SABC http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33186755/ It's a remarkable prospect, and one that has been largely overlooked by a western world accustomed to criticising, not celebrating Africa. Barring a last-minute disaster, the people of Sudan will go t... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33186718/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:48 -0400 The Guardian http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33186718/ Posted on: Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 09:56 CDT "Four and 20 black birds baked in a pie" – but wait, one has blue-gray eyes.That discovery, backed by DNA analysis, means scientists now kno... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33182959/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:13:18 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33182959/ (Dakar) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has in recent months stepped up targeting tourists and aid workers for murder and kidnapping in Mali, Niger, and Mauritania, Human Rights Watch said t... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33182955/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:18:38 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33182955/ (RTTNews) - Tuesday, Moody's Investors Service downgraded its ratings on South African banks' Medium Term Note programmes allowing for the issuance of undated Tier 2 and hybrid Tier 1 notes, and all ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33182267/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:05:53 -0400 Quote.com http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33182267/ March 2010, at about 1500hours, launched what has been referred to by many observers as an unwarranted attack on a civilian territory around the Waterloo general area, destroying well over 100 houses,... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180302/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:59 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180302/  (Photo: Iye Kendor Bandabla said she “felt sick” when she was first barred) The High Court overturned a ban on Iye Kendor Bandabla from becoming chief in Kissy Teng chiefdom in the cou... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180304/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:56 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180304/ Sierra Leone’s ace envoy to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) recently made a humble request that even though the Headquarters of the... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180303/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:55 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180303/ I hold the view that President Ernest Bai Koroma is too serious in the fight against corruption, a cancer that has eaten into the fabrics of society. I only would refer readers to the ACC Act 2008 to ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180306/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:52 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180306/ reflects the growing alarm over Africa’s increasing exodus of human capital. Data on Brain Drain in Africa is scarce and inconsistent; however, statistics illustrate a continent losing the very ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180305/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:51 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33180305/ - Bio-Solutions Corp. (OTCBB:BISU), is proud to announce that CEO and President, Dr. Gilles Chaumillon has been featured on local African cable television. The interview which was filmed in Kinshasa,... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176354/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:28:09 -0400 Market Wire http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176354/ NAKIVALE, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Umaru Swaray, 33, was a child soldier during Liberia’s civil war. Separated from his family, he walked for months crossing the continent to Uganda, searching for his... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176951/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:25:20 -0400 IRIN http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176951/ Johannesburg — SA's chartered accountant (CA) brand is growing in sub-Saharan Africa and the country's professional body is working with Zambia and Lesotho to bring these countries into the Sout... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176953/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:50:10 -0400 All Africa http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176953/ A booming black market in African ivory linked to Asian crime syndicates may scupper efforts by Zambia and Tanzania to hold a one-off sale of tusks, experts and delegates at a UN wildlife trade meetin... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176958/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:37:50 -0400 Breitbart http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33176958/ Chinalco have resurrected joint plans to develop the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea in a breakthrough in relations that hit rock bottom last year when the Anglo-Australian miner http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33174393/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:53:43 -0400 Financial Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33174393/ A booming black market in African ivory linked to Asian crime syndicates may scupper efforts by Zambia and Tanzania to hold a one-off sale of tusks, experts and delegates at a UN wildlife trade meetin... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33172304/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:26:58 -0400 West Australian http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33172304/ Submit your comment Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto is in talks with China's top aluminium group, Chinalco, to develop the massive Simandou iron ore project in Guinea at an expected cost of $12 billi... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33172094/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:46:31 -0400 Business Report http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33172094/ SEOUL, March 16 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A South African diplomat denied Tuesday a South Korean news report that North Korean laborers are working in stadiums across South Africa ahead of the football wo... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33172306/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:27:47 -0400 Breitbart http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33172306/ JavaScript Tag // Tag for network 658: United Stations // Website: Mineweb.com // Page: Mineweb - ROS - Gold & Silver Analysis // Placement: Mineweb - ROS - G&S Analysis (2366887) // created at: Jan 1... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33169894/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:50:17 -0400 Mine Web http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33169894/ Reporting from Limpopo Province, South Africa The baby rhino, an orphan, had barely been weaned. Her horn was only a few inches long. But that didn't stop the poachers from hacking it off. David Uys, ... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33170306/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:22:32 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33170306/ South Africa , the mining industry is the second largest electricity consumer after the manufacturing sector. Electricity is not only an integral input in any mining process but it is also critical in... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33169905/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:49 -0400 Breitbart http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33169905/ del.icio.us A former Liberian Supreme Court Chief Justice who is now chair of the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission is proposing that cases of corruption in Liberia be fast tracked and a spec... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33166424/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:11:53 -0400 VOA http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33166424/ NEW YORK, NY -- 03/16/10 -- Last August, Dr. Glassbrenner, of Gentle Dentistry, travelled to South Africa on an Eco-Safari organized by The Earth Organization to a wildlife reserve and adopted a Whit... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33166426/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:22:22 -0400 Earth Times http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33166426/ NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) - Last August, Dr. Glassbrenner, of Gentle Dentistry, travelled to South Africa on an Eco-Safari organized by The Earth Organization to a wildlife reserve a... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33164655/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:21:56 -0400 Market Wire http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33164655/ Author: SEMSierra Leone News Florence Kroma, recently ordained first woman priest in the Sierra Leone community in Texas, USA, and pastor of Mount Zion Praise Church will take part in the Total Freedo... http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33164979/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:53:17 -0400 Sierra Express Media http://story.sierraleonetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fcd2bb0346b8627/id/33164979/