en-ug-hotdailynews: 2014

2014年12月31日星期三

2015-01-01 Uganda Health

35% university students HIV positive – study
New Vision
KAMPALA - As the government continues to battle the spread of HIV – the virus that causes Aids – in Uganda, a new report indicates that a little over a third of students of Ugandan universities are HIV positive. The study, carried out by Reach A Hand Uganda ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Science

First frog that gives birth to tadpoles
New Vision
This undated photo shows a male and female of the new species (Limnonectes larvaepartus). The male is the smaller one, and the frogs were collected on the west coast of the Central Core of Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AFP/Jim McGuire) ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Sports

Kabugo tipped to win CBS FM award
The Observer (blog)
The second edition of the CBS FM Footballer of the Year search draws to a conclusion today when the winner will be unveiled at Mengo Palace during the station's annual end of the year event tagged 'Enkuuka.' The three finalists are SC Victoria University's ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Entertainment

The good, the bad, and projections for 2015
The Observer (blog)
2014 was such a good year for entertainment. Many new hits were churned out, but most importantly it is the year that broke the bondage by Uganda's music 'historicals'; Bebe Cool, Jose Chameleone, Juliana Kanyomozi, Bobi Wine, Mowzey Radio and ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Technology

Sky News Australia

Email, internet remain top workplace tools
Sky News Australia
Workers consider email and the internet the most important tools for productivity, but still prefer landlines over mobile phones for the office, a study shows. The Pew Research Centre found 61 per cent of those surveyed cited email as 'very important' for their ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Business

Indonesia vows 'all-out effort' in search for AirAsia victims
Khaleej Times
Pangkalan Bun — Indonesian rescuers promised an “all-out effort” to search for bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 as the weather cleared on Thursday and international investigators joined attempts to locate the fuselage of the ill-fated plane. Seven bodies ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda World

Telegraph.co.uk

2015 begins: Shanghai tragedy, fireworks elsewhere
Salt Lake Tribune
Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, to celebrate the New Year in London, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth). Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Africa

Kano budgets N210.7bn for 2015
Nigerian Tribune
However, a sum of 64 per cent was estimated to go for capital expenditure and 36 per cent for recurrent expenditure. Governor Musa Kwankwaso, the state governor, said the budget is tagged 'budget of celebration and change.' While presenting the budget, ...

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2015-01-01 Uganda Uganda

Police hands back William Street mosque
New Vision
Muslims under heavy police guard wait to enter the mosque before the standoff ended. Photo by Eddie Ssejjoba. mail; img. newvision. mail; img. By Eddie Ssejjoba and Steven Candia. POLICE today deployed at the William Street mosque, at centre of a huge ...

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2014年12月30日星期二

2014-12-31 Uganda Health

Evicted Hoima residents seek help as ActionAid intervenes
The Observer (blog)
Florence Nsungwa, a widow with four children, sits in front of her makeshift structure pondering what to feed her children. She says finding food for her children is the biggest problem, and, quite often, she relies on food hand-outs from good Samaritans or ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Science

Drunken birds slur just like humans: Study says
Capitalberg
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have found that birds slur after getting drunk just like human do. Scientists selected Zebra finch, a song bird that learns to sing in the same manner as humans learn speech. In the study made, Researcher ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Sports

Uganda's Proscovia to play for Loughborough Lightning in the UK Netball Super ...
Malawi Today
Reports from news channels in Uganda seem to indicate Uganda's most decorated netball player Peace Proscovia is heading to play for Loughborough Lightning in England's Netball Super League. Proscovia the match maker for Uganda netball team is ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Entertainment

Douglas's Purple Party winds it up in style
The Observer (blog)
Douglas Lwanga's TV career has grown steadily from his days at Record TV (Katogo) to where he is right now – NTV's The Beat. The same can be said of the event he put together three years ago to celebrate Ugandan music, musicians and fans. The third ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Technology

Email, Internet remain top workplace tools in US
DAWN.com
WASHINGTON: Americans see email and the Internet as the most important tools for productivity at work, and still prefer landlines over cellphones for the office, a study showed on Tuesday. The Pew Research Centre found 61 per cent of those surveyed cited ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Business

AirAsia QZ8501: Rescuers suspend search due to stormy weather; six bodies ...
ABC Online
Stormy weather has forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their search for wreckage, bodies and the black boxes of doomed AirAsia flight QZ8501, which plunged into the water at the weekend carrying 162 people. Waves of between two and three metres ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda World

UNSC, failing the test of Palestine
Aljazeera.com
How the US outmanoeuvred Palestine and used Nigeria to avoid using its veto at the UN Security Council. Last updated: 31 Dec 2014 03:26. Marwan Bishara. Marwan Bishara is the senior political analyst at Al Jazeera. RSS · Books · Listen. Email Article.
EU to promote 'now more than ever' two-state solution   Jerusalem Post
Australia, US reject latest Palestinian call for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian ...   ABC Online
Australia 'damaged' relations with Arab world by voting down UN Palestinian ...   The Guardian
Gulf Daily News
Irish Independent
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NDTV

2-Year-Old Shoots, Kills His Mother at Walmart
NDTV
A two-year-old boy on December 30, 2014 accidentally shot and killed his mother in a Walmart store after taking a gun from her purse, police said. (Associated Press). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. email. Hayden: A 2-year-old boy ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Africa

Christian Science Monitor

Gambian president flying home after gunfire panics the nation's capital
Brisbane Times
Banjul: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night. The government denied reports of an attempted coup, but a ...

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2014-12-31 Uganda Uganda

Anger over Muslim cleric deaths
The Observer
With the Muslim community angry and fearful over the murder of its leaders, the police said last evening that it was closing in on a big group of hit men. On the night of December 28, Sheikh Mustafa Bahiga was shot five times and killed, bringing to seven, the ...

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2014年12月29日星期一

2014-12-30 Uganda Health

NDTV

Ebola Returns to Europe with First Case Diagnosed in Britain
NDTV
Glasgow: A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland's largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Science

Uncover Michigan

Blue Hole in Belize could offer clues about extinction of Mayan Civilization
Uncover Michigan
Historians and archaeologists have been puzzled by the mystery behind the demise of the 3,000 year old Mayan civilization. But new research at the Blue Hole of Belize has shown that catastrophic drought brought the empire to its knees. The mighty Mayan ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Sports

Telegraph.co.uk

Jedinak urges Palace fans to rally behind new manager
Tribal Football
Crystal Palace skipper Mile Jedinak has urged fans to rally behind the club after the sacking of Neil Warnock. Crystal Palace skipper Mile Jedinak has urged fans to rally behind the club after the sacking of Neil Warnock. The Eagles are now in talks with ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Entertainment

Busaabala Pulls Hundreds
The Observer
It has now become a norm for beach-goers to throng One Love beach Busaabala on Boxing Day. Even this time round, people did not disappoint self-proclaimed Ghetto President Bobi Wine, who is the beach's proprietor and the organiser of the "Tondeka e ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Technology

Channel News Asia

US suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures
Daily News & Analysis
US investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday. As North Korea lacks the capability to conduct ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Business

KCCA to pay billions for city plot blunder
New Vision
THE Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is to pay dearly for what it pleads was an erroneous allocation of a prime plot of land to a city tycoon. The High Court has ordered the authority to pay over sh2b to Ibrahim Kibirige, commonly known as BMK, for ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda World

BBC News

Norman Atlantic: Confusion over ferry fire survivors
BBC News
Italian officials say they cannot be certain how many people are still missing from the Norman Atlantic ferry off Corfu, with evacuation complete. One man died trying to escape the ship, which was on a night journey from Greece to Italy, and a further nine ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Africa

Daily Times Nigeria

Obasanjo is a terrible liar, say Osoba, Adebanjo
Daily Times Nigeria
Few days after Nobel Laureate, Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka called former President Olusegun Obasanjo a compulsive and career liar, two other prominent fellow Ogun State indigenes have used similar words to describe on the same person.
You Are Untruthful Chronicler Of History, Osoba, Adebanjo Tell Obasanjo   Leadership Newspapers
Make inciting statements, go to jail, FG warns   Nigerian Tribune
Obasanjo lied on third term –Osoba   Daily Sun
The Guardian Nigeria
Daily Trust
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Leadership Newspapers

We Are Not Afraid Of APC – Oyedokun
Leadership Newspapers
Alhaji Shuaibu Afolabi Oyedokun, a former secretary to state government (SSG) in the old Oyo State, is also a former national deputy chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and presently a permanent member of the Board Of Trustees of the ...

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2014-12-30 Uganda Uganda

Press TV

Assailants gun down Muslim cleric in Uganda capital
Press TV
Armed men have killed a Muslim cleric on a highway in the center of the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kirya, the spokesman of Kibuli Mosque, said on Monday that Sheikh Mustafa Bahiga delivered a lecture and then headed to the ...

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2014年12月28日星期日

2014-12-29 Uganda Health

Kansas City Star

WHO: Ebola Death Toll Rises To 7693 In West Africa
Design & Trend
The World Health Organization announced Friday that the death toll from Ebola in West Africa has grown to 7,693. There have been nearly 20,000 cases reported since the outbreak began last year. Dec. 28 marks one year since the Ebola outbreak began, ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Science

FlightCentric.com

ESA astronaut takes some breathtaking photos of our planet
Capitalberg
German Astronaut Alexander Gerst, while on a collaborative European Space Agency's Blue Dot mission has taken some enthralling pictures of our planetary home. And what's more intriguing is that the European Space Agency has released the six minute ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Sports

Irish Independent

Millen declares interest in job after Palace earn point
Irish Independent
Tom Prentki. Published 29/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. 01 of 3. Previous; Next. Crystal Palace caretaker manager Keith Millen during the match. A Queens Park Ranger's fan walks to the stadium before the match.
Redknapp: QPR need another striker   Goal.com
Neil Warnock gave one too many excuses as Crystal Palace boss   Daily Mail
QPR 0 - Crystal Palace 0: Goalless draw does little to lessen Eagles' woes   Express.co.uk
NBCSports.com
Daily Star
ESPN.co.uk
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Hindustan Times

Rain delays start of post-lunch session
Business Standard
Rain delayed the start of the post-lunch session on day four of the Third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Monday. Australia were 90 for one at lunch, an overall lead of 155 runs, with Chris Rogers (not out 33) and Shane Watson ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Entertainment

AsiaOne

Sony's 'The Interview' makes $23.8 million in opening weekend
AsiaOne
Sony Pictures (6758.T) said "The Interview" has earned more than US$15 million (S$19.8 billion) in online sales and another US$2.8 million in theatres, an impressive return made possible by the publicity surrounding the cyberattack blamed on North Korea.
Apple makes "The Interview" movie available on iTunes   Daily News & Analysis
Sony's 'The Interview' movie earns $15 million in online sales   Livemint
The Interview makes $18m after massive online sales   The Guardian
BBC News
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Boxing Day: Chameleone VS Bebe Cool
Uganda Online
Bebe Cool has always had issues with Bobi Wine and Chameleone but the year 2014 has seen a few things change. During the KCCA Carnival, Bebe Cool performed a Bobi Wine song only to reveal in some interview that he was paid $10,000 just to do that.
Boxing Day sets stage for Bebe Cool, Chameleone music battle   The Observer (blog)
In pictures: Chameleone, Bebe Cool rekindle 'romance' at Kiwatule   New Vision

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Beyonce's dad Matthew Knowles sells her memorabilia in garage sale
The Age
Matthew Knowles decided he needed more space in his office, so he gathered up a heap of Beyonce merchandise he had lying around for a garage sale. The sale of T-shirts, DVDs and other memorabilia outside his Huston office sparked rumours he was ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Technology

Sony PlayStation back online after three-day outage
The Hindu
Sony has said that its PlayStation Network is back online after three days of disruptions that began on Christmas. However, heavy traffic might continue to cause problems for customers, the company said on Sunday. A group of hackers called Lizard Squad or ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Business

Government wants debt experts
The Observer (blog)
The directorate of cash and debt management has been created at the ministry of Finance to advise the minister and secretary to the treasury on the country's debt obligations. In an advertisement run in The Economist last week, government announced ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda World

CBC.ca

Flight QZ8501: The Search Operation Explained
Sky News
Several countries have deployed ships and planes to help track down the missing jet which lost contact over the Java Sea. 03:27, UK, Monday 29 December 2014. Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's vice president, monitors the search operation in Jakarta. Indonesia is ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Africa

Reps to summon Jega over readiness for 2015
The Punch
The House of Representatives on Sunday raised concerns over the 2015 general elections, saying that adequate funding for the Independent National Electoral Commission and security would determine the credibility of the polls. The House Committee on ...

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2014-12-29 Uganda Uganda

Citizens must play their role in good governance push
The Observer (blog)
As one year ends and another beckons, people often look back and forth, to take stock of what has been and to make plans and set targets. In Uganda, this month has been no different, as religious leaders and public officials urged citizens and leaders to ...

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2014年12月27日星期六

2014-12-28 Uganda Health

Over 100 babies born on Christmas in Kampala
New Vision
At least 101 babies were born on Christmas in major health faccilities in Kampala. At the National Referal Hospital, Mulago 62 births were registered. 32 babies were boys and 30 female. The in charge of the Labour ward, Sulphine Twinomuhangi, attributed ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Science

Digital Journal

Astronaut Returns from International Space Station, Brings Back Video of Earth
Pioneer News
Images from space, taken by astronaut Alexander Gerst have been joined together to form a time lapse video. Gerst is from the European Space Agency and served as the flight engineer on board the International Space Station (ISS) from May until November ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Sports

Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic in frame for Crystal Palace role
Herald Sun
Cannot Contact Server. Please upgrade your browser to view HTML 5 content. Tony Popovic in the running for Crystal Palace's top job 0:57. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic is again touted as ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Entertainment

A bad decision
Gulf Daily News
As a computer buff in Bahrain, I find the hacking scandal in North Korea fascinating. It has come to this: An anonymous group of hackers has forced a major Hollywood studio to temporarily cancel the release of a $40 million feature film by threatening violence ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Technology

ABC News

Sony Admits PlayStation Problem Was Cyberattack
NBCNews.com
Sony has appeared to admit for the first time that the disruption to its PlayStation network that ruined Christmas for untold children was the result of a cyberattack. "The video game industry has been experiencing high levels of traffic designed to disrupt ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Business

Wall Street Journal

Is oil heading to fair price era?
DAWN.com
When asked by the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES), if oil markets would ever lift prices to $100 a barrel again, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi responded “we may not.” Not too long ago deemed a “fair” price by major producers, $100 a barrel crude ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda World

White House silent on North Korea's accusations against Obama
Business Standard
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS/EFE) The US government remained silent about North Korea's accusations against President Barack Obama, whom a spokesman of the North Korean National Defense Commission compared to a "monkey" and said he forced ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Africa

The News

Why Buhari Instigated Regional Rebellion Against Obasanjo — Osuntokun
The Streetjournal
Mr Akin Osuntokun is not new on the nation's political terrain. He operated at the highest level of government when he was Political Adviser to former President OlusegunObasanjo. Before then, he was the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria ...

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2014-12-28 Uganda Uganda

Ugandan Shiite Leader 'Sheikh Abdul Qadir Muwaya' Laid to Rest
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir
Ugandans turned out in tens of thousands in Mayuge district yesterday to bury Sheikh Abdul Qadir Muwaya (Daktoor) who was shot dead Thursday night. Ugandans turned out in tens of thousands in Mayuge district yesterday to bury Sheikh Abdul Qadir ...

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2014年12月26日星期五

2014-12-27 Uganda Health

Scotsman

Culture of drunkenness needs to be changed
The Age
Social drinking has an implied level of widespread acceptance. We see little wrong with the practice of drinking moderate amounts in appropriate circumstances. But what is alarming is the level of acceptance for being hopelessly intoxicated in public.
Festive cheer without the hangover   Scotsman

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Kampala welcomed more than 100 babies this Christmas
spyghana.com
The in charge of the Labour ward, Sulphine Twinomuhangi, attributed the decline in the number due to the on going renovation of the hospital. She explained that currently the hospital handles mothers with complicated cases and the rest of the cases are ...

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2014-12-27 Uganda Science

Singularity Hub

US researchers develop mind-controlled robotic arms
Arirang News
Robotic arms for amputee patients may sound like something from a science fiction movie but it is now a reality thanks to a group of U.S. scientists. This is great news for Leslie Baugh who lost both his arms in a tragic electrical accident 40 years ago. He never ...

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2014-12-27 Uganda Sports

Wall Street Journal

Baseball is catching on in Uganda
USA TODAY
At the Wall Street Journal, John W. Miller has a fascinating story about going to coach baseball in Uganda with George Mukhobe, that country's top baseball administrator. Go read the whole thing. An excerpt: Like coaches in Brussels, Havana and Chicago, ...

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2014-12-27 Uganda Entertainment

Ambitious exodus entertains but fails to move its audience
Herald.ie
In attempting to bring the Biblical tale of Moses to the big screen, Ridley Scott faced two huge names from the past. The combination of Cecil B. DeMille and Charlton Heston loomed large over this project, that pair's work in The Ten Commandments casting a ...

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2014-12-27 Uganda Technology

Hollywood Reporter

North Korea blames the US for Internet outages
Reuters UK
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. North Korea's main internet ...

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2014-12-27 Uganda Business

mySanAntonio.com

Financial shocker of the year: Oil at $60
mySanAntonio.com
Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in June in Mosul, Iraq. Despite intense turmoil in the Middle East and an improving economy in the U.S. — things that ...

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2014-12-27 Uganda World

The Express Tribune

Pakistan airstrikes kill 23 militants in North Waziristan
Daily News & Analysis
At least 23 militants were killed when Pakistani fighter jets today pounded terrorist hideouts in the restive North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. Military fighter jets targeted militant hideouts in Dattakhel area, killing 23 terrorists including some ...

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