2015-03-01 Uganda Health

South China Morning Post (subscription)   

WHO's warning about hearing loss may not be music to your ears   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
People who use personal audio players should limit their use to an hour a day and turn down the volume to prevent permanent hearing loss, the World Health Organisation said. The UN agency said young people were particularly at risk. Almost half of all 12- ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Science

Customs Today Newspaper   

Astronomers discover 26 galaxies in 27 hours of scanning   
Customs Today Newspaper
LONDON: Astronomers have discovered 26 distant galaxies during 27 hours of scanning as a new instrument named as Very Large Telescope (VLT) has given the most detailed 3-D view of the deep Universe. MUSE, for Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Sports

Irish Independent   

Crystal Palace hammer home tactical advantage with win   
Irish Independent
Jacob Steinberg. Published 01/03/2015 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Glenn Murray turns away to celebrate after scoring Crystal Palace's third goal in their Premier League Open Gallery 5 Glenn Murray turns away to ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Entertainment

The Charlottesville Newsplex   

Watoto Children's Choir Performs in Charlottesville   
The Charlottesville Newsplex
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (NEWSPLEX) -- Dozens gathered at First Baptist Church in Charlottesville Saturday to watch the Watoto Children's choir perform. The group, which is on the sixth month of a seven-month international tour, is part of a larger ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Technology

Customs Today Newspaper   

3 Japanese automobile giants team up to work jointly on self-driving car ...   
Customs Today Newspaper
TOKYO: Three big automakers of Japan team up with electronics giants and the government in a bid to propel the country into the front ranks of self-driving car technology, officials said. “We will set up a so-called self-navigation business conference so that we ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Business

Ventures Africa   

East Africa States Ban Second Hand Clothing to Protect Booming Textile Industry   
Ventures Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – East African countries are set to place a ban on the importation of used clothes and shoes into the region. The industry believed to be worth millions of dollars, was a point of discussion at the recently concluded the 16th East African ...

2015-03-01 Uganda World

NDTV   

Death Threats and Late Night Dinner Before Russia's Boris Nemtsov was Shot ...   
NDTV
Moscow: It was near closing time on Friday at the upscale Bosco restaurant that looks out onto the illuminated red-brick walls of Moscow's Kremlin. Boris Nemtsov and his young, dark-haired girlfriend were finishing dinner. A political reformer who had fallen ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Africa

MiamiHerald.com   

Zimbabwe needs fresh leadership   
The Zimbabwe Standard
VICTORIA FALLS starts returning to normal today after the hoopla associated with President Robert Mugabe's 91st birthday that attracted thousands of people to the resort town. Opinion with Chipo Masara. Mugabe, who ate cake while his country is burning, ...

2015-03-01 Uganda Uganda

JURIST   

ICC prosecutor requests extension to confirm charges against LRA commander   
JURIST
[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda [official profile] on Friday requested a three-month extension to gather evidence to confirm charges against Dominic Ongwen [BBC profile]. The former Lord's Resistance ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Health

Salon   

STUDY: Researchers find pot 114 times safer than alcohol   
wtkr.com
Researchers have found cannabis usage, whether medical or recreational, to be 114 times safer than alcohol usage. Studies say that alcohol is the most deadly — showing the highest risk of death, killing more people than tobacco. In 2014, The World Health ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Science

Firstpost   

U.N. Climate Chief Quickly Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations   
TheBlaze.com
A United Nations climate chief who stepped down from his position this week after allegations of sexual harassment will not be allowed to leave India or enter his office under an interim bail order issued by an Indian court, the BBC reported. Rajendra Pachauri ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Sports

TV Newsroom   

West Ham United v Crystal Palace: Live on Sky Sports TV   
TV Newsroom
Sky Sports will broadcast live Premier League football this afternoon as West Ham United take on Crystal Palace.. The match comes from Upton Park, where the London rivals battle it out for three important point. The Hammers have been one of the surprise ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Entertainment

Crestview News Bulletin   

Ugandan Orphans Sing Their Way to New Life   
Christian Broadcasting Network
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda has a mission to help the estimated 50 million orphans across Africa. Members of the choir believe that singing is just part of their purpose. CBN News caught up with the choir in Norfolk, Virginia, ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Technology

Times of India   

Japan Latest To join Self-Drive Movement, Leaves Many Worried   
MotoringCrunch
Earlier today, the Japanese government announced a master plan for the nation's automotive hub. In a bid to remain competitive in the global market, Japan has called upon Toyota, Nissan, Honda, University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Panasonic and ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Business

Irish Examiner   

Greece running out of options   
Irish Examiner
Greece is running out of options to fund itself despite a four-month bailout extension, raising pressure on Athens to quickly implement reforms it has vocally opposed or default on debt repayments in a matter of weeks. Eurozone and IMF creditors gave Greece ...

2015-02-28 Uganda World

National Post   

Killing leaves Putin critics in despair   
Financial Times
Opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin were in shock, anger and despair early on Saturday after veteran liberal politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in central Moscow shortly after midnight, the most prominent opposition leader to be killed in the ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Africa

Leadership Newspapers   

14m PVCs Yet To Be Collected – INEC   
Leadership Newspapers
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, a total of 14,505,729 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) are yet to be distributed, latest data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed yesterday. By the recent data released by the electoral ...

2015-02-28 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Girls beat boys in 2014 A'level exams   
New Vision
Education minister Jessica Alupo (L) and UNEB chairperson Prof. Mary Okwakol (R) pictured here during the release of the 2014 UACE results. (Photo credit: Kennedy Oryema). mail. img. newvision. mail; img. By Vision Reporter KAMPALA - The results for ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Health

Newsweek   

New study confirms that laws on alcohol and marijuana are totally out of sync ...   
Businessinsider India
The red bar indicated the margin of exposure for the average user, the grey represents the tolerant user, and the brackets show the margin of error. They had to use a logarithmic scale to fit marijuana onto the same chart. Rick Wilking/Reuters. marijuana ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Science

Discovery News   

Hippos Related to Whales, Fossil Reveals   
Discovery News
An ancient relative of the hippopotamus likely swam from Asia to Africa some 35 million years ago, long before the arrival of the lion, rhino, zebra and giraffe, suggests a new study. Analysis of the previously unknown, long-extinct animal also confirms that ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Sports

Mirror.co.uk   

West Ham's Mark Noble urged to become Hammers legend by Allardyce after ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Sam Allardyce has challenged Mark Noble to make himself a West Ham legend at the Olympic Stadium. Noble, 27, signed a new five-and-a-half-year, £50,000-a-week deal that will take him up to the age of 33. One-club-man Noble is also set to be rewarded ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Entertainment

Crestview News Bulletin   

African Children's Choir to Perform March 31 in Red Bank   
Atlantic Highlands Herald
RED BANK, NJ - The African Children's Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances. The program features well-loved children's songs, traditional Spirituals and Gospel favorites.
African children's choir to perform Sunday in Crestview   Crestview News Bulletin
Jaguza children's choir glorify God through cultural vibes   New Vision
African children's choir to perform in Marion   Southwest Virginia Today
Columbia Missourian   
Durham Herald Sun   
Gadsden Times   
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Mic   

The Scientific Reasons You Should Definitely Date Someone With a Tattoo   
Mic
Your Favorite Bands' Best Performance Might Be the One You've Never Seen... Until Now · Kendrick Lamar Just Released His First Single in Two Years, and It's Incredible · 7 Times Miley Cyrus Actually Had a Really Good Point · Apple Is Reportedly Shutting ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Technology

The National Business Review (subscription)   

Car Torque: Mirai made by hand   
The National Business Review (subscription)
Free audio stream, including stories that are padlocked on our site. Listen on any device, anywhere. Updated twice daily. The audio stream takes several seconds to start on Android devices. Launch Radio player. Toyota has abandoned mass production for ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Business

Wall Street Journal   

Japan's Stocks Inch Up as Data Paint Mixed Picture   
Wall Street Journal
A raft of data painting diverging pictures of Japan's economy capped gains for Japan stocks Friday, while in China, the yuan fell to its lowest level in months. A man is reflected on an electronic board in Tokyo on February 20, 2015. ENLARGE. A man is ...

2015-02-27 Uganda World

Channel 4 News   

Identity Of IS Militant "Jihadi John" Revealed   
Bernama
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- The infamously black-clad English-speaking militant aka "Jihadi John" who has played a vital role in Islamic State (IS)'s beheading videos was identified as a middle-class Briton born in Kuwait, Xinhua news agency ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Africa

TODAYonline   

hold-Lesotho prepares for early vote in bid to ease political crisis   
Daily Mail
MASERU, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Feuding parties in Lesotho's ruling coalition will face off on Saturday in early national elections staged in a bid to restore stability six months after an attempted coup. The vote is being held around two years ahead of schedule ...

2015-02-27 Uganda Uganda

KFM   

Parliament passes Registration of Persons Bill 2014   
NTV Uganda
The law also allows the Electoral Commission to obtain data from the national identity registration to update the national voters' register. Parliament has passed the Registration of Person's bill 2014 thus paving way for the establishment of a National ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Health

eTurboNews   

Uganda government and donors meet in battle against malnutrition   
Coastweek
KAMPALA Uganda (Xinhua) -- Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda on Tuesday called for a more effective campaign against malnutrition, especially among children and women of child-bearing age. The government cannot make real gains in ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Science

Empire State Tribune   

Hippos and Whales Share the Same Evolutionary Genetics   
Empire State Tribune
Many things have been written about hippos these past few days. Some would say that the ancestral line of this big powerful jungle animals are no bigger than an overgrown sheep or of a pig for that matter. Whatever the description there might be, one thing is ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Sports

FIFA clears top official over World Cup corruption claims   
Times of India
ZURICH: FIFA on Tuesday cleared its longest serving executive board member Michel D'Hooghe of Belgium of four corruption charges in the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups won by Russia and Qatar. D'Hooghe, chairman of FIFA's medical committee, ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Entertainment

New Vision   

John 'The Beast' Mugabi returns after 26 years   
New Vision
Legendary Ugandan boxer John Mugabi arrived in the country on Wednesday to a rousing welcome at Entebbe International Airport after 21 years in the diaspora. Mugabi, who bagged a silver medal during the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, is among the ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Technology

The Australian   

Sim maker confirms its systems were hacked   
DAWN.com
PARIS: A European maker of Sim (subscriber identity module) cards, Gemalto, said on Wednesday it had suffered hacking attacks that were likely conducted by US and British intelligence agencies but denied any “massive theft” of encryption keys that could ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Business

Mail & Guardian Africa   

Low oil prices to hit investment in Uganda's oil sector - c.bank governor   
Reuters Africa
KAMPALA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The sharp drop in oil prices will likely slow down the flow of investment capital tied to Uganda's emerging hydrocarbons industry, and hurt economic growth, the country's central bank governor said on Wednesday. Governor ...

2015-02-26 Uganda World

New York Times   

Apple ordered to pay nearly USD 533 mn for patent infringement   
Business Standard
Tech giant Apple has been ordered to pay USD 532.9 million in damages after a federal jury found it guilty of wilful patent infringement. The jury, sitting in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, took eight hours to decide that Apple's iTunes ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Africa

Fox News   

Kidnappers Of American Missionary In Nigeria Demand Ransom   
CBS Local
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The armed men who abducted an American missionary earlier this week in southern Nigeria have demanded a ransom of nearly $300,000, police said Wednesday. Rev. Phyllis Sortor was kidnapped from the Hope Academy ...

2015-02-26 Uganda Uganda

MPs grill Rugunda over delayed electoral reforms   
NTV Uganda
The Prime minister said the matter of electoral reforms would be handled by Attorney General Peter Nyombi as soon as he returns to the country. Members of Parliament have put Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda to task to explain why cabinet was ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Health

The Observer (blog)   

'Integrate mental and physical health'   
The Observer (blog)
HARUNA NYANZI is a Ugandan mental health practitioner and director of Metro Health based in the United Kingdom. For years, he has been one of the leading proponents of the view that the physical wellness of an individual has a correlation with their ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Science

New York Times   

Don't malign rats for the Black Death - the gerbils were to blame   
New Zealand Herald
Who, me? Researchers say gerbils, not rats, may have been to blame for the Black Death in Europe. Photo / Thinkstock. The Black Death has always been bad publicity for rats, with the rodent widely blamed for killing millions of people across Europe by ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Sports

SuperSport   

Sundowns close in on log leaders   
SuperSport
Mamelodi Sundowns made things more difficult for the struggling AmaZulu on Tuesday night at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban as they beat them 1-0 in their Absa Premiership clash.. A goal by Cuthbert Malajila was enough to place Mamelodi ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Entertainment

Uganda Online   

Singer Desire Luzinda mobbed by fans   
Uganda Online
Desire Luzinda's fans mobbed her car along Wilson road on Tuesday afternoon. The Ekitone singer was spotted by some boda-boda men who did not allow her to drive off before saying a word to her fans. The curvy singer obliged...some of the fans were ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Technology

CBC.ca   

Canadian flag emoji included in Apple's new, racially-diverse character set   
CBC.ca
Ready your thumbs Canada; It appears as though our fight for a spot on the emoji keyboard may finally be coming to an end. Apple released the newest beta versions of iOS and OSX to developers this week, and screenshots of the redesigned emoji character ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Business

Wall Street Journal (blog)   

Uganda Offers Oil Blocks, Ending Nine-Year Licensing Freeze   
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Uganda has launched an oil-exploration licensing round for six blocks in its Lake Albertine Rift basin, ending a nine-year freeze on new licensing in its fast-growing energy sector. The blocks on offer through an open competitive bidding process include at ...

2015-02-25 Uganda World

Irish Independent   

'Nobody believed anything like this could happen'   
Irish Independent
"The man walked in and started shooting with a handgun," said Pavel Karlik, the restaurant's shaken owner. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. "I immediately ran out through the back door, along with other guests, ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Africa

Stuff.co.nz   

US missionary kidnapped in Nigeria   
Stuff.co.nz
Masked gunmen abducted an American missionary in southern Nigeria, her church's website and Nigerian authorities said today. "Early this morning we received a report that Rev. Phyllis Sortor, our missionary in Nigeria, was abducted from the Hope ...

2015-02-25 Uganda Uganda

Mao takes leave from DP activities   
New Vision
“We have 40 leaders who will steer the party in my absence. My doctors have advised that I rest,” Mao announced on Tuesday. Addressing journalists at the party head quarter Tuesday, Mao said doctors advised him to rest when he returned from Nairobi ...

2015-02-24 Uganda Health

The Times (subscription)   

British syringe may save 1.3m lives each year   
The Times (subscription)
A British invention could save a million lives worldwide every year after the World Health Organisation said that single-use syringes should be used for all injections by 2020. Marc Koska, 53, the inventor of LifeSaver Needles, one of the designs being ...

2015-02-24 Uganda Science

Daily Mail   

Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue   
USA TODAY
A CT scan by a Dutch team of researchers showed the skeletal remains of a mummified meditating monk inside a seated Buddha statue about 1,000 years old. (Photo: Drents Museum). 32 CONNECT 51 TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 2 COMMENTEMAILMORE.
Buddha CAT scan reveals monk, ancient writings   NEWS.com.au
Mummified Chinese monk found inside ancient Buddha statue   Shanghaiist
Liuquan, Buddhist monk, found mummified in Chinese Buddha statue   Newsday
Live Science   
Metro   
NBCNews.com   
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NOLA.com   

Scientist cited by climate change deniers didn't reveal energy industry funding ...   
NOLA.com
Wei-Hock Soon, also known as Willie Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, left, refuses to answer questions about his funding from a Greenpeace official after a Heritage Foundation talk in September 2013. (Greenpeace). Print.
Prominent Climate Change Denier caught taking $1.2 Million from Energy ...   Examiner.com
Deniers' favourite scientist quietly took money from the fossil fuel industry   Business Spectator
Report: Southern Co. paid for climate skeptic's research   Utility Dive
WABE 90.1 FM   
Science AAAS   
Washington Times   
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The Space Reporter   

Latest spacewalk 'selfie' taken against background of Earth, ISS   
The Space Reporter
Astronaut Butch Wilmore took a dramatic picture of himself during a spacewalk this weekend, featuring himself against a background of the blue and white Earth and part of the International Space Station (ISS). Fellow astronaut and spacewalker Terry Virts is ...

2015-02-24 Uganda Sports

BBC Sport   

Task force says the 2022 World Cup in Qatar must be played in November and ...   
The Week Magazine
It's still seven years away, but setting a date for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is already posing a bit of a problem due to hot temperatures and other sporting events. Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, the head of FIFA's task force that determines possible ...

2015-02-24 Uganda Entertainment

Reuters India   

'Birdman' leap makes Fox Searchlight shine at Oscars   
Reuters India
From Left: Nicolas Giacobone, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr.and Armando Bo pose with the Oscars for best original screenplay for ''Birdman'' at the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 22, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Lucy ...

2015-02-24 Uganda Technology

Stuff.co.nz   

Japan's wearable tomato machine The Tomatan   
Stuff.co.nz
Inventor Nobumichi Tosa in conjunction with the Kagome juice company, has created The Tomatan: a wearable tomato-feeder for the Tokyo Marathon. A Japanese juice company has unveiled a wearable tomato machine at the Tokyo Marathon. The Tomatan ...