2015-03-23 Uganda Health

Khaleej Times   

Babies vulnerable to passive smoking   
Gulf Today
DUBAI: Pregnant smoking women would do their children a big favour if they quit the habit. An oft-repeated campaign for over two decades, this was again highlighted from the 2015 83-page edition of the “Tobacco Atlas”, released from the recently-concluded ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Science

The Moscow Times   

Rare Solar Eclipse Visible Over Moscow on Friday   
The Moscow Times
The sky will go dark on Friday when a rare solar eclipse blocks the sun. Darkness will be complete in the Faroe Isles in the North Atlantic and in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Sea, while much of Europe, including Moscow, will experience a partial ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Sports

spyghana.com   

Uganda To Hold Nigerian Counterparts In A Hot Game   
spyghana.com
Uganda's national football team Cranes left for Nigeria on Sunday for an international friendly against the Super Eagles. football. Head coach Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic said before leaving that he had to trim the team to 18 players because some players could ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Entertainment

Luxor African Film Festival Winners Announced   
AllAfrica.com
Luxor African Film Festival unveiled the winners of its competitions. Senegal, Tunisia and Egypt were on top of the winners. "The Dream of Shahrazad" directed by South African documentary filmmaker Francois Verster won late journalist al Husseiny Abu Daif ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Technology

Firstpost   

Samsung to launch Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge in India today   
Zee News
New Delhi: Samsung's flagship smartphones Galaxy S6 and S6 edge will be launched in the Indian market today. The two flagship smartphones were unveiled earlier at the company's Unpacked 2015 event at MWC in Barcelona ahead of Mobile World ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Business

eTurboNews   

Tourists saved harassment over carvings?   
eTurboNews
Tanzania introduced an exit duty on wood carvings a few weeks ago, raising an immediate storm of protest by carver cooperatives, safari operators, tourism association executives, and tourists themselves, who were suddenly faced with having to cough up ...

2015-03-23 Uganda World

Channel News Asia   

President pays tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, recalls friendship with Taiwan   
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, March 23 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou on Monday paid tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, who died earlier in the day at the age of 91, saying the founding father of Singapore was a "distinguished leader who will be remembered by people around the world."
World mourns as the founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew dies at 91   Firstpost
Business community sends tributes in honour of Lee Kuan Yew   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Najib Conveys Condolences To Singapore PM Over Kuan Yew's Demise   Bernama
Channel News Asia   
The Australian Financial Review   
Sin Chew Jit Poh   
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Irish Examiner   

McCain: 'Get over temper tantrum Obama'   
Irish Examiner
US senator John McCain accused President Barack Obama of throwing a “temper tantrum” over comments by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding to the conflict between the White House and the Republican-dominated Congress over Israel.
Netanyahu, Obama rift ratchets up the rhetoric on all sides   The Globe and Mail
A panicking politician...   Gulf Daily News
Law of unintended consequences rules supreme in Israel's elections   Haaretz
The Nation   
Daily Beast   
Jerusalem Post Israel News   
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Daily Mail   

Fears as ISIS flag seen hanging outside Detroit military base...only for army to ...   
Daily Mail
A truck reportedly bore a flag for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Michigan over the weekend. On Sunday morning, the flag was just a short distance away from the United States Army Reserve Center in Southfield, WWJ reported. Reserve center ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Africa

Leadership Newspapers   

Polls: PVC Collection Hits 81.98 Per Cent – INEC   
Leadership Newspapers
Ahead of the presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the percentage of those who picked Permanent Voter Cards is 81.98. By this update, 12.4 million eligible voters have not ...

2015-03-23 Uganda Uganda

FDC at war with itself ahead of 2016   
Independent
FDC Secretary General Alice Alaso, speaks at the launch of the policy agenda at Nakivubo stadium on March 9. INDEPENDENT/JIMMY SIYAWhen the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) launched its Policy Agenda on March 9at the Kampala Serena ...