2015-05-18 Uganda Health

New Vision   

Govt targeting 4 million circumcisions by 2016   
New Vision
ABOUT 2.1 million men in the country have undergone circumcision in the last five years and out of this five of them died of Tetanus. The National Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) coordinator in the Ministry of Health Barbra Nanteza said there target is to ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Science

Sydney Morning Herald   

Russia corrects orbit of space station after earlier error   
Sydney Morning Herald
Moscow: Russia's space agency has managed to restart the engines of the Progress spacecraft on the second attempt, and correct the orbit of the International Space Station. The manoeuvre was first tried on Friday - the botched restart is the latest in a series ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Sports

Firstpost   

Treble-chasing Barcelona reclaim La Liga from Real Madrid thanks to Messi goal   
Firstpost
Madrid: Treble-chasing Barcelona are La Liga champions for the fifth time in seven years after a clinical Lionel Messi strike secured a 1-0 victory away to Atletico Madrid that wrapped up the title with a game to spare on Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo hit a ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Entertainment

Durban promotes its image as tourist and commercial hub   
NTV Uganda
This year the city of Durban hosted the 2015 Indaba Tourism exhibition for the third time, giving its guests a taste of its history. An error occurred. Unable to execute Javascript. The South African city Durban,in Kwazulu Natal Province has cut itself out as a ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Technology

ABC News   

FBI Investigating Claim Computer Expert Hacked Plane In-Flight   
ABC News
The FBI is investigating a computer security expert's claim that he hacked into an airliner's in-flight entertainment system and briefly made the plane fly sideways. The claims were outlined in a newly released FBI affidavit, which says that Denver computer ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Business

Jamaica Observer   

Much to do on the tax front   
DAWN.com
IN his budget speech last year, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had set the GDP growth rate target at 5.1pc, inflation at 8pc and the tax-to-GDP ratio at 11.5pc for this fiscal. As the fiscal year comes to a close, inflation seems to be comfortably ahead of its target, but ...

2015-05-18 Uganda World

Toronto Sun   

Nine dead, 18 injured in biker-gang parking lot bloodbath in Texas   
Toronto Sun
Nine people were killed and 18 were injured on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, leading to a gun battle in the parking lot, police said. The clash took place outside the Twin Peaks Sports Bar ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Africa

The Globe and Mail   

Burundi president warns of Islamist threat as US helps four Canadians leave ...   
The Globe and Mail
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday made his first public appearance in the capital Bujumbura since an attempted coup last week failed to oust him, warning of a threat posed by Islamist militants from Somalia. The east African nation was ...

2015-05-18 Uganda Uganda

Jamil Mukulu: Behind the many unanswered questions   
Independent
A burial of victims of a suspected attack by ADF rebels in Beni, DR Congo on April 16, 2015. AFP PHOTOMayAre international networks protecting the arrested ADF leader? By Independent Reporters & Agencies. The arrest in Tanzania of the elusive Jamil ...