2015-06-02 Uganda Health

The Conversation AU   

Parliament urged to pass the tobacco control Bill 2014   
East African Business Week
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda's Ministry of Health has asked the Country's legislator body to urgently pass the Tobacco control Bill to ensure protection of Ugandans from the devastating effects of Tobacco. Ministry says that they have developed strong ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Science

The Australian Financial Review   

Lost memories may just be hiding in the brain, waiting to be found again   
The Australian Financial Review
Researchers at MIT used optogenetics, picking out specific brain cells in mice and introducing a special protein into them. Rick Stevens. by Jill Margo. Lost memories may only be hiding in the brain, waiting to be found again. Now researchers have shown it is ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Sports

SuperSport   

Scribes vote Miya May's best   
SuperSport
Weeks after winning the Uganda Premier League (UPL) title with his club and being named the season's Most Valuable Player (MVP), the under 23 star was on Monday voted by Uganda Sports Press Association as the Nile Special-Uspa personality for May.
Stick to ethics, USPA members told   New Vision
Faruku Miya Voted Month of May USPA Sports Personality   Kawowo Sports

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New Vision   

Uganda third after day one of regional golf tournament in Malawi   
New Vision
Uganda captain Flavia Namakula posted the best scores after day one's action at the East and Central Africa Regional Challenge Trophy at Lilongwe Golf Club in Malawi. Namakula returned 81 gross while Eva Magala and Irene Nakalembe carded 84 and 86 ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Entertainment

New Vision   

Christians in Uganda do not keep Sunday holy: who is responsible?   
New Vision
In the Old Testament (Exodus 20:8-10) God ordered the Israelis to “observe the Sabbath and keep it holy. You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me…..In six days I, the Lord made the earth….and every ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Technology

East African Business Week   

The hidden Pearl of Africa   
East African Business Week
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - At the peak of Xenophobia attacks in South Africa, I steeled myself for a visit to this city treasured by many as a wonder in Africa. Located at the extreme southern end of South Africa in the Western Cape, and because no ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Business

Business Green   

Report: Mexico well placed for renewable energy surge   
Business Green
Mexico could emerge as a renewable energy powerhouse over the next 15 years, according to a major new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) which suggests the country's renewable energy share could more than quadruple by ...

2015-06-02 Uganda World

Telegraph.co.uk   

Ship carrying 450 people sinks in China's Yangtze River   
Telegraph.co.uk
Hundreds of people are missing after a passenger ship carrying more than 450 passengers sunk in the Yangtze River in southern China. The official Xinhua News Agency said 10 people of the 458 onboard had been rescued so far, and that a rescue ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Africa

ABC News   

Lion Kills American on Safari in South Africa   
ABC News
Tonight, the state department reporting an American tourist, killed while on safari in South Africa. Attacked by a lion as she sat inside her car. ABC's Matt Gutman tonight. Reporter: Tonight, rangers here at the lion park safari investigating what went wrong ...

2015-06-02 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

FAO: 8 Percent of Indonesians Are Chronically Hungry   
Jakarta Globe
A worker carries a bundle of rice stalks at a rice field at Gowa district, South Sulawesi, in this May 7, 2011 file photo. (Reuters Photo/Yusuf Ahmad). Jakarta. Nearly 20 million Indonesians, of a total population of 250 million, go to bed hungry every night, ...