2015-08-18 Uganda Health

New Drug to Ease HIV Treatment   
AllAfrica.com
Cipla Quality Chemicals Ltd, the Ugandan drug manufacturer, has launched a new drug which combines three different HIV drugs - Efavirenz, Lamivudine and Tenofavir. The new drug, Trioday, is good news for patients as it taken once a day instead of the ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Science

BBC News   

Ancient underwater plant 'could be world's first flower'   
BBC News
Botanists in the US say an ancient plant that grew underwater in what is modern day Europe may have been the world's first known flowering plant. Researchers studied more than 1,000 fossils of the Montsechia Vidalii species as part of the study. The ...
'First flowers' may have 'bloomed' in water, not on land, fossils suggest   Los Angeles Times
Prehistoric Fossil Found in Spain May Be Mythical 'First Flower'   NBCNews.com
Plant from 130 million years ago is among 'first flowers'   The Sun Daily
Newsweek   
I4U News   
Washington Post   
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NDTV   

Page out of innovation: A book that filters water   
Times of India
LONDON: The next time you want to get clean water, all you need to do is tear a page from your very own "drinkable super book". Scientists have created pages which are impregnated with bacteria-killing metal nanoparticles - a highly inexpensive, simple ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Sports

New Vision   

Majwega joins KCCA FC on loan   
New Vision
KCCA FC assistant manager Sam Ssimbwa believes that the return of Brian Majwega will boost his team ahead of the new season. Majwega returned to KCCA FC on loan from Tanzania giants Azam. "His time here is not specified. So any time they need him ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Entertainment

StarAfrica.com   

Ugandan journalist wins maiden BBC Komla Dumor Award   
StarAfrica.com
Nancy Kacungira, has been named the first African journalist to win the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.This is an exceptional award celebrating the works of former BBC anchor and presenter, Komla Dumor, the Ghanaian born journalist who died of ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Technology

The Indian Express   

Android M stands for Marshmallow, confirms Google   
The Indian Express
The suspense over Android M is now over and Google has revealed that the M stands for Marshmallow. Google has now introduced the official Android 6.0 SDK (Software Developer Kit) and the Play Store will be open for developers to publish apps that ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Business

Hindustan Times   

Plastic bags ban with stiff penalty from Tuesday in UT   
Hindustan Times
The Chandigarh administration has put a complete ban on the use of polythene and plastic carry bags in the city from Tuesday. Sub-divisional magistrate (central) Prince Dhawan, in the exercise of the powers vested under Section 144 of the Code of ...
Kavera ban continues to create a lot of confusion   New Vision

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Dispatch Times   

Majority of Alibaba Shares Owned By George Soros Sold   
Dispatch Times
Billionaire George Soros's family office sold nearly all of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.in the second quarter, as Asia's largest Internet company saw its stock decline further because of a slowing Chinese economy. However, the recent ...
Billionaire George Soros sells Alibaba shares   Sentinel Republic
Billionaire Soros 'likes' Facebook to the tune of $212m; Alibaba out of favour   The Register
Hedge funds shed shares in Alibaba and Baidu in second quarter   CNBC
Chinatopix   
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Platts   

Kenya, Uganda Strike Deal on Oil Route to Export Market   
AllAfrica.com
Kenya and Uganda are betting on more oil discoveries in the region to increase earnings from a crude oil pipeline that will connect the oilfields in Uganda through northern Kenya to the international market. The pipeline is expected to connect to ...
Kenya's push to start oil production by 2022   Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Analysis: Uganda-Kenya oil pipeline decision to boost region   Platts

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Funding Challenges As Oil Prices Stay Low   
AllAfrica.com
Companies licensed to explore crude oil and natural gas in East Africa are struggling to get funding due to the decline in commodity prices. Since oil prices declined from mid 2014, several companies are negotiating for extension of exploration.
African oil & gas organisations plan for an upturn in the oil price   Cape Business News

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Traders to Pay KCCA Taxes Using Mobile Money   
AllAfrica.com
Kampala — Traders making periodic payments to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), will no longer have to queue to fill forms. This follows a newly launched partnership between MTN, a telecom company, and KCCA to effect payment of taxes to the city ...

2015-08-18 Uganda World

The Hindu   

The Latest: Thai Prime Minister Promises to Find Bombers   
New York Times
BANGKOK — The latest on Monday night's bombing at a shrine next to a busy central Bangkok intersection: ___. 9:45 a.m.. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha promised to "hurry and find the bombers." "We haven't concluded who did this, but they definitely ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Africa

Times LIVE   

15 dead in KZN train crash   
Independent Online
Durban – As many as 15 people have been killed after a minibus taxi was hit by a train in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said that details were sketchy, but it is believed the taxi left the offramp on the N2 ...
KZN MEC urges hostel witnesses to speak up   Times LIVE
KZN taxi accident devastating - MEC   News24
15 killed as train hits taxi north of Durban   Jacaranda FM
Eyewitness News   
The New Age Online   
Yahoo News UK   
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News24   

DA to propose a motion to substitute Nkandla report   
News24
Cape Town - The DA will propose a motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday to have Police Minister Nathi Nhleko's report on Nkandla substituted with a report that the party drafted with other opposition parties. The DA said the opposition report ...
The Big Read: All the president's women   Times LIVE
Glory days: South African politics, a lawyer's paradise   Daily Maverick
Sparks set to fly in Parliament   Independent Online
AllAfrica.com   
BDlive   
Eyewitness News   
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NBCNews.com   

Dental Office of Cecil the Lion's Killer Walter Palmer Reopens   
NBCNews.com
The office of the Minnesota dentist who sparked outrage when he killed a beloved lion in Zimbabwe last month, reopened Monday. Dr. Walter James Palmer, who has admitted to killing Cecil the lion, disappeared from public view after the well-known animal ...
Office of Minnesota dentist who shot Zimbabwe lion reopens without him   Daily News & Analysis
Cecil the lion's killer 'captured': Walter Palmer pictured for the first time ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Dental Office of Cecil the Lion's Shooter Reopens   TIME
New Zealand Herald   
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The Punch   

FG to recruit 10000 policemen   
The Punch
TWO years after the last recruitment by the Nigeria Police Force, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday unveiled Federal Government's plans to recruit fresh 10,000 policemen. Buhari, who spoke at the National Security Summit on Community Partnership ...

2015-08-18 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Mbabazi Picks Nomination Forms   
Independent
Former Ugandan Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi has this morning picked nomination forms as Presidential Candidate in the 2016 Presidential elections. Mbabazi was escorted by his wife Jacqueline. In the past, Mbabazi informed his supporters that he ...