2015-09-20 Uganda Health

Tech Times   

Ebola drug takes step closer to market   
China Post
MIAMI, Florida -- The experimental Ebola drug ZMapp has been granted fast-track status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which could speed its arrival on the market, the drugmaker said Thursday. Larry Zeitlin, president of LeafBio and Mapp ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Science

MyTechBits   

Pre-reptile first to walk on all fours?   
MyTechBits
Researchers believed that most if not all creatures were scampering around like lizards on the ancient supercontinent known as Pangea, around 260 million years ago. On the other side, sprawlers' humerus twisted, but Bunostegos' bone do not, which ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Sports

New York Times   

Olympic Sites Both New and Familiar for Rio Games   
New York Times
RIO DE JANEIRO — Visitors to the Rio Olympics will be able to see most of the city's famed landmarks without roaming far from the Olympic venues. The city took pains to use its most famous spots as sites or backdrops for the competition at South ...
Marathon swimmers get Rio water all-clear: FINA   Times of India
Rio Olympics Tourist's delight: Samba to Copa to Maracana   USA TODAY
Rio Olympics a Tourist's delight: Venues at the Sambadrome, Copacabana and ...   Fox News
Stuff.co.nz   
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Hindustan Times   

EPL: West Ham end Manchester City's 11-match winning streak   
Hindustan Times
West Ham's James Tomkins (number 5) celebrates with teammates after his team beat Manchester City 2-1 in the English Premier League game at the Etihad Stadium, on September 19, 2015. (Reuters Photo) ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Entertainment

New Vision   

MUK student designs winning dress for KCCA's Musisi   
New Vision
Victoria Akinyi has designed the winning dress that KCCA director Jennifer Musisi will wear at next month's Kampala City Festival. The 22-year-old student of art at Makerere University's Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts beat hundreds ...

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Vanguard   

Beware of Motivational Preachers   
Vanguard
Motivational speakers say look at me. They don't say look at Jesus. They say look at this strategy; look at this technique. In much of the contemporary church, faith is an instrument by which we get something from God. In the hand of motivational ...

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USA TODAY   

And the Emmy winners are? 2 TV devotees offer predictions   
Lexington Herald Leader
Kris Jenner has admitted how hard she's found her ex husband's transition into a woman. It seems Kris is struggling with certain elements of the change and she's taking time to get used to the new member of her family. The Kardashian-Jenner momager ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Technology

Daily Mail   

Apples's iOS 9 feature reveals how much time YOU'VE wasted checking Facebook   
Daily Mail
You may suspect you're addicted to Facebook and have wasted hours watching videos of cats. Now there's a way to find out - but it might make for surprising reading. A new feature in iOS 9 tells iPhone users how much time they have spent browsing the ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Business

New Vision   

Pakasa 6 Forum: As it happened   
New Vision
Vision Group hosted five young entrepreneurs from the East African region who spoke at the company's 6th Pakasa Forum taking palce at Kampala Parents School. The forum used these business leaders' unique stories to provide insights into mindset ...

2015-09-20 Uganda World

Mashable   

While searching for refugees in Croatia, I found heartache   
Mashable
Zagreb and Harmica, CROATIA — Roughly two decades ago, Mario Mazar arrived in Zagreb as a refugee fleeing Vukovar during the Balkan War. That's why he knows the recent refugee crisis in Europe is neither a European nor a Croatian problem.
Migrant crisis: Refugees walk final miles through Hungary   CNN
Tide of desperation deepens Europe's disarray   Irish Independent
Countries tussle as Europe's migrant crisis deepens   The News International
BBC News   
Salt Lake Tribune   
New Zealand Herald   
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RT   

Putin's consistency on Syria has Washington fuming   
RT
It is increasingly difficult to watch the most recent coverage of the Syrian war and not be struck by how utterly illogical and convoluted it has become. But look through the media spin and it's clear: Putin's consistency on Syria has Washington fuming ...

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Daily Times   

Sisi swears in new Egypt govt   
The Nation
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new government on Saturday that included 16 new ministers, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal. Sharif Ismail, who served as petroleum minister in ...
Egypt's president swears in new govt   Daily Times
Who's Who in Egypt's New Cabinet   Ahram Online
Egypt's Sisi swears in new government, keeps ministers in key posts   Reuters
Channel News Asia   
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The Sun Daily   

Migrants at Turkey-Greece border demand passage to Europe   
The Sun Daily
Syrian refugees face Turkish riot police during clashes in front of the riot shields of a line of Turkish police blocking the route, preventing migrants and refugees from continuing on their way to the Turkish-Greek border at Edirne. AFP. EDIRNE ...
Migrant child dead, more missing in sea off Lesbos   Stuff.co.nz
Syrian girl dies in new migrant boat sinking off Greece   The News International
Refugee crisis: 'Europe needs to take big numbers. Until then, chaos reigns'   The Guardian
CNN International   
Washington Post   
New York Times   
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Channel News Asia   

China says Japan security law 'threat' to regional peace   
Channel News Asia
For the first time in 70 years, the new laws will give the government the power to send the military into overseas conflicts to defend allies, even if Japan itself is not under attack. POSTED: 19 Sep 2015 16:47; UPDATED: 19 Sep 2015 22:10. VIDEOS ...

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Daily Times   

15 killed as Saudi-led planes pound Yemen   
The News International
SANAA: Air raids by Saudi-led coalition warplanes killed 15 people in Yemen´s capital in one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in months, aid workers and witnesses said on Saturday. One rescuer told AFP that at least 10 civilians were among the dead.
Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 30 in Yemen's capital   Los Angeles Times
Yemen crisis: 30 dead in latest Saudi-led air strikes on Sanaa   ABC Online
Saudi blockade starves Yemen of vital supplies, as bombing raids continue   The Independent
YemenOnline   
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
Voice of America   
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The Nation   

Dubai declares 3-day mourning over death of ruler's son   
The Nation
ABU DHABI - Dubai announced a three day mourning period after the 33-year-old son of the Gulf emirate's ruler passed away, the official state news agency WAM said on Saturday. Sheikh Rashid was the first son of Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Africa

Reuters   

Burkina to return to civilian rule after coup, mediator says   
Reuters
OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso will reinstate an interim government led by President Michel Kafando, Benin's leader Thomas Boni Yayi said on Saturday, in what would be a victory for the street over army coup leaders. Seeking to end violent clashes ...

2015-09-20 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Ex- Cranes manager Mubiru gets 10 years for sodomy   
New Vision
A one-time former Uganda Cranes manager, Christopher Mubiru Kisingiri has been jailed for 10-years for sodomising a 17-year-old boy. Delivering the sentence on Friday, the Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Flavia Nabakooza also ordered Mubiru to ...