NewsIsFree Search:Search results for "" at newsisfree.com (powered by SIETSADV: NewsIsFree: Advanced News Reader and Feed Publisher- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Read news from thousands of news sources updated every 15 minutes on the most powerful news aggregator.Create custom feeds with more items, descriptions, select your version of RSS... New: NewsIsFree and the Hive Group bring you News Maps...Check out NewsIsFree's services!http://www.newsisfree.com/ Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, named "World Book Capital 2010- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, has been named the World Book Capital 2010 following its selection by a committee commissioned byUNESCO. in Panapress: Societyhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289947995,10413,o/ Gambian minister threatens to kill journalist if....- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Youth and Sports Minister Mass Axi Gai, has threatened to kill The Point Sports reporter Ebou Manneh, if he continued to reportthe push and pull between the Department of Youth and Sports and the Gambia Football Association over the appointment of Belgian Coach Paul Put, sources confirmedto PANA Thursday. in Panapress: Societyhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289947996,10413,o/ Ivorian Cocoa board Chair, 2 others arrested for embezzlement- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Chairman of the board of the Coffee and Cocoa Producers' Fund (FDPCC) in Cote d'Ivoire, Henri Kassi Amouzou, and two of hiscolleagues have been arrested and detained for an alleged embezzlement of funds. in Panapress: Societyhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289947997,10413,o/ Judge sentences chainsaw murderers to life in jail- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Three men were jailed for life by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday for the murder of their employer, whose head they almost severed with a chainsaw. Sibusiso Shange (30) Johannes Ndzaba (20) and Sphiwe Gcumisa (24) of Pietermaritzburg, also inflicted 16 panga wounds to the head and neck of their employer. in Mail & Guardian: NATIONALhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289949749,12260,o/ Kroonstad prisoners embark on hunger strike- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Sixteen awaiting-trial prisoners have embarked on a hunger strike at Kroonstad Medium B prison in the Free State, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday. The prisoners say the regional court has not processed their cases on time. in Mail & Guardian: NATIONALhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289949750,12260,o/ full report- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BUNIA, 19 June 2008 (IRIN) - The suspension of the landmark war crimes case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Thomas Lubanga, who may walk free as a result, could hamper crucial efforts to end impunity in the powder keg Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to humanitarian and human rights officials. in IRIN: Great Lakes and Central Africahttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289949891,13949,o/ CONGO: Gunning for biofuels- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BRAZZAVILLE, 19 June 2008 (IRIN) - The Republic of Congo plans to set aside part of its arable land for biofuel production, even as a debate rages over the part played by biofuels in the current global food crisis. Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Rigobert Maboundou, reckons biofuels have been overly maligned of late. in IRIN: Great Lakes and Central Africahttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289949892,13949,o/ Rwanda president says fair Zimbabwe polls unlikely: report- (Found June 19, 2008 ) KIGALI (AFP) - Free and fair elections in Zimbabwe later this month are unlikely, said Rwandan President Paul Kagame according to a report in Thursday&39;s New Times daily. in Yahoo! News Africahttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289952804,3073,o/ SA&x2019;s MTN avoids discussing Reliance at AGM- (Found June 19, 2008 ) in Business Day: Companieshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289935154,5662,o/ |