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Kenya: TB Patient Jailed a Year to Force Him Take Drugs
A 28-year-old herdsman who refused to take his TB medicine will spend the next one year in prison where he will be forced to undergo treatment. James Kasana admitted he refused to take the medications, which had been prescribed by a doctor, after he was diagnosed with TB last [detalii...]
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Nigeria: A Happy and Prosperous New Year
ANOTHER year is 24 hours away and people are full of expectations as they look forward to fulfilment of their dreams. It is an annual ritual that keeps the failures of the past year at bay. The beginning of every year affords people deep reflections on the past as they [detalii...]
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Namibia: Groundwork Laid for Super Tennis Next Year
The last two Kia Pro Tennis tournaments this year set the tone for great expectations for the new year. The highlight was doubtlessly the Pro Tennis Academy annual awards ceremony held afterwards to reward the players for their achievements over the past [detalii...]
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Africa: New Year Quiz for the Year of the Revolution
2011 was a remarkable news year. Europe was hit by a serious debt crisis, Japan was devastated by a tsunami followed by a nuclear disaster, former general Ratko Mladic was arrested and notorious leaders Osama bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi and Kim Jong-il left the world stage. But more than anything else 2011 was the year of the [detalii...]
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Shannon agrees to 4-year extension with Canes
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Randy Shannon has received a new four-year contract from Miami after the sides worked on trying to get a deal done for more than a [detalii...]
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Kenya: Man Defiles 11-Year Old
Police are holding a 27 year old man who was allegedly found defiling an 11 year old girl in a flower garden in Nairobis Huruma [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Rape Victim Needs Operation
AN eight-year-old Hurungwe girl needs to undergo an operation after her rectum conjoined with her private parts when she was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy last [detalii...]
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Fine Finals year for WP
The year 2010 has been a successful year for Western Province for they have reached Finals of a sort in all nine competitions/tournaments they have taken part in - from Under-13 Craven Week to Currie [detalii...]
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Namibia: 15-Year-Old Boy Rapes Granny
THE Police at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region arrested a 15-year old boy after he allegedly raped his 54-year-old grandmother at Okangwena informal settlement on [detalii...]
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The year in MMA 2010
Gareth A Davies takes a look back at the year in MMA after another memorable year for the [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Constitutional Referendum Set for Next Year
A REFERENDUM to decide the fate of the proposed new constitution is likely to be held in February next year after Copac failed to meet its deadline to complete the process in September this [detalii...]
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Uganda: A Bumper Year for Farmers
COMPARED to the previous two years, 2010 has been a bumper year. There have been fewer instances of drought. This year, several regions experienced bumper harvests, especially of [detalii...]
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Kenya: Bourse Trades Lowest Volume of the Year
Kenyas year-on-year inflation rate rose for the ninth month in a row in July to 15.53 percent from 14.49 percent in June. We are yet to hit the cycle high and with the MPC standing aside last week, shilling bulls are a very rare breed. The bourse was very thinly traded with only 68.762m worth of business transacted and that might well be the lowest volume seen this [detalii...]
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Coach of the year Pep Guardiola warns Barca against complacency
Pep Guardiola insists he will not let Barcelona rest on their laurels after he was named world coach of the year for 2011 on Monday. Barcelona forward Lionel Messi scooped the Ballon d’Or award for the third year running, and the Catalan club had five players in the FIFPro world team of the year after [detalii...]
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Ghana: Markets Well-Placed to Weather Economic Storm
Rapid Growth Markets (RGMs), including Ghana, are expected to grow by 6.2% this year and by 5.9% in 2012 compared with 1.6% for the Eurozone this year falling to 1.1% next [detalii...]
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Report: Boise gives Petersen new five-year deal
Boise State coach Chris Petersen appears to have reached agreement with the school on a 375,000-per-year raise and new five-year [detalii...]
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Cards pick up 2-year option on hurt Wainwright
The St. Louis Cardinals have picked up a two-year, 21 million contract option on injured pitcher Adam Wainwright, helping set their rotation for next [detalii...]
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Predignac and Lynn Named SMAC HS Players of Year
Quentin Predignac came to the US as an exchange student to complete his junior year of high school and learn about American culture after a friend of his had done the same the previous school [detalii...]
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McLaren confirm Jenson Button will stay with team next year
McLaren take up option of third year with Button Jenson will be with us next year, says team principalMcLarens team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, has confirmed that Jenson Button will be with the team next season.Following the Belgian Grand Prix just under a fortnight ago, Button urged Whitmarsh to finally take up the option on his contract for 2012 given his desire to remain with the Woking-based marque.At the time Button said: "All he [Whitmarsh] has to do is say yes, and I will say yes because I want to be here next year."Its up to the team as to when they approach me, but for me Im the happiest Ive been with the car."Whitmarsh has now confirmed the 31-year-old will see out the final year of the three-year deal he signed at the end of 2009 following his title-winning campaign with Brawn GP. Whitmarsh said: "Jenson will be with us next year. Full stop. There is nothing that needs to be sorted, he will be with us next year."Jenson ButtonMcLarenFormula OneMotor sport guardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]
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Gambia: A Successful Year
2010 is now history, the year left behind records of great achievements on the pages of The Gambias development. It was the year that the country witnessed the completion of the Sankulay Kunda Bridge and many other development projects. It was also the year that the country established bilateral relations with more countries; more investors also eyed the country. Besides, the foundation stone of projects like the new National Assembly complex, a food processing factory and a fertilizer plant were also [detalii...]
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Five up-and-coming tennis stars to keep an eye on in 2012
1) Donald Young The 22-year-old American has talent to burn but has struggled to get the right team and the right attitude to capitalise on that talent. This year, finally, he has made a ranking break-through after far too long around the 100 mark. He ends the year inside the top 40 after a late [detalii...]
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Kenya: KTB Records 13 Percent Growth in Tourist Arrivals
The tourism sector has recorded a more than 13 percent growth in arrivals for first half of this year. Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) says the 13.6 percent growth is an indicator that the sector will this year post one of its best performances in recent years. KTB Managing Director Muriithi Ndegwa said tourist arrivals for the half year period upto June were 549,083 which is an increase from 483,468 during the same period last year. "If things go the way its now, then we expect to surpass our performance last year", said Muriithi. Last year KTB recorded 1,095,842 tourist arrivals by air and sea. The sector grew by 10 percent last [detalii...]
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UConns Calhoun signs five-year, 13M contract
STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, coming off a year marred by health problems, an NCAA investigation and a disappointing performance on the court, has signed a 5-year, 13 million [detalii...]
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Jenson Button commits to McLaren by signing new deal
Jenson Button has committed his long-term future to McLaren by putting pen to paper on a new “multi-year” deal with the British team. The 31-year-old joined McLaren as world champion in 2010 after having clinched the title with Brawn GP the year before. Button, who is second behind Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel in this year’s [detalii...]
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Murray Targets Top 3 Finish To Year; Young To Break Top 50
World No. 4 Andy Murray admitted he is targetting a Top 3 year-end finish after he beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 on Friday at the PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok. "By playing the full Asian stretch, there is a chance for me to try and move my ranking up by one spot, which is something I want to do by the end of the year," said the 24-year-old Scot. [[More Tennis News on [detalii...]
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Nigeria: As We Enter New Year 2011
Tomorrow is the beginning of 2011, a new year that is full of promise and challenges for our nation. The general hope and expectations is that 2011 will herald positive developments for Nigeria to begin to mitigate some of the dashed hopes experienced in the outgoing [detalii...]
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USC gets 2-year bowl ban, loses 30 scholarships
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California has received a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships in a report on the NCAAs four-year investigation of the [detalii...]
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Africa: GLO/CAF African Footballer of the Year Nominees
For the second consecutive year running no Nigerian player has been found worthy to make the 10-man shortlist for the 2011 CAF African Footballer of the Year [detalii...]
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Stirling three-year deal for Rebels
Veteran centre and former Wallaby captain Stirling Mortlock has signed a three-year deal with Melbournes new outfit, the Rebels - for when they join the Super 15 competition next [detalii...]
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Tanzania: Reflecting On Kikwetes Five Year Development Plan
EARLY this year, President Jakaya Kikwete launched a five-year development plan (2011/12 to 2015/16) that is aimed at boosting the economy to grow from 8 per cent to 10 per cent [detalii...]
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Alessandro Del Piero signs one-year extension at Juventus
Veteran Italian forward Alessandro Del Piero has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at Juventus until 2012. His new deal will mean the 36-year-old Bianconeri captain will take his time at the Turin club into a 19th year, having joined Juve from Padova in 1993. A Juventus statement read: “Juventus Football Club announces [detalii...]
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Sources: Rollins, Phils agree on three-year deal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Two people familiar with the negotiations tell The Associated Press that Jimmy Rollins has agreed to a 3-year, 33 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. The deal includes a vesting option for a fourth [detalii...]
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Source: Phillies, Rollins reach 3-year, 33M deal
The Philadelphia Phillies have reached agreement with shortstop Jimmy Rollins on a three-year, 33-million contract with a vesting option for a fourth year, a baseball source told [detalii...]
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Rwanda: 70-Year-Old Woman Kills Granddaughter
Ngororero- a 70-year old woman in Ngororero District early this week surrendered to police after allegedly slaying her 5-year-old [detalii...]
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Kenya: Inflation Rate Drops for First Time This Year
The rate of inflation has reduced for the first time this year, raising hopes that the rising cost of living will not spill into next [detalii...]
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Q&A With Alexandr Dolgopolov
World No. 56 Alexandr Dolgopolov has increased his ranking nearly 100 spots since the beginning of the year. The 21 year old speaks to Tennis Connected in an exclusive interview to answer a few questions regarding his success this year, and his outlook toward the 2011 season. [[More Tennis News on [detalii...]
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Richie McCaw named IRB player of the year
Richie McCaw named IRB player of the year as All Blacks win team of the year and Graham Henry named coach of the [detalii...]
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Helfant to leave as ATP president at end of year
LONDON (AP) -- Adam Helfant will step down as head of the ATP when his three-year contract expires at the end of the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Father, 37, Denies Incest
A man accused of sexually molesting his daughter for more than a year was arraigned before a Thika court where he denied an incest charge. Peter Karaya Karani, 37, appeared before senior resident magistrate BJ Ndeda. He was charged that on diverse dates between February last year and July 25 this year at Ndunyu Chege village, [detalii...]
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Zambia: Boy (10) Denies Manslaughter Charge
A 10-year-old boy of Luanshya who allegedly caused the death of a three year-old boy after pushing him into a well in June this year has denied a charge of manslaughter before a Ndola High [detalii...]
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Helfant to leave ATP presidency at end of year
Adam Helfant will step down as head of the ATP when his three-year contract expires at the end of the [detalii...]
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Graeme Swann named in ICCs ODI team of the year
England spinner Graeme Swann has been named in the International Cricket Council’s one-day international team of the year. The 32-year-old is the only Englishman named in the ICC’s 50-over team of the year, with the side captained by India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The team features four Indians, all of whom were involved in Indias World [detalii...]
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Australian Open 2012: Djokovic favourite for centenary title
This is a big year for the Australian Open in so many ways. It is the 100th year that the tournament has been played. It is its 25th year at Melbourne Park-its 25th since switching from grass to hard courts. And it is 50 years since the man whose name graces this tournaments centre court, [detalii...]
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Uganda: Mother in Jail for Defiling Five-Year-Old Daughter
Court in Entebbe has this Monday sent a 19-year-old woman to Kigo prisons for defiling her 5-year-old step daughter. Alice Nagayi, a house wife at Namuzzi zone in Ssisa Sub County in Wakiso district, was sent to jail on remand on charges of aggravated [detalii...]
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Pesamino the Player of the Year
On the same day that Samoa lifted an historic first ever IRB Sevens World Series trophy, their star try-scorer Mikaele Pesamino was named Sevens Player of the Year, the first of the IRB Awards to be presented this [detalii...]
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Angola: Air Link With Morocco May Begin Year-End
The air link between the Angolan capital, Luanda and Moroccan city, Rabat, will start at the end of the year or early next year, said on Thursday the ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the [detalii...]
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Heyman: Yankees, Jeter agree to 3-year deal
Derek Jeter is returning to the Bronx. Jon Heyman is reporting that the Yankees and the 11-time All-Star shortstop have agreed to a three-year deal worth 15-17 million per [detalii...]
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Could Fed Ex Cup winner Furyk win Player of the Year?
Jim Furyk enjoyed a big pay day on Sunday in Atlanta. The 40-year-old won both the Tour Championship and the Fed Ex Cup title for the year, the latter of which alone brings with it a 10 million pay [detalii...]
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Graeme McDowell and Martin Kaymer awarded 2010 European Tour Golfer of the Year title
For first time in 26-year history, winner of European Tour Golfer of Year award is awarded to two [detalii...]
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Gareth Bales two-year transformation at Tottenham
What has been said about Spurs winger during his two-year [detalii...]
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Uganda: Old Man Charged With Defilement
A 60-year-old man has been charged with aggravated defilement of his eight-year-old granddaughter. A Kumi court presided over by Magistrate Pamela Karamagi last week heard that the old man of Orapada village, Mukura parish in Ngora district, allegedly committed the offence in October last [detalii...]
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Kellock targeting year-end Tests
The man who led Scotland to their historic Test series success in Argentina in mid-year, Alastair Kellock, is targeting being fit for selection for the year-end Tests.All the latest PREMIERSHIP and MAGNERS LEAGUE [detalii...]
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Will a European win the US Open this year?
Following Graeme McDowells success last year can anyone make it two-in-a-row for [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Convicted Rapist Madzibaba Godfrey Nzira Dies
Self-proclaimed spiritual healer Madzibaba Godfrey Nzira, who was this year controversially freed from serving a 20 year jail term for rape, has died. The 58 year old is reported to have succumbed to a heart ailment at his house at the Julanifiri Santa Shrine in Chitungwiza on Sunday [detalii...]
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Serena honored as 2009 WTA Player of the Year
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- World No. 1 Serena Williams won the 2009 WTA Tour Player of the Year award and also took the Doubles Team of the year honors with sister Venus at a ceremony held at the Sony Ericsson Open on [detalii...]
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Is the NFL really a quarterback league?
The San Francisco 49ers are trying to win the Super Bowl with Alex Smith, and the Baltimore Ravens are trying to win it with Joe Flacco, which seems like trying to shower without using water. The NFL, we have been told 1,000 times, is a quarterback league. You either have a great one or you need a great one. ESPN even declared that 2011 was "The Year of the Quarterback," but sadly couldnt get that confirmed on menus at Chinese restaurants. (Imagine! 2010: Year of the Tiger. 2011: Year of the Quarterback. 2012: Year of the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Need for Sobriety As We Usher in the New Year
Nation (Nairobi)-Happy New Year. The country has ushered it in with a combination of hope and [detalii...]
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Kenya: The Company of the Year Awards 2011 Gala
Its that time when we start wrapping up the year and the award ceremonies are hosted in honour of people who have achieved one thing or the other. The most highly recognised award ceremony especially where corporate organisations are concerned is the Kenya Institute of Managements Company of the year awards usually referred to as [detalii...]
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Ghana: The Country Sweeps Four CAF Awards
Ghana sweeps three awards at the CAF Awards night in Cairo, as Asamoah Gyan misses out of the African Footballer of the Year. The Most promising talent award, Coach of the year and National team of the year prizes all went Ghanas [detalii...]
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Honeymooning Roddick to miss Rome for second straight year
Rome - Andy Roddick will miss next weeks Rome Masters for the second straight year as the world number seven celebrates his one-year wedding anniversary with a top swimsuit [detalii...]
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Europe clears own waters of fish this week
Yesterday, European Union waters were fished out for the year according to a new report, which says the day on which the continent has to rely on international waters is getting earlier each year. A report from OCEAN2012 and the new economics foundation says that the need to import seafood to the union comes six days earlier than it did last [detalii...]
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Uganda: What Next for Besigye, Museveni After Polls?
THIS is an election year and most of the political actions throughout the year will revolve around the outcome of the February 18 general [detalii...]
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Ghana: No More Petrol Increase This Year
If information obtained from the Ministry of Finance is anything to go by, then there is the likelihood that fuel prices would not be increased for the rest of the [detalii...]
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Kenya: German Arrested At Coast Hotel With a 13-Year-Old
A GERMAN national visiting the country was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Fifty-six-year-old Christopher Schmidt was spotted in the company of the girl at Big Tree Restaurant. A short while later, Schmidt and the girl retreated into a [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Months of Miseries Herald a Hazy New Year
IF turning back the hands of the time, was a possibility, many Nigerians would not be in a hurry to turn back the time to 2011. This is why there is a hurry to see this year gone with history in this part of the world. But even as the New year is ushered in within the next 48 hours, there are palpable fears that events of 2011, especially the spate of bomb blasts would spillover to [detalii...]
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Kenya: Kericho Rapist Jailed for 20 Years
A 21-year-old man was yesterday jailed for 20 years after he was found guilty of defiling a 14-year-old primary school girl. Nicholas Langat was convicted by Kericho magistrate Naomi Wairimu. He defiled the girl on April 4 last year at Borborwet village, Kericho [detalii...]
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Silverstone: 17-year British Grand Prix deal to unlock funds
In pics: six new turns added to circuit as part of a two-year [detalii...]
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Connecticut Huskies coach Jim Calhoun signs five-year, 13M contract
Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, coming off a year marred by health problems, an NCAA investigation and a disappointing performance on the court, has signed a 5-year, 13 million [detalii...]
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Agent: New Orleans Saints add 46-year-old kicker John Carney
The New Orleans Saints have signed 46-year-old kicker John Carney to a one-year contract, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam [detalii...]
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Ghana: Governor to Offer Free Apprenticeship Training to Junior High School Graduates
The government, from the next academic year, would introduce a one-year free apprenticeship training programme to the large number of youth graduating from the Junior High schools (JHS) every year, and who cannot continue their [detalii...]
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Ethiopia: DBE Performs Better Than Last Year, Falls Short of Target
The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has registered a profit of 71.4 million Br after taxes and provisions in the first quarter of the fiscal year, falling two million Birr short of its target. However, this figure is 52pc more than its performance in the same period the previous [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Reflections - Another Year, Another Job Well Done
Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, 13 moons make a year and this villager understands that elsewhere 12 European moons make a year; that is in America, France, Britain, Mongolia and yonder. But this villager is no mathematician and will not attempt to count beyond his fingers, for, in the village they say the more a monkey climbs up a tree, the more it exposes its [detalii...]
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Kenya: Rising Graft Mars a Year of Strong Growth
The standard of living for Kenyans improved last year but corruption got worse, according to official [detalii...]
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Uganda: Musevenis Post-Election Black Swan
Two things that seemed almost impossible and improbable at the end of March this year are increasingly becoming possible and probable as the year [detalii...]
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Randy Shannon agrees on new 4-year deal with Miami Hurricanes
Randy Shannon has received a new four-year contract from Miami after the sides worked on trying to get a deal done for more than a [detalii...]
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Cash grants support green building jobs
The American government is funding training programmes for green jobs in construction for union members in Miami and across the country. At least 40 people a year will complete a three year programme of two training sessions a year. The trainees will come out of the programmes with qualifications recognised by industry as good green employment [detalii...]
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Snow Fairy steps up her Cartier Award challenge
Ed Dunlops dual Oaks winner heads the three year-old Filly category and is second in the race to Horse Of The [detalii...]
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Div is here to stay
Peter de Villiers is set to coach the Springboks at the World Cup next year, despite a series if embarrassing public utterances and poor results this [detalii...]
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Kenya: Al-Amin Kimathi - My One-Year Ordeal in Uganda Was the Worst in My Life
When the Kampala bombing occurred, I was still recuperating from a road accident I was involved in at the beginning of the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Now, the Year Is Over
IT began like yesterday, with those sad incidents of losing loved ones, our own Richard Animam, Uche Okafor and Gideon Njoku in the early part of the [detalii...]
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Ashley Young signs for Man Utd on five-year deal
England winger Ashley Young has signed a five-year contract with Manchester United after the Premier League champions agreed a fee with Aston Villa. The 25-year-old England international underwent a medical examination on Wednesday before the transfer, believed to be worth between 15m to 20m, was finalised on Thursday. “It’s a chance to hopefully become part [detalii...]
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Steelers sign coach Tomlin to two-year extension
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed coach Mike Tomlin to a two-year contract extension through the 2012 season, with an option year in [detalii...]
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Tiger Woods stalling at the crossroads of his career one year on from scandal
Packaged recovery a year on from Rachel Uchitel expose continues to undermine attempts to repatriate former world No [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Dad, Son Up for Murder
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy reportedly killed a nine-year-old girl neighbour for ritual purposes after being sent by his father who runs several grinding mills in the [detalii...]
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Ghana: Policeman Defiles Nine Year Old
A police officer, who allegedly defiled a-nine-year-old class five pupil, has been remanded into custody, after he was arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Father Sleeping With 12-Year Daughter in-Law Arrested in Oyo
Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old retired soldier, Ayinla Isiaka, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his 12-year-old daughter, Suliat Ayinla, a primary four pupil in one of the public schools in Ibadan, the Oyo State [detalii...]
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Jody Craddock handed new one-year deal by Wolverhampton Wanderers
This time last year I was thinking it would be my last season 35-year-old prepared to fight for a placeJody Craddock has signed a new one-year deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 35-year-old was offered it after helping Wolves survive in the Premier League for a second successive season.Craddock knows he will face competition, with the Reading centre-back Matt Mills among the clubs potential targets for the transfer window. "Its good news that the contract is all done and dusted and I can concentrate on the year ahead," Craddock said. "This time last year I was thinking it would be my last season so to get another 12 months is a big achievement."He added: "There may be competition but its never a problem for me when a new centre-half comes in. Its all about what benefits the club. If I have to scrap it out with another centre-half, so be it. I just need to give myself the best opportunity to be involved at the start of the season."Craddock was Wolves player of the year for the 2009-2010 campaign but injury problems meant he missed most of last season before returning for the finale.Wolverhampton Wanderers guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]
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Serena Williams named 2009 WTA Tour Player of Year
World No. 1 Serena Williams won the 2009 WTA Tour Player of the Year award and also took doubles team of the year honors with sister Venus at a ceremony held at the Sony Ericsson [detalii...]
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Pittsburgh Steelers sign coach Mike Tomlin to two-year contract extension
The Steelers have signed coach Mike Tomlin to a two-year extension, a year removed from missing the [detalii...]
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Kenya: Four to Stand Hague Trial Over Poll Violence This Year
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said on Friday that at least four ODM and PNU officials would appear before him by the end of the [detalii...]
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South Africa: Child Arrests Decline
Over 500 children were imprisoned for breaking the law between April last year and March 2011, as compared to 668 the previous year in the same [detalii...]
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Rwanda: Journalists to Reward 2011 Sporting Heroes
Sports men and women that excelled this year are set to be rewarded and recognized in a colorful ceremony on the 13th of January next [detalii...]
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Kenya: Two-Year-Old Shakes Off Kidnapper
[Nation] A two-year-olds refusal to alight from a matatu saved her from being abducted. And on Tuesday her parents shed tears of joy when they were reunited with their [detalii...]
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Africa: Jurist Who Backed Democracy in Niger Named African of the Year
Salifou Fatimata Bazeye, a 60-year-old distinguished jurist from Niger, has been chosen as "African of the Year" by Media Trust Limited, publisher of the Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust and the Hausa-language Aminiya in [detalii...]
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Ballon dOr 2010: Lionel Messi crowned player of the year
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been named as the World Player of the Year for the second year running after the Argentine won the inaugural Fifa Ballon dOr Award for [detalii...]
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Africa: Chinas Showpiece Summit Set for Year of Dragon
Af-Asia Conf (London)-Officials are building up expectations for the fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC V), which Beijing will host in the last quarter of this year. The showpiece summit, which began in 2000 and has been held every three years since, now returns in the year of the dragon - which will be doubtlessly trumpeted as auspicious for China-Africa [detalii...]
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A US promoter has offered Will Smith and Mark Wahlberg 1m to fight each other in the ring in Las Vegas next year. Who would your money be on?
The two actors have both played boxers on screen, so have been asked to participate in a charity match next [detalii...]
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Uganda: Hardworking Trio Named On I-Shield Team of the Year
In a tough year that promised so much yet delivered so little for the senior national side, three Ugandan cricketers have been recognised by International Cricket [detalii...]
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Namibia: Six-Year Jail Term for Fatal Stabbing
A DEADLY incident of domestic violence in late 2006 has resulted in a 54-year-old Windhoek resident being sentenced to an effective six years [detalii...]
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Namibia: Some 92 000 Citizens Roofless - Ekandjo
THE National Housing Enterprise (NHE) will need about N500 million a year to meet its Vision 2030 target of delivering 1 200 houses a [detalii...]