2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Health

Zimbabwe Not Able to Detect, Identify Ebola  ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Zimbabwe government health services have no capacity whatsoever to conduct competent tests to detect and identify the deadly Ebola disease, it has emerged in a development that reveals suspected cases will be handled under a trial and error procedure.
Zimbabwe Not Able to Detect Ebola   Nigerian Bulletin
Govt Clears Air On Ebola   The Herald

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Poverty stalks urban dwellers  The Zimbabwe Standard
Urban households are now making dietary adjustments as a coping mechanism to beat poverty in light of the increasing cost of the basic food basket, Poverty Reduction Forum Trust (PRFT) executive director Judith Kaulem has said. By our Staff. Kaulem said ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Science

  NEWS.com.au   

Sheen speaks out after Aussie arrested  9news.com.au
Hollywood star Charlie Sheen has criticised Danish authorities over the arrests of 14 anti-whaling activists, including an Australian, in the North Atlantic. Sheen donated one of three inflatable boats used by Krystal Keynes and other Sea Shepherd members to ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Sports

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Dynamos face Triangle in cup final  New Zimbabwe.com
BLESSINGMoyo and Washington Pakamisa scored in each half as Dynamos beat How Mine to reach the final of the One Wallet Cup at Mandava Stadium on Sunday. They will play Triangle who beat Chicken Inn 5-3 after penalty shootouts after the game had ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  The Zimbabwean   

Big brother season 9 dubbed Hot Shots  East African Business Week
KAMPALA, Uganda - the continent's biggest reality show, Big Brother Africa resumes for its ninth season on Sunday 7 September with the housemates competing for USD 300 000 prize. The ninth season dubbed Hotshots according to the organizers will have ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Technology

  Phones Review   

Candy Crush Saga problems since app update  Phones Review
A certain app has been phenomenally successful with its popularity sweeping across the world since its release. However, it seems that not everything is currently sweet in the Candy Crush world. We've noticed some issues with the game recently and it ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Business

Final Survey for Basel II Next Month  AllAfrica.com
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will conduct a final survey on the implementation progress of a new set of banking regulations before institutions go live in 2015. Banks have to adopt Basel II, a set of banking regulations which administers finance and banking ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe World

  Haaretz   

Missing those who have lived through hell for seven weeks  Haaretz
With the Gaza war over, my heart goes out to the children an hour's drive away whom Israel does not let me watch grow up. By Amira Hass | Sep. 1, 2014 | 6:09 AM. Tweet. Palestinian children in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Three Palestinian children ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Africa

  South African Broadcasting Corporation   

Lesotho coup: Mugabe's chance to flex muscles  NewsDay
THE weekend military coup in Lesotho has provided new Sadc chairperson President Robert Mugabe with an opportunity to flex his muscles and display his aversion to military coups, political analysts said yesterday. STAFF REPORTER. The analysts said ...

2014-09-01 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Bulawayo24   

Mugabe Warns Zanu(PF) Top Brass  RadioVop
President Robert Mugabe has warned some people in leadership positions in Zanu PF against abusing the party's structures to advance their personal interests. Mugabe made the remarks at the Harare International Airport Sunday soon after arriving from ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Health

Child TB cases go untreated  NewsDay
THE government says many TB cases in children are going untreated as it is difficult to diagnose it in children. National TB programme director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Charles Sandy, told NewsDay that they were now retraining health ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Science

  ABC News   

Sinkhole that proved popular at Corvette Museum will be filled  Reuters
Aug 30 (Reuters) - A sinkhole that swallowed eight cars inside the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky will be filled even though it has become a tourist attraction that sharply increased attendance and revenue, the museum's board decided on Saturday.
Corvette museum decides to fill giant sinkhole   Delhi Daily News
The Corvette Museum Will Fill Up The Entire Sinkhole After All   Jalopnik
Corvette museum Board Votes to fill giant sinkhole   Capital OTC
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WBIR-TV   
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  NorthJersey.com   

Century-old extinction of the passenger pigeon still a cautionary tale  NorthJersey.com
Passenger pigeons once ruled America's skies, sweeping across the landscape in such breathtakingly large flocks that they obscured the sun for hours, even days. When they roosted in trees, there were so many birds that the branches of oaks splintered and ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Sports

  Zee News   

Proteas: Some snags exposed  SPORT24
Cape Town – South Africa's one-day international batting line-up is a bit like a thrill-ride at the amusement park ... absolutely exhilarating for a while, but then it can all too quickly peter out to a slightly tame finish. It is one area that may be providing some ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Teen, 14, arrested for sex with cow  New Zimbabwe.com
Acting Manicaland police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Muzondiwa Clean, confirmed the incident which took place in Mayo village under Chief Makoni. Clean said the boy (name withheld) was herding cattle and decided to experiment his sexual ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Technology

  BREATHEcast   

Candy Crush Saga Cheats, Tips & Tricks: Infinite Lives, Level Skip  BREATHEcast
The 2012 game craze developed by King, 'Candy Crush Saga', has been consistently making waves in mobile gaming two years since its launch. Averaging over 46 million monthly users, the game easily surpassed the equally popular 'Farmville 2' game on ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Business

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Masawara seek to seal TA acquisition  New Zimbabwe.com
LONDON-LISTED investment company Masawara PLC is looking to complete the acquisition of TA Holdings for about $20 million the company revealed this week. The deal will be completed through Masawara subsidiary, Masawara Mauritius Ltd.

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  Toronto Star   

Nicaraguan rescuers reach 20 trapped gold miners  Toronto Star
BONANZA, NICARAGUA—Rescue workers and trapped miners alike frantically dug away at opposite sides of rock and mud that blocked a Nicaragua gold mine, finally succeeding in freeing at least 20 men. Efforts to reach five miners still missing continued ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe World

  Telegraph.co.uk   

White House sends congratulations to EU`s Tusk, Mogherini  Zee News
The White House on Saturday sent congratulations to Polish Premier Donald Tusk and Italy`s Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini on their election to top posts within the European Union. "The president congratulates Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Africa

  The Standard Digital News   

PM flees country following coup  Herald Scotland
Lesotho's prime minister Thomas Thabane accused his country's army of staging a coup and fled to South Africa, which condemned the military's action. Lesotho's prime minister Thomas Thabane accused his country's army of staging a coup and fled to South ...

2014-08-31 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  The Independent   

The other Mugabe who is lining up for the Zimbabwean presidency  The Independent
She has expensive tastes, owns a lot of land in Zimbabwe and is now entering politics, a move that is causing much controversy in the southern African nation that has known only one leader since independence in 1980: President Robert Mugabe, who is 90 ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Health

Mujuru Opens DNA Testing Centre  The Herald
Acting President Joice Mujuru yesterday officially opened the country's first DNA testing centre, bringing local solutions in the fight against sexual abuse as well as other criminal and civil matters. Speaking during the official launch of the African Institute of ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Science

  NBCNews.com   

All Clear: Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Eruption Over, Air Travel OK'd  NBCNews.com
Iceland said a small volcanic eruption in the Bardarbunga volcano system that started in the early hours of Friday had stopped and that it had lifted all airspace restrictions. Earlier in the day, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reduced its ash warning level for ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Sports

  DAWN.com   

Utseya hat-trick in vain as South Africa overwhelm Zimbabwe  DAWN.com
HARARE: South Africa survived a batting collapse precipitated by a hat-trick from off-spinner Prosper Utseya to beat Zimbabwe by 61 runs in the third match of the One-day International triangular series here on Friday. Utseya, who finished with career-best ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Sulu, Freeman Arrive for UK Shows  AllAfrica.com
SULUMANI Chimbetu and 'Dancehall Doctor' Freeman arrived in the UK Thursday for a three-concert tour which kicks off in Luton on Friday. Dendera Entertainment Directors spokesman, Steven "Papa Stavo" Chimbetu, confirmed the arrival of the stars, ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Technology

  Caj News Africa   

MTN, Huawei complete SA techno field trial  Caj News Africa
JOHANNESBURG – MTN, Africa's largest telecommunications operator, and Huawei have announced the successful live trial of a Transport Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and 2.4Tbit/s wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) system. According to the ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Business

Zim govt signs mining deal with Chinese company  Bulawayo24
The government and a Chinese company, Xintiandi Group, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement that is expected to see the injection of US$35 million towards the establishment of a mining explosive manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe. Mines and ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe World

  Daily News & Analysis   

Ukraine seeks to join NATO; pushes for Western arms  Daily News & Analysis
Ukraine called on Friday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help, after accusing Russia of sending in armoured columns that have driven back its forces on behalf of pro-Moscow rebels. Russian President Vladimir Putin, ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Africa

  The Standard Digital News   

Kenyan President presides over drug ship destruction  NTV Uganda
The Kenya Navy Friday destroyed the ship that was carrying heroine worth over 1 billion Kenya shillings. The vessel was sunk in deep seas following a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The President has said the move will serve as a lesson to drug ...

2014-08-30 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Independent Online   

Mugabe Assures China He Will Prosecute Corrupt Ministers  ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Cabinet ministers and senior Government officials must not be corruptible and those caught on the wrong side of the law will be prosecuted, President Mugabe has told Chinese government media. Report by the Herald. Mugabe, who is winding up his ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Health

  NewsdzeZimbabwe   

Ebola: Travel ban to West Africa looms  NewsDay
Ebola-hit West African countries following reports that the disease had encroached into Southern Africa, with one case already recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). FELUNA NLEYA. Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Parirenyatwa ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Science

  Northern Voices Online   

Africa Dragon fish or Polypterus senegalus show evolutionary process  Northern Voices Online
Africa Dragon fish or Polypterus senegalus show evolutionary process. A test show that from sea to land it was a difficult process. African dragon fish seems to be the missing link in the evolution of the life on earth. How the fish became four legged and how ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Sports

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Panyangara expelled for indiscipline  NewsDay
HARARE — Tinashe Panyangara has been removed from Zimbabwe's cricket squad for their tri-series, for allegedly sharing a video of Mitchell Johnson bowling during the Ashes with team-mates via their group WhatsApp chat. Agencies. Panyangara was ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  Nehanda Radio   

More than 3000 of Doris Lessing's books heading to Zimbabwe  Los Angeles Times
More than 3,000 books from the personal collection of Nobel prize-winning author Doris Lessing are headed to the leading public library in Harare, Zimbabwe. The author, who died in 2013 at age 94, lived in Zimbabwe in her youth, when it was Southern ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Technology

  Financial Express   

Apple Inc loses bid to block sales of 9 Samsung phones  Financial Express
Apple had wanted to ban the US sale of Samsung models like the Admire, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III, and Stratosphere. SummaryRebuff comes after Apple was awarded $119 mn in damages for Samsung's patent infringements.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Accessories Gear 2, Gear Fit And Spare Battery Charger ...   KDramaStars
Apple once again denied US sales ban on patent-infringing Samsung devices   AppAdvice
Apple loses bid to block Samsung phone sales   New Zealand Herald
Android Headlines - Android News   
Honolulu Star-Advertiser   
Fortune   
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  eWeek   

Apple Reportedly Working on 12.9-Inch iPad as iPhone 6 Launch Looms  eWeek
The larger iPad rumors center on reports that iPad component and parts suppliers are gearing up for the new devices. Meanwhile, a French Website says the rumored Sept. 9 release date for the iPhone 6 looks right. The rumor mills surrounding Apple already ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Business

  New Zimbabwe.com   

FBC Bank Limited receive $60 million loan  NewsDay
FBC Bank Limited has received a $60 million loan through the facilitation of three financial institutions who were Joint Mandated Lead arrangers for the transaction. BUSINESS REPORTER. The institutions include Standard Chartered Zimbabwe, Commerz ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe World

  USA TODAY   

Tank serves as backdrop for wedding photo on Israeli Gaza border  USA TODAY
An Israeli couple took their wedding photo in an army staging area on the Israeli-Gaza border, near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel, on Wednesday. AP_Mideast_Israel_Palestinians.2. The Israeli couple leave a staging area as Israeli soldiers direct a tank back ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Africa

  The Standard Digital News   

German firm opens Sh1.2b chemical factory in Nairobi  The Standard Digital News
NAIROBI, KENYA: German multinational firm BASF has opened a Sh1.17 billion (10 million euros) chemical plant in Kenya. The global chemical company is seeking to tap into the booming construction industry, specifically real estate and road projects in ...

2014-08-28 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Nehanda Radio   

China's clear message to Mugabe  Nehanda Radio
President Robert Mugabe obviously went to China in the hope of getting an urgent financial rescue package to try and ameliorate the economic disaster in the country, but is likely to come back with no money at all. Mr Mugabe has increasingly leaned on ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Health

  Reuters   

WHO shuts Sierra Leone lab after worker infected with Ebola  Reuters
FREETOWN/KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had shut a laboratory in Sierra Leone after a health worker there was infected with Ebola, a move that may hamper efforts to boost the global response to the ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Science

  Salon   

Global warming is here, probably dangerous and may be permanent, UN report ...  Washington Post
Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous — and it's increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report said. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Sports

  The Guardian   

Australia's Mitchell Johnson smashes commentary box with huge six against ...  Metro
England fans had a great time making fun of Australia's Mitchell Johnson during the 2010/11 Ashes series Down Under, but the bowler turned things on their head last winter. And it seems Johnson can do no wrong with bat or ball at the moment – although ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  The Guardian   

Doris Lessing's last gift: 3000 books donated to public library in Zimbabwe  The Guardian
"Classrooms without textbooks, or an atlas, or even a map pinned to a wall. A school where the teachers beg to be sent books to tell them how to teach, they being only 18 or 19 themselves. I tell … how everybody begs for books: 'Please send us books.'".
Doris Lessing leaves books to Zimbabwe library   Big News Network.com
Zimbabwe: Doris Lessing leaves books to Harare library   BBC News
Lessing Donates 3 000 Books to City Library   AllAfrica.com

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John Legend cancels Zimbabwe show  Bulawayo24
AMERICA's Grammy-winning R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist, John Roger Stephens, known globally as John Legend, has cancelled his show in Zimbabwe which had been scheduled for 19 November. Legend announced the development on his official ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Technology

  Tech Times   

Apple making plans to launch a 12.9-inch iPad alongside the iPhone 6: Bye bye ...  Tech Times
New report is claiming that Apple has its sights set on launching a new iPad. However, it could come with a massive 12.9-inch display, completely surpassing the Surface Pro 3's 12-inch display. (Photo : Nathan Clark). We've seen a growing demand for ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Business

IPP eyes mini hydro plant in Manicaland  NewsDay
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has received an application from a private player to construct, own, operate and maintain a 3,3-megawatt (MW) mini hydro-power plant in Manicaland. BUSINESS REPORTER. The government has ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe World

  The Guardian   

Ukraine-Russia Talks Yield No Breakthrough  Sky News
Vladimir Putin says he will "help to create an atmosphere of trust", but insists it is up to Kiev to agree a truce with rebels. 3:28am UK, Wednesday 27 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Africa

  THISDAY Live   

Soldiers Resurface in Mubi as Fighting Rages in Gamborou  THISDAY Live
Nigerian soldiers, who allegedly escaped by a whisker to take refuge in neighbouring Cameroun following a fierce battle with members of the Boko Haram sect in Gamborou Ngala, Borno State on Monday, have resurfaced in Mubi, a border town in Adamawa ...

2014-08-27 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Nehanda Radio   

Zanu PF infighting boils over  NewsDay
ZANU PF factional fights have reached a crescendo with the Amos Midzi-led Harare provincial leadership throwing brickbats at politburo member Cleveria Chizema for breaching protocol and convening “a kangaroo meeting” in Highfield, Harare, on Sunday, ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Health

  The Guardian   

Prayer…Does God Answer Prayer? Ebola Survivor Thinks So…  Beliefnet
I am not so certain, however. There was a time I, too, said God answers prayers. I wanted as badly as anyone to believe God did. As a consequence, I looked everywhere for answered prayers. I deemed these as indisputable proof God did answer prayer.
GOD, THE AMERICAN DOCTOR AND 1 200 AFRICANS   NewsdzeZimbabwe
If God saved an American doctor with Ebola, why did he let 1200 Africans die?   The Guardian

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  USA TODAY   

Youth e-cigarette use rising; health officials call for regulation  Los Angeles Times
In a new policy statement, the American Heart Assn. says that electronic cigarettes must be regulated along with combustible cigarettes; a study by CDC researchers finds that the number of young people using e-cigarettes has more than tripled. In a new ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch  Sydney Morning Herald
A hypersonic weapon being developed by the US military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Monday after controllers detected a problem with the system, the Pentagon said. The weapon is part of a program to ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Sports

Breaking: Masomere resigns, Chunga new Buffaloes coach  NewsDay
A NewsDay source revealed the former Chiredzi United gaffer has been given a performance-based three-month contract at the club's executive meeting held on Monday evening. Meanwhile, Masomere is set to be officially appointed How Mine coach on ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Pee Kay ready for live performances  The Zimbabwe Standard
After the release of his long awaited duet with Jamaican Busy Signal titled Show me Love, RnB and Hip hop artiste Pee Kay says he is ready to concentrate on live performances. Silence Charumbira. Show me Love was released over just over a week ago ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Technology

TeleCash slashes mobile money fees  Bulawayo24
Telecash customers can now send money for free to other registered telecash subscribers, following a revision of telecash charges that came into effect last Friday, 22 August 2014. The new tariffs show that it costs nothing to send cash through telecash to a ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Business

  NewsdzeZimbabwe   

Airzim bosses off the hook, for now  NewsDay
FORMER Air Zimbabwe bosses, Nicholas Mavhunga and Grace Nyaradzai Pfumbidzai, who were being accused of swindling the airline of over $8 million in an alleged insurance fraud scam, were yesterday removed from remand after their trial failed to kick ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe World

  Irish Independent   

Ukraine's president dissolves parliament, calls for early polls  Firstpost
Kiev, Ukraine: Ukraine's president on Monday dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions. In a statement on his website, President Petro Poroshenko said ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Africa

  BDlive   

WildLeaks to blow the whistle on wildlife crime  BDlive
CRIMINAL LOOT: A picture taken on June 5 2014 shows Kenyan police officers looking at 302 pieces of ivory, including 228 elephant tusks, found and seized in a warehouse during a raid in the port city of Mombassa. Poachers slaughtering Africa's elephants ...

2014-08-26 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Chronicle   

NRZ Train Derails Near Byo  RadioVop
Twenty passengers escaped with injuries on Saturday night when a Harare-bound passenger train derailed at Heany Junction 30 kilometres from Bulawayo. Eight coaches at the back of the train which had 11 coaches derailed and fell on the side. Twenty-two ...

2014-08-25 Zimbabwe Health

  Scotsman   

Zimbabweans using free condoms for arthritis  Scotsman
ZIMBABWEANS are snapping up millions of free condoms every month but it's got little to do with safe sex: they are using them to ease the pain of arthritis. Elderly Zimbabweans claim that rubbing a condom on arthritic joints brings relief. The belief has led to ...

2014-08-25 Zimbabwe Science

  The Hindu   

Iceland Monitors Quakes After Retracting Volcano Eruption Alert  Businessweek
An erupting volcano under Iceland's Vatnajokull glacier melts big gaps in the ice, Oct. 12, 1996. Vatnajokull is Europe's largest glacier. Photographer: Michael Probst/AP Photo. Iceland is monitoring rumbling at the Bardarbunga volcano for a second week after ...

2014-08-25 Zimbabwe Sports

  Nehanda Radio   

Highlanders invade Mandava  Bulawayo24
HIGHLANDERS go out in pursuit of maximum points against tricky FC Platinum when the two teams meet in a potentially intriguing Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Mandava Stadium in Zvishavane this afternoon. The Bulawayo giants picked up ...