2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Health

  Daily Mail   

Schoolboy may have died from infection after undergoing circumcision in Africa  Daily Mail
There were 'missed opportunities' to save a 10-year-old from an infection possibly caused by a circumcision carried out in Africa, an inquest heard today. Stanley Chola, 10, from Whitley, Berkshire underwent the procedure in Zimbabwe during the summer ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Science

  Daily Mail   

How pilots watched their friend die: Virgin Galactic astronauts in mid-air launch ...  Daily Mail
Astronauts who flew to 45,00ft to help launch the doomed Virgin Galactic spaceplane that malfunctioned in mid-air today saw the explosion that killed one of their friends, it was claimed. One pilot for the embattled space tourism company was killed when ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Sports

  Goal.com   

Suspect charged with Meyiwa murder  Goal.com
A man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of South Africa captain Senzo Meyiwa. Meyiwa was killed on Sunday, at the age of 27, following an altercation involving two attackers at a property on the outskirts of Johannesburg in ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  Kansas City Star   

Nik Wallenda to skywalk across 50-storied skyscrappers in Chicago  Times of India
Once again, the 35-year-old Nik Wallenda is putting his life on the line, literally. On Monday, he is going to walk two city blocks, 50-stories high up in the air, on a tightrope stretched across two skyscrapers — from 'Windy City' Chicago's Marina City West Tower ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Technology

  Forbes   

Leaked FCC Report Details Weak "Hybrid" Plans For Net Neutrality  Forbes
The New York Times today has details on a plan from the FCC that attempts to address the acrimony between Net Neutrality activists and broadband providers. For those just joining us, some broadband providers wish to establish premium Internet access for ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Business

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Mimosa Platinum in $40m expansion  New Zimbabwe.com
ZIMBABWE'S second largest platinum mine – Mimosa – has lined up a $40 million expansion project in the next five years at its Zvishavane mine, which will extend its lifespan by 20 years. Mimosa is jointly owned by South African miners, Aquarius Platinum ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe World

  Telegraph.co.uk   

Burkina Faso sees 'military putsch' as Lt. Col. Zida claims to be 'in power'  RT
A statement aired on Burkina Faso's Omega Radio early Saturday claimed that Lieutenant Colonel Issac Zida has taken over the post of head of state, Reuters reported. “I assume the functions of head of state and I call on [West African regional bloc] ECOWAS ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Africa

  Telegraph.co.uk   

Burkina Faso sees 'military putsch' as Lt. Col. Zida claims to be 'in power'  RT
A statement aired on Burkina Faso's Omega Radio early Saturday claimed that Lieutenant Colonel Issac Zida has taken over the post of head of state, Reuters reported. “I assume the functions of head of state and I call on [West African regional bloc] ECOWAS ...

2014-11-01 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Nehanda Radio   

Malawi diplomat designate called Mugabe 'idiot'  Nehanda Radio
Diplomatic ties between Lilongwe and Harare are likely to face a blow after President Peter Mutharika appointed a man who once described President Robert Mugabe as an “idiot” to be the new ambassador to Zimbabwe. Malawi diplomat designate Thoko ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Health

#Zimbabwe doctors walk out on strike  MWC News
Patients have been waiting in long queues while others were being turned away at state hospitals in Zimbabwe, as hundreds of doctors staged a strike to press for higher pay. About 300 junior doctors went on strike at the lapse of a two-week ultimatum for the ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   

In US, search for answers after Antares space rocket explosion  Sydney Morning Herald
Washington: With a launch pad in Virginia covered in rocket debris,investigators began to figure out why the Antares rocket exploded catastrophically on Tuesday night just seconds into a planned cargo run to the International Space Station. The failure of the ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Sports

Highlanders Drop Sibanda, Ngodzo for Hwange Tie  AllAfrica.com
HIGHLANDERS have dropped the troublesome duo of Charles Sibanda and Joel Ngodzo for Wednesday's match against Hwange at the Colliery following new cases of misbehaviour by the pair. Sibanda snubbed the technical team and headed straight to ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Video leak forces Maradona theft U-turn  New Zimbabwe.com
FORMER Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona on Tuesday withdrew a theft complaint against his ex-girlfriend, after a video surfaced that allegedly showed him hitting her, news reports said. "I spoke to Diego and he withdrew the complaint," the former ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Technology

  AndroidOrigin (blog)   

Barnes & Noble Releases Samsung's Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 10.1  AndroidOrigin (blog)
The tablet runs on a custom version of Android which blends in with the Nook software quite nicely. According to Barnes & Noble, the main highlights of the new software are: UI improvements to make shopping easier, an improved navigation system, as well ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Business

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Impala Platinum Still Not at Full Production  Resource Investing News
South Africa's Impala Platinum (JSE:IMP) is still not at full production following four fatal accidents at its operations. Production at the company's mines was hit earlier this year by a 5 month strike. As quoted in the press release: Gross platinum production ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe World

  Christian Science Monitor   

President Sata's death tests Zambia's history of peaceful political transition  Christian Science Monitor
Zambia's President Michael Sata is the second sitting president to pass away in office in the past six years. The country's reputation as a progressive democracy gives observers hope for a peaceful transfer of power.
Zambian VP Scott Named Interim Leader   Voice of America

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  CBC.ca   

Sri Lanka mudslide search continues but few survivors expected  CBC.ca
All hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out by first light on Thursday, though a government minister cut the estimated death toll to more than 100 from 300 the previous night.. Sri Lanka mudslide ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Africa

  Zambian Watchdog   

Guy Scott becomes Africa's first white president since Apartheid  The Australian
ZAMBIAN Vice President Guy Scott has became Africa's first white leader in more than two decades after being named interim president following the death of Michael Sata in London. The 77-year-old Sata, nicknamed “King Cobra” for his sharp rhetoric, died ...

2014-10-30 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Danish Trade minister heads for Zimbabwe  NewsDay
DANISH Minister of Trade and Development Mogens Jensen will visit the country for high-level meetings next week as the Nordic country moves to normalise relations with Zimbabwe. BUSINESS REPORTER. The meetings run from November 5 to 7.
Denmark next as EU re-engages Zim   New Zimbabwe.com
Danish Minister to will visit Zimbabwe for high-level meetings   Bulawayo24 News (press release) (blog)

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  Bulawayo24 News   

Govt to 'clarify' indigenisation law  NewsDay
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa says government will clarify the indigenisation legislation to lure foreign investors needed to rebuild the economy. BUSINESS REPORTER. Foreign investors continue to give Zimbabwe a wide berth with analysts blaming ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Health

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Doctors to start indefinite strike  New Zimbabwe.com
STATE hospital doctors have threatened to go on strike Monday to push for higher pay and improved working conditions following the expiry of an ultimatum they issued to government two weeks ago. Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association President, Doctor ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Science

  Washington Post   

Space Station Cargo Launch Spoiled by a Wayward Sailboat  NBCNews.com
A commercial cargo spaceship was poised to make a gorgeous nighttime liftoff on Monday, visible to millions of people along America's East Coast. But then a boat got in the way. The unexpected presence of a boat downrange of NASA's Wallops Flight ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Sports

  SuperSport   

PSL postpones Soweto derby  SuperSport
The Soweto Derby has been postponed following the untimely death of Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa. PSL CEO Brand de Villiers confirmed on Monday morning at a press conference that was held at the Rand Stadium by ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  360Nobs.com   

BBA Hotshots: JJ a force to reckon with  NewsDay
ZIMBABWEAN Big Brother Hotshots representative, JJ seems to be a force to reckon with as he has managed to avoid eviction from the beginning through to week 3. Tinashe Sibanda Entertainment Reporter. JJ, who in week two survived by a whisker, this ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Technology

  Chicago Sun-Times   

CVS and Rite-Aid turned off Apple Pay and that's a terrible idea  Chicago Sun-Times
Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy: CVS turned off support for Apple Pay and Google Wallet on Saturday. “Our customers found it too easy and convenient,” according to a fake company spokesperson whom I made up because I'm disappointed and spiteful.
CVS, Rite Aid Chains Kill Apple Pay in Favor of Proprietary System   eWeek
Apple Pay blocked at CVS, Rite Aid in challenge to system   Houston Chronicle
Apple and Google face off against Big Retail in fight for pay-by-mobe   Register
SFGate   
Businessweek   
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  Christian Science Monitor   

Amazon Fire TV Stick: $39 Chromecast competitor with an actual remote  Christian Science Monitor
On Monday, Amazon introduced the Fire TV Stick, a streaming-media device about the size of a pack of gum. The Fire TV Stick will be available on November 19 for $39, and Amazon Prime subscribers can get it for $19.
Amazon steps up the Google competition with Fire TV Stick   Android Community
Amazon.com puts Fire on a stick for streaming video   Investor's Business Daily
Amazon faces off against Chromecast with a brand new stick   Tech Times
MSN News   
Techlicious (blog)   
Bidness ETC   
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  Livemint   

Microsoft eyes holiday sales with $50 price cut for Xbox One  Livemint
Microsoft's latest console was initially offered with the Kinect sensor in a package that made it more expensive than the PS4. Photo: Bloomberg. San Francisco: Microsoft Corp., trying to win back customers for its Xbox One game console from Sony Corp.
Xbox One price cut in US for holiday season   THE BUSINESS TIMES
The Future Of Pizza Ordering Is Here Thanks To The Xbox One   Uproxx
Microsoft's Xbox One Price Drop Starts November 2; Console Available With ...   KDramaStars
Gizmodo Australia   
GameSpot   
Colorado Springs Gazette   
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  ReadWrite   

Fitbit Launches Suite Of Fitness Trackers  ReadWrite
Fitbit is charging ahead with a new line of fitness trackers. On Monday the company unveiled three new wearables that make it easy for people to track exercise, sleep, and heart rate from their wrist. Fitbit. The company is already one of the most popular ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Business

  The Southern Times   

Zimbabwe: Zim-Asset one year on - successes and misses  The Southern Times
When one takes a shot at a target and misses, half the time it is probably because they are aiming too high or too low. In October 2013, the Zanu-PF Government launched Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset).
Supporting Zim-Asset Through Music   The Herald

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SMEs will get funding boost  Bangkok Post
New measures to help revive business for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are being offered through a collaboration between state agencies and the private sector. "Financial resources are a major problem," said Sakchai Unchittikul, deputy ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe World

  The Guardian   

PM insists UK will not pay £1.7bn bill as Ukip support soars  Herald Scotland
BRITAIN will not pay "anything like" the £1.7billion demanded by the European Commission and will challenge it in every way, David Cameron has insisted. BRITAIN will not pay \"anything like\" the £1.7billion demanded by the European Commission and will ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Africa

  The Guardian Nigeria   

Kidnapped women 'used by Boko Haram on front line'  The Nation
LAGOS - Boko Haram has used kidnapped young women and girls on the front lines of its insurgency, according to a new report published on Monday, after a fresh abduction in Nigeria's far northeast. Human Rights Watch made the claim as it outlined ...

2014-10-28 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Nehanda Radio   

Mliswa Butchering by ZANU PF shows MDC-T is Still the Best Option  ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
opinion_angry1 - Copy Zanu PF's secretary for administration for Mashonaland West, Kindness Paradza and party spokesman Rugare Gumbo have rubbished claims that Mash West chairman Temba Mliswa has been fired by the politburo, these were some ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Health

A Life Dedicated to Care for the Elderly  AllAfrica.com
At first she found it hard to tell her relatives and friends that she worked at an old people's home, taking care of the elderly. She would lie that she worked at a nearby school as a secretary like most of her peers did at the time. Today 58-year-old Constanzia ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Science

  Irish Examiner   

Hawaii residents ready to flee as lava oozes toward homes  Irish Examiner
People living near an active Hawaii lava flow have been warned to prepare for a possible evacuation in the next three to five days as molten rock oozed across a country road and edged closer to homes. The flow is currently about 48m to 70m wide and ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Sports

Caps United choke at Triangle's Gibbo  NewsDay
THERE were ugly scenes at Gibbo Stadium yesterday when Caps United fans attacked their own players before the Triangle match, accusing them of receiving bribes to throw away the match. KENNETH NYANGANI SPORTS CORRESPONDENT. The Green ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Entertainment

  New York Times   

HBO's 'My Dynamite' focuses on James Brown, the performer  Los Angeles Times
Star time, ladies and gentlemen, arrives Monday on HBO with the premiere of "Mr. Dynamite." A documentary film on the life and times of James Brown as the times made the music and the music shaped the times, it is a long, soulful scream over an insistent ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Technology

  New York Times   

2 Drug Chains Disable Apple Pay, as a Rival Makes Plans  New York Times
A demonstration of Apple Pay on its first day last week. Over the weekend, Rite Aid and CVS disabled the system in their stores. Credit Bryan Thomas/Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Business

  ynaija   

Netone to Capacitate SMEs  AllAfrica.com
Mobile operator NetOne has partnered with the Ministry of Small to Medium Enterprises and Cooperatives Development in implementing a mentorship programme to capacitate Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the just-ended ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe World

  IBNLive   

Rousseff narrowly wins Brazil re-election  Hindustan Times
Brazilians narrowly voted leftist President Dilma Rousseff back into office on Sunday for a second term after a bitter election campaign that split Latin America's biggest economy largely between the poor north and richer south. Rousseff, Brazil's first woman ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Africa

  Telegraph.co.uk   

The Pistorius Trial  The Nation
After months of one of the most widely reported trial in recent times, Oscar Pistorius has finally been sentenced to five years in prison for culpable homicide, and a suspended sentence of three years for firearm charges. The trial that started in March was ...

2014-10-27 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Nehanda Radio   

Grace confirms she's Mugabe's weakness‏  Nehanda Radio
Whether he clings to power, steps down, lay low or got rid of by time; Mugabe has now culminated into the weakest dictator precedence will ever harness. His product, though it might have been the most effective in maintaining cohesion and silence in the ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Health

  Irish Independent   

67000 may die from virus in just one region of Liberia  Irish Independent
Health workers carry the body of a man suspected to have died of Ebola virus in Paynesville Community situated on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Ebola has killed more than 2,000 ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Science

  Times of India   

US Dragon spacecraft brings NASA's cargo, 'critical' research results back to Earth  RT (blog)
The SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon cargo craft is seen in position to be grappled to the International Space Station in this NASA handout still image from video taken September 23, 2014. (Reuters/NASA). Tags. SciTech, Science, Space. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Sports

  Cricket Country   

Bangladesh vs Zimbabawe, Live Cricket Score, 1st Test Day 2 at Dhaka  Cricket Country
Bangladesh resume the second day of the first Test at 27 for one still trailing by 213 in response to Zimbabawe's 240. Shakib Al Hasan was the key player of the first day bagging six wickets in his comeback match. Shakib was out of the team for three months ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Hunting for Love . . . Internet Still Safe Hunting Ground in Zimbabwe  The Herald
Finding the right partner seems to be a challenge for most animals. Male peacocks have elaborate costumes and some male apes have colourful behinds while bulls of most species settle the fight to procreate through their own versions of pugilistic contests.

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  Scotsman (blog)   

The Picasso Museum in Paris finally reopens  Scotsman (blog)
The Picasso Museum in Paris reopened yesterday, three years late, following a ¤52 million (£41m) refurbishment, having been closed to the public since 2009. Opening the museum yesterday, French president François Hollande urged crisis-hit France to ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Technology

  Hallels   

Nexus Android 5.0 Lollipop Release Date: Confirmed on November 3; Nexus 9 ...  Hallels
Amidst speculations among the techies on the much awaited Android 5.0 Lollipop, Android Geeks confirmed that it will be on November 3. Google also sent notice via e-mail to Android Police with the instruction to inform developers that Android 5.0 Lollipop ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Business

  ZimEye - Zimbabwe News   

Makandiwa, Magaya, Churches to Be Taxed  ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Popular preachers like Emmanuel Makandiwa, Walter Magaya, Eubert Angel, and the rest of the church plethora who have since independence enjoyed a tax-free haven, are to be taxed under proposals tabeled by local councils.

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  New Zimbabwe.com   

Chinese diamond mine fails to pay wages  New Zimbabwe.com
ANJIN Diamond Mine workers in Chiadzwa have returned to work after management promised to pay their outstanding salaries for September, The Source has established. Over 200 workers at the mine downed tools last week demanding to be paid their ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe World

  NPR   

Iran hangs woman for murder of 'attempted rapist'  Irish Independent
In this picture taken on July 8, 2007, Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari stands handcuffed in a police office in Tehran, Iran. Jabbari was hanged on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, who was convicted of murdering a man she said was trying to rape her, the official IRNA news ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Africa

  The Star Online   

Botswana president's party secures election victory  Zee News
Gaborone: Botswana`s ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) secured 33 of 57 parliament seats in national elections, initial results showed, putting President Ian Khama at the helm for a second five-year term. Residents of the southern African nation, who ...

2014-10-26 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

  Nehanda Radio   

Mugabe wife hints at presidential bid  Moneyweb.co.za
The wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accused his deputy of attempting to oust her husband and indicated she may be a candidate to succeed him. Grace Mugabe said Vice President Joice Mujuru should resign and accused her of wanting “to ...

2014-10-25 Zimbabwe Health

  Livemint   

Yale study paints worrying picture of Ebola epidemic  Livemint
On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 9,936 cases of Ebola had been reported and 4,877 of those infected had died. Photo: Reuters. New Delhi: A study by scientists from Yale University and Liberia's ministry of health and social welfare ...

2014-10-25 Zimbabwe Science

  New York Times   

Google's Alan Eustace makes record skydive from edge of space  Financial Express
A Google executive has set a new record by jumping successfully from near the top of the stratosphere -- some 135,000 feet, or 41,000 metres high, his project website said. The record dive by 57-year-old Alan Eustace, who is a "senior vice president of ...

2014-10-25 Zimbabwe Sports

  New Zimbabwe.com   

Win against ZPC Kariba crucial, Mapeza  New Zimbabwe.com
FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza has said they have to collect maximum points against ZPC Kariba in a league match on Saturday if they are to continue entertaining hopes of a top four finish. The platinum miners are just a point below Highlanders who ...