2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Health

The Desert Sun   

Most Americans support raising the smoking age to 21   
The Desert Sun
As work to raise the smoking age stalls in California, a new survey shows a wide majority of Americans believe cigarettes belong only in the hands of people 21 and older. A study out last week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reported ...
Tobacco Use in Zimbabwe in Spotlight as Companies Target Africa   VOA Zimbabwe
7 in 10 Want Smoking Age Raised   MD Magazine
Blair Horner: Big Tobacco And The U.S. Chamber of Commerce   WAMC
Asbury Park Press   
Digital Journal   
Yahoo! Maktoob News   
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Daily Mail   

Bird flu strain found on Lancashire farm can be caught by humans   
Daily Mail
The bird flu on a Lancashire farm has been confirmed as the kind which can infect humans, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced this morning. A cull of 170,000 chickens and turkeys has been carried out at the farm where the ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Science

Syracuse.com   

Spotlight shining on Pluto on cold outskirts of solar system   
Washington Post
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto. Well, not quite, but the tiny, icy world is getting front-page, prime-time attention as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms closer. Tuesday morning's 31,000-mph flyby — with ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Sports

SkySports   

India star Ambati Rayudu ruled out of Zimbabwe tour   
SkySports
In-form batsman Ambati Rayudu has been ruled out of the remainder of India's tour of Zimbabwe with a muscle injury. Rayudu, 29, scored an unbeaten 124 in the first one-day international against Zimbabwe and followed it up with a 41 in the second match, ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Entertainment

NewsDay   

Zim writers mourn Hove   
NewsDay
AWARD-winning novelist, poet and essayist Chenjerai Hove, who wrote regular columns for various publications including The Zimbabwe Independent in the early 2000s, has died. He was 59. BY PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI. A fierce critic of President Robert ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Technology

New York Daily News   

Overheard: Comcast Courts Cord-Cutters   
Wall Street Journal
Comcast CMCSA 0.84 % 's new service for cord-cutters might yet prompt some to retie the knot. The cable giant announced on Monday a new video-streaming service that will let its broadband subscribers get basic broadcast-TV channels, plus HBO, and a ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Business

Nehanda Radio   

Solomon Mujuru's wealth revealed   
Nehanda Radio
HARARE – Details of the late Retired General Solomon Mujuru's vast business empire have started emerging after lawyers submitted documents for his estate. Solomon Mujuru (c) in 2009, with Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife Joice Mujuru. The late General ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe World

Tehran Times   

Iran talks continue into Tuesday   
Washington Post
VIENNA — Hopes for a final agreement in the Iran nuclear talks grew early Tuesday as the United States and its five negotiating partners gathered shortly after midnight for an hour-long meeting after a day of alternating expectation and pessimism.
Netanyahu slams Iranian nuclear deal in his first Farsi tweet   The Indian Express
The Best Arguments for an Iran Deal   Wall Street Journal
Diplomats prepare to announce landmark deal on Iranian nuclear program   Los Angeles Times
Reuters   
Irish Independent   
Haaretz (blog)   
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Irish Examiner   

Hostages in Paris: Eighteen people held inside shopping center released ...   
Firstpost
Paris, France: All hostages held by three gunmen inside a Primark outlet have reportedly been released. It is believe the incident happened after what appears to be a botched robbery attempt, according to the police. The gunmen -- one of whom was ...
Paris hunts for robbers after hold-up   Times of India
French special forces evacuate 18 people from mall after gunmen attack   Ahram Online
Store holdup: Gunmen escape under the nose of French special forces   The Express Tribune
Sydney Morning Herald   
Sky News Australia   
Christian Science Monitor   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

United Arab Emirates is a 'dangerous place' to use social media, human rights ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian woman jailed in Abu Dhabi. It is marketed as a luxury, modern tourism and business destination, but an errant Tweet or Facebook post in the United Arab Emirates is enough to land a person in jail. Australian expat Jodi Magi, who was arrested ...
Jodi Magi to be deported from Abu Dhabi   Sky News Australia
Australian woman arrested in Abu Dhabi for 'bad words' on Facebook   The Guardian
'I'm pretty scared' - Aussie woman jailed in UAE over Facebook post   TVNZ
The Australian   
The Nation   
Yahoo! Maktoob News   
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NewsDay   

Leaking party secrets to Mliswa costs Ziyambi Zanu PF post   
NewsDay
The Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial executive yesterday accused former acting provincial chairman Ziyambi Ziyambi of leaking party secrets to his expelled predecessor Temba Mliswa ahead of the June 10 by-election in Hurungwe West. BY OBEY ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Africa

New York Times   

Nigeria Military Leaders, Faulted in Fighting Militants, Are Fired   
New York Times
NIAMEY, Niger — Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, dismissed all of his country's top military officials on Monday, his spokesman announced, after weeks of mounting violence in which Boko Haram fighters have killed hundreds of civilians.
President pledges to implement far-reaching reforms in oil, gas sector   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Nigeria's President Buhari asks state oil company to review swap scheme ...   Reuters
Nigeria's president sacks all four defence chiefs   The Nation
Voice of America   
Leadership Newspapers   
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The Punch   

EFCC arraigns Oronsaye, others for N1.2bn fraud   
The Punch
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, and others for alleged fraud and money laundering offences involving N1.2bn. Another accused person arraigned ...

2015-07-14 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Daily   

Who Will Lead Zimbabwe When Robert Mugabe Finally Cedes Power?   
The Zimbabwe Daily
On a Friday afternoon in the leafy northern suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, white, sunbaked former farmers gather at the Tin Cup restaurant for a lunch of barbecued ribs and cold Castle lagers, and to talk about the good old days. The owner ...
Zim now poorest country in the world   New Zimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe opposition victims of naivety, greed and betrayal – Mbira   Nehanda Radio

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NewsDay   

It's business as usual for most illegal vendors   
NewsDay
IT was business as usual for most illegal vendors in Harare yesterday as they continued to defy government and council orders to move to designated vending sites outside the central business district (CBD). BY SILENCE CHARUMBIRA. By midday a few ...