2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Health

NewsDay   

Africa Urged To Take Lead In Addressing Ebola Challenges   
Leadership Newspapers
To eradicate the Ebola Virus Disease, the governments of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, United States, United Kingdom as well as the World Health Organisation (WHO) have urged African leaders to take the lead in addressing the challenges. According to them ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Science

Times of India   

Ecuador declares emergency as volcano near capital spews ash   
Times of India
QUITO, Ecuador: President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency on Saturday over increasing activity in the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito, and officials evacuated a few hundred people as a precaution. The decree gives authorities ...
State of Emergency Declared in Ecuador Over Cotopaxi Volcanic Activity   NDTV
Ecuador declares state of emergency over Cotopaxi volcano activity   Reuters India
Hundreds evacuated in Ecuador amid volcanic activity   Al Jazeera America

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Comet and Hitchhiking Robot Lab Near Sun   
Tolerance.ca
Space scientists are holding their breath as a robot lab rides a comet toward the sun. The lab, called Philae, landed on Comet 67P last November, and its mother ship, Rosetta has been orbiting nearby. Scientists hope the mission will help them discover ...

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The Independent   

Sea turtle winces in pain as a straw is removed from its nose in video   
The Independent
A video showing the long, painful removal of a straw from the bleeding nostril of a sea turtle has been posted online to highlight the environmental danger posed by plastic litter. The excruciating eight-minute video shows the male Olive Ridley turtle ...
You may swear off straws after seeing this poor sea turtle   Mashable
Why you shouldn't throw rubbish into the ocean: Sea turtle undergoes op to ...   Mirror.co.uk
Plastic straw removed from turtle's nose by marine biologists in heartbreaking ...   Telegraph.co.uk
The Inquisitr   
Daily Mail   
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Engadget   

NASA Team Successfully Tests Rocket Engines Of Future Mars Mission   
The Market Business
If we're going to get humans to Mars, we're going to need a bigger rocket with a much more powerful engine. This is the RS-25, the engine designed for NASA's Space Launch System rocket, intended to launch the Orion spacecraft and, eventually, see ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Sports

NewsDay   

Ndiraya attempts Sunday coup   
The Zimbabwe Standard
Dynamos coach Tonderai Ndiraya has predicted an emotional afternoon at Rufaro today when he leads the Zimbabwean giants against Sunday Chidzambwa's ZPC Kariba in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match. BY MICHAEL MADYIRA. It would be ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Entertainment

New Zimbabwe.com   

Zim's Beyonce producer duets with SA star   
New Zimbabwe.com
ZIMBABWEAN Grammy winning music producer, Brian Soko, credited with producing hit songs for the likes of Beyonce and Cassper Nyovest, has decided to go behind the microphone after he featured in a song by South African hip hop artist, Chad.
Nigerian Hip Hop Is Still Below South African Music – Cassper Nyovest   Entertainment Express

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Nigerian Bulletin   

D'banj dumps popular South African girlfriend for billionaire ex-lover   
Nehanda Radio
Veteran Nigerian artiste D'banj, born Daniel Oladapo Oyebanjo, has reportedly dumped his popular South African girlfriend Bonang Matheba as he publicly declared his love for ex-lover, billionaire's daughter, Adama Indimi, says Nigeria's newspaper Royal ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Technology

Headlines & Global News   

Apple TV RUMORS: Apple TV Delayed Until 2016 Due To Slow Price Negotiations   
Headlines & Global News
Apple originally planned to debut the Apple TV in September 9 in San Francisco. (Photo : Google Commons). Apple customers excited about the prospect of getting their hands on Apple TV will need to wait until 2016 because content price negotiations are ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Business

ZDNet   

IT tops M&A activity in Brazil   
ZDNet
Technology was the main sector in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in Brazil in the first half of this year, according to statistics by consulting firm KPMG. Between January and June 2015, there were 75 M&A transactions involving technology ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe World

Reuters   

China blasts death toll rises to 112, with 95 missing: Xinhua   
Reuters
TIANJIN, China The death toll from massive explosions in China's port city of Tianjin has risen to 112 and 95 people are missing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, suggesting the toll could rise significantly. Eighty-five of the missing ...
Chinese officials say death toll from Tianjin blasts rises to 112, with 95 missing   Washington Post
Death toll from China's Tianjin port explosion crosses 100: 112 killed and ...   Firstpost
China explosions death toll rises to 112   CBC.ca
ABC News   
Belfast Telegraph   
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NDTV   

40 Migrants Found Dead in Sea Rescue   
New York Times
ROME — The crew of an Italian Navy ship that responded to a distress call on Saturday morning from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants discovered the bodies of more than 20 people piled on top of one another in the boat's hold, Italian officials said.
40 migrants suffocate on overcrowded boat off Italy   Times of India
40 Migrants Die off Italy as Europe Faces 'Worst Crisis Since World War II'   NDTV
'40 Migrants Die In Mediterranean'   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Zee News   
Channel News Asia   
BBC News   
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Times of Zambia   

Lungu expected in Botswana   
Times of Zambia
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is today expected in Gaborone, Botswana, to attend the 35th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit. Zambia's acting High Commissioner to Botswana Wesley Chikwamu said ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Africa

K24 TV   

Uhuru says corrupt immigration officers, cops giving terrorist safe haven   
K24 TV
Corrupt police officers and immigration officials at border points are to blame for the country's infiltration by terror perpetrators and suspects, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Saying corruption remains a major contributor to insecurity in Kenya ...
Crackdown on illegal alcohol will go on , President says   Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog)
Assembly of State Parties president visits Kenya ahead of key decision on ICC case   The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
Kenya pledges more cooperation with ICC   Coastweek
Forbes   
AllAfrica.com   
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The News   

Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Nigeria   
New York Times
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped to her body near a market in the northeastern Nigerian State of Borno, killing at least three people, police and civilian vigilante sources said on Saturday. No one claimed ...

2015-08-16 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

New Zimbabwe.com   

Biti Says Mugabe's Govt Wont Survive Beyond 2016   
AllAfrica.com
FORMER Finance Minister, Tendai Biti on Thursday predicted the fall of President Robert Mugabe's regime by 2016, insisting it was near impossible for the veteran leader to manage the current economic turmoil beyond the next four months. Biti also ...
Pipe smoking Grace slams 'ignorant' BaTonga   New Zimbabwe.com
People say I'm mad: Grace Mugabe   Nehanda Radio
Grace: "I Am Mad," they say -   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Zimbabwe Independent   
News24   
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NewsDay   

Multimedia: 100 Budiriro houses demolished   
NewsDay
THE HARARE City Council on Wednesday intensified its demolition of illegal structures with close to 100 houses razed down in Budiriro 4 after the local authority said they were constructed on land reserved for a school. AUSCMMCRM. Council spokesperson ...