Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup The Guardian | • Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV/Aids among adults | • Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend | A teenage prostitute holds on to her one remaining condom as she waits for a truck driver to pick her up at one of the many truck stops on the main road from Cape To...
Nigeria: More Than 200 Dead in Religious Violence The New York Times | Filed at 4:50 a.m. ET | JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant, residents said, less than two months after sectarian violence in the volatile region left more than 300 dead. | The violence in three mostly Christian villages Su...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 'Made Fod Goodness' ABC News March 10, 2010 | With all the hardship in the world, it can sometimes be easy to look around and wonder if there's any goodness. | That's why Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Rev. Mpho Tutu, say they wrote their new book called "Made For Goo...
Emirates welcomes aboard Senegal by announcing new route to Dakar TravelDailyNews | Emirates passengers can look forward to a warm welcome on and off the aircraft after the airline unveiled plans to launch direct services to Senegal - known as the land of ‘Teranga’ or hospitality because of its friendly and welcom...
Starwood announces plans to add 50 new hotels in Europe, Africa and the Middle East ... TravelDailyNews | From the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announces plans to open 50 new hotels in its Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) division by 2012. And with the recent opening of the Sh...
Bringing a Taste of New York to Johannesburg Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | JOHANNESBURG -- Adam Levy was a teenager growing up in Melrose, a whites-only suburb in northern Johannesburg, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison 20 years ago. Today Mr. Levy -- much like the city itself -- has traded the racial restricti...
John Terry wins over the England fans as nobody does it better The Daily Mail | In the end, pragmatism won. A few boos to begin with, gradually dwindling as the minutes ticked by and Wembley realised what lies beneath. Celebration at the end, and the worst f...
Egypt to Pay for Restoration of All Synangogues The New York Times | Filed at 11:40 a.m. ET | CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a p...
5 Somalis Die as Islamists Fight Government The New York Times | Filed at 9:45 a.m. ET | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Fighting between Islamist insurgents and Somali government forces killed five people in the capital on Tuesday, residents said. | Ahmed Dahir Hussein saw three civilians who had been shot lying dead in...
Egyptian Leader's Surgery in the News Is News Itself The New York Times | CAIRO — Egypt’s longtime president, Hosni Mubarak, was recovering in a hospital in Germany on Saturday night after what doctors called a successful operation to remove his gallbladder, according to Egypt’s official MENA news agency. Related | Times Topic: Egypt | Mr. Mubarak, 81, temporarily turned over presidential authority to...
McEwan, Vargas Llosa headline Hay literary festival Jan. 28-31 in sultry Cartagena Star Tribune | BOGOTA - Colombia's colonial port of Cartagena intoxicates the director of Britain's Hay Festival literary franchise, whose fifth annual gathering in the Caribbean city's walled ramparts takes place next week. | "The parties in Cartagena are lavish and joyful. There's something thrilling about dancing with new ideas in your head all day, the...
