Resolving Zanzibar Dispute Long Overdue
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume's meeting with
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Prioritising Obama Style
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I don't know the circumstances of President Obama's situation here but it would appear he's addressing some conference just after he's heard the news of the shooting in Texas. As Counting Cats in Zanzibar says "Nice set of priorities there." I wonder if anyone in the audience had a loved one stationed at Fort Hood.
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Venezuelan Government Blames Video Games For Violence, Implements Widespread Ban
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Via Game Politics we hear about the situation in Venezuela, where the government is apparently blaming video games for the widespread violence in the country , and has issued a ban on the import, production or sale of any video games that include weapons. The link above is a rather heartfelt writeup, by someone in Venezuela, discussing the many problems the people in that country face, and making it...
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Venezuelan Government Blames Video Games For Violence, Implements Widespread Ban
Click World News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Via Game Politics we hear about the situation in Venezuela, where the government is apparently blaming video games for the widespread violence in the country , and has issued a ban on the import, production or sale of any video games that include weapons. The link above is a rather heartfelt writeup, by someone in Venezuela, discussing the many problems the people in that country face, and making it...
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Game Over
Caracas Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Quico says: Over on BoingBoing, loyal reader and one-time avid gamer Guido Nuñez Mujica has this lovely, meaty rant on the government's just approved ban on video games it deems violent. As a non-gamer myself, it's easy to overlook how sensitive the gaming-ban is for some people, so I especially liked Guido's passionate description of the way gaming burrows its way into people's identities....
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Fresh Hope as Karume Meets Hamad
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Early signs of thawing relations between Zanzibar's main political adversaries emerged yesterday with a rare meeting between President Amani Abeid Karume and his longtime rival and critic, Mr Seif Shariff Hamad.
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Somali pirates capture Greek-owned ship
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Maritime Security Centre Early this morning on 5 November, a Greek-owned (Marshall Island flagged) Bulk Carrier named the MV Delvina was hijacked in the south Somali Basin. The Bulk Carrier with a deadweight of 53,629 tonnes has a crew of 21 consisting of 7 Ukrainian and 14 Philipino. The vessel, that was heading for Zanzibar, has [...]
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Greek freighter with crew of 21 taken by Somali pirates
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Nairobi - Somali pirates hijacked a Greek freighter and its crew of 21 Thursday in the Indian Ocean, reported European Union officials. The freighter, with its crew of Ukrainians and Filipinos, was on its way to Zanzibar when it was diverted to Somal...
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Somali Pirates: Capture Another Ship
EagleSpeak (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Reported here : 05/11/2009 12.54 UTC Early this morning on 5 November a Greek owned (Marshall Island flag ged) Bulk Carrier named the MV Delvina was hijacked in the south S omali Basin. The Bulk Carrier with a deadweight of 53,629 tonnes has a crew of 21 consisting of 7 Ukrainian and 14 Philipino. The vessel, that was heading for Zanzibar, has now turned around and is heading n orth. The ships is approximately...
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10/30 Quote Of The Day
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
"For centuries, Arabs have been enjoying a free ride because the emphasis of human rights activists, policy-makers, historians and intellectuals has been on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the crimes white people committed against blacks and Africans. President Obama recently compared the Atlantic Slave trade to the Holocaust. What about the brutal TRANS-SAHARAN slave trade that brought inhuman...
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Daily Chat 29/10/09
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Three people were killed as a result of the first trial for witchcraft in Paris in 1390. Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded for allegedly plotting against James I in 1618. Mozart's Don Giovanni had its debut in Prague in 1787. Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to form Tanzania in 1964. Born today: Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), Bob Ross (1942-1995), Denny Laine (1944), Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Dan Castellaneta...
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Zanzibar – Pearl of the Indian Ocean – the new start
Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The article in french is about restoring Zanzibar’s heritage, UNESCO’s influence in dedicating it as World Heritage and Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s help in restoration. http://programmes.france3.fr/des-racines-et-des-ailes/index-fr.php?page=emission&id_article=485
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On this day in history: Southern Rhodesians chose not to join the Union of South Africa, 1922
The Modern Historian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
In 1889, The British South Africa Company (BSAC) received a charter granting it the right to administer the territories between the Limpopo River and Lake Tanganyika in south-east Africa. The southern part of these territories was originally called South Zambezia, but in 1901 it became known as Southern Rhodesia - named after Cecil Rhodes, who founded the BSAC. By that time the colony was governed...
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On This Day … in 1890 & Others
Politics Index (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
A Royal Navy squadron captured Witu in East Africa, using a Naval landing party of sailors, plus troops from the Government of Zanzibar and police from the Imperial British East Africa Company, after the Sultan instigated the murder of nine...
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Isles Too May Feel Pinch of Electricity Rationing
All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
A decision to include Zanzibar in the countrywide power rationing will be known today after a meeting between the Zanzibar Electricity Company (Zeco) and the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco).